Vote Now For The UMA’s Producer Of The Year
July 12, 2010
The 8th annual Under Ground Music Awards will be taking place this year once again at the legendary B.B. Kings on August 22nd. This year the UMA’s present us with six nominees for producer of the year. This years nominees include Shade 45 show host Statik Selektah, Seattle’s own Jake One, Bad Boy Hitmen producer Amadeus, Blaps, Rhymes, & Life creator Illmind, Violator All Star DJ DJ Pain 1 Platinum Boy Music Producers Buda Da Future & Grandz. Make sure you hit each participant up on twitter, let them know you voted for them, & tell em Nodfactor sent ya!
To go directly to the producer of the year voting click here
To see all categories/nominees visit the official UMA site here
VIDEO: Producer Battle At SXSW – Red Bull Big Tune (ALL ROUNDS)
April 7, 2010
Catch all of the rounds of the Red Bull Big Tune beat battle at SXSW this year. This is the first time the battle was done by invitation and 14 KT ended up battling it out with Budo in the finals. Watch to find out who won.
Semi Finals
Finals
RED BULL BIG TUNE 2010 TOUR ANNOUNCED
April 2, 2010
SANTA MONICA, Calif., (April 1, 2010 ) – The Red Bull Big Tune program has been a longstanding, respected platform for up-and-coming music producers to gain national exposure, collaborate with well-known artists and make solid connections that could catapult one’s career. This spring, Red Bull Big Tune hits the road again hosting qualifying battles in Austin, TX; Philadelphia, PA; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Denver, CO; Seattle, WA; Minneapolis, MN; St. Louis, MO; Ann Arbor/Detroit, MI; and Virginia Beach, VA.
Each battle will feature 12 producers vying for audience votes. The top two producers from each qualifying competition will advance to the national finals at METRO in Chicago this fall. The coveted grand prize is an opportunity to create the ultimate ‘big tune’ with an A-list artist of one’s choice at the prestigious Red Bull Studios in Los Angeles. Past winners have collaborated with Young Buck and Nas. Interested producers can apply online beginning April 1, 2010 at www.redbullbigtune.com.
NEXT ON DECK
After nabbing “runner-up” in the 2008 Red Bull Big Tune national finals, beat-master Frank Dukes of Toronto came back with a vengeance and seized the 2009 national championship title last December, earning himself a private recording session at Red Bull Studios. Dukes’ emcee of choice and the musical collaboration will be unveiled later this summer.
“Red Bull Big Tune has helped connect me with a lot of people in the music industry that I’ve been able to network with and build relationships,” explains Dukes who recently secured a song deal with G-Unit. “All in all, it’s put me in a better position to get where I’m trying to go.”
MORE THAN A BEAT
Red Bull Big Tune is more than a beat battle. It is a full-fledged producer program with a parallel education outreach and mentorship series designed to inspire and educate the next generation of music producers. In several cities each year, Red Bull Big Tune team members and critically acclaimed producers Jake One and Vitamin D, along with event creator Jonathan Moore, conduct music workshops for youth where they share their experience in the music industry from beat- making to deal-making.
As part of the Red Bull Big Tune program, participating producers are given a platform to share their music with millions of fans. For the past two years, the Red Bull Big Tune finals have aired on national television networks accompanied by the road to the finals documentary web series. Beyond the national exposure, participants benefit from the support of artists such as Nas, Young Buck, Ghostface, Ninth Wonder, DJ Quick, Hi-Tek, J-Rocc, Freeway, Just Blaze, DJ Premiere, Black Milk, Sean Price, Evidence,Chali2na, De La Soul, Jake One, Vitamin D and Alchemist through performance, collaboration or mentorship opportunities.
Go to www.redbullbigtune.com for more information.
Jake One Submitting To Relapse 2, Freeway Jacking Em For “Freelapse”
February 12, 2010
Last night at the Stimulus Package listening session Jake One said that he was submitting beats for Relapse 2 and Freeway said he was just jacking Eminem’s beats outright for a new mixtape, “Freelapse.”
Download: Freeway & DJ Wonder – Freelapse via TeamYee
“I be on the net and they say ‘Free is ok, but that Jake One beat is CRAAZY…Free coulda killed that better.” –Freeway
Freeway & Jake One On The Stimulus Package from Jerry Barrow on Vimeo.
Vinyl Hands On: Freeway & Jake One – Stimulus Package
February 9, 2010
Freeway & Jake One went all out with this package: money green marbled double vinyl, 4 Freeway Bills, 4 Jake One Bills, with lyrics and liner notes on the backsides, a Gate Fold Sleeve, plus a download card with the Instrumentals and MP3s. This unique package was put together by Hip-hop’s Iconic Designer, Brent Rollins.
D.Black Speaks On Seattle Hip-Hop & Working With Vitamin D/Jake One
January 11, 2010
Seattle’s own D.Black speaks on the Seattle music scene and how hip-hop fits into the city’s local scene. He also talks about working with Vitamin D and Jake One. He also says he got engineering tips and how to keep his music in key. His CD Ali’ Yah is on stores now!
Buy Link: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZ…
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dblacksea
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/dblackmuzik
VIDEO:Jake One & Freeway, “You Know What I Mean”
December 18, 2009
Video: DJ Khalil Shows Off Some Equipment From Area-51
December 7, 2009
That’s a lot of production heat in one room, dammit.(props to Nahright)
DJ Khalil gave Jake One x Tha Bizness a preview of some material from his new super group The New Royales & shows one of his secret productions weapons he used in producing Jim Jones smash “Love Me No More”!! (Now is it snitching if I try to find out what that thing is he’s playing?) Crate Kings let the cat out the bag.
Dj Khalil Sits With Tha Bizness x Jake One In His Studio from THA BIZNESS on Vimeo.
VIDEO: D’Black In The Studio With Jake One & Vitamin D
September 15, 2009
Jake One & J-Dilla Helping DOOM Give Birth In March
February 19, 2009
Mask-wearing hip-hop maverick DOOM (previously MF Doom) unveils his imminent new album, BORN LIKE THIS – a tour de force of thrillingly intricate and diabolically original songwriting. BLT is his first full-length solo offering in over four years.
As well as head-spinningly complex, reference-rich rhymes, DOOM also provides the majority of the peerless production himself with just 2 tracks here featuring the studio skills of others. Credit for crafting the bounciest of beats on short yet sweet BALLSKIN goes to Washington’s Jake One, whilst the much-missed J Dilla’s magical psychedelic jamboree illuminates LIGHTWORKS. Guest vocalists include founding Wu Tang Clan members Ghostface and Raekwon, with the former appropriately appearing in his cartoon-inspired Tony Starks guise.
BORN LIKE THIS takes its title from Charles Bukowski’s dystopian poem, ‘Dinosauria, We’, read by its author and re-scored by DOOM on CELLZ. Sharp-eared followers of the interesting end of hip-hop may recognize some of the album’s lineage – the instrumental of LIGHTWORKS is a highlight of J Dilla’s Donuts and an early demo of ANGELZ has circulated in cyberspace – however, the rest of the newborn record’s 16 tracks are 100% fresh and, until now, unheard.
DOOM’s previous solo adventures and escapades include output as alternative alter egos ‘King Geedorah’- a three-headed monster from outer-space – and ‘Viktor Vaughan’ – a DOOM spin-off who exists in a technologically advanced parallel dimension – as well as collaborative albums with Madlib (as ‘Madvillian’), Danger Mouse (‘DangerDOOM’), and a cameo on Gorillaz Demon Days opus.
BORN LIKE THIS will be released worldwide by Lex Records
