Mama Said Knock You Out Remix Project

As we wind down the producer portion of our Mama Said Knock You Out Remix Project, here are the results for Week 13. If you rap, tune in tomorrow as we kick off our emcee contest!

The judges have caught up and are ready to reveal their picks for Week 11 and 12 in our Mama Said Knock You Out Remix Project. Both of these weeks were very, very close. Hit the jump to see who came out on top!

We’re down to the final two weeks of the producer portion of our Mama Said Knock You Out Remix project. To all you emcees out there, get ready, cuz we’ll be starting up our emcee contest in just a couple of weeks! For this week, we’ll be remixing the 13th track off the album, “Illegal [...]

As we get closer to the end of the producer portion of our Remix Project, we come to another one of my personal favorite tracks from the album: “To Da Break of Dawn.”  This track was the official fourth single to the album Mama Said Knock You Out and was also featured in the classic [...]

This week, we get to remix a remix: “Jingling Baby (Remixed and Still Jingling)”. The original version was on LL’s Walking With A Panther album. I remember it took me forever to learn the true meaning behind this song… lol. But you gotta love the sample used: Central Line’s “Waling Into Sunshine”. Let’s see what [...]

On Week 9 of our Mama Said Knock You Out Remix Project, we get to the first sample free track from the album, “Milky Cereal.” Initially I thought about leaving this track out of the contest, but it’s such a great song. So what we’re gonna do this week is leave the creativity up to [...]

I think this is the one track I’ve been looking forward to hearing a remix from, the title track to the album “Mama Said Knock You Out.” Marly Marl samples James Brown’s “Funky Drummer,” The Chicago Gangsters’ “Gangster Boogie,” Sly & The Family Stone’s “Trip to Your Heart” and “Sing a Simple Song.” But the [...]

So we are about halfway through the beat portion of our Mama Said Knock You Out Remix Project. I think it’s going quite well! This week, we’ll be remixing “Farmer’s Blvd.” The seventh track on the album samples Willie Hutch’s “Brothers Gonna Work it Out” and “Mack Man,” Barry White’s “I’m Gonna Love You Just [...]

For Week 6 in our Mama Said Knock You Out Remix Project, we are remixing “Chessy Rat Blues.” The original song samples from Kool & the Gang’s “Soul Vibrations,” and Maceo Parker’s “Maceo” and “Better Half.” For this remix, we are only requiring you to sample Kool & the Gang’s “Soul Vibrations,” but feel free [...]