Billing itself as "America’s largest hip-hop festival", Scribble Jam will make a stop in Chicago on September 6th, 2008 in order to select a winners to represent the Windy City at their main event. They’ll also hold an mc battle and will feature performances by Decay, Robust, Dirty Digital, Astonish, and Jam One. All mc’s … Read more
Filmaker Pritt Kalsi takes us into the heart of King of The Beats, which, with 9 crews crews from around the world competing against each other for a title, bills itself as "the most hardcore beat battle of all time."
Obviously this isn’t the largest beat battle, but with only a £20 budget and 1 day to complete a track, it certainly ranks in the elite for requiring sampling producers to be resourceful.
Up and coming producer/beatmaker Juney definitely knows how to handle himself when it comes to instrumentals. As the winner of the Crate Kings Summer Beat Battle, he ripped it up with an original track created using Reason 3, M Audio BX5A monitors, M-Audio Audiophile soundcard, and a Numark PT-01 portable turntable. More proof that you … Read more
Once again it was a heated competition with many producers bringing their best instrumental compositions, however, our guest judge K-Def was able to whittle down all of the entries to determine the top producers of the moment. Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone for taking the time to put in such a phenomenal … Read more
Just a reminder that today is the last chance to enter the Crate Kings Summer 2008 Producer Beat Battle Sponsored by Zoom-In Online. The final deadline for the competition is Friday, July 4, 2008 at 12a.m. EST. at which point our guest producer judge K-Def will be lending a hand to determine who is the … Read more
The Crate Kings Summer Beat Battle sponsored by Zoom-In Online is currently underway! With only 1 week left, the July 4th, 2008 entry deadline is fast approaching, but there’s still time to compete for some fantastic prizes. Visit the Crate Kings forums for official rules and the chance have your entry reviewed by Hip-Hop production … Read more
It was a tough field of competition during the Crate Kings Spring ’08 beat battle, but producer Illeagle was able to pull through and take the number one spot with clever sample flipping and programming skills. The 27 year old Illeagle hails from Fort Wayne, Indiana and has been producing & dj’ing for over a … Read more
To celebrate his latest release entitled Digi Snacks, The RZA and Koch Records are holding a remix contest for his single "Drama". The winning entry will receive $500, a 1 year subscription to Remix Magazine, and the chance to be included in a forthcoming digital release by RZS as Bobby Digital. Head on over to … Read more
Producer RODDYROD (Maspyke, Low Budget) gives the crowd a taste of what he has to offer with a joint played straight from his equipment during a 2003 Beat Society even
The summer is already heating up with our massive producer beat battle brought to you by Crate Kings and Zoom In Online. For this event legendary producer K-Def has agreed to lend his studio expertise to our group of hard working musical craftsmen. Make sure you take advantage of the opportunity to have your beat … Read more