Don Crack Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Simon Cowell has hooked up with Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith for an international live reality TV show to find the "world's greatest DJs". The man behind The X Factor was tight-lipped on the details, but we're assuming there'll be a clutch of hand-picked celeb judges to put the hopefuls through their beatmatched paces. So if Simon hasn't yet made those all-important phonecalls, here are some of our preferred picks for The Scratch Factor (or whatever they end up calling it!). DJ Jazzy Jeff With his best buddy Will Smith involved in the show, Jazz is a definite, surely? Jeff was an award-winning hip-hop DJ before he and Smith won TV fame in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The pair released five studio albums together and had two megahits with 'Summertime' and 'Boom! Shake The Room'. Calvin Harris He was famously banned from The X Factor for life after disturbing Jedward with a pineapple on his head, but since then he's helmed a chart-topping hit for Rihanna and kissed and made up with Chris Brown. That should smooth things over! Armin van Buuren Four-time winner of the annual Top 100 DJs poll, Buuren may have been knocked off the top this year by David Guetta, but the Dutch producer is still #1 in the hearts of many trance fans and would give a bit of mainstream credibility to proceedings. Terminator X Born Norman Rogers, the man who "talks with his hands" and was behind the decks for Public Enemy until 1999. Amazingly, since retiring from music in 2003, he's been running an ostrich stud farm in North Carolina. He appeared on Andreaus 13's Judgment Day last year and could cement a return to music on Cowell's new baby. Paul Oakenfold Oakey has done more live sets and mixes than most DJs have had hot dinners. The founder of the massive Perfecto label and, together with the likes of Terry Farley and Andrew Weatherall, one of the first to get indiepoppers dancing. He could drag in viewers from across the board. He also has some reality TV pedigree with the 'Big Brother Theme', of course! http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/realitybites/a362107/simon-cowells-new-dj-show-our-dream-judges.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iam_the_akay Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 shud be entertaining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afroman Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Oh dear! Another one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I'd rather see a 'Rap Idol' style show would be much more joke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr. Gayle Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 BMC your time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Crack Posted January 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 i can imagin simon cowell telling all these beatmatchers to scratch and they be like "i dont know how to scratch". He has a chance to expose the industry for what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin King Louie Jr Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 i can imagin simon cowell telling all these beatmatchers to scratch and they be like "i dont know how to scratch". He has a chance to expose the industry for what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 f*ck a scratch can you dance to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilliam Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 i thought will and jada were splitsville as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esquilax Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 i can imagin simon cowell telling all these beatmatchers to scratch and they be like "i dont know how to scratch". He has a chance to expose the industry for what it is. Lmao Oh man What a horribly retarded thing to say You don't know what DJing is about if you think it's all about skills and scratching n sh*t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Don Crack Posted January 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 i can imagin simon cowell telling all these beatmatchers to scratch and they be like "i dont know how to scratch". He has a chance to expose the industry for what it is. Lmao Oh man What a horribly retarded thing to say You don't know what DJing is about if you think it's all about skills and scratching n sh*t Yes i dont know what DJin is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esquilax Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 It looks like you don't cuz you're just upping competition vids and people using MPCs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greens Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Beatmatching and scratching have different purposes , dont really understand your argument. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Crack Posted January 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 It looks like you don't cuz you're just upping competition vids and people using MPCs... OK Legend in the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esquilax Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Uh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkain47 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 hes just trying to make money doin the same flippin thing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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