IPR and Rhymesayers Collaborate for Class On Hip Hop

Thursday, December 14, 2006


IPR and Rhymesayers Collaborate for Class On Hip Hop

For what may be the first of its kind, IPR (Institute of Production and Recording) College, located in downtown Minneapolis, approached Rhyme Sayers Entertainment a little over a year ago to coordinate a program for their students. After months of discussions, schedule juggling, and planning, finally the official class "Hip Hop Essentials" was born. The first day of class was 10-9-06 and the final day is this Friday, 12-15-06.

"Hip Hop Essentials", a class offered exclusively at IPR, teaches students in detail about the many facets of Hip Hop culture including History, Business, and Studio Work. Throughout this 10-week process students learned about these topics directly from the R.S.E Staff and Artists. Kevin Beacham formatted the lesson plans and taught History. The business sections were taught by Siddiq The CEO, J Bird, and Skye Rossi. Students were able to learn about the fine points of being an artist and working in the studio by Brother Ali (MCing lecture), Ant (made a beat live in class), Slug (recorded vocals to Ant's track in class), Joe Mabbot (engineered the Atmosphere track in class), I Self Devine (Live Performance lecture), Plain Ole Bill (DJ showcase), P.O.S & Felipe Chuatli of Los Nativos (helped students fine tune their final projects).

For their final grade, the 8 students were split into two groups to each produce and record one track. Each group was also responsible for creating a budget as well as developing a marketing and business plan for the completed songs. Finally they needed to book a venue w/opener and headliner to do a performance in order to showcase their completed work for the Hip Hop Community of Minneapols!

It was a great experience and all the students worked hard and did a great job!
Now the moment of truth is here. It's time for everyone out to come out and see the results*:

IPR and Ciphersession presents Essential/Existence
Dinkytowner: 412 1/2 14th ave SE Minneapolis, MN 55414

Performances:
Sandman and the Band
Out of Bounds feat: Existence [student group]
jGreen feat: Essentials [student group]
Omaur Bliss

DJ Blaze One

Host By: Mazta I

Date: Thursday, December 14
Door: 9PM
Ages: 18+
Price:$5
For more information contact: essentialexistance@yahoo.com

Myspace.com/Essential-Existence

*To all the Hip Hop Police out there: By no means am I (or Rhymesayers) trying to suggest that 10 weeks of school can make someone into a valid Hip Hop artist. Obviously they have to come into it with a certain amount of talent and potential. The class is a means of providing individuals with the tools to fine tune their pre-existing skills. Do they have the skills? Come and see! :)

for more information on the IPR Hip Hop Class hit me up: Kevin@rhymesayers.com