WIN A CHANCE TO BE AT THE LIVE TAPING OF THE CELEBRATION OF HIP-HOP IN CANADA WITH ALL THE LEGENDS!!

Win one pair of tickets to CBC’s Hip Hop Summit exclusive live taped performance Tuesday 3/29/11, including : k-os, Kardinal Offishall, SHAD, Saukrates, Classified, Maestro, Michie Mee, Red1 of The Rascalz, Choclair, Ghetto Concept, Reema Major, Cadence Weapon, Skratch Bastid and many more.

Event Details
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Location: Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front Street West
Exclusive Taping Event: 7:45 pm

The question is as follows: What are the names of the 4 women who introduced themselves as "Baby mamas" in Fantasia's "Baby Mama" hit track?

Email your answers to hiphossip@yahoo.ca by this midnight Tuesday 22nd March 2011. If there is more than a winner, then we do a drawing. Two tickets, Two winners! Good luck everybody!

ULTIMATE XMAS GIFT: STEPHEN SMITH OF ALT RECORDING STUDIOS IN THE U.K GIVING OUT DRUM LOOPS.

To celebrate their first successful year since a company relaunch ALT Recording Studios in the U.K have decided to give away a selection of free drum samples available as a download on their website. The drum loops are available as a download on their website. The drum loops are royalty free drum loops samples recorded and mixed at ALT Recording Studios, Studio A. Drummed by: George Stockton. Engineered by: Jaroslavas Bobrovas. Mixed and looped by: Stephen Smith.

www.altrecordingstudios.com/samples-for-free.html

You can listen to demos of the drum loops with an mp3 player on the above link. There are 4 drum loop packs that can be downloaded in various bpm and sample rates. More loops will be available soon. Their aim is to build up a database of free loops of real instruments and voices all recorded at ALT Recording Studios. All available free as download packs to music producers. All loops recorded at 48khz and in 24bit in wav format using pro tools HD2, using a variety of vintage and digital equipment. All loops are EQ’d but without any other effects allowing you to process as you wish.

Stephen Smith says ‘There a real gap in the market for dry loops of real instruments that people can actually use in their own productions. We often record loops for things so we though why not give them away for free.’

ALT Recording Studios in Brighton have the environment and facilities to cover all aspects of recording from recording and mixing, post production (with an audio visual suite), HD mastering, sound design and composition to voice over and audio book recording. At the heart of the recording studios is a Pro tools HD 2 system (x2) with C24 control surfaces together with an Allen and Heath 32:8:2 analogue desk for analogue mixing. They provide a mixture of classic, analogue audio equipment and cutting-edge digital technology.

Join ALT on Skype, Twitter, Facebook and more here.

Wow Stephen! What a Xmas gift. I'm gonna rap to mine....LOL! Check out that studio up there. Spiffy!!!!

DR PEPPER BOSSES COME UP WITH GUNS N' ROSES GIVEAWAY PLAN .

LATEST: Bosses of Dr. Pepper are to make good on their promise to give every American a free can of soda upon the release of GUNS N' ROSES long-awaited CHINESE DEMOCRACY album. Company officials refused to believe the rockers would release their new album in 2008, and offered to hand out cans of Dr. Pepper if Chinese Democracy ever hit record store shelves. The group announced the album would hit stores in November (08) earlier this month (Oct08) - and now the doubting soda bosses have agreed to pass out the Pepper.

Dr Pepper marketing vice-president Tony Jacobs says, "We never thought this day would come, but now that it's here all we can say is: The Dr Pepper's on us." Anyone who visits DrPepper.com on the album's release day (23Nov08) will be able to register online and receive a coupon redeemable for a can of Dr Pepper.