Disco Scratch

I had been thinking of starting a proper site for a while that enables the UK Hip Hop community to add their own entries to a database. All the other resources that are available on the web for the Hip Hop scene are or were maintained only by a handful of people.

The software I am using is mediawiki which is the software that drives wikipedia.

It’s dead easy to use, just search in the box like you would on wikipedia and if what you’re searching for is not there, just click create page and add your entry. I would recommend that you create an account and login to it, that way you get e-mail alerts when someone ads to or edits your entry. This is not just a music wiki, this is to encompass the entire EXPERIENCE of growing up with hip hop from the early 80s through to now in the UK.

It is rooted firmly in the old school upto mid 90s, but there is no reason why you can’t add whatever you want.

I encourage writers, B Boys, MCs, DJs, beatboxers, crew members, dancers, record shop owners, fashion, concerts, concert venues, radio shows, anything at all that falls into your experience with Hip Hop. I have started adding entries and will continue to do so. I am quite new to this myself so over time I’m hoping to tailor it to suit the needs of the community to the best.

You can add video, audio, pictures, links, pretty much anything that you could put on a forum you can out in here… so GET CONTRIBUTING!!!

You can look in the disco scratch forum for the thread for this with tutorial videos, http://discoscratch.co.uk/forum

The database is here: http://discoscratch.co.uk/dsdb

Enjoy!!!!