Enter M-Dot's "The Empathy" Remix Contest

M-Dot's 2017 album Ego and the Enemy featured a Large Professor-produced banger, "The Empathy." While he's hard at work finishing Ego and the Enemy 2, his Own Lane Music imprint linked with Vinyl-Digital.com to sort out this "The Empathy" Remix Contest. Think you can top what the legend Extra P did to that beat? Now's your chance.



The complete instructions are on the flier below, but essentially, you need to download the acapella for "The Empathy" (which is around 91 BPM). You have from today (October 1, 2018) to 11:59pm (EST) on October 15, 2018 to finish your remix and email it to theownlanemusic@gmail.com, subject line "Remix Contest." Only one entry per producer.

First place winner gets a placement on an Own Lane Music compilation and an "Ego" bundle (which includes an autographed CD, t-shirt, poster, and stickers). Second place gets an "Ego" bundle, with third getting stickers, vinyl and the CD. Check out the official rules below; good luck!

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Reckonize Real & Guilty Simpson ft. M-Dot and Mayhem "Can't Runaway"

Detroit legend Guilty Simpson linked with Queens-based producer Reckonize Real for Carved In Stone, which isn't out until October 26, and this week they dropped off a hypnotic cut entitled "Can't Runaway" featured two cats from Massachusetts' EMS camp, M-Dot and Mayhem. It's been a minute since they used to damn-near run roughshod over this site, so it's hype to see them still out here building. Stream the full cut below, and be sure to pre-order this one via Bandcamp.

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M-Dot ft. EMS - "Today"

This is the kind of shit that had me freaking when I was a yout. EMS keeps it pushing.

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M-Dot - "Praverbs"

M-Dot's shared a tribute to Praverb. Here's what got sent over with the track:

"One of my best friends, for over 12 yrs and the most selfless and humble person I have met passed away today, Praverb The Wyse" - M-Dot

A tribute to the emcee/blogger Praverb that we all knew and loved. He had called M-Dot the night before he passed and when M-Dot got the News yesterday, he took to the studio to vent the only way he knows how over this beat by Jerz. RIP Earl.

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SoulSlicers x Mayhem - "Venom"

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[video] Mayhem & Jerz ft. Revalation & Joey B. "Fooled Ya"

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Mayhem & Jerz - MayJerzachusetts Island

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Tribeca ft. Camp Lo & M-Dot "True Lies (Remix)"

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[video] M-Dot "Detour"

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Nutso & DJ Skizz - Mr Collabo

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M-Dot - Layer Cake

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[video] M-Dot & Mayhem "Taggant"

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D/Will & Dominique Larue ft. M-Dot & Boycott Blues "Circulate (Remix)"

Sometimes, heads will pick the most random cats to fuck with a remix/re-imaging of their cuts, but this shit right here? Perfect additions. M-Dot and Boycott do damage to this D/Will instrumental, and Dom more than holds her own. Tracks like this are my daily anthems, you feel me? You'll also find this on M-Dot's Layer Cake mixtape, which drops next week. A video for the original is on the way, and .diem is also coming soon. Fire.

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[video] Big Shug ft. Av'rex, Singapore Kane, Krumb Snatcha & M-Dot "Think Twice"

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M-Dot x Mr. Malchau x Nutso "You Aint Ready"

Straight nastiness. When I hear cuts like this, and get word that Munich's Midiflash produced this, you just get the reassurance that "real Hip-Hop" is living well overseas. My boy M-Dot has ill international rolodexial skills, as he flips a fresh verse alongside Malchau from Denmark and Queens' Nutso. Drop this one early and often.

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M-Dot & Revalation "Christmas Broke"

While my Christmas doesn't sound as downtrodden as most, my post-Christmas ends are dumb low. All in the name of being khal bundy... Married, With Children. Gotta keep them happy. And they are. And I'm broke. Shouts to EMS for providing an anthem for me to rock to while I drag myself to work to buy some Heinekens for my inner-sorrow.

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[video] MIDIFLASH ft. M-Dot, Black Tiger, Rekless & Kapa "Transatlantic Artivism"

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Revalation "Megaman Freestyle"

EMS representerative Revalation grabbed Lil Wayne's "Megaman" and goes bananers. This is the kind of rapid fire flows, metaphors and fury that I want to hear from talented MCs. His EP, The Goods, is due out in 2012, so see this as a light snack before the full meal.

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Revalation - Megaman (Freestyle) over Lil Wayne's "Megaman" by RevOfEMS

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Strick 9 & Kore - Bar Hopping

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[video] Mayhem ft. Craig G. "I Ain't Lyin'"

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