In honor of the Halloween holiday quickly creeping up, I’m dedicating the first Brolic Army blog in October to my top 5 ghost scratchers of all time. These are 4 DJs, and 1 Rapper (yes I said Rapper) you had no idea recorded scratches for other DJs. Needless to say, you’ll be spooked when you find out who they are!

Rakim, the 18th letter himself, performed the ghost scratches for various Eric B. & Rakim songs (*check for “No Omega“). But for me, the most notable scratches courtesy of The R are featured in the song “Musical Massacre” off the FOLLOW THE LEADER LP. I don’t mean to compare and all but when you listen to the way Rakim orchestrated these cuts, it’s evident Rakim was better than his own DJ at scratching. Interestingly, Rakim scratches throughout the entire track. He opens up the intro, cuts during all of the verses/choruses and the outro. It’s as if he was waiting for the opportunity to unleash his scratch skills so that Eric B. & Rakim fans knew the god spoke with his hands just as potently as he spoke into a mic.

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