Beat This! - May 5-6, 2021

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The next competition will be from May 5-6th! See the information below.

Signups

The signups will be on May 5th at 12pm ET/EST, and end around 8pm ET, or until we have enough contestants (whichever comes first - depending on the theme). Voting will be for one day, on May 6th, where the results will be posted the same day.

Check out the Beat This! ranks: https://www.illmuzik.com/beat-battles/?cat=bthis

*Note: check out https://time.is/ to find out the correct time difference for your timezone.

The Signup page is here (it will open up on the signup day)​

Theme: NO BOOM BAP! (NOBB) (DJ Premier, MPC style, classic Rap style, etc....)
Time Limit: 3 minutes
Vocal Track Allowed?: YES

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*NOTE: From now on there's a criteria called "vocal track allowed?". It will be yes or no. If it's "yes", this means you can have a full vocal track with your beat (acapella, for example). You can still have occasional vocal snippets (but don't rely on them too much).
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You can use whatever sounds you want, samples, synths, just remember to read the rules for the rest of the restrictions. What the judges will be looking for is originality, creativity, mixing skills and overall dopeness!

Voting

If you are competing, you will be able to vote but not for yourself. DO NOT TRY TO CHEAT! I will be watching for cheaters. This means you cannot sign up under different names or get your friends and family to sign up either. If you are caught cheating you could be banned.

Beats

All the beats will now be displayed in a random order and without any names. All you will see is: Beat #001, Beat #002, etc. This is so that there is no favouritism when voting.

Rules

If you're not sure about the rules, read this thread.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions about the competition, please post them in here.

 

[Iron Keys]

Wild.

That's some theme. No wonder I see @Drago Zetić producing some trap!

But what's interesting, is, the theme doesn't say "TRAP", so will be interesting to see how people may take this.

Though I strongly imagine most will interpret this as 'make trap'. Pretty sure the voting will likely reflect this.

I'm curious to see those who decide to make something that is neither trap nor boom bap.



Go get it.

 

[Iron Keys]

I'm also curious what people class as 'boom bap'???? as I imagine for many it's anything that isn't trap.

Be cool to understand @Fade and other's interpretation of this.

 

[Fade]

LOL. All themes are meant to be interpreted how you want. No boom bap just means no boom bap. Like you said though, most might think it means "make trap" but it doesn't. You can submit a country song or muthafuckin' EDM for all I care, just as long as it's still Hip Hop.

I can't always specify exactly what the beat should be. Look at that whole "no drums" fiasco. That was a nightmare.

 

[Iron Keys]

just as long as it's still Hip Hop.

Look at that whole "no drums" fiasco. That was a nightmare

That was so ridiculous hahaha.
NO DRUMS "so erm, can i use a snare, because, a snare isn't so much a drum more a way of life"

 

[Fade]

"No drums? So I can use percussion like a spoon?"

 

[Iron Keys]

"if I craft a kick drum out of dead cats, and it sounds like a kick drum, is that still a drum or is it a cat?"

 

[2GooD Productions]

"if I craft a kick drum out of dead cats, and it sounds like a kick drum, is that still a drum or is it a cat?"

its whatever you are feline it to be

 

[Iron Keys]

Terrible

 

[Fade]

Plus, this theme will prove that it's not just Boom Bap beats that win.

 

[Primz]

Lol im gonna try something completely different

 

[Mahlhavoc]

Plus, this theme will prove that it's not just Boom Bap beats that win.

Should I be feeling some sort of way about this? Feel like it's a dig.... nah, couldnt be! Carry on.

 

[Iron Keys]

Plus, this theme will prove that it's not just Boom Bap beats that win.

will be great if someone actually uploads a boombap beat and it wins

 

[Primz]

will be great if someone actually uploads a boombap beat and it wins

Its gonna happen lol

 

[2GooD Productions]

What about a bap boom beat?

 

[Fade]

will be great if someone actually uploads a boombap beat and it wins

I won't accept the upload then.

What about a bap boom beat?

Is the beat just in reverse?

 

[Iron Keys]

Is the beat just in reverse?

No, that would be qɒꓭ mooꓭ

 

[Fade]

Blasphemy!

 

[2GooD Productions]

I won't accept the upload then.

Is the beat just in reverse?

not really sure how it works, at a guess Id say kicks where snares should be and snares where kicks should be

 

[Delta Skeltah]

2017 was saturated with trap type styles on illmuzik. It was me, I think drago and a few other dudes against twenty trap beats. ijs.
I like some trap tho, i ain't on that trap and bap war. Shits mad corny.