Posts Tagged ‘Hype 5-0’

The Last Stand

The final battle to determine the winner of ABDC Season 5.

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Hip Hop Nation And Last Chance Challenge

This is the week where Swizz Beatz did our job. We didn’t really see him much. We met him for a minute but he never thanked us for mixing his tracks so they sounded good on TV.  If he had said thank you, we would have asked if we could put them on our blog and he probably would have said yes. Show time!

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Magic Challenge

Pick a magician, any magician…

Each crew reached into their bag of tricks and gave some memorable performances. In the end, Jungle Boogie disappeared. Abracadabra!

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Usher Challenge

(Or Ur-sher… whichever you prefer.)

Sorry guys, no stories this week… we’re hard at work on the Master Mixes for the next episode. Enjoy the Usher Master Mixes!

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Disco Challenge

Afros and bellbottoms, rollerskates and butterfly collars… caaaaan yoouuuuuuuu dig iiiiiiiit?!

Since we started working on things for season 5 back in 2009 we knew that the producers wanted to do a Disco episode.  We consulted with everyone and along with Napoleon and Tabitha submitted what we thought would be some good songs to not only shake your groove thing to but would make good master mixes. While MTV loves to give their “suggestions” there were some songs that just weren’t gonna make the cut but some that we all agreed were perfect.  With many a long night spent at the studio making the beats, recording vocals, adding those specific touches for each crew and along with the creativity of the choreographers and dancers this episode turned out to be one of the best of the season.

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Lady Gaga Challenge

Gaga… ’nuff said.

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Music Video Challenge

You might have noticed that this week’s mixes were shorter than usual. Well, that’s for a couple of reasons. For one, we have a lot of crews on stage and only an hour to see them all! But this was also music video week, where the most important thing is the music video – it’s really the video and the matching choreography are the centerpiece.

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Chart Topper Challenge

9 banners were lifted as the national finals began and by the end of the night Swagger Crew were the first to watch their banner fall.

On the bright side… behold the return of “Master Mix Stories!”

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ABDC Regionals: The West

The West Regional Final was fire! Do you guys think the judges got it right? Speak on it in the comments…
(by the way… we’ll revive the Master Mix Stories next episode, ok? )

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