Let’s set the stage:
June 8th, 2013 — Tampa is humid, electric, and ready. And at Crowbar, Ol’ Dirty Sundays wasn’t just booking DJs — they were summoning pillars of hip-hop history.
This lineup wasn’t casual.
It was historic.
- Z-Trip — godfather of mashup DJ culture
- Grandmaster Caz — one of the architects of the entire rap vocabulary
- Charlie Chase — old-school pioneer and turntable authority
This wasn’t a party.
It was a masterclass in lineage, delivered through rhythm.
Z-Trip: The Turntable Daredevil
His style is athletic.
His transitions are comedic sometimes.
His confidence is pure showmanship.
There were moments where he looked at the crowd with that
“Oh you’re not ready…”
smirk —
and then proved himself right.
Grandmaster Caz: Hip-Hop Royalty
This man’s existence is documentation of the birth of hip-hop itself. When he speaks on a mic, there’s weight — generational weight. He carries stories in cadence.
When he delivered classic old-school flows —
you could literally see younger heads mouthing
“Wow… this is the SOURCE.”
And older heads smiling like
“Yes. You’re finally witnessing what we grew up on.”
Charlie Chase: The Technican & Historian
Charlie Chase is the kind of DJ who can make two beats talk to each other. He’s got that old-school “hands-on-vinyl” feel — where scratching isn’t flash, it’s conversation.
He’ll bend a groove just slightly
hold tension
release it
and the entire room leans forward.
Watching him feels like watching a sculptor at work.
But instead of marble — he’s shaping sound.
The ODS Crowd — Tampa’s Rhythm Tribe
They aren’t passive.
They don’t need encouragement.
They know when to listen and when to move.
When Z-Trip dropped unexpected cross-genre blends — they reacted.
When Caz brought classic cadence — they respected.
When Chase laid down foundational beats — they understood.
This wasn’t a crowd witnessing history.
It was a crowd participating in it.
Why This Night Still Resonates
This ODS wasn’t just another summer Sunday.
It was Tampa saying:
We don’t just consume hip-hop.
We honor it.
We understand its roots.
We host its legends.
You had three different eras of DJ culture —
all sharing one stage
one building
one energy
one collective pulse
And Crowbar became a crossroads.
Afterwards — The Night Air & Afterglow
When the music finally cut off and the crowd spilled outside onto 7th Ave, you heard conversations like:
- “I can’t believe I saw Grandmaster Caz in Tampa.”
- “Z-Trip was insane tonight.”
- “Charlie Chase — man, he’s a surgeon.”
- “ODS just keeps blessing us.”
People were buzzing — not in a nightlife sense —
but in a cultural memory sense.
Like they had been witness to something bigger than a show.