Tag Archives: Big Tune

Gallery Music Red Bull Big Tune Welcomes Black Milk to Chicago

by Max Herman
November 19, 2010 - 12:34 pm

Let’s just get this out of the way: hip-hop shows, more than any other genre, regularly feature an absurd amount of waiting before the headliner you went to see finally hits the stage—often after midnight. Some of the opening acts or DJs you see beforehand might be good and you may even be hyped to have been introduced to them, but when it takes four hours before the main act steps on stage, shit can get old. With this in mind, Black Milk’s last minute, Red Bull Big Tune pre-show in Chicago at Reggie’s Rock Club was as close to ideal as you can get.

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Music Red Bull Big Tune Hits the El Rey In L.A.

by Mike Bucher and Sidney Bensimon
June 3, 2010 - 11:28 am

Hip-hop was center stage Thursday night at Red Bull’s Big Tune Los Angeles competition as 12 of Los Angeles’ brightest up-and-coming beat makers went head-to-head in a single-elimination competition judged by audience applause.  The winner and runner-up from the competition earned a ticket to the Chicago Big Tune finals where they will battle other producers for an opportunity to collaborate with a hip-hop legend.  Previous Big Tune winners married their beats to lyrics by Nas, Young Buck, and most recently Ghost Face Killah.

The event, held at the world famous El Rey theater, raised over $3700 and all proceeds will go towards buying music production equipment for select LAUSD after school programs.

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interview A Day In The Studio With Young Buck And Brainstorm

by Shop Keeper
June 18, 2008 - 9:47 am

Story by: Richard Thomas

–How a 21-year-old, Seattle Producer Got His Chance to Record with Young Buck –

During its first national search in 2007, Red Bull Big Tune swooped through six cities in seven months, pulling in more than 300 tracks from 72 music producers. The process: submit your hottest beats, get selected to rep your city, then battle other producers in a single-elimination sound clash where the audience determines the winner. The goal: to find the one producer with the Big Tune. Read the full story →

Contributors Music Young Buck w/ Brainstorm: “I Got You”

by Shop Keeper
June 17, 2008 - 2:21 pm

During its first national search in 2007, Red Bull Big Tune swooped through six cities in seven months, pulling in more than 300 tracks from 72 music producers. The process: submit your hottest beats, get selected to rep your city, then battle other producers in a single-elimination sound clash where the audience determines the winner. The goal: to find the one producer with the Big Tune.

Young Buck featuring Brainstorm – I Got You