Get the beat. Record your song. Let the people vote.
Produced by J Buc · “jbucstraightbr” · Every artist in this battle raps on this exact beat — and every battle has its own beat from its own producer. Press play and hear what you’d be working with.
One Stripe payment covers the beat download, your license to record on it, and your competition entry.
Fill out the short form in the entry section below — the splits are spelled out before you sign.
Signing unlocks the full beat download right on this page. Record your song, then send it in from your city’s player.
1st place in EVERY city and state battle wins the Same Beat Song Battle championship belt — plus the SBSB prize pack. Win your battle, take home the gold.
The winner of every city battle and every state battle takes the belt. Houston, Dallas, Texas, Florida, Colorado — every battle crowns its own champion.
Every 1st-place winner also gets the SBSB prize pack, on top of the belt.
On top of the belt and the prize pack, each city and state battle has its own individual prizes and gifts. They vary by battle — details for each one are to be announced.
This is the November battle — a brand-new battle drops every month, and the next one starts in December. Every city is its own player, and each card leads with that city’s top songs. Press play on any song and it keeps playing in the player at the bottom while you jump from battle to battle. Songs are going up and are playable right now — voting opens Tuesday, Nov 17, and every vote button turns on automatically that day. Want the rest? Click into a battle to hear every one of its songs — each city takes up to 25 entries, and when a city hits 25, its entries are full. Demo tracks are loaded right now so you can hear how the battle plays — approved artist entries take these slots as songs come in.
Six hometown battles — Houston, Dallas, Shreveport, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and all of Mississippi.
Whole-state battles, running alongside the cities. The Texas battle covers every Houston and Dallas entry, the Louisiana battle covers Shreveport, New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Florida is a brand-new battle for the whole state — one Florida battle, no separate city battles; Florida artists enter as Florida — and Colorado joins as one whole-state battle too, Denver skyline and all; Colorado artists enter as Colorado. Each state battle has its own card and its own share link, just like the cities.
Not every war is city vs. city. Side Battles run alongside the November battle — same beat, same $20 entry, same pay → sign → download flow. Pick your format and enter the same way.
Crews, labels and whole camps go head to head. Your group records its song on the battle beat together, fans hear it and vote — bring your whole team and rep your name as one unit.
Enter the Competition$20 entry · same beat, same agreement — pick “Side Battle — Group / Crew” when you sign
One artist against one artist, nobody to hide behind. You and your opponent both record on the same beat, both songs go up side by side, and the fans call the winner.
Enter the Competition$20 entry · same beat, same agreement — pick “Side Battle — 1v1” when you sign
The highest-voted songs across every city and state battle, featured right here on the main page — the list reshuffles the second a vote lands. Songs are playable right now; voting opens Tuesday, Nov 17. Want every song from one battle? Click into it above — up to 25 songs per city, all playable, all votable.
Five steps, in order. You pay, you sign, the beat unlocks, you record, you upload — then your city decides.
One payment on Stripe. That’s your entry fee and your license to use the beat, all in one.
Sign the agreement in Step 2 below — name, contact info, one tap — and the full beat download unlocks immediately.
Write your best record to the beat. It does not have to be professionally mixed or mastered — record from home or right on your phone. We suggest BandLab, a free app, to record.
Send in your finished song and your photo through the Dropbox upload — it lands straight in Earl’s Dropbox. That’s what gets you posted.
Your song goes up in your battle right away — every city takes up to 25 entries, and state and side battles run alongside. Fans can play it right here from day one; for the November battle, voting opens Tuesday, Nov 17 so everyone gets a fair chance to get in. Once voting opens, the highest-voted songs get featured on the main page, and fans can click into your battle to hear and vote on every song. Posted songs play through the official Spotify / Apple players, so those listens count as real streams that pay. The top 12 songs make the compilation — a project released through the DSPs.
Every entry has to be a real artist’s own performance. If a song is AI-generated, it will not be accepted — no exceptions.
No studio required: your song does not have to be professionally mixed or mastered to submit. Record from home or right on your phone — we suggest BandLab, a free app, to record.
Every song submitted runs on the same deal, agreed to before you ever download the beat. Here it is in the open:
Posted songs are distributed to Spotify, Apple Music and the other DSPs. On this site, posted songs play through the official platform players, so a vote-listen counts as a real paid stream. The demo tracks playing right now are previews of how the battle runs — they are not posted songs.
By paying the $20 entry and signing below, you agree that:
Questions about the deal before you enter? Email newpower4all@gmail.com.
Paid your $20? Sign here with the same name and email you paid with. The agreement locks in, and your full battle beat download unlocks on the spot — no finished song needed yet.
Already recorded on the beat? Send your finished song and your photo straight into Earl’s Dropbox — that’s the official drop-off. Use the same name and email from Step 2 so we can match your song to your signed license.
The button below opens the official SBSB upload page on Dropbox. No Dropbox account needed — it asks your name and email, then takes your files:
Name your song file “ArtistName - SongTitle - City” — for example Artist 01 - Demo Track - Houston. The city in the filename is how your upload gets sorted onto the right city’s list for voting, so don’t leave it off. Florida artists: Florida is one whole-state battle — put Florida as the city in your filename (for example Artist 01 - Demo Track - Florida). Colorado artists: same deal — Colorado is one whole-state battle, so put Colorado as the city in your filename (for example Artist 01 - Demo Track - Colorado). Name your photo with your artist name (for example Artist01-photo.jpg). Questions? Email newpower4all@gmail.com.
Your song does not have to be professionally mixed or mastered — record from home or on your phone. We suggest BandLab, a free app, to record.
Your files land directly in Earl’s Dropbox — that’s what puts your record in line to be reviewed and posted in your city.
Live Battle
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Send this battle’s direct link to fans — it opens straight to this battle. Every song below has its own Share button too, so an artist can send people right to their song.
Sorted by votes — the highest-voted songs sit on top and get featured on the main page. Every song here is playable now; voting opens Tuesday, Nov 17, and the vote buttons turn on automatically that day.