Flip & Flo Challenge 2021
Calling all Portland producers, DJs, MCs, vocalists and musicians! Portland Hip-Hop Week and PDX Black Excellence are inviting you to show your skills and join the collaborative Flip & Flo Challenge. Get creative, put on for the Rose City and have your talents heard!
how does it work?
We at PDX Black Excellence have provided 2 audio samples of our 2021 Hip Hop Week Honoree, Portland’s very own Cool Nutz.
Any Portland beatmaker that wants to participate has until August 9th to make an original beat using those samples (could be all, or only a snippet of the samples...get creative!)
PDX Black Excellence will then select 3 beats to post to the public on August 11th.
Any Portland vocalist, rapper or singer that wants to participate has until August 16th to record original vocals on those beats (could use one beat — all of them... flex on it!)
PDX Black Excellence will stream all the beat and song entries live during the Portland Hip-Hop Week Flip & Flo event on August 21st, a celebration of NW hip-hop culture. Make sure to tune in so you can vote on your favorite track!
the details
**VOCALISTS: This year’s instrumentals can be found at the link below... We can’t wait to hear what you do with them!
Please send all audio files to info@pdxblackexcellence.com in .WAV or .MP3 format
All original entries should be a minimum of 1:00 minute and a maximum of 4:00 minutes in length
Maximum of 3 submissions per person
Please include your name (or artist name), track title (name of your beat), and any social media or music streaming platform information (where can people find your music?) along with your submission email. If you’d like to include an image of yourself as well, we’ll include that in the streaming event while we play your music. The goal of this event is to shine light on Portland’s talent and give artists’ voices a chance to be heard, so go hard and good luck!