Michael Jackson Beat It Tribute Contest

by Kevin on June 28, 2009

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We can’t possibly go one with the Blueprint Remix Contest this week. My head isn’t in it and I know yours isn’t either. Instead, let’s focus our energies on where are heads are… Michael Jackson and his music. There have been a ton of tribute mixes to come out over the last couple of days, but I want to do something different. I’d like us all to pull together to create an instrumental tribute beat tape. So that’s where the idea for this contest came about.

I want you all to create your best Michael Jackson inspired track. Take any MJ song (there are plenty) and flip it into something fresh. Sample any MJ song you want; however, pay attention to what other people are sampling, because we will more than likely only take one beat from those that sample the same song. As for the whole project, we will end up picking anywhere between 15-20 beats, depending on how many are submitted and how good they are. Hit the jump to enter…

Upload your beats below via the Box.net widget. Before you upload, please name your mp3 with your name and the MJ song you sampled. For example, if I did a beat sampling Billie Jean, I would name my file — Kevin – Billie Jean.mp3.

Contest deadline is next Sunday, July 4th @ 3pm Eastern Daylight Time. Good luck!

CONTEST CLOSED

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  • http://rap1masse.blogspot.com Isbjerg

    Damn… S.T.T.R.E.S.S. had the same thing planned… He’s got some of the Nottinghammers working on a similiar thing, but cool…. Immas do this and its gonna be of the chain..

  • http://www.twitter.com/djremike DJReMike

    sweet!

    can it sample jackson 5 too i hope?

  • http://slipnsliderecords.net/mrtate T.A.T.E

    I might have to hop in this one…

  • http://slipnsliderecords.net/mrtate T.A.T.E

    I might have to hop in this one… it sounds like fun.

  • Danny

    This sounds like a great idea!!

    Good luck Nottinghammers!!

  • http://myspace.com/funkeej Fun-kee J.

    Oh boy, that is an amazing idea. I hope I am able to come up with a suitable track. As Danny said, good luck to all the Nottinghammers!

    MJ RIP

  • http://myspace.com/sttress1 S.T.T.R.E.S.S.

    No pun intendd,but I wont be entering this contest for the sake of the project we got going.I organized a project to keep it from being a competition,but a celebration of MJ’s work.To eveyone that is a part of the project,I would really appreciate it, if u r planning to be a part of the contest,not to submit the tracks that u have in place for the project.Thank you.To everyone else, good luck.

  • http://myspace.com/sttress1 S.T.T.R.E.S.S.

    Btw, the project will be dropped on Kev,soonas it is done.

    One

  • http://www.myspace.com/bigfunkygf3 BigFunkyGF3

    m.will did ya thing on the earth song joint! i just did 2 mj joints and was thinkin bout doin a whole cd worth of mj beats when i saw this. im’a put them up. rip billy mays.

  • http://kevinnottingham.com Sean Deez

    this will be one hell of a mix

  • http://rap1masse.blogspot.com Isbjerg

    Dont worry… Ive got one for this.. And one for S.T.T.R.E.S.S…. I might even have one extra for S.T.T.R.E.S.S….

  • http://myspace.com/razorsharpeny razorSHARPE

    just finished posting mine….i sampled MJ’s version of “Ain’t No Sunshine”….and I’m gonna say before anyone else does….I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE STREET OPERA by Ghostface!!!!! lol

  • Monev360

    Good job everybody! I’m looking forward to hearing the final product! The beat I submitted is special because it’s the first beat I made when I got fl studio 2 years ago. This version is a more clear version than what it sounded like originally and I remade it sometime last year.

  • http://www.myspace.com/clarkworkbeats ClarkWork

    I just submitted mine. I sampled that Child Heart track. Never really sampled MJ before but since he has passed away I had to. Thanks everyon.

  • http://kevinnottingham.com Kevin

    You can sample Jackson 5 too.

  • DoNotFire

    Just uploaded mine…a LOT different from the original. Hope y’all like :) oh and anyone know how I can delete an account? My old username was ChevyBoy…I need to get rid of it.

  • http://www.twitter.com/djremike DJReMike

    ok……the box.net widget says “sorry box.net server is not responding now” and ive tried refreshing several times. is there any other way i can upload it?

    and thanks for answering my question kevin

  • http://www.myspace.com/flamesyall Flamesyall
  • http://rap1masse.blogspot.com Isbjerg

    If you are offended by my childish cuts, Im sorry – They are there on purpose to show the playfully time I had doing this… And I was short of a DJ.. Primo’s phone is always busy and I dont know QBert that well..

  • http://myspace.com/funkeej Fun-kee J.

    Hey Flamesyall, thanks for the link. Great stuff.

  • http://www.myspace.com/gc88e G.C.

    Just posted mine…I love what I hear from everyone so far! Love live MJ…

  • http://www.myspace.com/campbell_craven Brendan

    damn razor i was gonna sample that song haha. oh well.

  • http://www.myspace.com/flamesyall Flamesyall

    Just posted mine… I took it back a few years, ha ha. Love some feedback, I haven’t posted anything for a while!!!

    I’m loving what is already up… Shouts to IsbJerg, GC, RazorSharpe and DoNotFire!!

  • DoNotFire

    What’s good Flames!? Yeah your track was hard too man…but G.C. be killin us lol. I’m wonderin…you use Reason as your DAW? I do…I can tell some of the percussion and shit…and are the drums a Dilla kit?

  • DoNotFire

    …Oh and Monev360 – that’s some smooth ish!!

  • http://www.myspace.com/bigfunkygf3 BigFunkyGF3

    just put 2 up i did yesterday. i did that “with a child’s heart” also. i kno u said not 2 use the same trax but it’s a diferrent flip so i put it up anyway. it’s up 2 u. clarkwork’s shit is dope 2. rip farrah fawcett.

  • http://www.myspace.com/boogieflaha Boogie Flaha a.k.a Bidimridim

    can i post more than one song ?

  • http://www.myspace.com/gc88e G.C.

    @DoNotFire – Thanks for the love! I love the way you pitched the sample and made it minor 7th…very “hoodies and Tims at a disco…” Ill shit homie! I don’t know if the question was aimed at me or not, but I use FL8 and sound Forge.

    @ Flames – Thanks for the love fam, excellent chops and those bells give that carnival feel that fits well!

    Everyone is doing their thing on this joint – Shouts to razor, Clarkworks, Isbjerg, and damn John Baylor coming out with 100 remixes lol!

  • http://myspace.com/miserybeatz Misery

    Just posted mine. GC ur joint is sick….like what im hearin…Props everyone…especially to Kev for doin this. I did mine earlier today, only to find that yall set this up. Good look. MJ Forever!

  • http://myspace.com/mwilltheshogun m.will

    i really enjoyed soul marauder;s flip. had on repeat for a min. thats real

  • Monev360

    thanks do not fire! this is my first time posting on here and it definitely won’t be the last.

    GC- you always be doing your thing!
    Soup Kitchen- hot!
    Jon Baylor- your off the wall is just that!

    but props to all the producers posting because we all goin in. keep em comin!

  • http://myspace.com/halfcentric Half-Centric

    Listen, I grew up on Michael, I may be young, but the first song I ever remember hearing was Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough, when I heard on Thursday that he died, I cried, it was easily one of the saddest days in my life. R.I.P. to the greatest who ever did it. Much love.

  • http://www.myspace.com/flamesyall FlamesYall

    DoNotFire… Yeah, they’re Dilla drums. I love the way they sound. I got the set ages ago. They just seem to compliment everything so well. As for the program I use, it’s GarageBand on the Mac. Also, I use Audacity if I need to adjust tempos etc.

  • http://www.twitter.com/djremike DJReMike

    wait flamesyall… i use garageband and my DJ software to make beats. how do u use a drum kit that you get from a web in garageband? could you post the link? that’d be so helpful….thx man

  • http://myspace.com/sttress1 S.T.T.R.E.S.S.

    There is a possibility that I might revamp my statement about entering the contest.It’s just that this project is so emotional for me and the rest of the squad,that I dont wanna do anything that’s going to take away from it.If I do,I will use a totally different sample than the one for the project.I’m going to sit on the thought for right now and see.This music thing is running thru my veins though.Everybody is bringing the heat for MJ,in the contest,on the real.Good luck

    One!

  • http://www.myspace.com/cenzobeatz08 Cenzo Beatz

    S.T.T.R.E.S.S. i feel you. maybe i’ll participate as well cause the beat for your MJ Tribute Project is done. (Check your myspace (: )

  • Bridget

  • http://myspace.com/funkeej Fun-kee J.

    Although one of my favourite songs is “Black or White”, I had to slow it down right now. That’s why I chose “She’s out of my life” for the contest… I hope the additional samples won’t get me disqualified.

  • http://www.myspace.com/MrsAmeryca1 MrsAmeryca

    Im In. Be Right Back

  • http://www.myspace.com/flamesyall Flamesyall

    DJReMike… To use files and tracks downloaded from the internet, you simply drag the MP3/WAV file into the track window of Garageband. I open my ‘Finder’ window, go to iTunes Music folder and choose the track I need. Does that make sense/answer your question?
    I can’t remember the site I got the Dilla drums. I think I was just digging deeper and deeper into the web and they came up somewhere.
    Anything else, holla at me.

  • http://www.twitter.com/djremike DJReMike

    Flamesyall: thanks i already knew that. I was wondering how you got/installed a Dilla drum kit into garageband…thanks tho

  • http://www.myspace.com/flamesyall Flamesyall

    DJRemIke… Oh, I see. I just have them all in iTunes, then drag ‘em in when I need them… Or, you could drag a drum or kick, etc, into GB and then ‘Add To Loop Library’.

  • DoNotFire

    Hey Kevin, I was wondering…would it be ok to re-submit my beat? I got some raw drums I wanna drop on the sample…I think the one I’ve got on there at the moment are sloppy…

  • http://myspace.com/ozcls OZEEMUSIK

    I’m excited to hear the finished product, I’ll be submittting more!

  • Rookie Stash

    Oh hell yeah, been thrashin Bad ad Dangerous the last week, I’m only 23 so the MJ I grew up on is the latter stuff. Cant wait to participate on this one

  • soul marauder

    yo m.will cheers man
    everyones bringing their A-game this is gonna be hot
    R.I.P. Michael Jackson

  • http://www.bigmouthsonline.com Young K

    I stopped doin the Jay remixes cuz I was uninspired by the shitty quality of the acapellas but I had to come back and pay homage to mike. Check mine out, dear michael is the sample would love some feed back

  • ds

    some of this flip ae so wack, this is for mj, if youre a beginner get outta here!!
    and why do some people submit 4 beats?
    dont ruin this pliz

  • http://www.myspace.com/flamesyall Flamesyall

    ds… I don’t think this is about skill level, it’s about paying respect and homage to an artist who has influenced and affected 90% of the globe. Don’t knock the ‘beginners’… They have as much entitlement as the pros to show their love. It’s a beautiful thing that MJ has brought all these guys together for a purpose.

  • reetual

    flamesyall, toure right!
    anyway, Im about to drop mine!!! for MJ

  • http://[email protected] reetual

    *you’re right

  • http://[email protected] reetual

    Uploading process was messed up! the actual beat is the one with the capital letters!

  • http://kevinnottingham.com Kevin

    Young K, what was wrong with the Jay acapellas? no one else seemed to have a problem with them

  • http://www.myspace.com/simamussic Sima

    Hey!
    I had uploaded my beat yesterday, but i made some changes on it. I would like to upload this track again. I hope it is not problem for nobody.
    Peace!
    Sima

  • http://www.myspace.com/rawbc RawB

    Mass Appeals Beats is crazy!! Representing for The Boom Bap Addicts!!

    http://www.theboombapaddicts.blogspot.com

  • http://myspace.com/sttress1 S.T.T.R.E.S.S.

    What’s good fellas.I thought it over and I decided to drop a joint for the contest,since I finished with the one for the project.Good Luck to everyone.

    R.I.P.
    MJ

  • http://www.theboombapaddicts.blogspot.com,www.myspace.com/massappeal978 MassAppeal

    Dropping A Beat Every Night

  • http://www.myspace.com/simamussic Sima

    Uploading is out of order for me! Or the problem is in my machine?

  • http://www.myspace.com/clarkworkbeats ClarkWork

    just uploaded another one. hope you enjoy. MJ RIP.

  • http://kevinnottingham.com Kevin

    Are people submitting multiple beats? FYI… as with all remix/beat contests on this site, only one submission per person will be accepted. We will take the very last beat you submit, so if you make revisions, just add a number to the end of your name.

  • http://www.bigmouthsonline.com Young K

    I donno Kev there really fuzzy at times, well some of them are. You don’t know was a bad one but that was like my fav. week cuz the sample is crazy. Maybe i’m all jay-z’d one between canadian gangster and that blackprint cd i sent you.

  • http://www.myspace.com/clarkworkbeats ClarkWork

    Oh word Kev, I saw that other people were submitting more than one. Ok then can you delete one or whatever.

  • Reetual

    aiight, here s my last submissions, its the same beat, but i mixed it better

  • Rodloos

    What’s up y’all !

    I’ve just had a couple of hours to make this joint. It’s still raw but I’ve decided to upload it anyway. Just tell me what you think about it. Thanks to your comments I would probably have 1 or 2 hours to finish my joint before friday.
    Time is my enemy these days and it’s late in France but I had to contribute to MJ and Nottingham Family.

    Show the angels how to moonwalk.

    Peace.

    I’m gonna sleep now. lol

  • S.Haven

    The beat I want judged is Baby Be mine by S.Haven. Sorry for the multi uploads

  • Reetual

    i cant hear my own tracks(the final submission) on my the BOX!Can anybody hear it?track is called REETUAL1-HEAL THE WORLD

  • http://www.myspace.com/boogieflaha Boogie Flaha a.k.a Bidimridim

    Will submit one tomorrow to replace this one

  • http://www.myspace.com/rawbc RawB

    I decided to make one.. Boom Bap Addict style! check it out, feed back is appreciated!

    http://www.theboombapaddicts.blogspot.com

  • beats

    yeah reetual, i cant hearr your final beat, u need to re up it because the first version was ill

  • http://www.soundclick.com/TheBlaQHand The BlaQ Hand

    My beat is up, it’s a kinda two in one. enjoy
    RIP MJ!

  • http://www.theboombapaddicts.blogspot.com,www.myspace.com/massappeal978 MassAppeal from The BoomBap Addicts

    Im not sure if its one beat per producer…or one beat per sample…But fuck it…I jus took the samples i had and posted a bunch…

    http://www.myspace.com/massappeal978
    http://www.theboombapaddicts.blogspot.com

  • http://www.theboombapaddicts.blogspot.com,www.myspace.com/massappeal978 MassAppeal from The BoomBap Addicts

    Check out We got a Good Thing Prod. By RawB C …..Shits Dope!….

    Step ya game up…i hear some shit that shouldnt of been posted..

  • Reetual

    since i cant hear my file, im repostin it, if it doesnt work i give up!!
    sorry for the multiple posts, it aint my fault

  • Laudz

    Nice beats http://www.myspace.com/laudzbeatz check my new beats

  • Shurone

    I have upload 2 beats 5 minutes ago, but I can’t listen it, what’s the problem?(Sorry for my ortography)

  • http://www.stickupkidsmusic.com Jon Baylor

    I just got the memo about the multiple beats
    So can you judge my “Off the Wall” one
    thank you

  • http://www.myspace.com/beatsbyphur Phurcat

    just a ruff mix. gotta do some eq-ing. Some real heat for the King.

  • http://www.stickupkidsmusic.com Jon Baylor

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eobODD29nWM
    video i did just for this contest and for Michael Jackson
    please check it out

  • http://www.myspace.com/iamdjkong dkelloway

    Oh man, i’m going to bring that fire!

  • http://www.myspace.com/iamdjkong dkelloway

    Sean Deez knows I’ll be bringing the heat for this one…

  • http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e77889c5abfb0aae391d7d881749d3a7e04e75f6e8ebb871 soulguru

    I hope someone does an ambitious instrumental for 2 songs, P.Y.T. & Remember The Time!

  • Mastam!nd

    Hey fellow Nottinghammers,

    been kinda busy the last weeks, but i just had to dive into this one, check out my version sampling ‘Ready Or Not (Here I Come)’ by the Jackson 5!!

    http://www.box.net/shared/bbaf522vgq

    Like always, comments are appreciated!

    R.I.P. Michael

  • ClarkWork

    O*Zee killed it!

  • http://www.myspace.com/rawbc RawB

    Yo Kev i Submit mine 2-3 days ago and its still not up?

  • http://slipnsliderecords.net/mrtate T.A.T.E

    Check my flip out people. I tried to pick a song that I didn’t think anyone else would flip…it’s real smooth…

    OZee, man that is a banger…Heavy.

  • http://slipnsliderecords.net/mrtate T.A.T.E

    Man, U gotta be kidding me!!! I just heard Money360′s. SMH. Coincidence. I made sure I stayed away from this page so I wouldn’t hear anyone elses until I posted mine.. Oh well…

  • http://www.myspace.com/bigfunkygf3 BigFunkyGF3

    uno mas.

  • http://www.myspace.com/bigfunkygf3 BigFunkyGF3

    mastamind, u fuked dat ready or not up!! str8 krak!

  • http://www.myspace.com/knewbalance knewbalance

    t.a.t.e. and money 360, you guys killed it!!! dope stuff. everyone else, dope stuff as well, these two just really caught my ear, but there is a lot of amazing music here. keep doin what you all do!

  • Monev360

    What’s good T.A.T.E.? when i saw the song you sampled, i was like, ok let me see what he did with it. i guess great minds think alike, but we did our thing though. thanks for the props on the track knewbalance.

  • http://www.myspace.com/knewbalance knewbalance

    you both killed it!

  • http://www.myspace.com/boogieflaha Boogie Flaha a.k.a Bidimridim

    My favorites (after me, lol) DJ Remike, GC, Smokiller, Jon Baylor’s”euphoria” & “wanna be…”, T.A.T.E & Supak!d

    Honor & Respect to everyone

  • Mastam!nd

    Big Funky, don’t be talkin’ like that homie you need to shut the fuck up man

  • http://www.twitter.com/djremike DJReMike

    thanks Boogie

  • http://www.myspace.com/gc88e G.C.

    @Mastam!nd – I think he was complimenting you man – he said your joint was straight crack!

  • Mastam!nd

    someone saying i fucked something up can’t be complimenting me, or am I gettin’ something wrong here?!

  • http://www.mayspace.com/mastamindmc Mastam!nd

    maybe I’m trippin, if so I offically apologize to Big Funky!

  • http://www.myspace.com/gc88e G.C.

    @Mastam!nd – Yea, I kinda see it like “Man you killed that joint” but instead said “You fucked that joint up!” It was the Str8 krak comment that makes me believe it is positive. Either way, dope beat man!

  • http://www.myspace.com/boogieflaha Boogie Flaha a.k.a Bidimridim

    yea, yea, mastam!nd’s track’s fine

  • http://myspace.com/dpdilla dp

    that upload is being janky; it’s not working for me. i’ve been working on a beat tape from off the wall, track for track from beginning to end. i upped half of it on myspace.com/dpdilla last week. the others will be ready tonight, possibly in a couple hours actually haha.

  • Terry

    My fav is t.a.t.e after that its reetuals
    dont sleep on those

  • http://www.myspace.com/iamdjkong dkelloway

    my beat is fire, look out for it…

  • http://www.myspace.com/iamdjkong dkelloway

    Clarkwork, you killed that shit…

  • http://www.myspace.com/beatmatixx Beat Matixx

    Betta late than neva. I picked a track off of one of Mike’s early albums thinking nobody would be using those, but i was wrong Jon’s version of euphoria is hot. But mine ain’t Bad. R.I.P. Micheal.

    http://www.box.net/shared/3vxdiujsde

  • http://www.myspace.com/s2ita S.2

    It’s almost 4am in Sydney, but I made it, and it was worth it!

    I wanna check some of the other entries… but its time I get some zzzzz lol…….

    Peace

  • http://kevinnottingham.com Kevin

    TIMES UP!

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