August Contest: Rules and Submission

[Markleford]

*blank*-Hop

How about some acknowledgment for what HIP-HOP has brought to the musical table?

But we'll do it the usual KVR way. Add your own elements. Mix it up. Even make it your own style and give it a name. That's kinda like the origin of hip-hop in itself!


There is a TWO MINUTE time limit.
You may NOT use rap or hip-hop a capella tracks in your entry!
(We can't make it *too* easy, right? That's why it's a challenge!)
You may use any musical device at your disposal.
If you have any questions, go to the gossip thread.

Good Luck

Submissions MUST follow these rules:

1 - Encoded in either .mp3 (128kbps or lower if fixed rate ... average of 128kbps or lower if VBR) or .ogg format (quality level 4.00 or lower)

2 - A STRICT MAXIMUM of TWO MINUTES in length. If it shows up as 2:01 in my player, then I'll allow it for reasons of rounding in different players.
But you shouldn't take that chance! Any longer gets the Boot. A blatant over time will result in DQ.

3 - Must be composed specifically for this contest, and started no sooner than the contest announcement.

3b - USE OF HIP-HOP AND RAP A CAPELLA TRACKS IS NOT ALLOWED THIS MONTH. Come on, put a *little* extra work into it, okay? If already your beats are phat, then it shouldn't be a barrier to come up with something original for the vox...

4 - The FILE to be named in a format of "yearmonth_artistname_tracktitle"(ie "0808_artistname_tracktitle.mp3"),
where the artistname is the same as your KVR name. Please, do not use spaces and special charaters in the filename. IF you are going to tag your mp3, the artist name is to be the same as your KVR name, and the title tag is to be the name of your tune.


5 - Entered into the contest by posting a DIRECT LINK in this RULES & SUBMISSIONS thread (use the GOSSIP thread for everything else). If you cant provide a direct link, please contact one of the following people listed below, they will be happy to help you out.(These people provide free hosting for the purpose of this contest only! They are not a hosting service. When contacting these people, please take the effort to understand the terms and conditions they provide).


Providers:
1 - scoops
2 - watto
3 - kovacs
4 - _niko_
5 - knockman





In Addition...
Kara at www.kara-moon.com/forum has offered "self service" space. Log into the forum to find out more



Contest entry deadline: Sunday, August 24th, 2008 before 11:59 PM

Only one entry per person - no resubmissions without permission from the moderator, INCLUDING for time-overage correction. PM me for permission!

Voting (members must have at least 20 posts to vote ... although contest entrants are exempt from this ruling) will run from the submission deadline
until 11:59 PM Sunday, August 31st - anyone voting for themselves will find ALL their votes disqualified - any entrants not voting will also be
disqualified


PRIZES


Ben from Camel Audio has been so kind as to donate a prize of ANY of their
products this month (and later months until further notice).



We also have one license of Maize Sampler to award. Check out the very cool "Propagate" VSTi Export feature!



Long time "friend of the contest" scuzzphut has offered up a license to his Phatbeatz rhythm box! May your beatz be this phat in your entry!


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[S.HUSH]

Let's get the party started I have no idea what kind of "hop" this is but it is influenced by old skool hip hop.


What you spoke is fly, Touche


Caught in the center won't blurb back
My cold shoes lock this mouth too tight
Everybody waits for the break supreme
But the responsee goes BOOM

Try to hiss
make a yodel
won't do
But the officer says don't rock this case
I gotta bone with this mate
U move when I say GO!

What U spoke is fly
Response U spoke is fly

Crushed from this front of the stage
Shake butt through the bongo stage
Some bom bom's struttin' their stuff HO!
Another took the fall and moved when i said...

What U spoke is fly
Touche
Response you spoke is fly
Roof Roof
Done too soon
Break-

Some hippy hoppity translations:

1) "Butt through the bongo"_To "loosen up".

2)"Bom Bom"_Coming along. Marching in.

3) "Roof"_Case closed

[Psy-T]

Psy-T Featuring Dr. Apostrophe X - The Uncut Stone
www.psy-t.com/0808-Psy-T_feat_DrAX-The_Uncut_Stone.mp3

Sunsets blazing out of my head,
Burnt-out midnights moving on,
Nothing remains of the life I led,
Clean as the wind-swept sky I'm gone
Nobody loses, nobody gains
A drop of water in a thousand springs.
Not a trace of my life, not a trace remains,
I am the voice of the ancient things

I come from the valley of the uncut stone,
A spark from the furnace in my father's eye.
I belong with the muscles of the dancing bone
In the womb of my mother I had died
Nobody noticed, nobody saw
What being the deep fire brings:
The more I advance, the more I withdraw.
I am the voice of the ancient things.

In my years of cutting the linguists' key
To the door of the dungeon of the deceased,
I descended to the Pontiff of the Holy See
Kneeling in the belly of the human beast.
What am I saying? Give me some air!
Death is the death of a thousand stings.
The bloddier mortality, the bloodier the care.
I am the voice of the ancient things.

In the time of harvest our dust allows,
I walk in the court of the uncut stone
Formed in the earth's crust, hidden by vows,
Circled by water and the sun I've grown.
Nobody prosecutes, stands, or defends
The court of the stone of the uncut wings
Of the whole of the harvest nobody ends,
I am the voice of the ancient things.


the lyrics are from a poem i edited, you may find the original poem by Sebastian Barker here:
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarch ... oemId=5567

As usual, I used Propellerheads Reason 3, Recycle, and Acoustica.
Don't know which mic Drax used, you can ask him that in the gossip thread if you'd like to know

Enjoy!

[Laguna Rising]

1) Take a look at rap and hip hop.
2) Adopt some element of it.
3) Add your own stuff.
4) Post your entry.

Dark Alley ...it sounds like an absurd hop...

[farlukar]

hiphop ≠ rap
So no need for vocals; I tried (and failed) to do a - including the part of not playing anything myself but nicking all sounds from my music collection.

>> uncleared ogg vorbis << | >> uncleared mp3 <<

For the artists whose tunes I maimed, there's the small comfort that apparently, copyright infringement is the sincerest form of flattery.

[dreibel]

what can I say? I know the cliches, now let's see if I stamped something of my own personality on them. Maybe some low-fi stuff and old-school synth sounds?? Something grungy sounding? Maybe a few tricks from Tom Morello?
Maybe even my own sad take on doing a funky fresh shouts?

Anyway, it's here.

Funky Chunky Monkey

DAW used: Cubase SL3 and Studio 4
bass: Peavey Millennium BXP through ART Tube MP and processed through Guitar Rig 2
synths: TAL UNO-62, TAL Bassline, NI FM7
drum machine: LinPlug RMIV, triggered by Drumcore
real drums: Zoro (courtesy of Drumcore)
punctuation shouts (no accapellas used, I swear!) - me through Shure SM57/TubeMP/Guitar Rig 2
wacky wailing thing: Fender Highway 1 Strat through Digitech RP-250 's Whammy Pedal emulation.

[shrikant]

Here is the Den of Iniquity. Hop along

http://www.myguitaronline.com/tunes/080 ... equity.mp3

Sound track from the film Hitman.

Welcome to our Den of Iniquity
It is our business doing pleasure with you.
May I introduce my number one girl Leilin
She will do everything you desire
And more

I will be there in 20 seconds
I will be there in 20 seconds

Hay, I am Sandy, what can I do for you
I have this guy watching my car

Who are you ?
I am not who you think I am
Just as the mirror is not always
Just a reflection of what you see

That girl has a lot of talent
Ye man, in all the right places

So what's new and exciting around here
I don't know
You tell me
I have been here too long
You don't like being here

Where do I go for some action
You can try the second floor
I am sure you will find what you need there sir

I will be there in 20 seconds

I need to use the bathroom
Why certainly sir

It is our business doing pleasure with you

I need to use the bathroom
Why certainly sir

It is our business doing pleasure with you

I need to use the bathroom
Why certainly sir

I have fallen and I cant get up

mirror is not always
Just a reflection of what you see

mirror is not always
Just a reflection of what you see

mirror is not always
Just a reflection of what you see

mirror is not always
Just a reflection of what you see

mirror is not always
Just a reflection of what you see

(Thanks to Scoops for hosting.)

[Patrick9]

After scaring everyone off last month, I would like to introduce a new genre this time - Bog Hop
Be afraid...

The Rocky Road to Dublin

In the merry month of June from me home I started,
Left the girls of Tuam nearly broken hearted,
Saluted me father dear, kissed me darling mother,
Drank a pint of beer, me grief and tears to smother,
Then off to reap the corn, leave where I was born,
Cut a stout black thorn to banish ghosts and goblins;
A brand new pair of brogues rattling o'er the bogs
And fright'ning all the dogs on the rocky road to Dublin.
One, two, three four, five, Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky
road and all the way to Dublin, Whack follol de rah !


In Dublin next arrived, I thought it such a pity
To be soon deprived a view of that fair city.
So then I took a stroll, all among the quality;
Me bundle it was stolen in a neat locality.
Something crossed me mind, when I looked behind,
No bundle could I find upon me stick a wobblin'
Enquiring for the rogue, they said me Connaught brogue
Wasn't much in vogue on the rocky road to Dublin.
One, two, three four, five, Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky
road and all the way to Dublin, Whack follol de rah !

From there I got away, me spirits never falling,
Landed on the quay, just as the ship was sailing.
The Captain at me roared, said that no room had he;
When I jumped aboard, a cabin found for Paddy.
Down among the pigs, played some hearty rigs,
Danced some hearty jigs, the water round me bubbling;
When off Holyhead wished meself was dead,
Or better for instead on the rocky road to Dublin.
One, two, three four, five, Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky
road and all the way to Dublin, Whack follol de rah !

Well the boys of Liverpool, when we safely landed,
Called meself a fool, I could no longer stand it.
Blood began to boil, temper I was losing;'
Poor old Erin's Isle they began abusing.
"Hurrah me soul" says I, me Shillelagh I let fly.
Some Galway boys were by and saw I was a hobblin,
With a loud "hurray !" joined in the affray.
We quickly cleared the way for the rocky road to Dublin.
One, two, three four, five, Hunt the Hare and turn her down the rocky
road and all the way to Dublin, Whack fol all the Ra !

[beanpole]

This is my interpretation of what Scottish hip-hop would sound like and have decided to call it Scotch-Hop

As most hip-hop nicks stuff from everywhere I have done the same:- the main beat and title is nicked from NWA, the ending from Public Enemy, the vocal stylings from the Proclaimers, the instrumental break is to the tune of "Wha saw the tattie howkers" which was sung by Angus Lennie & Gordon Jackson in The Great Escape. Finally virtually all hip-hop uses samples so I have used an appropriate sample from Trainspotting at the beginning.

Enjoy the short but sweet

Straight Outta Scotland

[t00nz]

*space*-HOP-per

[rockstar_not]

I submit some Zep-Hop for this month.

Rockstar_not - Mac vs. PC

Some lyrics:

Mac vs. PC
Decision should be easy
Your momma look like Weezy

All your songs are cheezy.
In fact it makes me queasy
cuz all your words are sleazy
You show no common courtesy
Step back and have a look-see

"Which synth is the best for trance?" Hey man I don't care.
If I see that question again over there ---> it might just make me swear.
"Who's got the bomb 303 emulator?" Man you sound like Mater

Well I hate to be a hater or a self esteem deflator,
Just pick one download it become a beat creator.

Plugins and stuff:

Original beat composed in Lunchbox Battles from brambos
Jamstix jammed along trying to sound like Keith
Strat into Amplitube and another amp sim, can't remember which.
MDA sub synth on the jamstix output.
Several instances of blockfish
Knock off SX custom P bass into Gcomp and Boogex
Tracktion final mix

Decision should be easy.

[knockman]

this is "Garden-Hop" - diggerz with attitude

da hoe by ma side

i would post the lyrics, but there's some naughty words in there(is this allowed?)

wish i had more time to work it and add another verse or something, but i have too many business trips this month, so a short one and fade out

-------- toolz ----------
eXT 1.4 (oldskool), sr-202, lazysnake, sfz, kjaerhaus classics, glaceverb, discodsp thrill me.

[jobromedia]

Here is my entry:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/7/7/1 ... destep.mp3

I gotta buy new headphones since I busted them when recording this entry. A longer version will be made available after the contest.

Recorded with: FL Studio 7
Plugins used: 2x Slayer2, Wavetraveler
Samples used: Some cheesy 80's samples
Effects: Classic Delay, BJ Lofi, 2x FL Compressor

Aight homies enjoy and peace out!

[DrApostropheX]

Dr. Apostrophe X and The Kornhole Krew present:

"Pop Corn"


http://www.victorlams.com/kvr-vst/0808- ... p_Corn.mp3

It's "Moog-hop"!

Used: Nusofting Broken Drum Machine, Battery 3, Sample Moog, Oligarc

Lyric:
Pop! Pop! We're about to pop corn,
Put us in the mircowave until we get warm,
Pop! Pop! We're about to pop corn,
Make some poor kernels wish they'd never been born.

My name's DJ Endosperm and I'm on a bike,
Riding through your stomach 'cuz I don't like to hike,
I'm filled with starch and fiber, too,
And compared to greasy chips I'm very good for you.
But I'm not like my unpopped kin,
I don't come out looking like I went in.
When you're watching TV I'm the perfect snack,
So come on over and grab a hold of my sack.

Pop! Pop! We're about to pop corn,
Put us in the mircowave until we get warm,
Pop! Pop! We're about to pop corn,
Make some poor kernels wish they'd never been born.

I'm the Kernel MC and I refuse to pop,
Popping is for losers and for crooked cops.
People say I just need a little more heat,
Maybe, like your momma needs more stinky feet.
Yeah, I don't make kids smile, I only make them frown.
Try to bite on me and I'll break your crown.
You want some food, eat some chicken coated in penko,
'Cuz I'm Bob Barker and you just lost at Plinko.

Pop! Pop! We're about to pop corn,
Put us in the mircowave until we get warm,
Pop! Pop! We're about to pop corn,
Make some poor kernels wish they'd never been born.

They call me Little Orvie short for RedenbachURR.
You might think I'm dead, but I'm still hURR.
I'm over 100 years old but I'm rockin' the nation,
Kept alive in suspended animation.
ConAgra thaws me out once every few yURRS,
When they need to pitch popcorn to consumURRS.
People try to drown me but I don't show signs of stopping,
Because my gourmet corn is the best for popping.

Pop! Pop! We're about to pop corn,
Put us in the mircowave until we get warm,
Pop! Pop! We're about to pop corn,
Make some poor kernels wish they'd never been born.

[kara]

A long time I didn't post anything for the contest, mainly due to lack of time...
Anyway since I had some free time this weekend, I thought it would be a good idea to write some music.
Only problem is I hate hip hop The only thing I could do was adapting the style a bit to my proper style.

Here it is, it is called, Hip Hop on the run : www.kara-moon.com/rony/0808_kara_HiphopOntheRun.mp3

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