Today, I sat down with my childhood friend, Mr. Paul Murphy, AKA DJ Skratch Bastid, who was in NYC for the weekend to perform with The Rub (DJ Ayres, Cosmo Baker and DJ Eleven) at Southpaw in Brooklyn.  I’ve known Paul since we were wee-lads, and I specifically remember the year when he flipped the switch and took music from a pastime to a passion.  He locked himself in his basement for quite some time, made me a few mixtapes along the way laced with hidden vocal shout-outs (and many a Lauryn Hill song so that he could get me to listen), and then emerged the Master of Turntablism that he is today.

It was awesome to see Paul on the decks on Saturday Night, in the Home of Hip-Hop of all places (Brooklyn), and to see that the New Yorkers were losing it over his skills! He put on an incredible show, and I have the battle-wounds on my right leg to prove it .

Check out my interview with the master himself to learn whats next for Paulio!

[Alyson Campbell for It's All Very PR]

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