Kyle Jones (born in Camden, New Jersey), 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 1996.
Scratch released his debut solo album "The Embodiment of Instrumentation" in 2002 on the Ropeadope record label. It featured The Roots, Dice Raw, Calente from the PBP’s, 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
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".
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