2024 ROC RAIDA CHALLENGE: Invitation, Sponsor info, Prepping Tips

Registration for the 2024 Roc Raida Challenge is officially open! The deadline to sign up is Friday, March 1st.
CHALLENGE DESCRIPTION
Exclusive to Brolic Army DJ School students, this year’s challenge will test contestants’ ability to compose their best rendition of Raida’s “Marley Scratch” (Marley Marl featuring MC Shan) routine.

JUDGING CRITERIATECHNICALITY (what was the overall quality of the routine?), PRESENTATION (was the composition composed in a tasteful, structured manner?) and ORIGINALITY (how inventive are the beat juggle patterns students apply to the song?) are the criteria for picking the best 3 DJs.
SCORING SCALE
Judges will score students on a scale from 1-6 in Technicality, Presentation and Originality.

1 = Very Poor
2 = Poor
3 = Mediocre
4 = Good
5 = Very Good
6 = Outstanding
PRIZES
Our sponsor GLOWTRONICS will provide first, second and third place winners with custom designed Roc Raida t-shirts and slipmats.

ENROLLMENTTo enroll, DM our @brolicarmy page on Instagram with your DJ name, email and t-shirt size NO LATER than 3/1/2024!
SUBMISSION DUE DATE
April 28, 2024 at 5 p.m. (EST). So if you start preparing today you’ll have 9.5 weeks to put together a strong 90 second routine.

START DATE
May 9, 2024

END DATE
May 17, 2022 (Roc Raida’s birthday)

PREPPING TIPYou’re free to get creative in the pre-production stages of organizing your ideas. Meaning, you’re at liberty to use software like iMovie, ProTools, Logic, Ableton, etc., to rearrange the elements of the song. This way, you can outline your lyrics, sound effects, and drum beats in a way that’s a custom fit to the way you decide on outlining your beat juggles. So for example, where MC Shan says “Marley” or “if you think you can beat him,” you’re free to replace Marley’s name with your DJ name or swap “him” for “her,” and then copy and past 8 bars of the intro drums, followed by another line featuring Shan poppin’ boasting about his DJ, etc. This way you don’t have to be hitting the cue pads on your mixer as much and just focus what your hands need to do on the Serato Control Records.

Whether you’re a relative beginner learning our basic 10 root movements of beat juggling or a more experienced student, look at this tournament as a challenge to yourself. This is for FUN and you’ll receive constructive feedback on your composition from our expert panel of judges. Don’t be intimidated to participate. The only way to grow as a DJ is to take on these kinds of challenges. So, feel encouraged and give them an example of how a DJ works!