[LAU] Call for Hip Hop tracks

[Ken Restivo]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 03:13:09PM +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> Ken Restivo wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 01:54:52PM +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> In the course of going through the tracks for my mix of the best of 2008 
>>> I have seperated out several types/genres of music.
>>>
>>> The one that is almost completely missing is real Hiphop. I'm definitely 
>>> including the Audiobraille session with RadioActive but there are no 
>>> productions that I can find.
>>>
>>> Is there no one who has released a Hiphop track this year?
>>>     
>>
>> The user "CharlieHipHop" (is he on this list?) has many releases on the http://lam.fugal.net site, which were apparently all made with Linux. I recall hearing some other hiphop-styled tracks on lam.fugal.net too.
>>
>>   
> I did download his tracks from this year but the only one that stuck was 
> "money".
>
> If there are more that I don't know about then please let me know.
>
> Also I'm surprised Ringhiems Auto hasn't given me a buzz. I did look on the 
> site but everything seemed to be a couple of years old.
>
> This mix is only tracks that have been released or worked on this year so I 
> can't include the older stuff even if it is good enough.
>
>
> - It's kind of funny that you are featured in a lot of the tracks that made

Sorry about that. I'd be glad to pass the mic, to anyone, anytime.

> the cut. I don't have a problem with that because there are many different 
> flavas represented. I think you definitely get the award for most active 
> producer...


Thanks. I'm a workaholic, I have lax quality control, and I have deeply embraced the Free Software maxim: "Release early, release often". Also, I've learned that relentless self-promotion is the key to success.

Big ups to you for actually listening to all that stuff! I'm amazed and honored.

If you find yourself tapping your foot in 10/4 or 15/8, now you'll know why. Please accept my apologies.

-ken