E-40 "THE BREAK YA ANKLES" REMIX CONTEST

E-40, is an American rapper, part of the Bay Area rap group The Click and founder of Bay Area hip-hop record label Sick Wid It Records. He's a rap innovator, a business-savvy tycoon, and one of the music industry’s most consistent success stories. To celebrate the release of E-40’s 14th studio album "The Ball Street Journal", LOUD.com and Warner Bros. Records are proud to present Retwittered: "The Break Ya Ankles Remix Contest". Budding producers and E-40 fans are asked to submit their best remix of the hit song “Break Ya Ankles” (produced by Lil Jon).

E-40 will personally choose one winner, who will fly to The Bay Area to meet with the legendary hip-hop star and his son Droop-E in the studio. In addition, the winner will broadcast live backstage at an E-40 show using a Nokia Kyte phone. The second place winner will receive the complete Rane Serato Scratch Live set-up, which bridges the worlds of vinyl and digital audio files and while the third place winner will receive a copy of Ableton Live 7 LE, which provides musicians an intuitive interface and professional features for recording, songwriting, remixing, and DJ’ing.

Interested participants are directed to download the a cappella of “Break Ya Ankles” from Loud.com, produce their own original beat, and submit their entry to the LOUD.com community. In addition to the prizes mentioned above, LOUD.com will interview the winner, post a webisode compiling footage from their studio and show experience, and post the winning remix on their homepage, E-40.com, and MySpace.com/E40.

"The Ball Street Journal" is out now on Warner Brothers / Sick Wid It Records. The Retwittered: The Break Ya Ankles Remix Contest closes on December 9th, 2008.

  E-40 Remix Contest