Smirnoff Master Of The Mix: Season 1 Episode 5/ when to scratch & when not to scratch?

I have to say episode 5 is my favorite I liked how they brought back DJ Revolution for scratching round I think Rev was out for revenge he was booted in the 1st round the concept was to see how you move the crowd as a dj, no doubt about it Rev is one hell of a turntablist super fast with his cuts & scratches

but you have to be able to adapt to the party atmosphere and rock the crowd. To scratch and when not to scratch that is the question? You can scratch hip hop, drum & bass, jungle,glitch,trip hop,dubstep, classic soul & funk brake beats(example you can scratch the part were the sample came from to let people know that is the original break) deep/soulful house music is a no no to scratch, house is only made to blend & beatmatch mix going into one song out of the next using effects like (flange,reverb,echo,etc), electronica/electro basically use can use the house music techniques here too but you could use lite baby chirps. Okay i get ask this all the time can you scratch & cut southern rap, crunk? the music in the south has change over the last 10-12 years those early of outkast & goodie mob had the sound of some east coast boom bap making it fun to cut and scratch. I see alot djs from the south that like to cue scratch going in one song and out of the next not making that smooth transition giving it that train wreck effect, sometimes you should just blend and beatmatch in and out songs using the delay effect (found in mixers with all the bells & whistle have this effect,it can also be found in serato, torq, traktor programs)  in serato looking at wave forms (music of the south) normally starts with alot of high hats giving it that tic tic tic sound can you scratch that no, you always want use the kickdrum to cue scratch, so my answer is to mix & blend if your going to scratch (southern rap,crunk) find a good clean cue point.                                                                                     *back to the master of the mix they had djs from different dj backgrounds hiphop,electronic,house,etc they had them doing crazy scenarios i would like to see something along these lines have a club get the people in don't tell them dj or what type of music that is about to be played tell the dj the same about the people to see if he or she can get the crowd into what your are spinning. i wanted to see Rev & Scratch go head to head, Scratch won he and Rev were the only two pure turntablist out of 7. Can't wait for master of the mix season 2 stay tuned.  posted by GD