Roc Raida
# Roc Raida

Anthony Williams (18 mai 1972 – 19 septembre 2009), plus connu sous le surnom Roc Raida, était un disc jockey américain, turntabliste, producteur et membre du groupe de DJs, The X-Ecutioners. Durant sa carrière, il a remporté de nombreux prix, dont le championnat du monde DMC en 1995, et a notamment accompagné le rappeur Busta Rhymes lors de sa tournée internationale.

## Biographie

Roc Raida grandit à Harlem. Il a commencé sa carrière de DJ dans les années 1980 à l'âge de dix ans. Roc Raida a gagné en réputation à partir de 1989 en tant que membre du groupe de DJs X-Men, qui sera connu plus tard sous le nom X-Ecutioners pour des raisons liées au droit d'auteur. La réputation des X-Ecutioners au sein du milieu du turntablism est due à leur utilisation de beat-juggling, cette pratique était également bien représentée dans le style de Roc Raida. Avec le rappeur MF Grimm, Roc Raida a fait partie d'un groupe appelé The Gravediggaz (à ne pas confondre avec le groupe homonyme dans laquelle appartenait le rappeur RZA).

En 1991, il a obtenu la première place à la compétition As One, la deuxième place au Superman Battle en 1992 ainsi qu'au DMC USA Finals la même année. Enfin en 1995, il fut sacré champion du monde au championnat DMC à Londres.

### Grandmaster

Au fil des ans, Roc Raida se consacre à promouvoir l'art du turntablism dans des lieux éloignés de ses racines, comme Singapour, la Turquie, le Japon et l'Australie. Raida a reçu le titre de « Grand Maître » (Grandmaster), titre d'honneur donné dans le milieu hip-hop uniquement par un autre grand maître. Roc Raida le recevra par Kool Herc, considéré comme le père du hip-hop, ainsi que par Grand Wizzard Theodore. Pour célébrer une décennie de carrière, Roc Raida recevra le privilège de faire partie du DMC Hall of Fame lors de l'édition des DMC World Finals de 1999, se déroulant à New York.

### Décès

Âgé de 37 ans, Anthony Williams est mort le 19 septembre 2009 de complications à la suite de blessures à la colonne vertébrale liées à un accident pendant une session de karaté. Il se trouvait dans un centre de rééducation physique au moment de sa mort. La nouvelle a également été annoncée le jour même par Busta Rhymes via le réseau social Twitter : « I am sorry 2 say that on this day at 2:05 Sept 19th we lost another incredible life…Dj Roc Raida died 2day my personal Dj is gone… ».

## Récompenses

### En individuel

* 1991 : As One.
* 1992 : Superman Battle.
* 1992 : DMC USA Finals.
* 1995 : Championnat du monde DMC.

## Discographie

### Solo

* 1997 : The Adventures of Roc Raida... One Too Many! (Fat Beats)
* Asia & Roc Raida Intro
* Plug Tunin'
* Paul Revere
* I Got It Made
* Girls I Got Them Locked
* Friends
* DXT Speaks Over A Dope Beat
* Dave
* Jingle Bell
* Sing A Simple Song
* Break Through
* Kool Is Back
* New Rap Language
* One For The Treble
* Rock It
* Disco Dream
* Larry's Theme
* Let's Make A Dope Deal
* Pumpkin and the Allstars
* Funk Box
* Hot Day Master Mix
* King Tut
* Triple Threat
* Still Making A Dope Deal
* Hardcore
* Cold Gettin Dumb
* He Cuts So Fresh
* Devotion
* Rock It In The Pocket
* Impeach The President
* God Made Me Funky
* Cutting It Up
* Knock Em Out Sugar Ray
* Nautilus
* Ike's Mood
* World Famous
* 2000 : Crossfaderz (Moonshine Music)
* Who You Fuckin' Wit?- 2:07
* Keep It Real Airlines- 1:29
* What Car and Limo Sevice- :57
* The Enemy- 4:19 (Featuring Diggin' in the Crates Crew)
* Visualize- 2:14 (Featuring Mister Complex)
* Conceited Bastard- 3:03 (Featuring Mad Skillz)
* Tried By 12- 2:52
* The Sessoin- 2:51
* Fist of the White Lotus- 1:03
* Caller Trying to Win Tickets- 1:00
* Missing in Action- 3:33
* Raida's Theme- 3:38 (Featuring WaynO of the E. Bros)
* The Heist- 3:16 (Featuring Big L)
* Drop It Heavy- 4:28 (Featuring Showbiz and A.G.)
* Lifestyles of the Rich and Dangerous- 2:33
* One Man Band- 3:10
* Black Pack Rapper- 2:02
* Slash Ya Face Records- 1:25
* Bitch in Yoo- 3:52 (Featuring Common)
* Find That- 3:37 (Featuring The Beatnuts)
* Getting Closer to God- 3:34 (Featuring Krumbsnatcha, DJ Premier
* MC-2- 2:59 (Featuring Diamond D)
* Razorblade Alcohol Slide- 3:34 (Featuring DJ Q-Bert, D-Styles)
* 2001 : We Them Niggas (Fat Beats)
* We Them Niggas- 2:35
* What You Gonna Do- 3:12
* Burn That Ass- 2:51
* Skit- 3:07
* You Don't Stop- 2:22
* Ill Kick Your Ass- 1:51
* Judge Craig- 2:11
* Stepp Up Front- 2:17
* I'm Bringin It- 3:07
* Kick Flows- 4:22
* What Gong Show- 3:10
* 2003 : Champion Sounds (DMC Records)
* Intro- 0:26
* Hip Hop Shit- 3:41
* On the Cut- 2:12
* Bang Bang- 3:58
* Hit 'Em Off- 4:31
* Hip Hop on Wax- 2:42
* All Hail to My Hands- 4:19
* Scratch Break- 1:45
* I Got You- 4:11
* Shout Out- 0:23
* Raida's Theme- 4:37
* The Murder Faktory- 4:58
* The Funky Beat- 3:24
* The Cipha- 3:23
* Burn That Ass- 3:52
* Love It- 4:49
* Sub Level- 3:36
* What More Can I Say- 3:27
* 2005 : Rock Phenomenon (Altered Ego)
* Intro
* Lil’ Jon vs. Ozzy Osbourne (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Rage Against The Machine (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Ice Cube vs. Tool (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Mike Shinoda Interlude
* Ludacris vs. AC/DC (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* M.O.P. vs. Jimi Hendrix (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Notorious B.I.G. vs. Led Zeppelin (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Disturbed (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Mike Shinoda Interlude
* DMX vs. Nirvana (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* 2pac vs. Survivor (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Jay-Z vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Mike Shinoda Interlude
* M.O.P. vs. Queen [produced by Green Lantern] (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* 2pac vs. Talib Kweli vs. Rush (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* 8Ball and MJG vs. Slayer (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Jay-Z vs. Marilyn Manson (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Linkin Park vs. David Banner (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* The Eagles (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* 2pac (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* 50 Cent vs. The Verve (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* 2pac vs. Lynard Skynyrd (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Korn vs. Dr. Dre (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* Jimi Hendrix (Rock Phenomenon remix)
* 2007 : Beats, Cuts and Skits (Adiar Cor Records)
* Think It Over
* Raida's Theme (Featuring Wayne O)
* Hip Hop 101 (Featuring Aasim)
* Back to Back (Featuring Saigon)
* The Truth (Featuring Fat Joe, Aasim)
* The Truth (Featuring Smif-n-Wessun)
* Break the Style Down (Featuring A.G., Partie Artie)
* How U Want It (Featuring Jungle Brothers)
* The What FM Gong Show
* Let It Bang(Featuring M.O.P.
* X-Ecutioners Style (Featuring Black Thought, Linkin Park)
* No Joke (Featuring Saigon, Graph)
* Hey Thug
* Live From The P Jays (Featuring Ghostface Killah, Trife, Black Thought)
* Back To Back Pt. 2 Featuring Scram Jones)
* Another X-Ecution (Featuring Dilated Peoples)
* Burn Dat Ass (Featuring Wayne-O)
* Hip Hop Shit
* I Got You
* The Regulater
* Funky Piano (Featuring Wayne-O)
* I'll Kick Your Ass

### Avec les X-Ecutioners

* 1997 : X-Pressions (Asphodel Records)
* X-Outtakes 1 – 0:18
* Get Started – 3:09
* Word Play – 2:40
* X-Outtakes 2 – 0:23
* Raida's Theme feat. E Bros – 3:29
* Pianos From Hell – 3:08
* The Cipher feat. Creature, Gudtyme, Kakoo, Pliz & World – 4:00
* The Turntablist Anthem feat. Anikke & Taboo – 3:48
* X-Outtakes 3 – 0:49
* One Man Band – 3:03
* The Countdown – 6:34
* Solve For X – 2:27
* X-Outtakes 4 – 0:24
* Turntable Exhibition – 2:46
* Beat Treats – 3:13
* Musical Intuition feat. Anikke & Gudtyme – 5:07
* Mad Flava – 4:34
* X-Outtakes 5 – 1:08
* Poetry In Motion feat. Halex The Armageddon – 3:48
* Scratch To This – 0:45
* Musica Negra (Black Music) feat. Gudtyme – 4:32
* Table Talk feat. The 5th Platoon – 2:33
* 1998 : Japan X-Clusive (P-Vine Records)
* Ginga Tankenki (remix) (Rhymehead)
* Michi Naru Tane (Naked Artz featuring Rhymester)
* For Da Bad Boys and Ladies (Illmariachi featuring Ikooru)
* Kyotou 98 (Naked Artz featuring Rappagariya)
* Specialist (Rral Styla)
* X-Hibition 1 (The X-Ecutioners & Naked Artz)
* Kagi (Naked Artz)
* Real Styla (Real Styla)
* X-Hibition 2 (The X-Ecutioners)
* Outtakes 1 (The X-Ecutioners)
* X-Hibition 3 (The X-Ecutioners)
* Raida's Theme (The X-Ecutioners)
* X-Hibition 4 (The X-Ecutioners)
* I and I (Mr Drunk remix) (Naked Artz)
* Yabasugiru Skill part II (Rappagariya featuring Skip)
* Oosouji (King Giddra)
* Mimawasou (King Giddra)
* Kotoba No Kagaku (Rappagariya)
* X-Hibition 5 (The X-Ecutioners)
* Outtakes 2 (The X-Ecutioners, King Giddra, & Mimawasou)
* 2002 : Built from Scratch (Loud Records)
* Intro - featuring Vinroc, Apollo and Shortkut
* XL - featuring Large Professor
* X-ecutioners Scratch
* A Journey Into Sound - featuring Kenny Muhammed
* Hip-Hop Awards (skit)
* 3 Boroughs
* Let It Bang - featuring M.O.P.
* X-ecutioners (Theme) Song - featuring Dan the Automator
* Feel the Bass
* You Can't Stratch (skit)
* It's Goin' Down - featuring Mike Shinoda and Mr. Hahn of Linkin Park
* Premier's X-ecution
* The X (Y'all Know The Name) - featuring Pharoahe Monch, Xzibit, Inspectah Deck, and Skillz
* Genius of Love 2002 - featuring Tom Tom Club and Biz Markie
* Choppin' Niggas Up
* B-Boy Punk Rock 2001 - featuring Everlast
* Who Wants to Be a Motherfuckin' Millionaire (skit)
* Play That Beat
* Dramacyde - featuring Big Pun and Kool G Rap
* X-ecution of a Bum Rush - featuring The Beat Junkies
* 2003 : Scratchology (Sequence Records)
* What Is a Scratch?- 1:55
* The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel- 5:17
* Military Cut- 4:07
* Rock It- 5:22
* Like This (Full & Fresh)- 5:11
* 2-3 Break- 3:59
* Ugly People Be Quiet- 4:47
* Product of the Environment [Remix]- 5:07
* One for the Treble- 1:04
* Shut Em Down [Pete Rock Mix]- 1:30
* DJ Premier in Deep Concentration- 3:35
* Interlude- 0:32
* Dilated Junkies- 3:40
* Interlude- 0:21
* Felonious Funk- 3:53
* Premier's X-ecution- 4:11
* I'll Kick Ya Ass- 1:55
* Razorblade Alcohol Slide- 1:59
* 2004 : Revolutions (Sony Records)
* Skit 1- 1:58
* The Countdown, Pt. 2 feat. Blue Man Group- 1:45
* Live from the PJs feat. Ghostface Killah, Trife & Black Thought- 2:53
* Like This feat. Anikke- 3:23
* C'mon- 2:51
* Skit 2- 2:05
* Back to Back feat. Saigon & Scram Jones- 3:08
* Let Me Rock feat. Start Trouble- 3:26
* The Regulators feat. Rock Marcy & Sly Boogie- 3:15
* Space Invader- 3:36
* Old School Throwdown- 2:36
* Get With It feat. Cypress Hill- 3:29
* (Even) More Human than Human feat. Rob Zombie, Slug & Josey Scott- 3:58
* Skit 3- 1:16
* Sucka Think He Cud Wup Me feat. dead prez- 3:40
* The Truth feat. Fat Joe & Aasim- 3:40
* ILL BILL- 3:59
* Skit 4- 0:39
* 2005 : General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners (Ipecac Recordings)
* X-Men Doctrine and Declaration: Target=40:40:11N 73:56:38W – 1:30
* General P. Counterintelligence: Target=37:47:36N 122:33:17W – 0:40
* Get Up, Punk! 0200 Hrs. (Joint Special Operations Task Force) – 3:38
* Roc Raida: Riot Control Agent/Combat Stress Control – 2:05
* Improvised Explosive Device 0300 Hrs. – 0:36
* Vaqueros Y Indios! (Joint Special Operations Task Force) – 1:52
* Precision Guided Needle-Dropping and Larynx Munitions (PGNDLM) – 1:55
* Duelling Banjo Marching Drill – 1:54
* Battle Hymn of the Technics Republic – 1:11
* ¡Fire in the Hole! 0400 Hrs. (Joint Special Operations Task Force) – 2:14
* Convulsive Antidote for Nerve Agent Autoinjector (CANAA) – 0:43
* Modified Combined Obstacle Overlay (MCOO) ...Or... How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Turntables' – 2:41
* Surprise Swing Insurgency/Tabla and Tongue Twist Counterattack/Dragon Seeks Path' – 3:41
* Kamikaze! 0500 Hrs. (Take a Piece of Me) – 2:16
* 'We'll Paint This Town--Throat and Phonograph Fire Support Coordination Measures (TPFSCM) – 1:40
* Imitative Electromagnetic Deception (IED)/Digital Nonsecure Voice Terminal (DNVT) – 0:21
* A.W.O.L. Block Party Brawl 0600 Hrs. – 1:50
* Eastside Multichannel Tactical Scratch Communications (EMTSC) – 1:41
* Pimps Up, Aces High! 0700 Hrs. (Westside Swashbuckling Parade) – 1:28
* Warcry/Infrared R'n'B Hallucination/Jungle Operations Exfiltration System – 3:02
* L.O.L.—-Loser On Line! (Hate the Player, Hate the Game) – 3:34
* Low Altitude Vocal Parachute Extraction System (LAVPES) – 1:04
* Battle Damage Assessment and Repair/White Flag Surrender/Wake Me Up in Heaven – 4:52
