The Breakout Top 5: September Winner

Join us in congratulating the winner of the September 2009 Breakout Contest: Mele Mel.

We also want to thank everyone who entered for their passion for God, their desire to spread His message to the hip hop culture and for their dedication to their craft.  We also would like to thank the Holy Culture Staff and Sponsors in making this a reality.

Prize package includes:

• Premier Promotional package courtesy of Holy Culture, LLC (www.holyculture.net)
• Artist Development Consultation courtesy of 90K Watts
• Indie Design Package (Single Cover, Promotional Banners, etc.) courtesy of Ink Candy Design Group
• Five beats from www.exclusivechristianbeats.com and banner placement on all sites
• Single will be added to a National Compilation CD courtesy of UnderGround Blaze Records
• Digital Distribution Deal for the single courtesy of UnderGround Blaze Records

The Breakout Top 5: September

Congrads to the Top 5 voted in by our visitors and members, fans and friends.  The Holy Culture Team and Sponsors will be discussing and voting for your Breakout Artist for September of 2009.  Thank you all for participating!!!

Prize package includes:

• Premier Promotional package courtesy of Holy Culture, LLC (www.holyculture.net)
• Artist Development Consultation courtesy of 90K Watts
• Indie Design Package (Single Cover, Promotional Banners, etc.) courtesy of Ink Candy Design Group
• Five beats from www.exclusivechristianbeats.com and banner placement on all sites
• Single will be added to a National Compilation CD courtesy of UnderGround Blaze Records
• Digital Distribution Deal for the single courtesy of UnderGround Blaze Records

The Breakout Contestant Top 5:

1		DEVIL PROOF “U Ready” Total Score: 1652	2		MELE MEL “Only You” Total Score: 907.5
3		PURIFIED “He is Resurrected” Total Score: 849	4		G.T.K. “Decrease” Total Score: 812
5		FYNISHLINE “Fynishline” Total Score: 741

Breakout Contest: September Submissions

The Breakout: Ready to enter the next one?

Again, we’ll keep it simple, just send the following information to anonymous@holyculture.net by midnight, Saturday, August 15, 2009 – Sharp (no exceptions):

• Artist Name
• Song Name
• MP3 file of the song (no other formats will be accepted)
• Bio
• Artist picture or CD cover

The winner of the September Breakout contest will win:

• Premier Promotional package courtesy of Holy Culture, LLC (www.holyculture.net)
• Artist Development Consultation courtesy of 90K Watts
• Indie Design Package (Single Cover, Promotional Banners, etc.) courtesy of Ink Candy Design Group
• Five beats from www.exclusivechristianbeats.com and banner placement on all sites
• Single will be added to a National Compilation CD courtesy of UnderGround Blaze Records
• Digital Distribution Deal for the single courtesy of UnderGround Blaze Records

We want to thank our sponsors for their support: UnderGround Blaze Records, 90K Watts, Ink Candy Design Group, Exclusive Christian Beats, Holy Culture Radio Network and affiliate DJ networks Kingdom Affiliates and Higher Ground DJ International Pool.

Winner of the June Breakout Contest Announced

We are proud to announce the first winner of The Breakout Contest…. without further delay, please give it up yall (drum roll please….) for: LYRYCYST

The song: Go Get ‘Em
The Album: Revolution

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The Breakout Top 5: June

Congrads to the Top 5 voted in by our visitors and members, fans and friends.  The Holy Culture Team and Sponsors will be discussing and voting for your Breakout Artist for June of 2009.  Thank you all for participating!!!

Prize package includes:

• Premier Promotional Package courtesy of Holy Culture, LLC
• Added to HCR Play List
• Single added the Holy Culture Download catalog
• Indie Design Package (Single Cover, Promotional Banners, etc.) courtesy of Ink Candy Design Group
• Single will be added to a National Compilation CD courtesy of UnderGround Blaze Records
• Digital Distribution Deal for the Single courtesy of UnderGround Blaze Records
• Artist Development Consultation (three 30minSessions) courtesy of 90K Watts

The Breakout Contestant Top 5:

1		CJ Emulous “Say This” Total Score: 1400 www.myspace.com/cjemulous	2		Lyrycyst “Go Get Em” Total Score: 979.2 www.myspace.com/lyrycyst
3		Point Ash “All Hail 2 The Kang” Total Score: 965.2 www.myspace.com/pointash	4		Young Evangelist “Postman” Total Score: 932.4 www.myspace.com/youngevangelist
5		Q-heem the Redeem “Sunshine Radio” Total Score: 882 www.myspace.com/qheem

The Breakout Contest Submission Information

Have you seen or heard some nice ministries and often wondered “hey, why haven’t I heard of them before?” or “why aren’t they getting radio play?” or…the list goes on and on.   Not unlike most industries, even in the ministry of Christian Hip-Hop, it can be hard for an artist to “breakout” of the masses and get his or her ministry highlighted – - which is why we created “The Breakout” contest. Read more