Duck Down Records and 2K Sports present the NBA 2K11 Producer/MC Contest. According to Duck Down, the winning producer will have his or her creation featured on the NBA 2K11 soundtrack along with an all-expense paid trip to NYC and the chance to perform live at the 2010 CMJ conference.
The contest is divided into two segments. The first segment focuses on producers while the second features MC’s competing over the winning instrumental. In addition to MP3 instrumentals, producers are encouraged to submit video footage with their entries.
Good luck to all readers of Crate Kings (hopefully you give us a shoutout)! Producers must submit an original, sample free instrumental by the March 22nd, 2010 deadline.
Visit the Duck Down contest page for complete rules and details.
Great opportunity. Just be sure you at least read and are content with the following:
(I still plan on entering, but am not submitting anything I’m not willing to give ownership of completely)
BY SUBMITTING AN ENTRY, ENTRANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS/HER ENTRY MAY BE POSTED ON SPONSOR’ WEBSITE, IN SPONSOR’ DISCRETION. Sponsor reserves the right to, and may or may not, monitor/screen entries prior to posting them to the Website. By entering, you acknowledge that Sponsor has no obligation to use or post any Entry you submit. Submission of an Entry grants Sponsor and its agents an unlimited, worldwide, perpetual, license and right to publish, use, publicly perform the Entry in any way, in any and all media, without limitation, and without consideration to the entrant. ENTRIES POSTED TO THE WEBSITE WERE NOT EDITED BY SPONSOR AND ARE THE VIEWS/OPINIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL ENTRANT AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF SPONSOR IN ANY MANNER. Any waiver of any obligation hereunder by Sponsor does not constitute a general waiver of any obligation to entrants….
….In consideration of my Entry being reviewed and evaluated for this Promotion and other good and valuable consideration, I hereby grant to Sponsor and 2K Sports, Inc. (“2K Sports”) the non-exclusive, irrevocable, fully paid, universal license to use, , sublicense, transmit, distribute, publicly perform, publish, delete or display such Entry, or any portion thereof, in any media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, through the duration of the Promotion. . I understand that if my Entry is selected as the potential winning Entry, as a condition of claiming my prize, I will be required (i) to sign 2K Sports’ form music license agreements (collectively, “2K License Agreement”); (ii) grant 2K Sports the right to incorporate, distribute and otherwise use the my Song (“Song”), in whole or in part, in the upcoming videogame, NBA 2K11 the “Videogame”), (and/or excerpts of the Videogame), to synchronize my Song, in whole or in part, with audiovisual elements in the Videogame, to publicly perform my Song, in whole or in part, (including as part of the Videogame), to use and distribute my Song, in whole or in part, for public relations, promotional, advertising, and marketing purposes relating to the Videogame (including without limitation via the Internet), and to incorporate and synchronize my Song into promotional albums or other promotional records, such as an “official soundtrack” of the Videogame; and (iii) grant 2K Sports the right to use, display, and include my image, name, stage name, band name, in connection with all of the foregoing, all without payment or other compensation of any kind due or owing to me or any third party, unless prohibited by law.
“Sample free”? Booooo!!!!
Hip-Hop is sampling…shame on NBA 2K…
Sample clearance can be too expensive nowadays thats why they dont want sample beats i guess. Too much hassle and expense trying to clear all the samples.
As for sampling being hip hop……computer games aint hip hop
Damn, i’m not eligible for this cuz i’m Canadian! I would have been all over this.
Im suprised that duck down is with the no sample thing … they consist 90% just sampling! Im european anyway so i have no chance getting in. Wish all of the contestants good luck … make some fayahh!
Oh man, im so glad that I know how to make beats without samples… Weak or not, I’m submitting. I don’t even like basketball, I love Soccer! But Im gonna submit. You should too….If you can create your own music that is…lol.
You Might Drown in Gutter Water .
“The Top Ten Instrumentals will be selected by
NBA 2K Music Executives & Duck Down A&R
on March 22nd and streamed online for fans
to vote for the winning producer ”
So the one with the best instrumental might not even win… That sucks….
Whassup Crate Kings and readers, Bay Root Productions landed in the top 10 of the NBA2K11 competition. We think we’ve got a sound that’s different from all the entries in the top 10 and would like your vote to send us to the top of the ranks by April 5th. Please vote track 4 “Axiom” by Bay Root Productions. Vote and vote often. Thank you! BRP loves the Crate Kings.
http://www.duckdown.com/nba2k11/producer/index.html
Peace.
Gomez