Love, Peace And Beatbox Page #4

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Then you put on your best

show and they lap it up...

That's like pure gold.

That's just the best.

And I just go with

the flow and enjoy it.

When I get home from my drum

lessons, I always practice

the new patterns with my mouth.

- Cool. What does that sound like?

Like this...

Wow.

Great... job... I'll say!

Now let's have some

yummy cocoa, okay?

I'm Bee Low from Berlin and

I founded Beatbox Battle.

I busted my ass over

the last few years

to provide the German

Beatbox community

with a forum for

fair competition.

I started out

hosting DJ battles.

I would time the

DJs with a stopwatch,

each one would get 90 seconds.

And when there was

a technical glitch,

the sound guys had to

replug cables or whatever...

In situations like that, as

the host I'd take the mike...

...and keep the audience

entertained with some beats

till the next act went on.

That's when I realized

how well Beatbox went over.

People liked it in its own

right, apart from the battles.

So I thought, 'Why not

have our own event? '

And the idea for the Beatbox

Championship was born.

The plans gradually

took on shape in 2001.

Maxim, may he rest in peace, who's

sadly no longer on this planet...

He and I thought everything through

and planned it all out together.

And on September

the first German Championships at

the Icon in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg.

Zeero won the first title in

we did some publicity work,

sent out press releases...

We spread the word to people,

and the feedback was incredible.

Right away, we were invited

to the Austrian championship...

Zeero and I traveled

to Switzerland,

and it continued with Poland, the

Czech Republic, Finland, the UK...

Beatbox Battle was everywhere.

I was at all the events.

Usually I was on the jury,

as I couldn't very well host

in Finnish or whatever...

Two champions, and the

man who made them: Me.

Hey!

- Hi! You have ten minutes?

Sure.

- Great.

Hi, there. How are you doing?

Here are the contracts.

Pretty standard.

A copy for each of us.

But don't let them see.

That's strictly confidential.

- Okay.

Sh*t, I'm in business

but I haven't seen a cent.

It pisses me off, honestly.

As I was saying, for

the past few years

I've been hosting

events throughout Europe.

That includes DJ Championships

held by the ITF and DMC,

Breakdance championships,

and various Rap battles.

I've seen the dissing at Rap

battles. "I'll f*** your mama... "

"Your daddy this or that... "

And then a big fight breaks out,

bottles fly, the cops come...

And in the end the lights

go on and the party's ruined.

That's not my scene. To me,

it's about the element...

It's about demonstrating our

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