I'd say that Sims, Claude Young & Mills all employ hip-hop skills on the decks. Combining those skills within a techno environment is what I prefer. As long as the dj doesnt fcuk about too much and lose the beat. It's only the trainspotter people that end up watching the dj. I'd prefer to get off on the music. Hip-hop djs get a bit anal about the whole show but someone like Craze can manipulate the decks and keep the beat flowing.

3 hip-hop records on 3 decks would work if the dj can pull it off. Techno is easier to mix becuase its so stripped down.

Listen to early Wizard sets...at that time Mills was mixing hip hop, electro, funk, house whilst he was scratching & beat juggling.

A pionnering DJ has skills in every department.