Editing Disc jockey (section)

===Hip hop DJs===
[[DJ Kool Herc]], [[Grandmaster Flash]], and [[Afrika Bambaataa]] were members of a block party at South Bronx from 1973 onwards. Kool Herc played records such as James Brown's "[[Give It Up or Turnit a Loose]]", Jimmy Castor's "[[It's Just Begun]]", [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s|Booker T. & the M.G.'s']] "[[Melting Pot (Booker T album)|Melting Pot]]",<ref>Shapiro, pp. 212–213.</ref> Incredible Bongo Band's "[[Bongo Rock]]" and "[[Apache (instrumental)#Incredible Bongo Band version|Apache]]", and UK rock band Babe Ruth's "[[The Mexican (song)|The Mexican]]". With Bronx clubs struggling with street gangs, uptown DJs catering to an older disco crowd with different aspirations, and commercial radio also catering to a demographic distinct from teenagers in the Bronx, Herc's parties had a ready-made audience.<ref>Shapiro, Peter. ''Rough Guide to Hip-Hop'', 2nd. ed., London: Rough Guides, 2005 {{ISBN|978-1-84353-263-7}}. pp. 212–213.</ref><ref>Toop, David. ''Rap Attack'', 3rd. ed., London: Serpent's Tail, 2000 {{ISBN|978-1-85242-627-9}} p. 65.</ref><ref>Ogg, Alex, with Upshall, David. ''The Hip Hop Years'', London: Macmillan, 1999 {{ISBN|978-0-7522-1780-2}} p. 18.</ref>

DJ Kool Herc developed the style that was the blueprint for [[hip hop music]]. Herc used the record to focus on a short, heavily percussive part in it: the "[[Break (music)|break]]". Since this part of the record was the one the dancers liked best, Herc isolated the break and prolonged it by changing between two record players. As one record reached the end of the break, he cued a second record back to the beginning of the break, which allowed him to extend a relatively short section of music into a "five-minute loop of fury".<ref>Chang, Jeff. ''Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation''. St. Martin's Press, New York: 2005. {{ISBN|978-0-312-42579-1}} p. 79.</ref> This innovation had its roots in what Herc called "The Merry-Go-Round", a technique by which the DJ switched from break to break at the height of the party. This technique is specifically called "The Merry-Go-Round" because according to Herc, it takes one "back and forth with no slack."<ref>{{Citation|last=falkmanbeatz -break bboy / bgirl channel-|title=The Freshest Kids: The History of the B-Boy (Full Documentary)|date=8 January 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDjcHMq4p9U| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421234727/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDjcHMq4p9U&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2014-04-21|access-date=26 April 2017}}</ref>