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The Beat Apes “Flip Tape” Sample Contest: Week 4

Whattup folks, it’s Monday so it’s time to jump off a new week of the contest. Before we get into the sample though, a lot of people haven’t been following the rules. Especially as far as the 2 minute time limit. I’ve been letting it go, but I’d like to direct everyone to click this link and read over the rules again. The rules are there for a reason, and I’m going to have to start enforcing them.

Flip Tape Contest Week 3 Submissions and Voting

Back after an extended Week 3. Not going to lie, really disappointed at the turnout this week. Not in the quality of the submissions, but in the quantity. I thought maybe giving heads and extra week would encourage more entries, but I guess not. Maybe the sample was too hard. No sample should be too hard for a real producer though. Anyways, shouts to the 5 cats who sacked up and delivered for Wee…

Flip Tape Contest Week 2 Winner and Week 3 Announcement

Let’s start this off on a positive note. We had 435 votes cast in our online poll for Week 2. That’s nearly 4 times the amount of votes cast for Week 1. Thanks to everyone who is participating, voting, and spreading the word. This contest is really turning into something special. I just can’t say thank you enough, but I know what y’all really care about is “who won Week 2!?”!

To get right to it,…

The Beat Apes “Flip Tape” Sample Contest: Week 3

Whattup Beat Apes? Welcome to Week 3! Things just seem to keep growing. The beats are getting better, more producers are joining in, and we’re getting really excited about the first “Flip Tape“. This week we’re going to keep the same rules we’ve been using. If you’re new to the contest or just need a refresher on the rules they can be found here.

Is anyone getting bored yet? We’re considering may…

Flip Tape Contest Week 2 Submissions and Voting

Whats good people? Our first week of the contest was a huge success, with 10 entries and over 150 votes cast in the online poll. I guess before we get into this Week 2 stuff we should announce the winner of Week 1….

Congrats to Matty Mischief who secured the online poll vote by a large margin and ended up winning by a 2/1 vote! Matty’s beat will be on the first Flip Tape Mixed by Dj Merf. Shouts…

The Beat Apes “Flip Tape” Sample Contest: Week 2

Whats goodie mobbin?!? We’re back with Week 2 of the contest. Same rules, new sample. If you need a refresher on the rules you can follow this link. This week we have a sample from an artist who has been heavily sampled on some classic records. I checked whosampled though, and it seems noone has touched this track. It’s another 7 minute joint with multiple parts that are touchable.

I had…

Whattup everyone?!? We had a pretty great response to our first contest, ending up with 8 official entries. There’s a lot of talent in these 8 entries, and we appreciate everyone who took part. We’re now 1 week closer to the debut of our first “Flip Tape” which will be mixed by CT’s Dj Merf.

How the voting will work:

Judges this week will be KEVdiggs (Founder of BeatApes.com), Yaseen(Founder of…

The Beat Apes “FlipTape” Sample Contest: Week 1

What’s good everyone?!? We’ve decided to try a sample contest to get everyone active and really build a community of producers. It’s a simple concept:

*Every Monday we’ll post a sample as a high quality .wav file.

*Download the sample and flip it!

*Post your flip to Soundcloud (preferably), or your audio sharing site of choice and email a link to [email protected] by midnight(US EST) the…

Featured Beat: Mndsgn – “Txt”

Mndsgn (pronounced Mind Design) is an artist I’ve never heard of until now. However, I saw his beat shared by one of my favorite labels, Stones Throw, so I checked it out. This joint has a chill, spacey vibe with a deep groove. I’m definitely feeling it. Mndsgn had a pretty unusual upbringing too, if you’re interested you can read all about it here. You can also find out more about his album “Yaw…

Featured Beat: Hashfinger – “Amore”

Four our featured beat today we’ve got some boom-bap for that ass courtesy of Hashfinger. “Amore” features gritty drums with layered ambient vocals, guitar strums, and keys. Slick scratching comes in and out to really give it flavor. Cold Busted has made this joint available as a free download here.

Featured Beat: Raw Takes – “unowthat?”

Back with some straight hip hop goodness from Raw Takes. How crunchy is this snare?? “unowthat?” is dark, yet atmospheric, with a groove that has my head nodding. Spit some freestyles to this, or just throw it on and prepare for a sore neck.

Featured Beat: LION – “Crew”

Got something a little different today. Kansas City producer LION reached out to our email, asking if we’d check his new single “Crew”. Dude was very humble and professional about it, so I did. Some of you should take notes, you wouldn’t believe the emails we’ve gotten, and we just launched not that long ago! Anyways, “Crew”is a chill borderline electro, trip hoppish, instrumental piece with some…

Featured Beat: Proflogik – “Baggage Claim”

Loving this abstract headnodder from Proflogik. A locked in groove complimented by some sick analog bass and various spacy synth sounds. Some stutters and filter work do a good job at keeping things interesting. If you enjoy the jam as well, it’s on his “Airport Sessions Vol. 2″ which is available here for $1. He made the entire beat tape on his ipad using the Korg Gadget Appwhile waiting in…