Beat Battles
- May 11, 2009
For over 2 years, producers using the Stones Throw forum have been holding weekly beat battles. These are open to all newcomers - any and all producers are encouraged to participate.
Beat Battles: www.stonesthrow.com/messageboard/index.php?showforum=11
Here's how it works:
• Saturday: Pick a sample. Winner from the previous week chooses a sample and posts it to a file sharing drop (this week: drop.io/stmb116 ) and sets the rules.
The default rules are:
Flip the sample any way you like
Outside drums or bass allowed
No acappellas.
One beat per person
• Sunday-Thursday: Make a beat. Participants make a beat from the selected track and upload it to the same drop. Keep it under two minutes, and upload a 128kbps MP3 file.
• Friday: Voting. Voting is open to everyone on the board.
Beginning this week, Stones Throw and Now-Again are involved in providing some of the source tracks for sampling. Other than this, the Beat Battles are operated 100% by the producers involved.
Check out audio from Beat Battle #114's winner: STF's “Megamania”
Newsfeed March 15, 2010
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+ J Dilla Donut Shop (Serato/Stones Throw) 2 Discs, 2 Slipmats & Dilla beats
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+ Stones Throw's SXSW Guide: Madlib, PB Wolf, Dam-Funk, J.Rocc and Mayer Hawthorne
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+ DOOM IN LONDON
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+ Secondhand Sureshots The DVD+CD version now available; last copies of the deluxe set in stock
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+ Download a couple track's from Madlib's Beat Konducta in Africa
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+ Madlib in The Guardian feature article by Paul Morley
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+ Stones Throw Podcast 57: Soul with a Hole - 45s mix by Peanut Butter Wolf
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+ Madlib Medicine Show No. 3: Beat Konducta in Africa Pre-order available for 3LP deluxe set, 2LP and CD
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+ Kashmere Stage Band documentary Thunder Soul to premiere at SXSW
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+ Oh No remixes Whitefield Bros, Edan & Mr. Lif (MP3 & 45)
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+ Dam-Funk U.S. tour in March
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+ Mayer Hawthorne “Thin Moon”
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+ Mayer Hawthorne - I Wish It Would Rain (Video)
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+ Tony Cook & Stones Throw Album announcement, 12-inch with Dam-Funk, and video discussion with Stones Throw DJs
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+ Madlib's Young Jazz Rebels - Slave Riot April 6 street date. Advance release available now exclusively at Stones Throw
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+ Mayer Hawthorne's I Wish It Would Rain video debuts at MTVU
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+ Video: Mayer Hawthorne in Style Section LA
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+ J Dilla documentary, Pt. 3 by Stussy
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+ H+R studio visit: Silk screens for Madlib Medicine Show #1 now destroyed. Next up – Beat Konducta in Africa.
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+ The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble - Miles Away Madlib's latest Yesterdays Universe jazz fusion album
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