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  • Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle 2010: Marcus D VS. Trox

    Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle 2010: Marcus D VS. Trox

    Marcus D and Trox go pound for pound and beat for beat in the semi final round of the Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle. No spoilers here, check it out to see who prevailed and moved on to the next round!

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  • Marco Polo, Frank Dukes & Moss: Flipping Well Known Samples

    Marco Polo, Frank Dukes & Moss: Flipping Well Known Samples

    A panel of hip hop producers flip easily recognizable and often sampled tracks into something brand new. Frank Dukes reconstructs the Seals and Croft version of “Summer Breeze”, Marco Polo makes over Al B Sure’s “Night & Day” and Moss takes on The Bee Gees’ “Stayin Alive”  to name a few. PS The host sucks.

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  • Marco Polo’s Stupendous Toronto Showcase

    Marco Polo’s Stupendous Toronto Showcase

    Beat showcase footage featuring producers Marco Polo, Moss, Frank Dukes and Rich Kidd. In this round, as a tribute to GURU they all flip Steve Davis’ “All Because She’s Gone” , which Premo used as a sample for “Tha Planet” on the Hard to Earn album.

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  • Bink And Digga: Classics Vs New Beats

    Bink And Digga: Classics Vs New Beats

    Celebrity Producers Bink and Digga go head to head at Beast of the Beats;  classics vs new material. Digga wins the coin toss and sets it off with Cam’ron and DMX’s  “Pull It” for the classic and 50′s “C.R.E.A.M. 2009″ for the current. Then Bink blasts in with Jay-Z’s “1-900 Hustler” from the Roc Dynasty Album. He kills it with his new material and takes the match.

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  • Beast Of The Beats 3: Celebrity Beat Battle

    Beast Of The Beats 3: Celebrity Beat Battle

    Celebrity Producers Rsonist of the Heatmakerz, Amadeus, Illmind, Bink, Digga, Jimi Kendrix and J Math as Street Radio and Cardim battle it out at Club Touch. In round one Rsonist burns Amadeus with a soul sample driven upbeat track, Bink brings  intricate drums, big bass and instrumentation to Digga and Illmind bests Cardim with heavy bottom and a haunting organ. In the second round Rsonist smokes Bink with another soul driven instrumental, and Illmind comes for Street Radio once again [...]

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  • Bink Vs. Digga In Beast Of The Beats 3

    Bink Vs. Digga In Beast Of The Beats 3

    This video shows producers Bink and Digga facing off in the Beast of the Beats 3 celebrity beat battle.  Both producers obviously have pretty different (and both very unique) styles, which makes for a very interesting battle.  Bink definitely comes with more beat battle style beats, however, so we’ll see if Digga can stand up to those.

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  • Amadeus Vs. Rsonist In Beast Of The Beats 3

    Amadeus Vs. Rsonist In Beast Of The Beats 3

    This is video footage from the Beast of the Beats 3 beat battle event.  Facing each other are Amadeus and Rsonist of Heatmakerz fame.  Both producers’ beats definitely go hard, and to me there was a clear winner, but I won’t spoil it.  A lot of original stuff in this video though, very inspirational.

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  • Illmind Vs. J Cardim In Beast Of The Beats 3

    Illmind Vs. J Cardim In Beast Of The Beats 3

    Here we have video footage of the Beast of the Beats 3 beat battle featuring producers Illmind and J Cardim.  As is usually the case in these big time battles, both come with crazy songs and beats and very different styles. It could definitely have gone either way.

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  • Rsonist Highlight Reel And Interview

    Rsonist Highlight Reel And Interview

    This video shows Rsonist’s rise to victory over opponents like Amadeus and Bink in the Beast of the Beats 3 celebrity beat battle.  This is a great video to watch if you just want to absorb the concept of a “battle beat,” as all of the producers definitely come hard and this competition could have gone to numerous participants.

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