Houston,TX- Saturday January 21st marked the Championship and fifth episode of the Space City Beat Battle™. Space City Beat Battle is the premiere music production competition in Houston,TX and is the brainchild of producers Ryan "Jett I. Masstyr" Rayford, Oscar "Black Rose" Ramirez, and media maven Trevor Piper. Local beat makers trade sonic jousts to be crowned the champion and labeled the top producer in Space City.
Seagram's 2010 Master of the Mix winner and seminal hip-hop DJ/Producer DJ Scratch will serve as the special guest judge. DJ Scratch is a Grammy nominated, multi-platinum producer with credits from the likes of EPMD, Jay-Z, Method Man and Busta Rhymes. Also serving as a guest judge is Texas rap legend DJ DMD, most famous for his hip-hop classic "25 Lighters".
Notable past judges for The Space City Beat Battle include !llmind, a multi-platinum music producer who has produced for 50 Cent, Eminem, Redman, Scarface, LL Cool J and Talib Kweli. Super producer S1 who has produced for Jay-Z, Kanye West, Erykah Badu and Beyonce.
