2012 Miltown Beat Down registration is officially closed. We’ received over 80 submissions this year. A new record!
We will announce the 2012 contestants next week. Until then, we ask you to mark your calendars for this year’s battles. The 2012 Miltown Beat down preliminary rounds will be held August 9, 16, 23 and 30th. As we have in previous years, we will host these round at the Jackalope Lounj, inside the Wicked Hop.
Stay tuned for more information.
Each and every year, the Miltown Beat Down has challenged producers to take a creative leap with us. We are well aware of that the beat battle is not unique to Milwaukee, but the MILTOWN BEAT DOWN is unique in the world of beat battles. In the past we’ve offered accapellas for our producers to remix, or samples to use to create a new beat. This year we are providing producers with the stems to a variety of new tracks. These songs span a wide range or genres, tempos and styles. The goal is to encourage producers to step out of their comfort zone, and create something new.
Milwaukee’s premier producer battle, the Miltown Beat Down, is now accepting early sign-ups for the 2012 edition of the competition.
What does that mean? Well, if you are 100% sure you want to participate and don’t need all of the details yet, look to your right and fill out all the info or go to https://miltownbeatdown.com/registration/ and complete the form. We want to know NOW who wants to battle!
This year, the battles will take place in August. Prizes, guest judges, sponsors, venues, what your submission will look like and everything else will be announced Monday, June 4th. That’s all you need to know for now.
So, as we finalize everything, you can start getting ready and know you have two solid months to prepare. It’s On!
What more can I say, (MKE) play the beat beats…
Oh my god. If you missed the 2011 Miltown Beat Down Finals, I feel sorry for you. This was without a doubt, the best MTBD battle in the 6 year history of the event. The beats we all great, the energy was high, people were having a great time, and it was one of the best looking events I have ever produced. All around AWESOME!
The competition was tough on Friday night. Each producer brought their A game for this final bout. We kicked things off with the sounds of DJ KiKi. He is a 17 year old MKE DJ who came up through the True Skool DJ program. Kiki graduated high school on Thursday, and then rocked Turner Hall on Friday. WOW! Then we turned the party over to Kid Cut Up. (If you want your party kicked in to high gear, hire Kid Cut Up!) During Cut Up’s set, the 2011 finalists joined me backstage for dinner and conversation about beats. We spoke with Young Guru about Milwaukee, basketball, Hip Hop and music.
By 8:00pm, we had a nice number of folks in the house, so we kicked things off with the 2011 Wild Card Battle. This competition was our way to bring some of those who did not make it to the top 8, back into the event. We had Andy Peter battle Bubba in the first round, then Luxi battled her boyfriend, ClassiCal. (That was an interesting battle for sure.) Bubba and ‘Cal made it to the end with ClassiCal winning the 2011 WILD CARD BATTLE.
Then…
We began the battle! This year’s finalists were 40 MIL, GoodWill, AudioPilot, Reason, TradeMark, Sam Winters, Champ and White Russian. These fellas brought their best foot forward for the night’s rounds. Each battle was high energy and very tough to call. Most of the rounds were won by a small margin, 20 points here, 30 points there, a real tough night of judging. When all was said and done, there were two men standing… REASON and AUDIOPILOT.
Before we got down with the final battle, we had a brief intermission with our special guest judge YOUNG GURU.
Young Guru played a high energy set of his personal favorites, songs he’s produced, and wrapped up his live set with an amazing scratch set, breakin’ down the Run DMC classic “Peter Piper”. ( so fresh! )
So then we got into the last battle for 2011.. REASON vs. AUDIO PILOT.
This battle was personally very exciting for me, as we had 2 MTBD veteran producers, who have worked together in the past, and even recorded together, now BATTLING for the crown. They each brought high energy beats, but in the end REASON was victorious.
Reason went home with a Native Instruments MASCHINE, Komplete Audio Interface, Massive sound design plug-in package, Aerial 7 headphones and a $100 MODA 3 gift card. CONGRATS REASON!
If you’d like to hear more of REASON’s music you can download his new album here…
and if you are a fan of his beats… Check out this INSTRUMENTAL version…
For more you can visit REASON’s website at www.4ar.biz
CONGRATS again to Reason and to our runner up AUDIO PILOT. You can follow up on both these producers on www.unifirecords.com
Special thanks to all the sponsors for this year’s event. We could not have produced such a high quality event with out your support. To Kid Cut Up, you are the best DJ in the mid-west, and maybe the world! Thanks to all the producers who put their heart and soul into making good beats so Milwaukee’s Hip Hop scene can be so great!
Thank You MILWAUKEE!
We will see you all next year!
PEACE!
– Jordan “Madhatter” Lee
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