The Brooklyn Bodega are the cool cats who produce the Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival and they’ve currently got a contest going called 8 Bars Should Do It - You, as well as some of the best MCs from around the world, will get a chance to win a slot on the BHH Festival stage!

We are breaking down the barriers that Hip-Hop has placed on itself.
We are bringing it back to the days of the jams in the Bronx.
The Block parties in San Francisco.
The bbq’s in Atlanta.

We are bringing it back to the people.

SUPPORT, CELEBRATE, REPRESENT.

Listen here to learn more…

Brooklyn Bodega’s SayNow Number: (718) 354-8777
Brooklyn Bodega’s SayNow Messages
Brooklyn Bodega’s Website

UPDATE: Here’s the latest on the lineup for the show

Okay peoples, forget about getting signed to a record label, here’s your chance to win 2 Jet Blue tickets. Fer reals! Zefrank’s got a Nerd Rap Battle goin’ and I KNOW you guys can hit it. » Here’s what you gotta do and here’s one of the entries…

Get your entry in by Saturday - that’s tomorrow!

Colorwar’s SayNow Number: (917) 720-7494
Your Competition
The Deets

From HipHopRuckus…

Element 9 Muzik LLC, a newly-founded urban record label, has unveiled an innovative approach to collecting demo submissions from aspiring artists…the label has developed Dial-A-Deal, which allows artists to display their talent live over a dedicated phone line. The innovative approach allows Element 9’s talent scouts to hear a live stream from artists in any location….

The Dial-A-Deal concept was developed by Element 9 Founder, Stu “Xplosive” Pflaum, a 26-year-old who has quickly proven the value of youthful leadership in the industry. Pflaum started out as an intern working with Franklin’s street team and lifestyle marketing division at Asylum Records. He left to form the Element 9 Recordings Publishing Company and scored a quick success by publishing the recent Grammy-nominated hit “Crank That” by recording artist Soulja Boy.

Here’s their intro

Go hit em with your best 16 bars. The contest runs through September.

Element 9’s SayNow Number: (646) 789-4419
Element 9’s SayNow Messages
Element 9’s Website

Cassidy’s rap battle and partnership with SayNow was written up in last week’s issue of Billboard! Here are some nice words from Carolyn Williams (J Records Marketing VP)

With SayNow, we were able to quantify the public’s interest in Cassidy, Williams says. This contest had 23,000 contestant entries and 30,000 fan votes. That’s pretty big for a small company. It also reminded consumers who Cassidy is - which is a battle rapper.

You can read the entire article below.

Cassidy just called the round 3 winner of his rap battle and broadcasted the conversation! You can listen to it below

He used our Connect Live feature to call the winner Lil Chugga. (Right now this feature is something you have to request from us, so if you’re interested in talking to your fans while keeping your number private, let us know)

Here’s the winner…

Cassidy’s SayNow Number: (215) 701-0998
Cassidy’s MySpace

Just spotted this on Cassidy’s MySpace page. Cassidy is looking for new talent and asking fans to call and hit him with their hottest 16 bars. The best freestylers win a call back and a chance to record with him - he’s using his SayNow number to hold auditions over the phone. Listen up below

Cassidy got his start by appearing on mix tapes and doing freestyle battles so it’s pretty cool that he’s doing this!

Cassidy’s SayNow Number: (215) 701-0998
Cassidy’s MySpace

UPDATE: More news about it on the Rap News Network and HipHopRuckus.