The crew over at TeamBackpack.net hit us up yesterday with some info on a fresh contest they’re running in cooperation with GuerillaUnion. Basically, they’re setting up for a Cypher Series at this year’s Rock the Bells festival, and they’re giving away two free tickets to the to the person who comes up with the best lineup for a cypher. The winner will also get to host an upcoming TeamBackpack cypher!

The Rock the Bells Cypher Series will take place at the following festival dates:

September 7-8 in Los Angeles, CA
September 14-15 San Fransisco, CA
September 28-29 in Washington, DC
October 4-5 in NYC (East Rutherford, NJ)

The rules are fairly simple, you just need to log onto Twitter and tweet the following:

I want to see @artistname, @artistname, @artistname in a @TeamBackpack cypher at @RockTheBells LA, SF, NY or DC

Choose the artists from the respective lineups, which I have posted below:

LA

Kid Cudi
Wu-Tang Clan
Black Hippy (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock)
J Cole
Girl Talk
Jurassic 5
Tech N9ne
Juicy J
A-Trak
Lecrae
Chase & Status
Curren$y
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Common
Dom Kennedy
E-40 & Too $hort
Immortal Technique
Deltron 3030
Chief Keef
Hopsin
Talib Kweli
Flatbush Zombies
KRS-ONE
Rakim
Pusha T
Mimosa
Dizzy Wright
Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh
Earl Sweatshirt
Dilated Peoples
Brother Ali
Big Krit
Danny Brown
Prof
Riff Raff
Smoke DZA
Freeway
Sean Price
IAMSU
Freddie Gibbs
Rapsody & 9th Wonder
YG
Jhene Aiko
Hit-Boy
Supernatural
Ratking
Bodega Bamz
Snow tha Product

SF

Kid Cudi
Wu-Tang Clan
Black Hippy (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock)
Girl Talk
E-40 & Too $hort
Common
Juicy J
Tech N9ne
Chase & Status
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Deltron 3030
Immortal Technique
Talib Kweli
Tyler the Creator
Pusha T
Chief Keef
Dom Kennedy
Lecrae
Curren$y
Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh
KRS-ONE
Rakim
Hopsin
Brother Ali
Dilated Peoples
Flatbush Zombies
Mimosa
Earl Sweatshirt
Big Krit
Danny Brown
Dizzy Wright
Prof
Riff Raff
Smoke DZA
Sean Price
IAMSU
Freddie Gibbs
Freeway
YG
Jhene Aiko
Hit-Boy
Supernatural
Ratking
Bodega Bamz
Snow tha Product

DC

Kid Cudi
Wu-Tang Clan
Black Hippy (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock)
J Cole
Girl Talk
Wale
Lecrae
Big Sean
A-Trak
Tyler the Creator
Common
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Juicy J
Tech N9ne
Chase & Status
Curren$y
Jurassic 5
Talib Kweli
Rakim
Immortal Technique
Dom Kennedy
Pusha T
Chief Keef
E-40 & Too $hort
KRS-ONE
Big Daddy Kane
Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh
Flatbush Zombies
Earl Sweatshirt
Action Bronson
Big Krit
Brother Ali
Mimosa
Dilated Peoples
Hopsin
Danny Brown
Dizzy Wright
Riff Raff
Freeway
Smoke DZA
Sean Price
Freddie Gibbs
Rapsody & 9th Wonder
Prof
Bodega Bamz
Hit-Boy
Supernatural
Jhene Aiko
Ratking
Snow tha Product

NY

Kid Cudi
Pretty Lights
Wu-Tang Clan
Black Hippy (featuring Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock)
J Cole
Girl Talk
Common
Jurassic 5
Wale
Chase & Status
Big Sean
Juicy J
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Tech N9ne
Immortal Technique
Tyler the Creator
Mimosa
Lecrae
Chief Keef
Curren$y
Action Bronson
KRS-ONE
Rakim
Pusha T
Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh
Flatbush Zombies
Earl Sweatshirt
Dom Kennedy
Hopsin
Sean Price
Big Krit
Danny Brown
Brother Ali
Dilated Peoples
Riff Raff
Prof
Smoke DZA
Freddie Gibbs
Freeway
Dizzy Wright
Bodega Bamz
Jhene Aiko
Hit-Boy
Ratking
Supernatural
Snow tha Product

You can see the official video they dropped to us below, and for more info check out the links at the bottom. And if you live within the vicinity of any of these cities, hit up RockTheBells.net for tickets.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q26kKJpx0vc[/youtube]

Also peep this commercial for the Rock the Bells festival:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyo3dnYC5hw[/youtube]

Websites:

• TeamBackpack website
• TeamBackpack on Facebook
• Team Backpack on Twitter
• Rock the Bells website
• Rock the Bells on Twitter