This post has been a long time coming - this past fall, we sponsored not one, but six amazing contests here on Jamglue! Here are some of the contest winners below - props to all the great MC’s, DJ’s and fans who entered and voted in these contests. Be sure to check them out below, and hit them up on Jamglue with your suggestions and praise.
Grand Prize winners were chosen by the artists themselves - thanks to Chuck D, Gary G-Wiz, JR WRiter, Tigarah, and Hi-Tek for participating in this pioneering creative dialogue with their fans!
Public Enemy “Amerikan Gangster” Grand Prize Winner
As most of you might have noticed by now, we are running a pair of contests with Seattle’s own Blue Scholars, brought to you by Rawkus and MASSLINE! As a huge Scholars fan, I am ridiculously excited to have this opportunity to help promote them here on Jamglue, and get them more of the national attention they deserve!
The song is “Fire for the People” off their recently released album Bayani:
All this amazing music comes from just two super-talented guys: Geologic, the emcee, and Sabzi, the deejay and producer. So to give a nod to this classic hip-hop format, we’ve got an MC Contest, where you add your guest verse to Geologic’s chorus, and a DJ Contest, where you show DJ Sabzi your mixing skills! Geo and Sabzi will be choosing the final winners.
In fact…
At the halfway point of the contest a few weeks ago, they picked their current favorites, just to keep things interesting! Here they are:
And wait - it gets better - we even turned them into ringtones, so that everyone can be ringing fresh this fall! Be sure to check out and download the ringtones, and stay tuned for more as the contest goes on!
The contest closes to entries on September 7th and the voting period will run until September 23rd.
Enter the contests and show your support for some amazing hip-hop, and for Jamglue’s home, the Pacific Northwest!
It’s been a busy month here at Jamglue since I last posted, and there’s so much to tell!
Our first order of business: contest winners!
Our R. Kelly “Double Up” contest finally came to an end, with over 360 duets created! Here are the talented MC’s and singers who racked up some great prizes in a few different categories:
Grand Prize (determined by popular vote) went to star Jamglue user Samuel Victor! Not only was his rap fantastic, but he’s injected a lot of postiive creative energy into the Jamglue community! Check out his contest entry here:
The entry was also posted on R. Kelly’s MySpace, where you might still be able to check it out.
Professional’s Pick (hand-picked by Jive Records) goes to THEGHOST, an incredibly talented young MC/producer. His duet is featured on the Jamglue Homepage, or you can listen here:
And last but not least, an honorable mention goes out to our super-talented DJ smx (aka DJ Stray), who made a super hot remix, but was not eligible since it wasn’t technically a duet:
We’re really excited about the high participation in this contest! Thanks again to Jive Records for making it happen, and to all our fantastic users for making it so much fun.
(more news about new features and new contests to come in follow-up posts, stay tuned!)
The Grand Prize Winner was chosen by MC Lars himself. Here’s a direct quote from Lars on how he chose from among so many fantastic entries:
my criteria was: sounds most different from the original, keeps the tempo during the verses, and has a distinctive chorus…. this one got an A+ on all!!
And here are our two honorable mentions - they made fantastic remixes, but since they didn’t use the Jamglue mixer for their remix, their entries had to be disqualified. We just wanted to recognize their talent though, so here they are:
Congratulations to all the winners! Prizes will be sent out soon, and the winning remix will be featured on MC Lars’ Myspace and mclars.com.
Thanks to everyone who entered and voted for making this such a fun and successful remix contest, and thanks again to Nettwerk for sponsoring! We’ve got a few more in the works for this summer, so stay tuned…
I would like to announce the winners of Jamglue’s very first remix competition!
The contest ended on January 6th, and we had a lot of excellent entries. When we called upon our users to vote for their favorites, they spoke up, exhibiting excellent taste! Here are our winners:
Grand Prize:
First Prize Winners:
And of course, here’s the original, so you can compare and appreciate all the creative genius demonstrated by our participants:
Congratulations to our winners, and thanks to everyone who participated in the contest, Nettwerk, and the Submarines for making our first contest a great one.
For all of you with a competitive streak, or who may just be looking for some remixing inspiration, stay tuned for our next competition (coming soon).
A huge congratulations to team Reddit on their new partnership with CondeNet! I put on my brand new Reddit shirt the day it was announced; little did I know that by midday I’d be pointing at it while asking “Did you hear?”
Then came the hardest part of my job- I had to tell our two 1U servers that if they had stayed with Reddit instead of making the cross-country trek with us, their stock options would have kept them in network and power for the rest of their lives. That’s what they get for jumping-ship.
We’re all really happy for the founders, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer group!
Amerikan Gangster - Reasonmix by 
Reason 
JR’s Intro for "Where You At" Remix Winner uploaded by 
JRWriter 
JR Writer - Where You At (Produced by TurreekK) by 
TurreekK 
Prezzo’s 8 bit mix "Color, Culture, Money, Beauty" - Tigarah by 
prezzo 
Color, Culture, Money, Beauty - Contest Mix by Fre Gen Productions by 
roxfontaine 
Bravado - My Piano - Contest Mix by 
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