The Beat Academy presents The Battle of The Americas Beat Battle featuring judges Young Guru, Symbolyc One (S1), and Jake One. On Saturday June 21st 24 producers from USA and Canada will go to war in the ultimate team beat battle!
Grab tickets or visit Beat Academy for more info.
Video of The Road to SXSW battle featuring Wondagurl, Rich Kidd, Chef Byer, and more after the break!
Kontrax, founder of the Beat Lounge Beat Battle, and producer Yon L.I. talk about the Cincinnati hip-hop production scene and the importance of beat battles. Visit Beat Lounge on Facebook for more info about upcoming events.
Kavet The Catalyst, founder of of BeatRoot, takes viewers inside of LS Lab to talk learning production out of necessity and eventually founding Hawaii’s premier producer event. Shout out to Upstairs Records, which used to advertise in all of the hip-hop magazines. This is where I too purchased my first belt driven Gemini turntables and … Read more
Jay-Z’s tour DJ, recording engineer, and Roc-A-Fella/RocNation/Def Jam A&R Young Guru will be in attendance to judge the 6th annual Miltown Beat Down Finals, which will take place on June 10th, 2011. In addition to acting as one of the event’s judges, Young Guru will perform a special DJ set showcasing his work as an … Read more
Here’s a little something for those who didn’t have a chance to attend Beat Society’s first NYC event in six years. The live producer showcase took place on February 12th at Tammany Hall in NYC and featured such producers as Don Cannon, Khrysis, Illmind, Nottz, and DJ Revolution saddled up with their trusty laptops and … Read more
This Friday Bay area producers will come together to do battle at Slump Fest: The Cali-Troit Beat Battle, which will take place in San Francisco. The beat battle is also a canned food drive, birthday celebration, video shoot for Sacred Hoop’s “Chick’s Pack Heat”, and release party for Phillip Drummond’s Roll With the Punches EP. … Read more
Texas production fans get ready! On Thursday, February 24th 16 producers from across the state of Texas will do go to war to determine winner of the Unbeatable Beat Battle & Producer Showcase.
The event will also include performances from Johnny Moog Performance, DJ Dus & Qbdaproblem along with audience judging and special guest judges.
Doors Open @ 9
Show Starts @ 10
$5 Admission
Aria
326 N Chaparral
Corpus Christi
Producer araabMUZIK went 8th Wundah went to war against each other at Rhode Island’s Winter Wars MPC Face-off. The two producers grabbed their Akai MPC2500’s to determine the victor after three rounds of live MPC performances.
Beat Society returns this February for an NYC edition featuring producers Nottz, Illmind, Roc Marciano, Buckwild, and Khrysis. With Evil Dee of Da Beat Minerz on the turntables, it’s sure to be a good event. Saturday, February 12th 2011 Doors @ 6pm.18+ / $10 Tammany Hall 152 Orchard St. Visit Beat Society for more info.
The Soundtrack Beat Battle takes place on January 29th in Nashville, Tennessee. Prizes include cash, a trophy, production kit, a feature in EQ Magazine, a pitch meeting with Sony/ATV, and more.
Soundtrack Beat Battle
Saturday, January 29th
Doors 7pm / Show 8pm
Limelight
201 Woodland Street
Nashville, TN 37213-1216
Head over to Soundtrack website for more event or competitor information.
Hit the break for highlight footage of past events!