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"We Mobin'": Mics, Plus Beats, Minus Walls

From: Aaron Henkin
Length: 00:13:39

If music is made on the street, why record it in a booth? Read the full description.
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Piece Description

"We're out there whether or not it's 30 degrees. As long as it's not raining, we're recording. It doesn't stop." -LJ Gray, founder of Yo Trakz! Mobile Recording Studio This is a story about a couple of guys, a mic, a laptop, a souped-up truck, and a vision for changing the future of hip hop recording. Yo Trakz Mobile Recording Studio producer LJ Gray and his front-man, Hot Spitta, take their operation to street corners around Baltimore city to capture hip hop music at its roots. When they set up shop on a corner, they turn the scene into an impropmtu step-up rap session where locals are invited to show what they can do... and it's all recorded in real-time.

Broadcast History

This piece aired originally on "The Signal," a weekly cultural magazine show at WYPR in Baltimore.

Related Website

www.myspace.com/ytstudio