Scratch (musician)

Scratch
Birth name	Kyle Jones
Born	Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	beatboxer, human turntablist
Instruments	beatboxing vocal scratching loop pedals
Associated acts	The Roots, Schoolz Of Thought, Dino 5

Kyle Jones (born in Camden, New Jersey),^[1] better known as Scratch, is an American hip hop musician who specializes in Beatboxing and vocal scratch sounds. He is best known as a former member of Grammy Award-winning band The Roots. He is well known in the hip hop and beatbox community for his outstanding ability to simulate the music of a Hip hop Turntablist using only his voice and loop machines.

History

Originally a member of Philadelphia based rap group, Schoolz Of Thought, he joined The Roots in 1998.

Scratch released his debut solo album The Embodiment of Instrumentation in 2002 on the Rope A Dope record label. It featured The Roots, Dice Raw, E.S.T of Three Times Dope, Cyph Born of Aphillyation, Bilal, Jill Scott, Malik B and M.A.R.S. Co-Op. After the release of his solo LP, he abruptly left The Roots in 2003.

He now continues to tour the world.

In 2004, Scratch contributed to Zap Mama's Ancestry in Progress on the track "Wadidyusay?".

Scratch is a member of Dino 5, who realized their first album Baby Loves Hip Hop in 2008. Scratch plays Teo, a Pterodactyl.

In 2009, he released an album titled Loss 4 Wordz, featuring artists such as Kanye West, Musiq, Damon Albarn, and Peedi-Peedi. He also appeared on British rapper GoldieLocks's EP titled Goldie's Oldies.

Scratch has now released four songs on his Myspace but the album, which was promised to be released in August hasn't been released yet.

Discography

Solo

Studio albums

Title	Album details
The Embodiment of Instrumentation	Released: June 4, 2002^[2] Label: Ropeadope
Loss 4 Wordz	Released: May 26, 2009^[3] Label: Gold Dust

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Let's Go" (feat. Peedi Crakk)^[4]	2009	Loss 4 Wordz

Dino 5

Baby Loves Hip Hop (2008)

Other appearances

Pink – Missundaztood (2001)
Christian McBride – Live at Tonic (2006)
Something Sally – Turn On the Radio (Sweet In Stereo) (EP, 2008)^[5]

References

↑ Allmusic bio
↑ "the embodiment of instrumentation". Ropeadope Records. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
↑ "Loss 4 Wordz by Scratch". iTunes. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
↑ "Let's Go (feat. Peedi Crakk) - Single by Scratch". iTunes. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
↑ "Turn On the Radio (Sweet In Stereo) [feat. Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson & Scratch] - EP by Something Sally". iTunes. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

External links

The Roots

Black Thought
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba" Bryson
F. "Knuckles" Walker
Kamal Gray
Mark Kelley
James Poyser
Questlove

Studio albums

Organix (1993)
Do You Want More?!!!??! (1994)
Illadelph Halflife (1996)
Things Fall Apart (1999)
Phrenology (2002)
The Tipping Point (2004)
Game Theory (2006)
Rising Down (2008)
How I Got Over (2010)
Undun (2011)
...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014)

Collaborations	Wake Up! (2010, with John Legend) Betty Wright: The Movie (2011, with Betty Wright) Wise Up Ghost (2013, with Elvis Costello)

Live albums

The Roots Come Alive (1999)
Jay-Z: Unplugged (2001, with Jay Z)
Burnin' Down the House: Live at the House of Blues (2002, with Etta James)

Extended plays

From the Ground Up (1994)
The Legendary (1999)

Songs

"Proceed" (1995)
"What They Do" (1996)
"You Got Me" (1999)
"The Next Movement" (1999)
"Break You Off" (2002)
"The Seed (2.0)" (2002)
"Don't Say Nuthin'" (2004)
"Star" (2004)
"Don't Feel Right" (2006)
"How I Got Over" (2009)
"Wake Up Everybody" (2010)
"Make My" (2011)

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