Max B raps from Jail on Isaiah Toothtaker/ Hood Internet Collabo

INCARCERATED HIP-HOP ARTIST WORKS WITH FELOW FELON RAPPER AND CHICAGO PRODUCTION DUO – USING LEGITMIX TECHNOLOGY

Max B’s captivating singing-rapping style and street swagger helped Diplomat Jim Jones’ Hustler’s P.O.M.E. reach #5 on the Billboard charts…and it looked like Max was destined for stardom.  That is, until he was sentenced to 75 years for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder. 

This should have been the end of the story.  But not for Max B, who’s been recording raps and hooks through collect calls from jail with fellow felon/rapper Isaiah Toothtaker (sentence served) and Chicago production-duo The Hood Internet.

Their first single “Been Told” provides a glimpse of what this unlikely collaboration has to offer aside from the ultimate gangster rapper jail saga and common criminal history of Max and Isaiah.  The full 5-song Toothy Wavy EP will be available from Mishka Records in May.

On “Been Told,” Max B, Isaiah Toothtaker and the Hood Internet will join artists like Diplo, Dave Nada and El-p to be among the first to release work using a private beta version of Legitmix, technology that seamlessly allows consumers to recreate a sample-based track on their computer using their own copies of the copyrighted source music.  For “Been Told”, The Hood Internet used Sleater-Kinney’s “One Beat,” so it costs 50¢ if fans own the Sleater-Kinney track, and $1.49 if they don’t (with 99¢ cents for “One Beat”, and 50¢ going to Max and Isaiah).

Stream and share “Been Told”: http://lgt.mx/+9Y

More on TOOTHY WAVY from Mishka Records: www.toothywavy.com

Legitmix Completes Private Beta of Self-Serve Interface

Over the past few months, our interface for submitting content to Legitmix was made available to select remixers.  Based on their comments, we’re readying the interface for public launch at WMC in March.  Thanks to Jasper Goggins, Scott Melker, Cousin Cole, Austin Eterno, Adrian Michna, Codes and everyone else who gave us valuable feedback. You helped us develop a product we believe will change the game for producers and DJs.  The new interface, pictured above, was created with the help of NYC design firm the Cuban Council.

Chicago Reader Q&A with Legitmix inventor Omid McDonald

Click here to read the Reader Q&A with the inventor of “this deviously brilliant little piece of technology, which stands to change the whole way artists on both sides of the sampling divide deal with the [sampling] issue.”

Village Voice Q&A with El-P

Click Village Voice to check out a Q&A where El-P speaks on “Rush Over BKLYN”, Mr. Dibbs and Legitmix…here’s an excerpt:

For the past month Brad Forste has been in the hospital for cirrhosis of the liver. Because he didn’t have any health insurance, he has already racked up more than half a million dollars in medical bills. Dibbs’ close friend Jamie Meline, better known as El-P, recently released a song to help Dibbs with his bills; “Rush Over BKLYN” merges his recent “Drones Over BKLYN” with Rush’s classic-rock staple “Tom Sawyer.” (The mashup was made usingLegitmix, a piece of software that allows producers to create mixes using copyrighted material that they have legally acquired.)

Are you a big Rush fan?

I’ve just always loved that song. I grew up in Brooklyn, and I wasn’t quite old enough to be a big Rush fan, but “Tom Sawyer” is and always has been my shit.

(You can donate to Mr. Dibbs at Facebook or via PayPal (use the email address hellkitchen@netzero.com). Checks or money orders (payable to his wife, Kristin Rose) can be sent to 4830 Poplar St, Cincinnati, OH, 45212.)

Moombahnista: Mad Decent’s “Moombahton Remixes” define a new standard

Can’t ask for anything more: a great review of a work that wouldn’t have seen the light of day without Legitmix.  Legitmix was made for the likes of Sabo and Nada…

Complex on El-p & Legitmix

The folks at Complex kindly took notice of Legitmix in reference to the El-p single.  

Great monsterfresh.com article on El-p & Legitmix

Lots of insight into both El-p’s genius, and the Legitmix concept, including this funny analogy: “It’s a lot like that Eighties movie KidCo, where the kids create a highly successful company selling manure and, after their corporate rivals try to get them audited by the IRS, they win the case by convincing the courts that they shouldn’t have to pay taxes for the feed that their parents already purchased and paid taxes on, all over again, just because it’s been processed through the excretion of the horses they own. In this case, your copy of ‘Tom Sawyer’ is the feed and theLEGITIMIX software is the horse’s digestive system.”  Find the whole article here.

MIT Tech Review: hard to over-emphasize the power that an industry gains when it switches from contracts to APIs

Though a bit fuzzy on the finner points of how Legitmix works, the folks at MIT Technology Review were very positive about what we’re trying to do, understanding that there needs to be a technological solution to the sample clearance problem:  “The larger theme here is that it’s hard to over-emphasize the power that an industry gains when it switches from contracts to APIs.”  Click here to read more.

Hypebot digs on Legitmix!

”Legitmix is one of the most innovative offerings I’ve seen to date.”  Get the full story here

Nadastrom, Sabo and Mad Decent release “Moombahton Remixes” EP

NADASTROM, SABO AND MAD DECENT RELEASE MOOMBAHTON REMIXES EP THROUGH LEGITMIX, FEATURING REMIXES OF MICHAEL JACKSON, JAY-Z & KANYE WEST, DEV, ADELE, FOSTER THE PEOPLE — PLUS THE DAVE NADA “MOOMBAH” REMIX THAT STARTED THE MOOMBAHTON GENRE

Diplo’s Mad Decent label announces their second official Moombahton release: Moombahton Remixes, a set of 6 exclusive remixes and a bonus mini-mix, curated and selected by Nadastrom (Dave Nada & Matt Nordstrom) and Sabo. Highlights include an exclusive “Thriller” remix by Sabo and the track that started the whole movement, Dave Nada’s remix of “Moombah,” plus exclusive new remixes of Jay-Z & Kanye West, Dev, Adele, and Foster the People by Moombahton notablesHeartbreak, Willy Joy, JWLS and Sazon Booya.

Moombahton Remixes is available through Legitmix, a platform that allows remixers to monetize works made using copyrighted music without having to go through the often prohibitively costly and time consuming music clearance process.

BUY MOOMBAHTON REMIXES EP

http://lgt.mx/+5A

MOOMBAHTON REMIXES EP INCLUDES

Silvio Ecomo & DJ Chuckie -  Moombah (Dave Nada Remix)

Kanye West & Jay-Z - N****s In Paris (Willy Joy Remix)

Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks (JWLS Remix)

Dev – In The Dark (Heartbreak Remix)

Adele – Set Fire to the Rain (Sazon Booya Remix)

Michael Jackson - Thriller (Sabo’s Moombahton Remix)

and

Sabo’s  DJ mix of these tracks

Legitmix announces release by acclaimed hip-hop artist El-p.

RAPPER/PRODUCER USES REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY TO SELL HIS NEW TRACK SAMPLING RUSH’S CLASSIC “TOM SAWYER”

Producers, remixers and DJs who want to sell their sample-based tracks face the often-insurmountable task of clearing the copyrighted music they sample. Legitmix provides an alternative by enabling consumers to recreate on the binary level a sample-based track using their copy of the original music. Since its debut, music industry insiders, copyright professors and musicians alike have been fascinated with the Legitmix concept and have been eager to see it put into practice.

El-P, acclaimed rapper/producer, founder of legendary hip hop group Company Flow and of the revered indie rap label Def Jux Records is the first artist to release a single through Legitmix sampling a platinum selling artist (Rush). While in the studio completing his upcoming Fat Possum album “Cancer for Cure” El-p switched gears to indulge in what many producers love to do – make songs using whatever sample they choose, even if they know their work won’t see the light of day. The result was a fusion of his new single “Drones Over BKLYN” with Rush’s classic “Tom Sawyer” to create “Rush Over Bklyn”.

Normally, “Rush Over Bklyn” would have been leaked on the Internet or left on some dusty hard drive. Now with Legitmix, El-p can sell his creative work and generate new sales for Rush. For this pioneering releasing, El-p has chosen to help out a friend in need and is donating all proceeds from the sale of “Rush Over Bklyn” to a fund established for the legendary DJ/producer Brad Forste aka DJ MR DIBBS who is battling liver disease. As hospital bills rise, El-P and Legitmix hope to relieve the burden of family and friends that a half a million-dollar debt can produce.

“I did this because I think it’s an interesting idea and approach to the sample clearance issue. Most importantly I hope this raises awareness and money for my good friend, collaborator and hip hop legend Brad Forste aka DJ MR DIBBS. He is suffering from cirrhosis of the liver and (like so many of us) uninsured. He has racked up almost a half a mil in hospital bills after just one month, and he needs help. All proceeds from this song go to him.” -EL-P

PURCHASE “RUSH OVER BKLYN”

http://lgt.mx/+5p

When a consumer purchases “Rush Over Bkyln”, the browser-based Legitmix software searches their computer for the “Tom Sawyer” track. If they don’t have it they can purchase it from Legitmix or any online music store. With a few mouse clicks, the Legitmix software recreates on the binary level “Rush Over Bklyn” on the consumer’s computer using their copy of “Tom Sawyer”. The price of “Rush Over Bklyn is $0.70 plus the retail cost of the “Tom Sawyer” track (if the consumer doesn’t have it).

DONATE TO PAYITFORWARD2MRDIBBS

http://www.facebook.com/pages/PayItForward2MrDibbs/231083543618198

To donate with PayPal click “Send Money” and the email address: hellkitchen@netzero.com. The email address belongs to Kristin Rose. She is Mr. Dibbs’ wife. For those who don’t use PayPal you can send a mail check or money order payable to Kristin Rose. Address envelope to: Brad Forste 4830 Poplar St Cincinnati, OH 45212

Pitchfork debuts El-p - Legitmix for-charity collabo

Our first official mixtape (Diplo’s “Mad Legit”) debuted on Pitchfork, and now El-p’s “Rush over Bklyn” (our first major sample-based single) debuts on Pitchfork as well. 

Skratch N Sniff out on Legitmix

A selection of tracks from Skratch N Sniff, a remix radio show duo known for their mixes of rock and hip-hop, are now available on our website.

Time Out Chicago Steps into the Legitmix Dimension

The staff at Time Out Chicago take some time to explain why Legitmix is guiding sample-based music in the right direction.  Check it out here.

Legitmix Panels Up with the Future of Music Coalition

Legitmix is proud to announce that our own Omid McDonald will appear on a panel as part of the upcoming Future of Music Policy Summit. The panel, entitled Killer Apps, Conflicting Law, will be held Tuesday October 4th at 9:30AM at Georgetown University. Though it’s probably a little too early for your average DJ, please try to join us in supporting the conference and if you are around come by the panel and say what’s up. More info here.