"I'm a Lumberjack DJ Ad-Rock"

[brooklyndust]

Throughout the years I have discovered that Ad-Rock has done the scratching on a lot more album cuts then I would have imagined.

Off the top of my head I can only think of "Finger Licking Good"

It would be nice to get a small list of his contributions.
I'm pretty sure he did the scratching on a few songs on License to Ill, but what else?

[Micodin]

i don’t believe Adrock started scratching on their albums untill the G-Son era.

EZ Mike Simpson did all the cuts for Paul’s, and i’m pretty sure i read somewheres that Rick and Yauch did the cuts for LTI.

[Uru-Nitro]

The Move (HN) has few nice cuts, at the beginning of the track and in the unfamous "soy el rey" outro.

Also "Negotiation Limerick file" girl-voice chorus I believe its scratched, not just a plain sample.

"Body movin" has nice cuts here and there too.

[Uru-Nitro]

Addition: I just realized there is so much more scratching than I thought. If you listen carefully, there are plenty of cuts making the song less monotonous. To list a few:

CYH:
-Jimmy James. one the best intros ever?
-Funky boss (yeah it has scratching at the end)
-Pass the Mic
-So whatcha want (the sound behind the chorus i think is scratched)
-the maestro
-profesor booty

IC: I don't have the album book here, so I can't read if Hurricane is the one behind the scratching
-The Scoop
-Get it together
-Flute loop
-Alright Hear This (even with an intro dedicated to scratching)
-Sure shot (maybe Hurricane scratched this song?)
-Sabotage has a damn lot of scratching.
-Futtermans rule (little scratch on the bridge)
-Bboys making with the freak freak
-Do It

HN:
-super disco breaking
-The Move
-remote control
-just a test
-Body movin
-intergalactic
-flowing prose (few)
-electrify
-dedication. Despite the intro cut, I have doubts if the main high-pitched sound all along the song is actually an scratch technique (f.ex. at 1:22)

"Sneaking out of the hospital", "putting shame in your game", "cant wont dont stop", "unite" and 3mcs and 1 dj cuts by MixMasterMike

I don't know if Adrock is the one behind all the scratches in those songs, but probably in the 100% of the HN album he is.

[Sir SkratchaLot]

Originally Posted by Uru-Nitro

Addition: I just realized there is so much more scratching than I thought. If you listen carefully, there are plenty of cuts making the song less monotonous. To list a few:

CYH:
-Jimmy James. one the best intros ever?
-Funky boss (yeah it has scratching at the end)
-Pass the Mic
-So whatcha want (the sound behind the chorus i think is scratched)
-the maestro
-profesor booty

IC: I don't have the album book here, so I can't read if Hurricane is the one behind the scratching
-The Scoop
-Get it together
-Flute loop
-Alright Hear This (even with an intro dedicated to scratching)
-Sure shot (maybe Hurricane scratched this song?)
-Sabotage has a damn lot of scratching.
-Futtermans rule (little scratch on the bridge)
-Bboys making with the freak freak
-Do It

HN:
-super disco breaking
-The Move
-remote control
-just a test
-Body movin
-intergalactic
-flowing prose (few)
-electrify
-dedication. Despite the intro cut, I have doubts if the main high-pitched sound all along the song is actually an scratch technique (f.ex. at 1:22)

"Sneaking out of the hospital", "putting shame in your game", "cant wont dont stop", "unite" and 3mcs and 1 dj cuts by MixMasterMike

I don't know if Adrock is the one behind all the scratches in those songs, but probably in the 100% of the HN album he is.

The way to tell Adrock from Yauch is that Adrock's style is more smooth and Yauch has more of the transform style. The Jimmy James cuts are Yauch I believe. Fingerlicking Good is definitely Adrock.

[Taco Zip]

Originally Posted by Sir SkratchaLot

The Jimmy James cuts are Yauch I believe.

Yes, Yauch did Jimmy James. You can read the story on that in the Anthology booklet.

[Extra Cheese]

Originally Posted by Sir SkratchaLot

The way to tell Adrock from Yauch is that Adrock's style is more smooth and Yauch has more of the transform style. The Jimmy James cuts are Yauch I believe. Fingerlicking Good is definitely Adrock.

“I got the Terminator style with the touch of a tweak technic 1200s I’m known to freak”

The terminator effect also gives Yauch away, I honestly have no idea what that even is but I heard it mentioned a few times in their audio commentary.

Also check this old interview old at the 4:08 mark, mike d mentions adrock does the cuts and occasionally mca gets in on it

https://youtu.be/wHQUcmSkW_k

[dave790]

Originally Posted by Uru-Nitro

Addition: I just realized there is so much more scratching than I thought. If you listen carefully, there are plenty of cuts making the song less monotonous. To list a few:

HN:
-super disco breaking
-The Move
-remote control
-just a test
-Body movin
-intergalactic
-flowing prose (few)
-electrify
-dedication. Despite the intro cut, I have doubts if the main high-pitched sound all along the song is actually an scratch technique (f.ex. at 1:22)

"Sneaking out of the hospital", "putting shame in your game", "cant wont dont stop", "unite" and 3mcs and 1 dj cuts by MixMasterMike

I don't know if Adrock is the one behind all the scratches in those songs, but probably in the 100% of the HN album he is.

Pretty sure Yauch or Horovitz state that MMM did all the scratching on HN, it is somewhere on that album's commentary. But for sure those two did the scratching on CYH and IC between them.

[Ari-Matti]

Originally Posted by dave790

Pretty sure Yauch or Horovitz state that MMM did all the scratching on HN, it is somewhere on that album's commentary. But for sure those two did the scratching on CYH and IC between them.

Mix Master Mike did the scratching on Sneakin' Out The Hospital, Putting Shame In Your Game, Three MC's And One DJ, The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin') and Unite. This is said on the liner notes.

[Jiberish]

Originally Posted by Uru-Nitro

IC: I don't have the album book here, so I can't read if Hurricane is the one behind the scratching

somebody may have said this already, but I'm pretty sure Hurra never scratched on a single studio track. Strictly their live DJ, all the way.

[brooklyndust]

Originally Posted by Micodin

i don’t believe Adrock started scratching on their albums untill the G-Son era.

EZ Mike Simpson did all the cuts for Paul’s, and i’m pretty sure i read somewheres that Rick and Yauch did the cuts for LTI.

In The Song That Changed Everything chapter of the book, Mike D says Ad Rock scratched in the Hold It Now Hit and Yo, Leroy parts.