Madlib “Medicine Show”
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A one-a-month, 12-CD, 6-vinyl series from Madlib. First up is Before The
Verdict, a hip-hop album with Guilty Simpson. All the details here can be
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Sunday, 8 November 2009
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS VOL.2
Behind Closed Doors Hip Hop Production DVD Magazine Vol.2 (to give it it's proper title) is almost here... and myself and Kosyne are maaad busy putting the final touches on it.
Filming for vol.2 started in July 2009 and concludes next week... after that we are ready to unleash the beast! So stay tuned for another teaser and a brand new BCD website. Enjoy the trailer peoples...1
Andy.
Saturday, 31 October 2009
Round and Round we go
Shouts to AB0181 (get subscribing to his Youtube channel) for the sterling camera and editing work, if you missed Louis Den Beat Cypher 07 you missed what was for me the best one yet, proving that alot of the under the radar cats are bringing serious heat that should be worrying the bigger names
Round 2 (Apatight, Naive, Dock Mini & Knox Brown)
Round 1 (Apatight, Naive, Dock Mini & Knox Brown)
Round 2 (Apatight, Naive, Dock Mini & Knox Brown)
Bonus - Open Beats with S-type and Jaisu
Monday, 26 October 2009
Beat Cypher 07 Pictures and a Brief History
A few pictures from Louis Den on Thursday night, all the producers were so on point. Massive thanks to all the people who traveled long distances for it, unheard of for a mid week hip-hop night! (Too many people to name but you know who you are) Enjoy the pics and if you missed it, it was definitely the best one yet, next live night will be December, line up is already looking strong but keeping it secret squirrel for the moment...
L-R Apatight, Naive, Dockmini and Knox Brown
Rtillery performing
Apatight and Naive
Kosyne
Jimmy Raygun (The rest of Tactical Thinking were stuck on the motorway)
Crowd hypeness
Air keyboard with AB0181 and Jon Phonics
L-R Apatight, Naive, Dockmini and Knox Brown
Rtillery performing
Apatight and Naive
Kosyne
Jimmy Raygun (The rest of Tactical Thinking were stuck on the motorway)
Crowd hypeness
Air keyboard with AB0181 and Jon PhonicsAB0181 also put together a brief history of Louis Den
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Louis Den Beat Cypher 07 Spotlight - Knox Brown
Next up we have Jamaican born Birmingham based Knox Brown, I got hip to Knox through Kelz, first heard him through a joint he produced on the dope Malik (of MD7) mixtape "Rappers Rapper". We did the whole "scoping out a new producer" thing and hit up dude on Myspace, we eventually linked and even got him into the lab for a couple sessions (Street Fighter 2 / Middle Eastern Beats) and as we're trying to showcase beats from Birmingham, Louis Den family and bigger names alike Knox was perfect to get involved.
Read about him below!.
1) Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
I’m Knox Brown; I am a Producer/Singer/Songwriter. I work part time as a sound engineer for an indie rock/jazz record company. I am also a student at University. I’ve been producing since um....when did music 2000 for Playstation come out? lol
2) Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
I got into Hip Hop when I first heard Busta Rhymes’ “Dangerous”. My favourite rapper by the way but, I prefer the early-late 90’s Busta. I think I fell in love with Just Blaze’s beats when I heard Jay-Z’s Incredible (Produced by Just Blaze). I used to love JD’s Beats aswell but didn’t know it was him lol.
3) What was your first piece of equipment and what were those beats like?, any interesting stories about things were doing to begin with / finding your feet?
Tascam 4 Track connected to a Casio keyboard and an old dynamic microphone. I then moved on to Music 2000 for Playstation, Music Generator, and aswell as Ejay from a Kellogg’s cereal packet lol. I tried using fruity loops at one point liked it but, I went to college and found “REASON 2.5” (choir of angels) lol. And i have stuck with it ever since I’m now on Reason 4.
4) Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Work with what you have. Master your equipment. Enjoy Music, Listen to different genres inspiration can come from anywhere.
Get At Knox On Myspace
Knox Brown Myspace
Read about him below!.
1) Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
I’m Knox Brown; I am a Producer/Singer/Songwriter. I work part time as a sound engineer for an indie rock/jazz record company. I am also a student at University. I’ve been producing since um....when did music 2000 for Playstation come out? lol
2) Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
I got into Hip Hop when I first heard Busta Rhymes’ “Dangerous”. My favourite rapper by the way but, I prefer the early-late 90’s Busta. I think I fell in love with Just Blaze’s beats when I heard Jay-Z’s Incredible (Produced by Just Blaze). I used to love JD’s Beats aswell but didn’t know it was him lol.
3) What was your first piece of equipment and what were those beats like?, any interesting stories about things were doing to begin with / finding your feet?
Tascam 4 Track connected to a Casio keyboard and an old dynamic microphone. I then moved on to Music 2000 for Playstation, Music Generator, and aswell as Ejay from a Kellogg’s cereal packet lol. I tried using fruity loops at one point liked it but, I went to college and found “REASON 2.5” (choir of angels) lol. And i have stuck with it ever since I’m now on Reason 4.
4) Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Work with what you have. Master your equipment. Enjoy Music, Listen to different genres inspiration can come from anywhere.
Get At Knox On Myspace
Knox Brown Myspace
Louis Den Beat Cypher 07 Spotlight - Apatight
Tonight's the night!!, Louis Den Beat Cypher 07 lands at the Sunflower Lounge Birmingham 21:00 till late featuring beat showcases from Apatight | Dockmini | Knox Brown and Naive, gonna hit you off with the remaining spotlight blogs to get you more familiar with the nights line up, and now...Hudds finest, APATIGHT!.
I found out about Apz a long long time ago, always heard his name mentioned in producer circles but finally got round to hearing a sick beat mix on his myspace back in like '06 (stanned that off too...recording it off and bumping it in the whip lol). Apz ended up hitting up the odd Louis Den challenge and the 2008 league and its been on since!.
Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
Whats good peoples?
I go by the name of Apatight aka ayepee producer,beatmaker,crate digga think there is still an mc inside me somewhere ive been been making beats for about 10 years hmmm I dont think id call em beats before that im trying to be more of a producer these days.
Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
Erm I think ive always been interested in the music and liked songs more for the beat I guess but I was just a young mc trying to put some tracks together with my spar from arround my way in deighton dint even have a computer myself but he made the beats dope but less sample based and I asked him how what is it that makes dj premier pete rock sound so different and he said they sample ...me I didnt really know what was so he explained and I was thats what im gonna do so I started making beats er cough cough, trying to make beats.
What was your first peice of equipment and what were those beats like?, any interesting stories about things were doing to begin with / finding your feet?
First things that got me going was a bunch of records and cds from various family members who had bits of old soul and rock lying around, cubasis not even vst soundforge.
I think it was vienna soundfont studio and with that I could sample bits and put them on keys using soundfonts I think those beats was like a new born deer or somethin taking its first steps the right idea just abit all over the gaff lmao we dint have the latest tech in a one speed cd burner so I use to go out the pc into the mic input on little stereo and do some hissy beats tapes.
Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Advice if I even qualify to give it..
Try things, think different, learn from your idols with so many people making beats today everyone raps and everyone makes beats try and stand out and have your own signature
What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Heads can expect me to bring a taste of things to come in the near future, thanks for inviting me down im a fan and its a privilege to take part to what looks to be another dope louisden beatcypher!
Get At Apatight Online!
On Twitter (@Apatight)
On Myspace
I found out about Apz a long long time ago, always heard his name mentioned in producer circles but finally got round to hearing a sick beat mix on his myspace back in like '06 (stanned that off too...recording it off and bumping it in the whip lol). Apz ended up hitting up the odd Louis Den challenge and the 2008 league and its been on since!.
Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
Whats good peoples?
I go by the name of Apatight aka ayepee producer,beatmaker,crate digga think there is still an mc inside me somewhere ive been been making beats for about 10 years hmmm I dont think id call em beats before that im trying to be more of a producer these days.
Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
Erm I think ive always been interested in the music and liked songs more for the beat I guess but I was just a young mc trying to put some tracks together with my spar from arround my way in deighton dint even have a computer myself but he made the beats dope but less sample based and I asked him how what is it that makes dj premier pete rock sound so different and he said they sample ...me I didnt really know what was so he explained and I was thats what im gonna do so I started making beats er cough cough, trying to make beats.
What was your first peice of equipment and what were those beats like?, any interesting stories about things were doing to begin with / finding your feet?
First things that got me going was a bunch of records and cds from various family members who had bits of old soul and rock lying around, cubasis not even vst soundforge.
I think it was vienna soundfont studio and with that I could sample bits and put them on keys using soundfonts I think those beats was like a new born deer or somethin taking its first steps the right idea just abit all over the gaff lmao we dint have the latest tech in a one speed cd burner so I use to go out the pc into the mic input on little stereo and do some hissy beats tapes.
Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Advice if I even qualify to give it..
Try things, think different, learn from your idols with so many people making beats today everyone raps and everyone makes beats try and stand out and have your own signature
What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Heads can expect me to bring a taste of things to come in the near future, thanks for inviting me down im a fan and its a privilege to take part to what looks to be another dope louisden beatcypher!
Get At Apatight Online!
On Twitter (@Apatight)
On Myspace
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Louis Den Beat Cypher 07 Spotlight - Naive
Okaay you know the deal with these, we usually try to do some "Spotlight" blogs when a beat cypher is approaching, so heres the first of our 4 spotlight blogs on Naive producer from all over the UK reppin the Tactical Thinking camp!!, read enjoy, digest and bag the free "produced by Naive" snippet reel joint typea jump off!.
Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
Yes Yes I’m Naïve – Dave to some! Did music Tech at college and Uni, been producing tunes since I was 14, but only getting any good till I was really 19! Really been making real hiphop for 8 years now I’m 26, always been into raw synths and vinyl, having built up nice collection over the years!
Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
Couldn’t really point out any one thing that lead me to producing – just a love of music in general!
What was your first peice of equipment and what were those beats like?, any interesting stories about things were doing to begin with / finding your feet?
Used to make tunes on a crap pc with a freeware tracker program – had to enter each value of every thing you did, long winded stuff – but it did have sampler and synths built in for some craziness! Most tunes were pretty naf listening back now, but I was 14!
Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Don’t worry if its shit to start with, practice makes perfect and you can’t write a banger every day! Get a cheap analouge synth as they’re loads of fun! And get in to record collecting and sampling its well worth the habit!
What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Slamming synthed out and sampled badness!
Free Naive Music!
Produced by Naive Mashup (mediafire)
Hey!!, please introduce yourself to everybody; let us know who you are what you do and how long you've been doing it!.
Yes Yes I’m Naïve – Dave to some! Did music Tech at college and Uni, been producing tunes since I was 14, but only getting any good till I was really 19! Really been making real hiphop for 8 years now I’m 26, always been into raw synths and vinyl, having built up nice collection over the years!
Was there a defining moment (event / hearing a record etc) that led you into making beats / becoming a producer?.
Couldn’t really point out any one thing that lead me to producing – just a love of music in general!
What was your first peice of equipment and what were those beats like?, any interesting stories about things were doing to begin with / finding your feet?
Used to make tunes on a crap pc with a freeware tracker program – had to enter each value of every thing you did, long winded stuff – but it did have sampler and synths built in for some craziness! Most tunes were pretty naf listening back now, but I was 14!
Whats the one bit of advice youd give to anyone starting out today?
Don’t worry if its shit to start with, practice makes perfect and you can’t write a banger every day! Get a cheap analouge synth as they’re loads of fun! And get in to record collecting and sampling its well worth the habit!
What can heads expect from you at LOUIS DEN BEAT CYPHER?
Slamming synthed out and sampled badness!
Free Naive Music!
Produced by Naive Mashup (mediafire)
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Louis Den Beat Cypher 07 - 22nd Oct - Sunflower Lounge Birmingham
We're back again and in less than a week!!, time to get the promo train rolling!.
In August we had our second international guests in form of FS GREEN, SIR OJ and FULL CRATE (sharing DJ duties with CRO) SHEARS and URBAN MONK. We're bringing the Beat Cypher back home with this installment giving you the same quality fresh beats but a little closer to home!.
ON THE BOARDS
This time round the Louis Den fam come in the form of APATIGHT and DOCKMINI, Apatight is part of the up north collective "Groundwurq" and has production work for JEHST, MICALL PARKNSUN, JACK FLASH, PROFESSOR GREEN and more, expect nothing but heat from the huddersfield native!!. Also reppin louisden and Birmingham we have DOCKMINI the youngest in charge!!..at 19 he's one of the youngest members of the team to rep the beats; although based in Cardiff for studies now he's been a mainstay in the Louis Den lab for the past year or so for our Sunday sessions and has already taken part in showcases Louis Den has done for Blaporama (as part of Redbeards single launch earlier last month), he also already has a handful of credits to his name for local acts and has worked with LOWKEY Dock is putting in the work to become a name to watch on the production circuit.
We also have The Black Market's own KNOX BROWN, sick Jamaican producer based in Birmingham Knox has got a stack of heaters in the stash, with a real versatile sound and passion for production that spans many genres Knox is all about music as an all around artist in his own right too!! Seeking him out after a couple of name drops from mutual heads we got Knox down to the lab a few months back and he's took part in a couple of our weekly challenges..jumping at the chance to get down on the Beat Cypher; his style is perfect for it so expect to be entertained.
Finally reppin the Tactical Thinking crew we have NAIVE, a beast behind the boards we've known about Naive for sometime from Brum export DEADLINE and Louis Den legend MR DICK aka PETE CANNON, with Dick having repped a beat cypher previously and his crew now coming for a PA it only made sense to get some shine on this London based Hiphop/Electro producer..heads may not be hip to him (but we are) and with the iminent TACTICAL THINKING release (Too Broke To Go Solo) you will soon!.
ON THE MIC
We've got PA's from the hiphop collective TACTICAL THINKING..the crew consists of emcees Kid Genius, Deadline, Assa, Jimmy Raygun and Derogatory with help from Jay madden and Mic Dyson plus L.Lyracist and B.V.A and musical backdrops provided by NAIVE and MR DICK (aka PETE CANNON). The TT collective is actually formed from smaller groups Surreal Knowledge, The Three Amigos, Me and Him, Deadline & Mr Dick, under the banner of TACTICAL THINKING they've just dropped their new album TOO BROKE TO GO SOLO which serves a perfect introduction to the crew's talent.
Seeing as TT is bringing so much noise we figure theres only enough room for 1 more PA which will come in the form of Birminghams own PROFESSOR D & R.TILLERY. These two versatile emcees have been tearing up the Birmingham circuit for the last few years with an unrivalled performance energy being able to encorporate elements from HIPHOP, DUBSTEP, 4x4, ELECTRO and more..resident artists of the music agency PUNCH RECORDS these two have torn up stages up and down the country having performed with the likes of SKINNYMAN, DURTY GOODZ, SONNYJIM and even performed in hiphop/grime theatre colloborating with names like CHARLIE DARK and MARK DE CLIVE LOW, no doubt Pro D and Tizzy will tear it up!!!.
OPEN BEATS / BEAT BATTLE / DJ CRO
we've got the usual OPEN BEATS where producers of all levels are encouraged to bring some material to test the crowd reaction (3 beats max) and those feeling like they want to take something home can compete in the legendary BUCKS FIZZ BEAT BATTLE where names dawn out of a hat can compete for a bottle of bubbly and bragging rites as the Louis Den Bucks Fizz Beat Battle Winner!!...this time round prizes kindly come courtesy of BASEMENT SESSIONS and KING APPAREL, finally it wouldn't be a beat cypher with our very own DJ CRO providing the backdrop of hip-hop beats, breaks and treats inbetween the nights action.
*ARRIVE EARLY TO SIGN UP FOR OPEN BEATS, ONLY 3 BEATS MAX PER PRODUCER AND WE MAY HAVE TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER IF THERES A HUGE AMOUNT OF SIGN UPS (prefence is given to newer names)
* NO MP3 PLAYERS/PHONES/ DATA CD's FOR OPEN BEATS/BATTLE, sorry but its an ache to get all this sorted and the cables/pc's are for the showcased producers only...bring an audio CD or most likely its not happening!!.
Ok Now you know all the details we'll see you there!!
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LouisDen BeatCypher 07
Live Hiphop Production Showcase & Beat Jam
APATIGHT | DOCKMINI | KNOX BROWN | NAIVE
TACTICAL THINKING | PROFESSOR D & R.TILLERY
+open beats/beat battle/DJ CRO
22nd October 2009
Sunflower Lounge
76 Smallbrook Queensway
Birmingham
B5 4EG
9PM - LATE
£4.00 ENTRY BEFORE 10PM £5.00 AFTER
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Spotlight blogs coming soon!.
In August we had our second international guests in form of FS GREEN, SIR OJ and FULL CRATE (sharing DJ duties with CRO) SHEARS and URBAN MONK. We're bringing the Beat Cypher back home with this installment giving you the same quality fresh beats but a little closer to home!.
ON THE BOARDS
This time round the Louis Den fam come in the form of APATIGHT and DOCKMINI, Apatight is part of the up north collective "Groundwurq" and has production work for JEHST, MICALL PARKNSUN, JACK FLASH, PROFESSOR GREEN and more, expect nothing but heat from the huddersfield native!!. Also reppin louisden and Birmingham we have DOCKMINI the youngest in charge!!..at 19 he's one of the youngest members of the team to rep the beats; although based in Cardiff for studies now he's been a mainstay in the Louis Den lab for the past year or so for our Sunday sessions and has already taken part in showcases Louis Den has done for Blaporama (as part of Redbeards single launch earlier last month), he also already has a handful of credits to his name for local acts and has worked with LOWKEY Dock is putting in the work to become a name to watch on the production circuit.
We also have The Black Market's own KNOX BROWN, sick Jamaican producer based in Birmingham Knox has got a stack of heaters in the stash, with a real versatile sound and passion for production that spans many genres Knox is all about music as an all around artist in his own right too!! Seeking him out after a couple of name drops from mutual heads we got Knox down to the lab a few months back and he's took part in a couple of our weekly challenges..jumping at the chance to get down on the Beat Cypher; his style is perfect for it so expect to be entertained.
Finally reppin the Tactical Thinking crew we have NAIVE, a beast behind the boards we've known about Naive for sometime from Brum export DEADLINE and Louis Den legend MR DICK aka PETE CANNON, with Dick having repped a beat cypher previously and his crew now coming for a PA it only made sense to get some shine on this London based Hiphop/Electro producer..heads may not be hip to him (but we are) and with the iminent TACTICAL THINKING release (Too Broke To Go Solo) you will soon!.
ON THE MIC
We've got PA's from the hiphop collective TACTICAL THINKING..the crew consists of emcees Kid Genius, Deadline, Assa, Jimmy Raygun and Derogatory with help from Jay madden and Mic Dyson plus L.Lyracist and B.V.A and musical backdrops provided by NAIVE and MR DICK (aka PETE CANNON). The TT collective is actually formed from smaller groups Surreal Knowledge, The Three Amigos, Me and Him, Deadline & Mr Dick, under the banner of TACTICAL THINKING they've just dropped their new album TOO BROKE TO GO SOLO which serves a perfect introduction to the crew's talent.
Seeing as TT is bringing so much noise we figure theres only enough room for 1 more PA which will come in the form of Birminghams own PROFESSOR D & R.TILLERY. These two versatile emcees have been tearing up the Birmingham circuit for the last few years with an unrivalled performance energy being able to encorporate elements from HIPHOP, DUBSTEP, 4x4, ELECTRO and more..resident artists of the music agency PUNCH RECORDS these two have torn up stages up and down the country having performed with the likes of SKINNYMAN, DURTY GOODZ, SONNYJIM and even performed in hiphop/grime theatre colloborating with names like CHARLIE DARK and MARK DE CLIVE LOW, no doubt Pro D and Tizzy will tear it up!!!.
OPEN BEATS / BEAT BATTLE / DJ CRO
we've got the usual OPEN BEATS where producers of all levels are encouraged to bring some material to test the crowd reaction (3 beats max) and those feeling like they want to take something home can compete in the legendary BUCKS FIZZ BEAT BATTLE where names dawn out of a hat can compete for a bottle of bubbly and bragging rites as the Louis Den Bucks Fizz Beat Battle Winner!!...this time round prizes kindly come courtesy of BASEMENT SESSIONS and KING APPAREL, finally it wouldn't be a beat cypher with our very own DJ CRO providing the backdrop of hip-hop beats, breaks and treats inbetween the nights action.
*ARRIVE EARLY TO SIGN UP FOR OPEN BEATS, ONLY 3 BEATS MAX PER PRODUCER AND WE MAY HAVE TO REDUCE THAT NUMBER IF THERES A HUGE AMOUNT OF SIGN UPS (prefence is given to newer names)
* NO MP3 PLAYERS/PHONES/ DATA CD's FOR OPEN BEATS/BATTLE, sorry but its an ache to get all this sorted and the cables/pc's are for the showcased producers only...bring an audio CD or most likely its not happening!!.
Ok Now you know all the details we'll see you there!!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
LouisDen BeatCypher 07
Live Hiphop Production Showcase & Beat Jam
APATIGHT | DOCKMINI | KNOX BROWN | NAIVE
TACTICAL THINKING | PROFESSOR D & R.TILLERY
+open beats/beat battle/DJ CRO
22nd October 2009
Sunflower Lounge
76 Smallbrook Queensway
Birmingham
B5 4EG
9PM - LATE
£4.00 ENTRY BEFORE 10PM £5.00 AFTER
------------------------------------------------------------------
Spotlight blogs coming soon!.
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Louis Den @ Jazz Cafe this Friday!
Redbeards launch was dope last night, shouts to Beard, Kos, Raul, Kela, Myke, Docmini, SK, Sonny, Sammy Stealth, Percy, Malicious, Bambino, Bass6, Lewis, Taharka, Spatz, Mr FX and everyone who came out, Beards voice was gone by the end of the night.
Any London heads who've been slacking and not made it to a Louis Den Beat Cypher yet have no excuses as we make the trip down for the Orphans Of Cush Launch. The 4 selected producers are all going to be playing beats straight out of their chosen equipment and the line up is sick....Mr Thing, Apollo, Jaisu and Kela with performances from Orphans of Cush and DJ's Sarah Love, Konny Kon and Roast hosted by Jehst it's going to be a big night! See you there
Any London heads who've been slacking and not made it to a Louis Den Beat Cypher yet have no excuses as we make the trip down for the Orphans Of Cush Launch. The 4 selected producers are all going to be playing beats straight out of their chosen equipment and the line up is sick....Mr Thing, Apollo, Jaisu and Kela with performances from Orphans of Cush and DJ's Sarah Love, Konny Kon and Roast hosted by Jehst it's going to be a big night! See you there
Monday, 21 September 2009
League Week 3 Rollover
Okay, currently uploading samples/beats and stuff so we can make a week 3 rollover happen for Tuesday morning, this is your last chance to vote/submit.
PRODUCERS WHO STILL HAVENT SUBMITTED BEATS FOR WEEK 2
Phenomz, *Hannibal King, *Villa, Radd, MDOTDASUPAPRODUCER, Ayem, Mazzie, Jaisu, Figaro, *Mr Boss, Bles
* denotes they'll be OUT of the league if no beat is received by rollover
PRODUCERS WHO STILL NEED TO VOTE ON WEEK 1
JJ Malone, Mazzie, Ayem, Jehfree, Villa, Phenomz, Radd, Eccentric, Taharka, Hannibal King, Mr Boss
alright get on it..dont long up the rollover now!
PRODUCERS WHO STILL HAVENT SUBMITTED BEATS FOR WEEK 2
Phenomz, *Hannibal King, *Villa, Radd, MDOTDASUPAPRODUCER, Ayem, Mazzie, Jaisu, Figaro, *Mr Boss, Bles
* denotes they'll be OUT of the league if no beat is received by rollover
PRODUCERS WHO STILL NEED TO VOTE ON WEEK 1
JJ Malone, Mazzie, Ayem, Jehfree, Villa, Phenomz, Radd, Eccentric, Taharka, Hannibal King, Mr Boss
alright get on it..dont long up the rollover now!
Monday, 14 September 2009
Louis Den League Underway!!
Yes people, been a minute just a quick heads up to let you know the Louis Den League poppin with the week 1 beats. If youd like to vote on proceedings or just check/bump the beats from a distance then head over to the league site located at http://www.louisden.com/league2009 we currently have Week 1 beats (60+ entrants) out in the open for you to bump be sure to check em out!.
If youd like a voting key then holla at us on the LDBB forum http://www.louisden.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl and request one in the LEAGUE 2009 subforum, it'll grant you access to the logged in features of the site that'll allow you to message producers and post comments on battles and obviously vote on the battles which will contribute to the leaderboard and wins/losses of each beatmaker!.
Anyway, producer entry is closed so please dont ask to get in! you had months to show interest!!, we may fill up spaces of producers who flop and duck out, so far the following producers are on 1 strike.
JJ Malone, Mr Boss, Villa
But if they're back on the beats their spaces are safe.
^ Alright im out, quick one tho any Louisden heads in the US with the Fuze channel could do me an amazing favour and DVD-R the Red Bull Big Tune joint thats on tonight 10pm/Central hoo that would be amazing..hit me up kosyne@louisden.com.
KOS.
If youd like a voting key then holla at us on the LDBB forum http://www.louisden.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl and request one in the LEAGUE 2009 subforum, it'll grant you access to the logged in features of the site that'll allow you to message producers and post comments on battles and obviously vote on the battles which will contribute to the leaderboard and wins/losses of each beatmaker!.
Anyway, producer entry is closed so please dont ask to get in! you had months to show interest!!, we may fill up spaces of producers who flop and duck out, so far the following producers are on 1 strike.
JJ Malone, Mr Boss, Villa
But if they're back on the beats their spaces are safe.
^ Alright im out, quick one tho any Louisden heads in the US with the Fuze channel could do me an amazing favour and DVD-R the Red Bull Big Tune joint thats on tonight 10pm/Central hoo that would be amazing..hit me up kosyne@louisden.com.
KOS.
Sunday, 6 September 2009
WARNING!! RESUBMIT HOMEWORK NOW! - League bug report
Whoops looks like a bug slipped through the net and as no-one managed to twig I was unaware until some random testing today.
Ok listen up this is important..IF YOU SUBMITTED YOUR BEAT YOU MAY HAVE OVERWRITTEN YOUR OPPONENTS LINK and VICE VERSA, you need to check ALL your links NOW and resubmit if you have to..click the UPLOAD MY BEAT link in the dashboard and make sure your link is correct many apologies for this....eek my bad..I'll make sure that all of the beats get played and no one gets mistakenly marked as flopping!.
damn!
KOS.
Ok listen up this is important..IF YOU SUBMITTED YOUR BEAT YOU MAY HAVE OVERWRITTEN YOUR OPPONENTS LINK and VICE VERSA, you need to check ALL your links NOW and resubmit if you have to..click the UPLOAD MY BEAT link in the dashboard and make sure your link is correct many apologies for this....eek my bad..I'll make sure that all of the beats get played and no one gets mistakenly marked as flopping!.
damn!
KOS.
Saturday, 5 September 2009
Louis Den League 2009 Business!
Alright people so if you didnt know the Louis Den League 2009 launched last week and producers have been busy prepping their week 1 beats!, to get in on the action check it all out at http://www.louisden.com/league2009 we currently have 70+ producers competing and is gonna be a hot 3 months of banging blaps!.
If you've been hiding under a rock for the past month or so heres a quick recap, We're back with the the league for 2009 following on from last years season which S-TYPE won! he's back to defend the title this year with a new and improved league which is now division based based on the pre-league homework "Dope Ass Beat 2" which producers scored to figure out placings, this time round the site (which I developed!!) has more of a social networking feel allowing voters/producers to interact with each other and the battles outside of just simply voting.
We're not accepting new producers in the league as its been a long drawn out process getting everything together and ready BUT voters are allowed at any stage to get down on the weekly beat action and decide the fate of the producers!, so for now the beat battles are gonna be on hold until the season finishes but the Sunday sessions are still very much alive!! each week we'll still be linking up to play the beats received and give you guys a sneak peek into what will become the forthcoming week's voting!!.
Some hot battles are due as these are the week 1 matchups, as you can see from the entrants we've got a mix of Louis Den regulars and some new names so its great having a mix of producers of all abilities gettin down and geekin/competing!
Division 1 Matches
Kelakovski vs Jeekay
Sivey vs Mr Dick
Kosyne vs Myke Forte
JJ Malone vs magOwl
BoomBaptist vs Figaro
Dockmini vs Pushing Buttons
S-TYPE vs Hal 9000
Jaisu vs Evil Needle
Ed Strong vs Raul Supreme
Apatight vs Budgie
Shears vs Ratatoulle Da Recept
Division 2 Matches
Wizard vs Ayem
MYKEE vs Smith
EvB vs Itchy Digits
Jehfree vs Mazzie
Purpose vs Clay Davis
Zircon vs abstraKt Beats
Levi vs Cyril Snare
Terror vs BiLL Breaks
JIGSAWSOUL vs Vila
DJ Kyrptonite vs bhardbeatz
MDOTDASUPAPRODUCER vs Bert Digits
Division 3 Matches
Eyebs vs Thorn
Radd vs Ill Clinton
See Money vs Wizard At Will
Mr Boss vs First Aid
Potencia Incisive vs JUT
ABCENTS vs Unknown
The Strange Neighbour vs Archaeologist
SnapS vs Vice
Eccentric vs MISTA MOZART
Phenom vs Skipperbeat
J-Trees vs Yeah Right
Prolifik vs Peaks
BUG vs Hannibal King
So LEAGUE PRODUCERS!, your first beats are due tomorrow! dont forget to submit them using the producer dashboard on the homepage by 17:30 GMT!!, dont leave it till the last minute as the little ol league site probably cant take a hammering of ALL of you guys trying to submit at the same time and we wont have time to chase forum pms/emails/myspace messages if you are trying to use those as a fallback!.
LEAGUE VOTERS, hold tight!, voting will open up at the beginning of next week to grade the beats and get some blap discussion underway.
LOUIS DEN/BEAT HEADS if you wanna get in on the voting/interacting with the site..all you have to do is request a login from us at the louisden forum, see the link below..hit the League2009 sub forum and post in the thread (with your email addy and name) and we'll hook it up as soon as we can.
and finally, hungry producers wanting in??..NAHHHHHHHHHHH sorry your time has passed...we did a final search for producers even after the division standings had been drawn up as there were some legitmate late commers but if you hollered before the forum went down and didnt get in touch via the blog posts I made you were either too late because we were full or missed the deadline...THAT IS IT.
Ok so see you Sunday for the live stream..where we'll be playing the matches we've received so far!.
see you then
LINKS LINKS LINKS!!
Request a League Voting Key here on the LDBB forums
The LouisDen League 2009 Mini Site
Louis Den Live Stream (tune in Sunday 18:00 for the first league replays!)
Follow us on Twitter for all the latest league news!
KOS.
If you've been hiding under a rock for the past month or so heres a quick recap, We're back with the the league for 2009 following on from last years season which S-TYPE won! he's back to defend the title this year with a new and improved league which is now division based based on the pre-league homework "Dope Ass Beat 2" which producers scored to figure out placings, this time round the site (which I developed!!) has more of a social networking feel allowing voters/producers to interact with each other and the battles outside of just simply voting.
We're not accepting new producers in the league as its been a long drawn out process getting everything together and ready BUT voters are allowed at any stage to get down on the weekly beat action and decide the fate of the producers!, so for now the beat battles are gonna be on hold until the season finishes but the Sunday sessions are still very much alive!! each week we'll still be linking up to play the beats received and give you guys a sneak peek into what will become the forthcoming week's voting!!.
Some hot battles are due as these are the week 1 matchups, as you can see from the entrants we've got a mix of Louis Den regulars and some new names so its great having a mix of producers of all abilities gettin down and geekin/competing!
Division 1 Matches
Kelakovski vs Jeekay
Sivey vs Mr Dick
Kosyne vs Myke Forte
JJ Malone vs magOwl
BoomBaptist vs Figaro
Dockmini vs Pushing Buttons
S-TYPE vs Hal 9000
Jaisu vs Evil Needle
Ed Strong vs Raul Supreme
Apatight vs Budgie
Shears vs Ratatoulle Da Recept
Division 2 Matches
Wizard vs Ayem
MYKEE vs Smith
EvB vs Itchy Digits
Jehfree vs Mazzie
Purpose vs Clay Davis
Zircon vs abstraKt Beats
Levi vs Cyril Snare
Terror vs BiLL Breaks
JIGSAWSOUL vs Vila
DJ Kyrptonite vs bhardbeatz
MDOTDASUPAPRODUCER vs Bert Digits
Division 3 Matches
Eyebs vs Thorn
Radd vs Ill Clinton
See Money vs Wizard At Will
Mr Boss vs First Aid
Potencia Incisive vs JUT
ABCENTS vs Unknown
The Strange Neighbour vs Archaeologist
SnapS vs Vice
Eccentric vs MISTA MOZART
Phenom vs Skipperbeat
J-Trees vs Yeah Right
Prolifik vs Peaks
BUG vs Hannibal King
So LEAGUE PRODUCERS!, your first beats are due tomorrow! dont forget to submit them using the producer dashboard on the homepage by 17:30 GMT!!, dont leave it till the last minute as the little ol league site probably cant take a hammering of ALL of you guys trying to submit at the same time and we wont have time to chase forum pms/emails/myspace messages if you are trying to use those as a fallback!.
LEAGUE VOTERS, hold tight!, voting will open up at the beginning of next week to grade the beats and get some blap discussion underway.
LOUIS DEN/BEAT HEADS if you wanna get in on the voting/interacting with the site..all you have to do is request a login from us at the louisden forum, see the link below..hit the League2009 sub forum and post in the thread (with your email addy and name) and we'll hook it up as soon as we can.
and finally, hungry producers wanting in??..NAHHHHHHHHHHH sorry your time has passed...we did a final search for producers even after the division standings had been drawn up as there were some legitmate late commers but if you hollered before the forum went down and didnt get in touch via the blog posts I made you were either too late because we were full or missed the deadline...THAT IS IT.
Ok so see you Sunday for the live stream..where we'll be playing the matches we've received so far!.
see you then
LINKS LINKS LINKS!!
KOS.
Free Myke Forte Beat Tapes
More work in from the Louis' Den famalam, Myke has recently been going through the vaults to put out a series of free beat tapes for heads to vibe to, I've been told this isnt just it and theres more on the way so look out for them, they will appear here so dont worry about missing them!.
If you still need an introduction into the world of Myke Forte, then check the SPOTLIGHT BLOG back from Beat Cypher 04 in April for more info on the man!, oh and for those who slept Myke's alter emcee ego Myke Leforde dropped the PAY DUES EP digitally about a month ago so zup zup pick that up! (see the links).
ok enough bigging him um I've gotta clash Myke this sunday in the league GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GAME FACE lol..
Wizard LP - Ear To The Beat OUT NOW!
Mann when I get to bloggin news about our Louis Den fam I've always got loads to write when it comes round to Wizard, its a testament to how hard working dude is, well now his dope new LP "Ear To The Beat" NOW at Suspect Packages, Wiz has been putting in work on the boards for the last couple years releasing a slew of free music OZB's, Wizard & Tai, Wizard mixtapes, Sausage Factory LP the list goes on, plus production work for Weatherproof (a whole LP), Verbal Kent and more..
So yeah now its time to dig in your wallets and support his studio produced album "EAR TO THE BEAT", released independendly Wiz has been on the grind and pulled out a full LP which features Sonnyjim, Farma G of Taskforce, Tragic Allies, Micall Parknsun, J Black, Verb T, Conflix and more!.
DL the snippets to see for yourself and check the links below and support our boy!...BANGERS ALL DAY MATE.
oh and as a bonus heres some beat battle footage of Wizard & Scizzahz Beat Battle @ Loopclash In Brighton a couple weeks back.
Wizard & Scizzahz - South Toast Radio Podcast
Just getting my blog on before catching up with more league business, just wanted to shed some light on the very dope SOUTH TOAST RADIO PODCAST thats put together by longtime Louis Den solider Wizard and his OSB'z partner Scizzahs, each week for almost the last 2 months they been getting busy with an hours worth of banter, dope US/UK hiphop, special guests, news and "Gun punch of the week" heh, umm so yeah check them out.
Gonna step my blog game up and get each volume up here but in case you miss any links Wiz circulates or dont catch it here they also broadcast on hhbradio every Tuesday from 6-7..make sure you check em out..I slept on it at first because I could never find the time to download em but guess what genuis!! theres usually a zshare link for each one so you can play em instantly!!
Alright so cool heres the back catalog!
South Toast Radio Podcast Vol 3
South Toast Radio Podcast Vol 2
South Toast Radio Podcast Vol 1
BANNG..
KOS.
Gonna step my blog game up and get each volume up here but in case you miss any links Wiz circulates or dont catch it here they also broadcast on hhbradio every Tuesday from 6-7..make sure you check em out..I slept on it at first because I could never find the time to download em but guess what genuis!! theres usually a zshare link for each one so you can play em instantly!!
Alright so cool heres the back catalog!
South Toast Radio Podcast Vol 3
South Toast Radio Podcast Vol 2
South Toast Radio Podcast Vol 1
BANNG..
KOS.
Hudson Mohawke - Butter LP Sampler
Can't lie im kinda geeked for this release, Warp released news about the album almost a month ago and leaked the ultra dope jay-z face making Rising 5 <-- click to DL, and now it being a bit closer to the release have now let a sampler go. Been a fan of Hudsons work since the Heralds Of Change ish and Hudsons Heaters (which still gets burn!) so yeah check it out..I've just bumped it and a bit stuck to explain it hahaa bump it for yourself, it's some vintage futuristic bruce lee hands steez.
KOS.
Thursday, 3 September 2009
LOUISDEN FORUM IS BACK ONLINE
Ok we back!!, check the banner to enter the forum.
IF YOU REGISTERED AFTER APRIL 2009 YOU WILL NEED TO RE-REGISTER, all details regarding the server crash are located there...give it a read then holla at me if you are having any problems.
lets get it.
KOS.
Need League Login? / Forums
Ok, thanks for bearing with us, the boards WILL BE BACK TODAY!, re-installed everything and found a backup from a few months back so im most likely going to just restore the members and pour a little 7up out for the lost threads no point in puttin up old news so I think its a case of destroying and rebuilding but hopefully if you registered for the boards before april your logins should be intact.
Finally if you are struggling with the league site as you cant find your password then first check your spam folders...I did send out mails to each and everyone of you during dope ass beat 2 voting week but if you still cant find it dont panic, hit me up
kosyne[at]louisden[dot]com
and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
NEW VOTING KEY REQUEST WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE BOARD IS BACK, producer entry is CLOSSSSSSSED, If I said you were in then you are fast running out of time to holla at me (those who did I chased back up) and im unsure you can actually turn a beat in for Sunday now and its plenty work doing the matchups so im leaving it here..
bang
KOS.
Finally if you are struggling with the league site as you cant find your password then first check your spam folders...I did send out mails to each and everyone of you during dope ass beat 2 voting week but if you still cant find it dont panic, hit me up
kosyne[at]louisden[dot]com
and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
NEW VOTING KEY REQUEST WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE BOARD IS BACK, producer entry is CLOSSSSSSSED, If I said you were in then you are fast running out of time to holla at me (those who did I chased back up) and im unsure you can actually turn a beat in for Sunday now and its plenty work doing the matchups so im leaving it here..
bang
KOS.
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Back but not quite :(
Ok so we out the otherside and it turns out there was a server fault over at our hosting company, no worries for the most part the shop is back and the league images should be working as well and be accessible just like before BUT...what makes this one a bit more interesting is the fact they DONT backup any data on our particular hosting plan.
Which means we've lost the forum!!...I can get it back again and im working on it right now but we will only have up to when I last backed up (which was a minute ago!!).
Best case scenario
I can get us back running to our last backup, heads who joined the forum less than 2 months ago will have to register.
Worst case scenario
Well lets not go there just yet eh?..
hold tight..
IF YOU REQUESTED A LISTENING KEY FOR THE LEAGUE OR WAS ONE OF BATCH OF NEW HEADS WHO WANTED TO JOIN HIT ME UP ASAP! YOU NEED YOUR SAMPLE FOR THIS WEEK!
Kosyne[At]louisden[dot]com
bang..
Which means we've lost the forum!!...I can get it back again and im working on it right now but we will only have up to when I last backed up (which was a minute ago!!).
Best case scenario
I can get us back running to our last backup, heads who joined the forum less than 2 months ago will have to register.
Worst case scenario
Well lets not go there just yet eh?..
hold tight..
IF YOU REQUESTED A LISTENING KEY FOR THE LEAGUE OR WAS ONE OF BATCH OF NEW HEADS WHO WANTED TO JOIN HIT ME UP ASAP! YOU NEED YOUR SAMPLE FOR THIS WEEK!
Kosyne[At]louisden[dot]com
bang..
louisden.com down!!
What up world, dont be alarmed I've been told by our webhosts FREEOLA that they are experiencing difficulty with one of their webservers and as luck would have it, its the cluser Louisden.com is hosted on.
Its a bad look as it means its taken out the shop, parts of the league, the forum and more obviously the actual louisden.com front page. I've been told they're looking into it so please remain patient and keep it locked to see when we come back up.
Till then our blog is still accessible (you're reading it now heh...)
LEAGUE NEWBIES, hold tight soon as we're back I'll get you your details so you can collect your samples!.
Kos
Its a bad look as it means its taken out the shop, parts of the league, the forum and more obviously the actual louisden.com front page. I've been told they're looking into it so please remain patient and keep it locked to see when we come back up.
Till then our blog is still accessible (you're reading it now heh...)
LEAGUE NEWBIES, hold tight soon as we're back I'll get you your details so you can collect your samples!.
Kos
Monday, 31 August 2009
Louis Den Beat Showcase @ Jazz Cafe London 25th Sept 2009
WE DONT STOP!...more Louis den live events, this time its the Beat Cypher, (the next main joint is coming October so look out for it!!) but until you can catch us at 3 spots between now and then (the first being Basement Sessions Live, Redbeards Single Launch) and finally our Jazz Cafe Beat Cypher (as part of Jehsts Young N Restless night).
London heads who STIIIIIIL havent made the trip to Birmingham (we've been doing these a year now!!) make sure you come and check us, even though we're appearing as act on the YNR night we need support before we can bring a full Beat Cypher event down south (Open Beats, PA's, Beat Battles etc). So yeah get at us!!.
Fresh beats from Kelakovski, Jaisu, Apollo and Mr Thing!!.
London heads who STIIIIIIL havent made the trip to Birmingham (we've been doing these a year now!!) make sure you come and check us, even though we're appearing as act on the YNR night we need support before we can bring a full Beat Cypher event down south (Open Beats, PA's, Beat Battles etc). So yeah get at us!!.
Fresh beats from Kelakovski, Jaisu, Apollo and Mr Thing!!.
Redbeard Single Leaked! / Louis Den Blaporama 23rd Sept Birmingham
EATGOOD recording artist Redbeard has recently let a few tracks leak from his upcoming release "The Bearded Wonda" which is dropping Q4 on EAT GOOD RECORDS, similar to Sonnyjim's Trading Standards this is another release getting the LOUIS DEN seal of approval as it has production from LOUIS DEN contriubtors Kosyne, Kelakovski, Myke Forte, Jon Phonics, Percy Filth, Wizard, Roeg Du Casq and R2ThaBeatz!!.. Check the leaks out, the album is dropping soon!.
Be sure to check Redbeards single launch if you're in the Midlands to see him perform the tracks live!! with a special one off Louis Den feature...BLAP-O-RAMA.
Redbeards single launch will be at the Yardbird Jazz Club in Birmingham (located in Paradise Place opp the Copthorne Hotel). As well as Beard performing the tracks from the single release we'll be having the first (of many hopefully) Louis Den BLAPORAMA's this one featuring Kelz, Myke Forte, Raul Supreme and Dockmini. These are Beat sets from Louis Den producers showcasing their latest material, unreleased beats, remixes and tracks. Unlike the Beat Cypher which is beat based Blaporama is more like a DJ set (not turn based) allowing the producers to set the mood better.
Make sure you come out if you're in the area its definately gonna be one to catch!.
Redbeards Myspace
Redbeards Twitter
Kos..
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