Inner Loop Records Presents: Chop It Up Weekend

27May08

The heads at Inner Loop Records are back doing big things for the DC DMV (my bad) hip hop producer scene. They’ve got a great line-up of events this weekend – check em out for a full line up.

Chop It Up Weekend May 29th-31st

The Past, Present and Future of Hip Hop Production

Events and Locations:

Illmatic Remix Party – 5.29.08 | The Rock and Roll Hotel | $20

In the past few years producers and artists alike have remixed songs and entire albums, we here at Inner Loop Records will do something that has never been done; remix an entire album and perform it live. This party will feature some of DC’s hottest producers and artists working together to remix a classic album song for song. The first 200 people will receive the entire CD!

Producers: Best Kept Secret, Judah, Oddisee, Kev Brown, J-Scrilla, Overok, Nfinit, Team Demo, SlimKat and Montana. DJ: Alizay (WKYS 93.9) Sponsored by: Commonwealth

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Dynamic Producer Battle 5.30.08 | Club Five | $15

Dynamic Producer, Roland and Inner Loop Records link up to crown the next up and coming producer in the DC area. 16 producers will go head to head, and will be judged by a panel of industry representatives.

(Full listing after the jump)

1st Place

• Roland Juno G Keyboard w/ SRX Xpansion Card (lists around $1494).
• $300
• Private beat session with Shady Records recording artist Bobby Creekwater.
• 10 Free hours of studio time along with press package and 10 CD’s from District Entertainment.
• Gift Certificate from SOM Records
• Will be apart of the June Beatdown along with featured producers Moss and Digga
• Ultimate pass to the Dynamic Producer Conference in NY which includes private beat playing sessions with established artists for possible placements

2nd Place

• $100
• Studio time from Skyline Music Studios
• Gift Certificate to SOM Records

Judges:

Bink! – Produced for artists such as Jay-Z, Freeway and Beanie Sigel
P-Stew – WKYS 93.9 Radio personality
Bobby Creekwater – Shady Records Recording artist

Submission Information:

ALL producers must submit $30 (See Paypal link in blog entitled “ATTN: Producers”) and email 3 beats to beatbattledc@gmail.com. If you by any chance cannot email or pay via the internet, call (202) 489-4054. Submission does not guarantee you will be in the battle; we are only picking 16 of the best!

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Streetz Magazine Producers Workshop

5.31.08 | Guitar Center (Seven Corners) | Free

To finish off the third day Streetz Mag, Inner Loop Records and Guitar Center host an all age’s event geared towards education. The event will feature tutorials on producing, djing, and engineering. There will also be a panel of representatives speaking on their experiences of the ups and downs of the recording industry.

Tutorials by:

• MPC Tutorial (Keyboard Room) – Judah (www.judahbeats.com)
• DJ Tutorial (DJ Room) – DJ Nfinit (www.mysapce.com/djnfinit)
• Crate Digging Tutorial (DJ Room) – J-Scrilla (www.myspace.com/gunsnbutter)
• Engineering Tutorial (Studio Room) – Tynez (www.derecording.com)

Industry Panel:

• Producer – Bink! (Has produced for artists such as Jay Z, Freeway, and Amerie)
• Print Media – Chris Bryant (Publisher for Streetz Magazine)
• Publisher – Jason Kibble (ASCAP)
• Radio – DJ Dub (XM Radio DJ)

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Tags: Best Kept Secret, Bink!, Chop It Up, Chris Bryant, Commonwealth, DJ Alizay, DJ Dub, DJ Nfinit, Inner Loop Records, J-Scrilla, Jason Kibble, Judah, Kev Brown, Montana, Nfinit, Oddisee, Overok, SlimKat, Team Demo