Scratch (musician)
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Scratch (born Kyle Jones) is an American hip hop artist. He is a hip hop MC who specializes in beatboxing or vocal percussion. He is probably best known as a member of Grammy Award-winning band The Roots.
Originally a member of Philadelphia based rap group, Schoolz Of Thought, he joined The Roots in 1998.
Scratch released his album The Embodiment of Instrumentation in 2002 on the Rope A Dope record label, which featured The Roots, Dice Raw, 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 The Roots in 2003. He now continues to tour the world. His new upcoming album entitled Loss 4 Wordz features artists Kanye West, Musiq, Gorillaz, and Peedi-Peedi. He also appears on British rapper GoldieLocks's EP, titled Goldie's Oldies.
Scratch is currently a member of Dino 5 who reliesed their first album baby loves hip hop Scratch plays Teo, a Pterodactyl
[edit] Discography
- The Embodiment of Instrumentation (2002)
- Loss 4 Wordz (2007)
- Baby Loves Hip Hop by Dino 5 (2008)
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