YHTN Contest W/ Hoopla Worldwide: Direct The Music Video For Napoleon Da Legend & Raekwon’s “Oxygen”
Video directors, you ever wanted a chance to work with Raekwon? If so then this is your chance. Here at YHTN we are proud to bring you this little contest. The idea is to have video directors submit home made videos for the song “Oxygen” by Napoleon Da Legend & Raekwon. The Chef has big things planned for Napoleon Da Legend and you could be part of the first step. You can use animation, do something abstract etc just get your thinking caps on. Just create something dope. The winner will be announced here and the video will be promoted by Napoleon Da Legend & Raekwon themselves. Would be a good look for you young directors. Get your camera’s ready. More details/regulations below, if you missed the audio then go here.
Submissions must be in before February 25th.
Email them to ShermanUHTN@gmail.com
Get to work…
The winner for the New Years beat battle is:
Congrats guys! Your giftcard is on the way!
The top three broke down like this:
1. HoFaSho – 86pts
2. Staybach Music – 64pts
3. Meineirre’s Condition – 54pts
I’m planning another beat battle next week. So producers be on the look out next Thursday, January 12th.
Clearly we should do this more often. We had almost 100 submissions, which equates to me having to listen to almost 200 beats. It was great fun, and there are some super talented producers out there. Just to be transparent the key things I was looking for besides “hotness”:
- Did it sound real? There is a sound that feels right, like someone could actually hop on this and make something that didn’t sound like someone just exported an 8 bar Fruityloops loop. This has a lot to do with drums that actually fit the track, and synths and samples being properly tempo synced.
- Is it rap/singable? Basically could someone make a song from this. Are the bars formatted in a way that makes sense?
example: intro/chorus/verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/halfverse/chorus/chorus/outro - Can a vocal actually sit in this somewhere?
- Is the mix decent? A lot of producers can’t mix. Learn to mix. People want to hear the fullness of your records.
website: www.mistamarcus.com
twitter: @mistamarcuscom
Beat: Only If U Knew Better
UPDATE: Tons of entries… wow. We’re now closed! Check tomorrow at Noon to see the picks, and to vote.
I was looking around and no one has been offering any outlet to producers lately on mainstream sites. Production is 70% of a song these days, so I figure let’s get some instrumental action on YHTN. Tomorrow we’ll do a New Years beat battle. Here’s the deal:
- Producers of the world submit two (2) of your beats in MP3 format to beats@youheardthatnew.com
- They have to be submitted by Midnight EST on December 29th, 2011 (Today).
- I will listen to all of them (for real I promise) and will pick 5 beats by 5 different producers for the YHTN readership to vote on tomorrow.
- The voting will last all weekend and the winner will be announced at Noon EST on Monday, January 2nd.
- The 1st place winner will get a $25 iTunes or Amazon Giftcard (Winner’s Pick) and automatically get his or her beat placed in the next competition.
- 2nd place will probably get clowned in the comments.
- 3rd place should just be happy to be here.
The beautiful and VOLUPTUOUS Teedra Moses will be hitting that SOBs stage on October 12th at 9pm and I’m offering up a pair of tickets to give away for the show. No, I’m not hosting but you can bet your ass I’ll be ringside gawking at those Squishy Thighs. Oh yes I will. First person to Tweet me (@LowKeyUHTN) the answer to the question below, along with hashtags #TMSOBs will be the recipient for next week’s show tickets. Good luck
Trivia: What 2004 hit single did Teedra Moses receive co-writing credits for?
GOOD LUCK!
Ray Bans? $100 iTunes Gift Card? Tinie Tempah’s new album? Cmon, you can’t tell me this isn’t a sweet giveaway to start your work week off. BUT! Before we give out the grand prize, I have one tricky trivia question for you guys. You have to dig deep for this one. We’re going to do things a bit different this time. In order to win, you have to follow Tinie and I on Twitter and Tweet both of us the answer with the hashtags of #UHTNTT (YouHeardThatNew X Tinie Temaph. That’s what the hashtag stands for) Ok, here goes:
What New York Rapper served as a major influence for Tinie Tempah early in his music career?
GOOD LUCK!
First and foremost congrats to Mahmud Chowdhury over at William Paterson University for winnning week one of the YouHeardThatNew x SparyGround Back 2 School Giveaway. Ok, so last week we gave away an invisible money clip which you can purchase over at StickerClip.com. Now, for week 2, we’re going to up the anty and give away a free copy of Watch The Throne inside this week’s bag. Ready? Ok, so obviously you have to be following me on Twitter, a current college student and a resident in the NYC/NJ area. In addition, answer the question below and send your answer to Contestuhtn@gmail.com.
Exactly how many producers contributed to Jay-Z and Kanye’s Watch The Throne project. EXCLUDING Kanye West. GO!
GOOD LUCK
As announced yesterday, today commences the first week of our YouHeardThatNew x Sprayground Back To School Giveaway. For the next eight weeks, we’ll be giving away one of those snazzy bags with a nice goodie inside of it. Featured in this weeks bag will be an invisible money clip which can be found over at StickerClip.com. Check em out. Remember, in order to be eligible for the contest you have to be an active college student, a NY/NJ resident and a fan of UHTN (obviously).
Ok, so to win this week’s bag, answer the question below and submit your answer to ContestUHTN@Gmail.com. Cool? Good luck! What day did Wiz Khalifa’s “Black & Yellow” single hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts?
GOOD. LUCK!
Starting August 17 YouHeardThatNew and SprayGround are giving away 8 of these cool backpacks you see before your very eyes. Couple requirements though: 1.) Must be an active college student. 2.) Must reside in the NJ/NYC area. 3.) Must be a fan of YouHeardThatNew.com (obviously lol). Each week, we’ll provide some cool trivia for you guys to respond to in the comments section. The winner will then hit up the provided email in tomorrow’s post to claim their prize. This contest will go on for the next eight weeks. So if you don’t win this week, next week is ALWAYS an option. GOOD LUCK!
RESPECT: AllPurpose
Big Sean and Complex Magazine are teaming up to give you guys a chance to kick it with Big Sean for a day, along with some pretty ill prizes (sneakers from Flight Club, KRSP tee, Dr Pepper Cherry x Big Sean collaborated headphones). Here’s how you can enter for a chance win:
