Off The Cuff

Episode 572: Adam Banks Talks about the following topics in this episode:1. Interview with Hybrid The Rapper 2. The Most Precious thing in the World to Adam Hybrid's Bio:I first started doing music in the mid to late 90’s in my hometown of Frankfort, Ky, mainly stealing other rappers B side instrumentals and rapping over them through a boombox and karaoke machine alongside of my crew of friends. Soon it developed into making my own beats and learning how to engineer/record. The longing to do so came from being such a diehard fan of Hip Hop in it’s golden era. I formed a rap group (Baement Upstairs) with several of my friends, rigged together a makeshift studio and started my own independent label (Dubtape Records) . From grassroots promoting, hosting and booking events & shows, cutting albums, collaborating with singers, producers, rappers and musicians, freestyling at parties, rap battles, creating music videos, learning equipment to starting more projects (Embercast, Juxtapoze) and dabbling in expe