RVA Rap Elite Cypher: Episode 57 (Choose Your Weapon) (Click Here)
Welcome to the Rap Elite Cypher! Episode 57 Cypher is Choose Your Weapon! Malini Soundz, Kameron Davell, and F5 have submitted beats for this cypher for our emcees to choose from! This cypher will take place April 28th at Ember Music Hall
How it Works: Each emcee has 2 Mins max to perform. Each emcee will be given a score 1-10 by each of the cypher Judges (Radio B, Nickelus F, and Spielburg or Easalio). Those scores will be sent directly to our scorekeeper (Cousin Frank). The emcee with the highest score at the end of the cypher will be announced as our winner. If the top scorers are within less than a full point from each other. They will compete in a sudden death round. The sudden death round is 60 seconds Acapella. The judges will score again to determine our winner. Each emcee will receive HD Footage of their performance, as well as the best performances of the cypher will be included in our Youtube Episode, and highlighted on our IG page.
The Winner: The Winner of Our Open cypher each month receives a Rap Elite Champion Hoodie w/ their likeness and episode number on it. They also receive a free studio session, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Michael Millions. As well as free entry to the Open Cypher for the rest of the season. They will also receive a Hoodie or Crewneck of their choice from Radio B’s clothing line Mama Jo’s Collection. The winner also will have a signature drink named after them during the next month’s event at Tang & Biscuit!
Stat Central: All scores and emcees are tracked and kept by Stat Central for the entire season to help us determine who will be our Season MVP. Our Season MVP at the end of the year gets a Custom Championship Belt, as well as other RVA Rap Elite Apparel gifts. They also get the opening slot to perform at AGM’s Annual Flag On The Moon concert at The Broadberry.
The Fantasy Draft: Once all 50 emcees are locked in they will be entered into the Draft Class. We have 10 Draft teams ran by different influencers of the Richmond Hiphop Culture. They all represent different brands/movements in the city. Marc Cheatham of The Cheats Movement Podcast, HipHop Henry (DJ for RVA Rap Elite/WRIR and Hiphop writer for RVA Mag), Gigi Broadway of The Cheats Movement Podcast, Eliturite Founder of HearRVA, Cane (Artist/Rap Elite Content Staff),Noah Page of WRIR/Secret Bonus Level, NameBrand (Producer/Engineer/Rap Elite/Purple Republic), DJ B-Rice (Mid Atlantic Jams WRIR), Lil Roc (Spiked Punch Podcast/Go Live Rap Radio), Randy Wilson (Randy Wilson Podcast). These team owners will be entered into a lottery each month to determine what order they get to pick, and will select 3 emcees from the pool of emcees each month to determine their team for that episode. The scores that their chosen emcees earn at that episode will determine that teams score and hence which team won that episode. There’s bonus points for team wins, and emcees stats will reflect being on winning teams during the season in Stat Central.
DISCOUNT CODE CONTEST: Each emcee who signs up for the cypher will receive a discount code for advanced tickets for the event, which will make the tickets $10 instead of $15 or $20 at the door. The emcee who has the most ticket sales with their discount code used up to the day before the event will receive $100 and free entry to the next months cypher.
When you secure your spot you will receive an email with a download link for the instrumental for this cypher. Once you’ve signed up here please DM @rvarap.elite and let us know so that we can announce you on our page and add you to the exclusive Rap Elite Cypher Chat.