Review: This is the ninth volume of Practice Yo! Cuts, a series of scratch records by DJ Ritchie Ruftone, Scottish turntablist and world champion in the DMC and IDA competitions. The series is designed to help DJs practice their scratching skills and techniques, with a variety of sounds, samples, beats and phrases worked in to act as a set of essential training wheels (literally) for the budding scratch DJ. Whether you're a Serato/Traktor control vinyl sucker, or just want to work out how to make the best use of all those secondhand 90s hip-hop medleys languishing in the Kallax, these records are fundamental tools for those wishing to venture into battle... DJing. It comes on green vinyl 12", which makes it easy to see the grooves and cue points. Comes courtesy of Turntable Training Wax, a label dedicated to this sort of beautiful thing.
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