Week 5 Matchups!

Welcome to week 5 people; the league hits keep on going up and up; pay attention to the ads on the blog here and the ones on the league site; a lot of em should be beats/production related; if anything spots your eye then do click em (randomly clicking wont help us!! the ad banner/service is pretty clever!).

Week 5 is with us; before I get into the matchups here are the flops from last week..SHAAAME ON YOUUUUUU!


Week 4 Flops
AB (Yellow Card)
DJ Snips (Yellow Card)
Phocus
Jimmy Riff (Early retirement)


One more flop from the carded producers and they're OUTTA HERE!!! (3 strike rule!), Jimmy Riff has decided to drop out of the league due to outside commitments! but he's been replaced already with new blood.


New Producers as Of Week 5




Kyrptonite (UK)
Pinnacle (UK)
Lotek (AUS)
Pataphysics (AUS)
Just Jay (UK)

NO MORE PRODUCERS...THIS IS REALLY IT NOW!!..
NEW GUYS..NO FLOPPING!


Week 5 Matchups
N!K vs Phocus
Kanzo vs Kryptonite
Raul Supreme vs Archimedes
Dockmini vs S-Type
Mazzie vs Figaro
Budgie vs Leatherface
Darren Paul vs Richie Rukz
DJ Snips vs AB
Billy Bones vs Ed Strong
Wizard vs Jaisu
Eyebs vs Like Mike
DJ SnapS vs Kid Eight
Kosyne vs Terror
R2ThaBeatz vs Urban Midnight
Sivey vs Kelakovski
Prolifik vs Purpose
Shears vs Mr Dick
Apatight vs Wizard At Will
Just Jay vs Lotek
Pinnacle vs Pataphysics


wanna vote?? get on the louisden forum and ask for a key!.

Get The IRS on stage in the Isle Of Wight!

Fresh from receiving their indie music award.. (big up fellas), Ed Strong's group The IRS are also in with a chance of performing in the Isle Of Wight Festival 2008, if the guys can rock it there then it'd not only be a good look for them and their music but some decent exposure for sick hiphop from these shores

It only takes a second so get on with it and stop complaining....select the URBAN category and then The IRS...for this one give em a 5 hahaha!!.

http://www.broadband.bt.com/isleofwight/

HiphopDX: Producer's Corner: Jake One

Jake One is a rare case for contemporary Hip Hop. He works with nearly everybody, and still gets paid. The Emerald City beatmaker has been earning his keep as one of the underground’s most consistent forces for years now, crafting bangers that always made you wonder who it was: De La Soul’s “Rock Co.Kane Flow” and “Days Of Our Lives,” Strange Fruit Project’s “Soul Clap,” and MF DOOM’s “Hoe Cakes” come to mind. Having paid his dues already, making highlights from Interscope Jackson’s Curtis album, G-Unit’s releases, Freeway’s latest, and even John Cena are welcome additions to his catalog.

These days, the self-proclaimed “Perfect Beat Writer” is prepping for the fall release of White Van Music, his Rhymesayers Entertainment debut [click to read] that features a star-studded line-up of Little Brother, Young Buck, MF DOOM, Freeway, M.O.P., Elzhi, Royce Da 5’9”, and others. In an interview with HipHopDX’s Producer’s Corner, Jake One talks about the wide spectrum of his clientele, living far away from established Hip Hop locales, and his upcoming project.


Read the rest over at HiphopDX

Week 4 Matchups

Ok people; sorry for the delay on rolling the weeks over; had a trip to London on Sunday that kinda had a knock on effect on league runnings, this also meant the video (thats on the way) was a bit shorter than usual as we could only run with the beats we had received by the early afternoon...no worries for voters though as all the beats are uploaded and on the players to vote on.

The standard just keeps on getting worryingly better!! and the leaderboard is starting to open up a bit too..dont watch it too much though as we aren't even half way through the league yet so a lot can happen!!


Week 3 Floppers :(
AB
DJ Snips
Talos (OUT!)

Week 4 Matchups
DJ SnapS vs N!K
Eyebs vs Kosyne
R2ThaBeatz vs Kelakovski
S-Type vs Sivey
Mazzie vs Prolifik
Darren Paul vs Purpose
Budgie vs Shears
Raul Supreme vs Urban Midnight
Dockmini vs Terror
DJ Snips vs Wizard
Kanzo vs Like Mike
Phocus vs Jaisu
Jimmy Riff vs Ed Strong
Archimedes vs AB
Billy Bones vs Richie Rukz
Figaro vs Apatight
Mr Dick vs Kid Eight
Wizard At Will vs Leatherface


Welcome Richie Rukz into the league as he'll be the replacement for Talos.

lets goo..

Week 3 Matchups....Week 2 Voting

Ok People, Week 1 is over with!! its all about the beats from Week 2 and your matchups/homework for Week 3!!!..LETS GET EM!!

holla on the forum if your homework links are broken / snippets dont play or any problem with the week 2 beats (although ive tested them all!)


Week 2 Floppers :(
Talos
Raul Supreme

Week 3 Matchups
R2ThaBeatz vs N!K
Billy Bones vs Eyebs
Mazzie vs Wizard
Darren Paul vs Kosyne
Budgie vs Kelakovski
DJ Snips vs Sivey
Dockmini vs Prolifik
AB vs Purpose
Kanzo vs Shears
Phocus vs Urban Midnight
Jimmy Riff vs Terror
Archimedes vs Apatight
S-Type vs Like Mike
Figaro vs Jaisu
Wizard At Will vs Ed Strong
Talos vs Raul Supreme
DJ SnapS vs Mr Dick
Kid Eight vs Leatherface


aite! get busy you've got a just under a week!!..recap video coming later today!!....KEYS STILL AVALIABLE...HOLLA AT YA JANITOR!.

BAANG!.

LDBB League gettin hit up!!

Wow you guys are lovin you some LDBB league arent you!


4K hits on day 1, 5K hits on day 2!!

Its all good!!, apologies for the madness earlier on in the week with the voting; we belive the new 1 / 5 stars system is perfect; as well as grading the leaderboard by wins,draws,losses then points is working out for the better; after all this is supposed to be about who wins the most battles and not a cosntant beat rating!.

We've also upgraded the webhost package to deal with all the hits and changed the audio hosting service we were using so the bandwith is better for our visitors.

VOTING KEYS ARE STILL BEING GIVEN OUT!!!..as we've changed the voting system to only include full votes on all battles; therefore we may just keep the key requests going well on into the league!.


VOTE OR DIE!!
Remeber, if you have a voting key make sure you do use it and vote for all the battles; it only takes a few minutes to vote on each battle and you'll be entertained with ill beats while you do!!, pay attention to the grading system and the original sample to take into account your final grade....AND ALSO!! you are a producer in the league you should REALLY be voting..return the votes you've been given because otherwise you'll offset the battles (meaning some will have more votes than others).


Ok then..everyone should have picked up their samples for next week; stay tuned for monday as we roll the week over and place the new beats from this week in the league.

HAVE YOUR BEATS TURNED IN TONIGHT TO BE SAFE!
Yes we go to the lab sunday afternoon and yes we do one last pick up before we start the league video...BUT dont play the numbers game, remember a flop can cost you around 60 points!! you'll have a lot of work to do in the coming weeks to make that back..

and finally

AD SENSE
No we havent sold out hahaha..but do click the ads to help us out with hosting bills and everything..it'd be much appriceated nahmeeeeeeen!!.

heres to a crazy week 1 and hopefully and ill week 2..VIDEO/ROLL OVER coming monday!!

BANG!

Week 2 Matchups, Club Flop & Voting Guide

Week 2 Matches are launched!!...Week 1 voting is OPEN!!!

Week 2 Matchups
Dockmini vs N!K
Kanzo vs Budgie
Phocus vs Darren Paul
Jimmy Riff vs Mazzie
Archimedes vs Billy Bones
R2ThaBeatz vs Mr Dick
Figaro vs Eyebs
Wizard At Will vs DJ SnapS
Prolifik vs Kosyne
AB vs Talos
Ed Strong vs Sivey
Jaisu vs Kelakovski
Like Mike vs Apatight
Kid Eight vs Shears
Terror vs Urban Midnight
S-Type vs Wizard
Purpose vs Leatherface


We had a good load of beats in yesterday; thank you to all beatmakers for getting the league off to a sick start!!..gotta point the finger at some floppers though!, a couple of you didnt turn in beats which is a bad look!!..it means your opponent will only have their beat to grade against and they may have put extra touches into their beat for battling you (shouts to Wizard & Will & Jimmy Riff hahaha!! you guys killed it).


Floppers Hall Of Fame (Week 1)
DJ SnapS
Harry Kronnik Jr
Raul Supreme
Talos


They all score -2 and cant vote this week!..come on guys get on it this week..matchups and samples are all posted..

Keys still availiable till hmmm maybe end of this week!!

UFF THE HILARY & OMBAMA RACE...ROCK THE REAL VOTE THAT'LL CHANGE LIVES!!


League re-cap video coming later today..


VOTING GUIDE
Well first off you need to have a voting key; (right now im still taking requests for these but that will change)....on top of this if you are also a producer in the league you will need to have NOT FLOPPED the homework for that week...voting is only open for 1 week until we roll over the next week.

Login to your league account and you'll now see the new options (cos we're after week 1)



select the week in question or choose the VOTE ON WEEK(previous week)'s MATCHES..

once in the matchup screen you'll notice a new option.



the stars tell you how many total points each beatmaker has earned and tell you if youve voted on that match or not...click VIEW MATCH to view the match.



here is the match up screen, you see the original sample in the top right and s-types and n!ks entries below...read the voting guide on tips on deciding what to grade in which category.

when you are happy click submit scores (you'll be prompted so you have 1 more chance to back out and change your mind).



once youve voted youll be told so and you can either go back later to to listen to the beats or go back and see how everyone else has voted.




and finally, the leaderboard will tell you who is running tings in the league...your flop points and vote points for bonuses are shown here as well.






and thats me...good luck everyone..

Say hello to the new guys!

Last minute entries joining the LDBB league!!, whooo this just got even more interesting!.


WIZARD, LEATHERFACE, MR DICK & APATIGHT!!!!!




(make sure you guys pick up your voting keys and get your week 1 sample and beats submitted..you've got till SUNDAY 17:00 GMT!)



and if you dont know their music
http://www.myspace.com/wizardbeats
http://www.myspace.com/rhymeasylum
http://www.myspace.com/mrdickmusic
http://www.myspace.com/groundwurq


So far 3 of you have submitted beats...thats a whole lotta floppin if it says like that on sunday!!..

Voting keys have been sent out..

Alright, a little later than I wanted but all the voting keys have been sent...If you dont have it then holla at me on the forum but I know you have so stop lying!!..

Login to the ldbb league site using the button above with your voting key and (if your a producer in the league) you'll have a link to your sample for this week..You've got until 17:30 GMT on Sunday 27th!!..get goin and good luck..

Week 1 Matchups
S-Type vs N!K
Figaro vs Archimedes
Wizard At Will vs Jimmy Riff
Talos vs Phocus
AB vs Kanzo
Ed Strong vs Harry Kronnik Jr
Jaisu vs Dockmini
Like Mike vs Raul Supreme
Kid Eight vs Budgie
Terror vs Darren Paul
Urban Midnight vs Mazzie
Shears vs Billy Bones
Purpose vs R2ThaBeatz
Prolifik vs Eyebs
Sivey vs DJ SnapS
Kelakovski vs Kosyne


but ga'head and check the site for yourself!!..

lets gOooooooOO!

Dont Frett!!

Ayo...

as you can see theres a shiny new LDBB LEAGUE button above..Ive got the scripts tested and working and whats needed for week one seems to be working!.


but wait!?

you dont have your voting key yet do you?..

dont worry im gonna send these out first thing tomorrow..let a playa get some sleep tho its like 3:15am!! spent all night uploading mp3's and resizing pics of your mugs..

If you cant wait the non logged in version of the site will let you see this weeks matchups..

keys will be sent in the morning then you can login and collect your samples!.

hawla.


-kos

Sore fingers...

What up yawl, LEAGUE COMING MONDAY!! man this is gonna be tight!; got sore fingers having almost finished typing in the 192 matchups into the league database that are gonna form the LDBB league!...oh yeah we got a custom site coming remember!.

wow.

3 months of weekly beatmaking challenges coming up!

stay tuned its gonna be a hot summer!.



PS, Tag Team video is up, go peep it on the ldbb myspace and the mo phatt' video is almost finished..*cough* KELA!

6 Way Jam

No...

this..

In the lab with Budgie, Jaisu, Kelakovski, Kosyne, Leatherface & S-Type working a combination of an MPC,Microkorg, FL Studio & Reason, this was shot the day after the Louis Den club sandwich unfortunately Sivey had to bounce early in the morning so thats why he wasnt about.

Filmed by badman like Prolifik.





Niiiccce!.



yes its nerdy
and yes its beautiful.

Homework 21 Video - Club Sandwich

DAMNN SONNN WE ON FIRE...didnt think it'd upload this fast, ok then continuing with todays updates..the LDBB Club sandwich video is now up, check the blogs for a very special LDBB episode directed by Prolifik aka AB0181; the goal of this challenge was to flip 3 samples into one track a little like the 3 layers of a club sandwich make 1 tasty treat hahha..more specifics in the myspace writeup.

Im beastin' with the dotcom game right now with the dual blogging..GYEHHH (maximum thuggery & nerdom!)

Louis Den Beat Battles Episode 21 - Club Sandwich

hit the blogs up to tell us your favourites..or take it to the forum if it sparks discussion!.

oh and finally..props to Prolifik..the video turned out SIIIIIIICK!!...stay tuned for our secret hush hush vid project...a teaser is already out there and more on the way...whooo the mystery!.

Homework 20 Video - George Benson Flip

Yes yes, sorry for the longness people; technical hitches meant Kela was having trouble getting the video uploaded; it had been ready for minute and he was trying last few days to get it goin..I managed to get it working so hopefully it was just a matrix glitch haha.

head over to the ldbb blog and check the episode out, your comments are always welcome..

Louis Den Beat Battles, Lab Session 20

damn, ive just realised ive blogged about the fact ive blogged elsewhere...thats pretty lame..hahaha all in an effort to keep you updated tho!.

The Full Dilla Dustbusters joint..

Theres an infamous 6 part audio interview of Dilla talking beats, production and releases from around 2003 just before the Jaylib project launched, Stonesthrow have recently put a shortened version of video out on their latest DVD In Living The True Gods but the entire interview can now be seen..

hinjoyyyyy!.


















Props to the Dustbusters lot for the inspiring interview..


Oh and a quick note ldbb wise...2 vids coming this week; sorry for the slackness we been busy!!, and remember its the tag team challenge this week!!; get on with it and parnter up if you havent got anybody!...oh and JOIN THE FORUMS!!.

-KOS

http://www.myspace.com/louisdenbeatbattles
louisden.com

LDBB Blog Live!!

Gyeahhh, we in the blog universe now sonnn!, dont get it confused though! for now this is just gonna serve as a front page for news concerning the site and ldbb in general; figured the best way to keep it up to date would be using a blog spot page, stay tuned!.