American Gangster ReMixtape Contest Voting

To say that the music industry has changed since the popularization of the Internet would be a bit of an understatement. Just a lil bit. The American Gangster ReMixtape Contest we ran is a pretty astounding example of just how far things have come in the past decade or so. In less than a month December no less we received nearly 130 full remix albums. 10 years ago, this just wasnt possible.

Between the advancements of beat making software and the Internet, the playing field has definitely been leveled in a lot of ways. Anyone can get their beats out there nowadays. Largely to my surprise, these werent mostly bargain basement beats either. With so many submissions I was expecting the vast majority, 80 or 90 at least, to be terrible. Sure, there were some really bad ones, but narrowing it down to the 5 best was damn near impossible. This is why it is now 10 to vote on incidentally. But on the real, the last 20 or 25 that didnt make the cut were real dope and were very difficult not to include.

Just like all the color coded Black Albums a few years ago, producers had a theme to work with and we had no shortage of variations with plenty of creativity. There were American Cowboys, Canadian Gangsters, European Gangsters, Jamaican, Nigerian, French, British, Latin, Hispanic, Southern, Ethiopian, Animated, Suburban and Brazilian ones. Other exclusively sampled or mashed up Jays vocals with other artists work; Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd, Daft Punk, Led Zeppelin, U2, 2Pac, 80s pop songs, British rock and even sampling nothing but cartoon theme songs.

HipHopDX would like to thank all of you for participating and congratulate everyone who made the final 10. Now, get your vote on.

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The Breax - Eye Am Gangster

Otitis American Gangster Otitis Remix