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Think you can outdo The Alchemist? Then download the acapella to Bekay’s “I Am” and remix it for a chance to appear on the iTunes edition of The Hunger Pains Remix EP. Listen to the original, read the contest rules then  the acapella below.

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DOWNLOAD ACAPELLA, CONTEST RULES & SOUND EFFECTS HERE(new link)

or paste this into your browser :http://www.zshare.net/download/67904311619ee8b2/

Winning remix will be featured on the iTunes edition of The Hunger Pains Remix EP, scheduled for release in late December/early January.  The title will include the name of the wining producer in addition to ‘The NodFactor Remix’, ie; “I Am” [NodFactor Remix] (prod. by YOU).  Winning producer will also be awarded a watch of your choice courtesty of FludWatches.com.

CONTEST RULES:

Attention producers, please email all submissions to coalminerecords@gmail.com no later then Friday, November 13th. Only one submission per producer will be accepted. The files for the remix contest include an MP3 file of the original version of the song in addition to a WAV file of both the acapella and the sounds effects. Both the acapella and sound effects are zero pointed so they will synchronize properly. It’s not mandatory to use all sound effects, however, it is encouraged that you use the scratch hook, which is on the sound effects file. Music should be in an mp3 format and should default to any iTunes player. Sample-free remixes are allowed, but not required. File should be labeled accordingly with song title first, followed by the producer’s name and Remix in parenthesis, ie: I Am (Joe Smith Remix).mp3. Please include your email address in the comment field of the iTunes info panel. In your email, please provide us with your MySpace URL, your discography to date along with a bio/epk if possible. Please include a few sentences about yourself and your production background. Good luck!

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Tracklisting:

01. Go Around – Marco Polo ft. Buckshot
02. Start The Revolution – DJ Revolution ft. Boot Camp Clik
03. RuckDown – Sean Price
04. Interlude – Buckshot
05. Survival Skills – KRS-ONE & Buckshot ft. DJ Revolution
06. D.I.R.T. – Heltah Skeltah
07. Monster Babies – Random Axe
08. 6 Minutes – B Real
09. FreshFest – Skyzoo ft. Wale
10. Mixed Emotions – Team Facelift
11. Interlude – Kidz In The Hall
12. Back On The Map – Skyzoo ft. Maino
13. HI-808 – Blue Scholars
14. StarStruck – Naledge
15. Coo – Blue Scholars
16. Beautiful Decay – Skyzoo
17. New Love – Tek of Smif N Wessun
18. Smoke – Marco Polo & Torae ft. Rock & Lil Fame
19. Get Mines – Oh No ft. Buckshot
20. Interlude – Buckshot
21. Robot – KRS-ONE & Buckshot
22. Duck Down – Ruste Juxx
23. Critically Acclaimed – Statik Selecktah ft. Lil Fame, Saigon & Sean Price
24. Get It Done – Skyzoo & Torae ft. DJ Premier
25. The Matrix – Black Milk ft. Pharoahe Monch & Sean Price
26. Hold Up – Marco Polo & Torae ft. Masta Ace & Sean Price
27. Interlude – Naledge of Kidz In The Hall
28. No Love – Team Facelift
29. Toast To Bucktown – General Steele ft. Buckshot
30. Flickin – Kidz In The Hall
31. Duck Down (Bonus Track) – Sean Price ft. Torae & Skyzoo

lead single to “Hunger Pains” which drops Nov. 10th through Coalmine Records.

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The official clip. Hit up @Torae and @marcopolobeats on Twitter. DJ Revolution draws chalk lines around this one…(but when doesn’t he?)

Vote DJ Revolution’s “Man Or Machine” Video into rotation at MTV U. Voting ends this Friday, March 20th.  Click here to vote.

On paper this Ludacris CD is a certified banger, but I’m not quite sure it lives up to the hype all the way. With a diverse group of producers ranging from Don Cannon, DJ Toomp and Swizz Beatz to 9th Wonder and DJ Premier it seemed that Luda was trying to make a classic movie. Lyrically, Luda is consistent with his chuckle-inducing punch lines and “shouting fire in a crowded theatre” flow. As for the guest list he only allows hip-hop’s best behind the velvet rope as T.I., Nas, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and Common round out the guest list. As for the beats Clinton Sparks does an above average Dr. Dre impersonation on “Call Up The Homies” and Don Cannon’s chop of Gladys Knight on “Everybody Hates Chris” will have you firing up your MPCs and computers after one listen. While 9th and Preemo kick some much appreciated dirt on the disc I gotta give the nod to 9th for execution of “Do The Right Thing.” Wyldfyer brings the 808s and art breaks on “Last of a Dying Breed” but didn’t quite live up to the drama of having Nas & Jay-Z on a track with “I Do it For Hip-Hop.” Play the Trackmasters produced “One More Drink” and “Contagious” for your girl but “Nasty Girl” will prolly put her to sleep. Good movie, but I coulda waited for the DVD release.

After many false starts and name changes (this collection was originally dubbed Live At The Renaissance) Q-Tip has finally deemed his years of work worthy of the masses and the timing couldn’t be better.

Musically, The Renaissance is a compromise between the fun-loving b-boy leanings of Amplified and the ambitious, live instrumentation of Kamaal The Abstract. The bright and inspirational lead single “Gettin’ Up” is built around the pianos of Black Ivory’s “You And I” and is complemented by some extraordinary live bass guitar work. It seems that Tip is channeling his inner rock star as the six-stringed wooden instrument is at the heart of many of the cuts, either as a sample or played. From the opening cut “Johnny Dead” to the melancholy but satisfying “You” and “Shaka” Tip gives the sound beds a lush twang, as if he took the J-Dilla produced “Let’s Ride” (with its sample of Joe Pass’ “Giant Steps“) from Amplified and used it as the inspiration for much of this project. Read more Q-Tip HERE and HERE and HERE.

When I saw the title and the blinged out cover art I was a little worried that Diamond D was making a run at the kids who write their name on their glasses. Thankfully, the D.I.T.C. beatmsmith/MC stays true to form on his latest solo. The beats bang like Brandon Jacobs in the Red Zone with assists from DJ Scratch on “You Can’t Be Me” and Nottz on the titular “D-I-A-M-O-N-D.” The BX vet hits a few hick-ups on the skippable “Good Time” and “I Getz It In” but Beat for Beat Diamond might have edged out his rhyming/producing peers Pete Rock and Large Pro for supremacy in ’08.

Every hard rock needs to take a day off and when you finally trade in your 40 oz for a high ball glass and a good cognac this is the CD you should reach for. Little Brother’s Phonte and the Dutchmaster Nicolay bring a smoothed out follow-up to their hip-hop/R&B hybrid, Connected. High Water marks are the lush “All or Nothing” and the ethereal “If This Is Love.” Fans of Connected will find comfort in the familiarity of “Something To Behold” and “Take Off The Blues.” If D’Angelo smoked a lot less and ?uestlove smoked a lot more this is what the follow-up to Voodoo might have sounded like.

Put on DJ Revolution’s King of The Decks and watch all of your friends turn into human bobble head dolls as the precise cuts and scratches create a synergy with this blitzkrieg of lyricism. From KRS-One’s declarative “The DJ” to the ultimate show-off “The Biggest Up” (where Rev cuts up DJ Premier of all people giving him props on the radio) there is no shortage of quality tracks on this disc. Instrumental stand-outs include “The Big Top,” “Ey,” “Casualties of Tour,” and “School.” All wack DJS consider your card pulled.

Rock and Ruck are the only MCs that make the term “punchline” feel literal. There hasn’t been a duo as balanced in their attack since Freddy Foxxx’s twin glocks. I had to stomp the mud off my Timbs after a couple of spins of this collection of psycho ward chin-check music. Illmind, Khrysis and Marco Polo leave so much sonic grit between their speech that Duckdown should include a box of q-tips with each copy. Already in tune with the bullies from BK through various mixtape collabs the beats make this the most cohesive HS CD since their debut, Nocturnal. DJs, keep “Everything is Heltah Skeltah” and “The Art of Disresekinazation” in the hard drive and the crates.

What can you say about one of the best producers on the mic? From the down tempo feel of “In The Ghetto” and “Sewin In Love” (with one of the most smoke ready samples at work) to the aptly titled “Hard Body” and the Trilogy of terror, “RuDopeDapNNoyd” Extra P’s Main Source gets the job done with no bells and whistles, just like the paper bag he’s holdin on the CD cover. Hip-hop represent, buy the album when he drops it.

DJ Revolution said in a recent interview, “the connection between the DJ and the emcee has been severed. King of The Decks is my attempt at reconnecting it.”

DJ Revolution has spent 15 years perfecting that craft on the SP 1200. He’s currently behind the wheels of the longest running Hip Hop show in the history of commercial radio, “THE WORLD FAMOUS WAKE UP SHOW alongside Sway & King Tech.

Aside from his weekly duties on the show based out of LA on Power 106, and syndicated Worldwide, he has lent his now infamous scratch techniques to countless records and his production skills to many established artists. REV has also taken his skillz to the far corners as the globe and ripped clubs in locations such as Japan, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. He has also shared the stage DJ’ing for many artists including legends like Rakim all the way to current superstars such as Kanye West. Revolution has released two of his own Full length LP’s “In 12’s we trust/R2K” and one with his partners Sway & Tech , “This or That.

As DJ Revolution readies KING OF THE DECKS, in stores on September 16th, he elaborated further on the issues of the lack of communication between the MC and THE DJ stating that it “is one of the most obvious reasons Hip Hop has devolved so drastically over the years. Since MC’s in general decided to toss aside the DJ as an asset and integral part of their success from production to performance, the music has suffered tremendously. My goal is to re-introduce to the world what a DJ is. He or She is not just a celebrity, or someone who plays records, or makes funny sounds with turntables. He or she is all of that and more. I recruited some of the most legendary and also most talented up and coming artists to help me express all of this within the context of the music.

Tracklisting and credits for DJ Revolution’s King Of The Decks (all songs produced DJ Revolution except where noted):

1.) Intro f/Jazzy Jeff

2.) King Of The Decks f/ Sean Price & Tash

3.) THE DJ f/ KRS ONE

4.) Do My Thing f/ Guilty Simpson & Royce Da 5′ 9″

5.) LADJ (skit)

6.) Funky Piano f/ Bishop Lamont, Crooked I, Styliztik Jones

7.) For The Kids (skit)

8.) The Big Top f/ Special Teamz

9). Start The Revolution f/ Boot Camp Clik

10.) Scratch Nerds (skit)

11.) Invaders from the Planet Sqratch f/ DJ Qbert

12.) EY! f/ Joell Ortiz and Termanology (Produced by DJ Revolution & DJ Numark)

13.) Casualties of Tour f/ Rakaa Iriscience (produced by Marco Polo)

14.) Damage f/ Blaq Poet & Bumpy Knuckles

15.) Willie Lynch f/ Styliztik Jones and KBimean

16.) The Biggest Up f/ DJ Premier (Skit)

17.) Blow Da Spot f/ Strong Arm Steady

18.) School f/ Planet Asia

19.) Spit Ridiculous f/ Defari

20.) Pro’s & Con’s f/ Evidence

21.) Calling Haul (Skit)

22.) Man or Machine

23.) The Set Up f/ Sway & King Tech

24.) The Re-Match f/ DJ Spinbad