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Seattle winner of Red Bull Big Tune hiphop beat battle: Marcus D and KD Cutz
Posted by Andrew Matson
Marcus D was the winner (Photo: Jim Bates)
KD Cutz was the runner-up (Photo: Jim Bates)
Big Tune went down last night at the War Room, and Marcus D and KD Cutz are going to Atlanta for the finals.
Check KD Cutz' blog, where he's already vlogged about being runner-up. I don't know anything about him, but think he's related to Kuddie Fresh, who I'm told won the first Big Tune back in the day. It's a legacy.
Marcus D is 19, and the first beat he played last night was positively monstrous. Any great rapper would love to have rapped on it. Any mediocre rapper would have been dead scared. I could tell right away he would win.
Here's an example of the kind of talent that got knocked out in the first round last night. Everett native and hiphop beat chameleon MTK, working the "play" button and his jazz hands:
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