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KN Certified: Boog Brown Beat Contest

Kevin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:00:46 +0000

As part of our week long tribute to Boog Brown, we’re holding a beat contest for all the producers out there. It’s simple… submit one beat for a chance to have Boog Brown spit over it. We’ll take submissions until the end of the week (Friday night at 8pm EST) and Boog Brown will pick the winner for a KN exclusive track. Send your beats to xxxxxxxxxxxxx. One beat per person please. Good luck!

CONTEST CLOSED

Throw Your R’s In The Air For A Chance To Win Some Cool Prizes from The Regiment

Kevin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:00:27 +0000

Remember the sign everyone was throwing up in The Regiment‘s “Battle Cry” video? That’s The R. In short, it stands for change, revolution, freedom, acceptance, peace, and love. Now The Regiment wants to see YOU throw your R’s up in the air and they have some cool prizes to give away for doing so.

“Happy Holidays from The Regiment. We wanted to say thank you to all our fans and let everyone in on whats going on around this Christmas. We will be giving away autographed CD’s and R T-Shirts to people who enter our small holiday giveaway, and all who enter will be given an exclusive track unreleased. All we need is a picture of you holding up the R sign this holiday sent to theregiment100@gmail.com for anyone to get the exclusive song and once the contest giveaway is over on Dec 31st as a thank you for all your support we will draw the people who entered at random for the autographed album free, along with the R t-shirt.”

So what are you waiting for? Throw them R’s up!

The Panic Button, is available for purchase on iTunes, Fat Beats, UGHH and HHV.

Listen To The Network & Win a Pair of Beats By Dre Headphones

Kevin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:06:55 +0000

The Network is a compilation album made up of SXSW & A3C Festival attendees. The album features some of today’s hottest new artists like Sha Stimuli, Don Will, (of Tanya Morgan) Esso, Senor Kaos, 4-Ize, Fokis, Crosby and more. Production was handled by various producers like Reasonable, Real McKoy, Fokeezy (Fokis’ alias) Marcus Gray & more. In addition to the album being a free download, Loyalty Digital Corp. has teamed up with Hiphopdx.com to give away a pair of Beats By Dre Tour High Resolution Headphones. In order to be eligible you must download the album and follow the instructions on the PDF file included in the download. Be sure to listen to the album because you will be quizzed on it.!

THE NETWORK by Various Artists

Contest: Enter To Win $500 Courtesy of Bodega Brovas + Fancy Anthrax Available Today on CD

Kevin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:30:52 +0000

The response towards the latest release from the Bodega Brovas has been so overwhelming that HiPNOTT Records is extending the promo and releasing the previously digital only album on compact disc! Fancy Anthrax: Pre-Loaded Guns & Alcohol is now available on CD at UGHH, Fat Beats and Amazon.

In promotion for today’s release, the Bodega Brovas are holding a contest for you to create their next music video. Winner will recieve a prize of $500 USD! For details on how to enter, download this PDF.

Fancy Anthrax (Pre-Loaded Guns & Alcohol) by Bodega Brovas

ENTER VIDEO CONTEST

Torae Announces Winner to our Tweet To Win Contest

Kevin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:08:03 +0000

Congrats goes out to @Mayaneye who was picked as the winner of our recent Tweet contest with Torae for their tweet: “#ForTheRecord @Torae @TeamTorae @KNdotcom ‘Alive’ is my daughters (15) favorite joint she says its smooth and fly.”

@Mayaneye wins Torae’s entire catalog signed by Torae and a FluD watch, courtesy of @Torae and @TeamTorae.

Tweet To Win Torae’s Entire Catalog + A FLüD Watch!

Kevin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:05:38 +0000

Since people seems to be sleeping on this contest, we’re gonna extend the deadline to NEXT Friday. The contest is EASY… just FOLLOW and TWEET! Who doesn’t want free music and a fresh FLüD Watch? Read below for details…

In celebration for today’s release, For The Record, Torae is holding an exclusive contest for the readers of KevinNottingham.com. One lucky winner will receive signed copies of Torae’s entire catalog, including Daily Conversation, Double Barrel, Heart Failure, and the new album For The Record. And on top of that, Tor is going to throw in a FLüD watch!

Winning is easy… just hop on Twitter and follow @Torae, @TeamTorae, and @KNdotcom and send us all a tweet with the hash #ForTheRecord and tweet your favorite Torae line, your favorite song from the new album, or anything else you think will get you to win.

Example: @Torae @TeamTorae @KNdotcom My favorite track from #ForTheRecord is Shakedown

Tweets will be taken until midnight Friday night (November 11th) and Torae will pick one winner at random this weekend and announce it on Twitter

Contest: Submit Your Ghetto Dream Video to Common

Kevin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:50:56 +0000

Beatz & Lyrics 2 Go Beat Competition Winner

Kevin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:12:54 +0000

Atlanta area producer and musician Jeffmatic is the winner of this year’s Beatz & Lyrics 2 Go Beat Competition sponsored by Salem Psalms LLC, KevinNottingham.com, & Auralex. His winning submission will be featured on this year’s Beatz and Lyrics Show A3C Mixtape.

We thank all who submitted and be on the lookout for more info on the mixtape, your beat could have been chosen by our special invited MCs and recorded to this past weekend!

Follow @DynamiteBros on Twitter for more updates on the mixtape.

Enter To Win An Exclusive Underground Express A3C T-Shirt Designed by Nyla Elise!

Kevin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:33:25 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcDFKRP6vpY

KevinNottingham.com has teamed up with North Carolina clothing company, Nyla Elise, for our official Underground Express A3C showcase t-shirt! This high quality tee will be worn by all the artists on our A3C lineup, including Big Pooh, One Be Lo, J-Live and El Da Sensei. We’re giving our readers a chance to win one of their very own. Check the video above for an exclusive verse from North Carolina’s own King Mez, promoting the tee. And hit the jump to enter. Submissions will be taken until Wednesday and one winner will be chosen at random. U.S. residents only please and one submission per person. You do not have to attend A3C in order to win. But if you do, we’ll present it to you on stage. Good luck!

CONTEST CLOSED

CONGRATULATIONS PERRY MA!

Win an A3C Woodallion with a 3-Day Pass to This Year’s A3C Hip Hop Festival!

Kevin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:07:26 +0000

Wanna win a 3-Day pass to this year’s A3C Hip Hop Festival in Atlanta, GA along with a collectible Woodallion? Well we have one to give to a lucky KN reader. Hit the comments and tell us who you’re looking forward to seeing this year at A3C. We’ll pick one winner at random tomorrow (Thursday) night. As we count down the next week to A3C 2011, we’ll have more goodies to giveaway each night, so keep it locked!

CONTEST CLOSED

KN & Salem Psalms Presents: The Beatz & Lyrics 2 Go Beat Competition

Kevin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:57:43 +0000

A3C, one of the Southeast’s biggest hip hop festivals, is fast approaching and in conjunction with the festival Salem Psalms and The Beatz and Lyrics Show with Jayforce has again teamed with UniqueSquared.com to create their 3rd annual A3C Beatz and Lyrics Mixtape. In the first two years of this mixtape, artists like 9th Wonder, Da Beatminerz, Murs, Sha Stimuli, Artifacts, Homeboy Sandman, Rhettmatic, Kooley High, Kenn Starr, J-Live, Trek Life, Aleon Craft, Gods’illa, Boog Brown, 4-IZE, Cory Mo, StaHHr, DJ Pocket, The Dynamite Bros and many others have been participants.

If you attend the 2011 installment of the A3C Hip Hop Festival , you will notice a major change in our recording facility. UniqueSquared.com has traded in the RV and upgraded to the state of the art Unique Squared Mobile Studio taking mobile recording to a whole new level. This year select artist will have an opportunity to record during the festival on board the most impressive mobile studio on the planet.

Producers, here is your chance to have your track featured on the mixtape and win prize a pack that includes a Blue “Spark” Microphone, and the latest product from Auralex, their infamous “Mudguard”. In addition to this awesome prize pack, the winner will also receive Radio Play for their submitted track on the nation’s top hip hop radio outlets, The Beatz and Lyrics Show with Jayforce, Beatminerz Radio, The Underground Railroad Radio Show, and OUR show.

We are looking for one track and one track only. What you submit needs to be your dopest track for our panel of judges to review. Our panel consists of DJs and radio personalities from some of the hottest radio shows in the nation: The Beatz and Lyrics Show with Jayforce (WRFG 89.3 FM, Atlanta), Beatminerz Radio (New York), The Underground Railroad Radio show (WVFS 89.3 FM Tallahassee),and OURshow (WPRK 91.5 FM, Orlando).

All properly registered contestants will have their track entered into a pool of instrumental beats for selection by the mixtape recording artist. Their track will be along side beats provided by hip hop’s most notable producers.

Winner takes all. The prize pack will go to the one producer selected by our judges. Be sure to follow all competition guidelines and send in your absolute best. The judges will select only one beat and there will only be one winner.

Rules:

Only (1) beat submission per producer is allowed.
Send an email to sendusyourmath@gmail.com with your submission form & your track attached to it. (copy & paste the form in your email)
Submissions should be in MP3 format at 128kbs or better or WAV with this ID3tag info filled out: Producer’s Name, Affiliation (if any), Name of the Beat, and their email included in their tag information.
Each Submission should be at least 3 minutes in length.

DEADLINE IS October 4, 2011 @ 12:00 NOON EST

*Grand Prize has free shipping within the continental United States only*

Check out Last years’ Beatz & Lyrics Show A3C Mixtape – Beatz & Lyrics 2 Go (A3C) Mixtape -2010

Progress Report: Enjoy The Ride [Music Video] x KN.com Exclusive Discount & Catalog Contest

Justin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:00:40 +0000

In conjunction with the release of their “Enjoy The Ride” music video (which you can watch after the jump), we’ve teamed with Progress Report to offer a 50% discount off their latest album as well as a chance to win music from the duo’s entire catalog. If you’d like to get the discount for the album (good for both digital or physical copies), just enter “knott” at the checkout of their bandcamp page.

As for the contest, anyone who shares this post on Twitter or Facebook will automatically be entered to win a free copy of album, an autographed 7 inch single of “Wake Up” and some additional projects from the United States Of Mind & Eddie Logix catalogs. All you have to do is included our Twitter handles (@ProgressDetroit and @KNdotcom) or tag us on the post in Facebook (Progress Report and KevinNottingham) to be entered into the contest. A winner will be chose at random by D. Allie & Eddie Logix on Friday. Unfortunately for our readers around the world, this contest is only eligible for those in the U.S. & Canada. Don’t forget to check out the music video for “Enjoy The Ride” and get a a free download of the track after the jump!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR1X0qkRDHE

DOWNLOAD ENJOY THE RIDE

Enter The Regiment’s Detroit Hip Hop Remix Contest!

Kevin — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:30:18 +0000

It’s that time again hip hop fans! As the count down to The Panic Button draws ever closer, and in light of the close to the First Mondays series The R is holding a producer remix contest sponsored by KevinNottingham.com and Beat Society.

As many of you may already know the winner of the last producer contest, Newstalgia, landed himself on the actual Panic Button album in addition to having an exclusive track on the Back To Lyrics mixtape. Ironically enough as the producer of “Detroit Hip Hop”, producers have the opportunity to remix his beat for the new exclusive single.

As he did, the winning producer will have the chance to work with the other Detroit hip hop artists featured on the remixed track. Don’t let the opportunity to work with Detroit’s hottest up and coming underground artists pass by!

CONTEST IS CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS AGOR!

Detroit Hip Hop by HiPNOTT Records

Detroit Hip Hop (Acapella) by HiPNOTT Records

Showbiz & A.G: Here & Now x Mugshot Music [Album Artwork Contest]

Justin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:22:54 +0000

Showbiz & A.G’s reunion album is easily one of my most anticipated releases for the end of this year and here’s another leak called “Here & Now” courtesy of the DJPremierBlog. The song also comes with the news that DJ Premier will serve as executive producer for the D.I.T.C. duo’s new album Mugshot Music. In addition to all that, fans have the chance to create the cover artwork for the upcoming Show & A.G. album. Submit your possible cover artwork to mugshotmusic@gmail.com and your entry may be selected by Showbiz & A.G. for their new LP!

DOWNLOAD

Enter to Win a Pair of Tickets to The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique Film Screening and Q&A

Kevin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:47:31 +0000

Harlem-based urban activist and underground hip-hop sensation Immortal Technique comes to the big screen in the world premiere of THE (R)EVOLUTION OF IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE, Wednesday, September 7th at the opening of the 6th Annual Harlem International Film Festival! With millions of Twitter fans at his fingertips the Afro-Peruvian rapper is at the forefront of the technological revolution and using it for the greater good, donating $60,000 to establish a home for orphans in Afghanistan. Immortal Technique and the film’s director, Cary Stuart, will be present after the screening to discuss the film and answer questions.

KevinNottingham.com has a pair of tickets to giveaway to one lucky winner. We’ll make this simple.. you want the tickets? Leave a comment in this thread. I’ll pick the winner at random Wednesday morning at 10 am. For more info on the event, hit up www.harlemfilmfestival.com.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hLJIH7ICJs

Contest: Co$$ CD/Vinyl Giveaway!

Kevin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:00:24 +0000

As a “thank you” for us naming Co$$ KN Certified, Tres Records is giving our readers a chance to win some official Co$$ music! We have 2 CDs of Co$$’s latest album (shown above) to give away, as well as 2 copies of his Spaceman 12″ on vinyl.

Here’s what we’ll do. Check out the Co$$ interview we posted on the site yesterday. Yeah, you gotta find it, I’m not gonna give you the link. Read it, then hit the jump here and tell us what Co$$’s favorite track right now is. Hint: it’s 2 words and it’s his favorite beat of all time. Leave your answer in the message field of the form below.

We’ll pick 2 winners. Each will receive 1 CD and 1 vinyl. We’ll announce them Friday evening when we wrap the week up. Good luck!

CONTEST CLOSED

KN Certified: Co$$ Beat Contest

Kevin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:00:15 +0000

As part of our week long tribute to Co$$, we’re holding a beat contest for all the producers out there. It’s simple… submit one beat for a chance to have Co$$ spit over it. We’ll take submissions until the end of the week (Friday night at 8pm est) and Co$$ will pick the winner for a KN exclusive track. Hit the jump to submit…

CONTEST CLOSED

Illmind Presents: The Fortilive I Vs. I Remix Contest

Justin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:00:56 +0000

Illmind has teamed up with Coalmind Records for one of the biggest remix contests yet. Producers have the chance to remix the entire I Vs. I album from Illmind’s group Fortilive and win an amazing package of prizes. Hit the jump for the full details, deadlines, a list of all the prizes and everything else you’ll need.

PRIZE PACKAGE:

• BeatTips.com – The BeatTips Manual, 5th Edition

• FludWatches.com – The BPM: drum–machine inspired digital watch that also serves as a calculator.

• Video – Fortilive will shoot a video for a song off the winning remix LP that will be promoted in conjunction with the online marketing campaign for the project’s launch

• DJBooth.net – To premier project and host download link.

• NodFactor.com – Will document footage via vlog campaign.

• Orisue.com – Clothing from their 2011 fall line.

• SoundCloud.com – To host the ‘stems’ and provide submission dropbox.

• XLNAudio.com – Addictive Drums (drum production software).

• AlkotaBeats.com: USB Flash Drives – 8GB limited edition, drum-machine inspired flash drives, equipped with exclusive !!LLMIND drum kit, awarded to first, second and third place participants.Winners may choose between the TR-808, MPC-2000XL and SP-1200 edition flash drive.

• Exclusive !LLMIND drum kit awarded to all contestants via SoundCloud link.

INSTRUCTIONS/GUIDELINES:

• Producers, please submit your eleven remixes, no later than Monday, September 19th, through the following SoundCloud dropbox: http://soundcloud.com/diamondmedia360/dropbox

• Participants may only submit one remix album.Submissions that include any more or any less than the 11 tracks to be remixed, will not be accepted.You may not remix more than one version of the same song.

• All files are zero pointed and should synchronize properly with any digital audio workstation.Please refer to the track list for the BPM of each song.

• The BPM of your remix may be altered from the original version of the song.

• Files should be labeled accordingly with the song title first, followed by the producer’s name and remix in parenthesis, ie:Aint No Place (Joe Smith Remix).

• Due to the high volume of submissions, it becomes very difficult to cross reference submissions with their corresponding email addresses and therefore it is critical to include your email address in the personal note field of the submission dropbox.In addition, please prvide us with your social network URLs (Twitter/Facebook) along with your discography bio/epk if applicable.Please include a few senteneces about yourself and your production background.

ITINERARY:

• 8/10:Contest Begins – Online campaign to promote contest to worldwide media outlets, websites, lifestyles, blogs, journalists & tastemakers.

• 9/19:Submission Due Date – All producers are required to submit their remix via DMG’s SoundCloud Dropbox.

• 9/30:Winner Is Announced/Debut Video – The winning producer will be announced through an online promotional campaign through the use of a video of one of the remixes off the winning remix album.

• 10/18:Release Date – The ‘I Vs. I’ Remix album will be released as a free download, courtesy of DJBooth.net, on Tuesday, October 18th, the first day of the 2011 CMJ Marathon.

PLEASE ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS VIA EMAIL TO: info@diamondmedia360.com

DOWNLOAD ALL THE STEMS HERE VIA SOUNDCLOUD: http://soundcloud.com/diamondmedia360/sets/fortilive-i-vs-i-remix-contest

ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE TO BE MADE HERE: http://soundcloud.com/diamondmedia360/dropbox

GOOD LUCK!!

Pete Marriott: The Champ Is Here Remix Contest

Kevin — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:41:44 +0000

Unfortunately after the posting of this contest, we have had to remove it because of reasons beyond our control. We at KevinNottingham.com apologize to those that downloaded the files and were preparing to work on the remix. At this time, we do not know if the contest will be re-run or not.

Enter to Win K-Def’s New Single On Vinyl Courtesy of Redefinition Records & Fat Beats!

Kevin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:44:59 +0000

KevinNottingham.com, in coordination with Redefinition Records and Fat Beats are giving our readers a chance to win a copy of K-Def’s new single on clear vinyl! All you have to do is hit the jump and tell us what your favorite K-Def production is. Winner will be chosen at random. Contest ends at 8pm this Friday. Only one entry per person please. Good luck!