Scribble Jam

The centerpieces of the Scribble Jam festival are the five competitions, four of which are designed to highlight the main aspects of hip hop culture. They include the emcee competition or freestyle battle, the DJ battle or scratching competition, the B-boy battle or breakdancing competition, the graff-writer or graffiti competition, and the beatbox competition. Historically, the most popular of the competitions has been the freestyle battle, although all aspects of hip hop culture are well represented. The festival expanded its initial 1996 emcee and b-boy competitions to include the DJ competition in 1998. In 2003 the beatbox competition was added to the line-up. In the last five years of the festival a Production competition was added to the festival line-up, and there were performances by guests including KRS-One, Eminem, Sage Francis, Atmosphere, Blueprint, Eyedea, Mr Dibbs, Little Brother and Living Legends which greatly increased the festival's popularity. ==Past winners==

As of Scribble Jam's conclusion in 2008 there have been thirteen emcee champions, eleven DJ champions, thirteen B-Boy champions, and six beatbox champions. Emcee battle • 1996 - Vendetta • 1997 - Juice • 1998 - Adeem • 1999 - Eyedea • 2000 - Sage Francis (as Xaul Zan) • 2001 - Adeem • 2002 - Mac Lethal • 2003 - Rhymefest • 2004 - illmaculate • 2005 - Justice • 2006 - The Saurus • 2007 - Nocando • 2008 - The Saurus DJ competition • 1998 - DJ Precyse • 1999 - DJ Abilities • 2000 - DJ Precyse • 2001 - DJ Sprite • 2002 - DJ Skwint • 2003 - Skratch Bastid • 2004 - Skratch Bastid • 2005 - Spare Change • 2006 - I-Dee • 2007 - Skratch Bastid • 2008 - DJ T-Lo B-boy competition • 1996 - Forrest Getemgump (individual) • 1997 - Self-Explanatory • 1998 - Phase II • 1999 - Midwest Junkie Cats (group with members of the Junkwartz and the Battlecats) • 2000 - Junkwartz • 2001 - Motion Disorderz • 2002 - Motion Disorderz • 2003 - Motion Disorderz • 2004 - Motion Disorderz • 2005 - Brickheadz • 2006 - Brickheadz • 2007 - Motion Disorderz • 2008 - Brickheadz Beatbox battle • 2003 - A Train • 2004 - A Train • 2005 - J.Beetz (from SICK.SOUND.SYNDROME) • 2006 - DJ Snuggles • 2007 - Poizunus • 2008 - Scott Jackson There are only two production champions listed on the official Scribble Jam website: • 2008 - Optiks • 2007 - X:144 ==External links==