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Snap – Snappage Volume I Mixtape

Snap Snappage Volume I “Mixtape”

“Bottom Line”

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“There Can Only Be One”

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“Save One For Me”

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This is how you rap good.

The first time I ever heard Snap rhyme, was around 1999 or 2000. DJ Cipher, one of the main conduits of the Houston Hip Hop scene, would hold weekly ’sessions’ at the Beat Farm in 3rd Ward on Sundays. The crew would show up at Cipher’s home/studio and talk music, argue music, record music, play Tekken on Playstation and just hang out ’til late in the afternoon listening to breaks and samples. At the Beat Farm is where I met most of the artists featured on this site since its inception.

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