Cram Session Reflections

Cram Session Reflections: Spit Jones from Cram Session on Vimeo.

The 1st in a series of mini interviews featuring participants from this year's Cram Session. MC and producer, Spit Jones, sits down with us to talk about his experience at Cram Session over the years.

What is Cram Session

Cram Session is the brainchild of Antioch Alumni founder Unearth, along with Excal and Deadman Walking.  After what was supposed to be a 5 song EP written and recorded in a weekend.  Many local MCs from Boston, MA came through to the studio and dropped verses and compiled song ideas.  By the end of a weekend the end product was 16 tracks, an entire album's worth of material.  


Amazingly enough Cram Session has gone on to be one of the most unique events in Hip Hop.  7 years strong, christian MCs from all over the globe will meet at Antioch Alumni's home studio, write raps, laugh, eat, debate, with the end product being an album made available to the public.  Cram Session is even video streamed on the internet.  Participants are able to interact with fans who log on to spectate some of their favorite artist at work.  


The producers who consistently donate beats to the Cram Session, contribute greatly to the final product which has received favorable reviews for 6 consecutive years, much because of  the artists who lay down rhymes, but even more because of the beats.  


Although music is a large part of the Cram Session, what keeps people coming back and giving beats is the Spirit that permeates the atmosphere of Cram Session. The known and the unknown work together and are treated as equals.  Egos are left at the door and God is glorified.  What Antioch Alumni has created by God's grace is an environment where weaker MCs are encouraged and helped by more experienced artists.  Believers of different maturity levels and theological convicts can discuss their differences without tearing down each other.  


Cram Session is a microcosm of the Church living out the gospel through the context of music and in this case, Hip Hop.  Join us next year and see for yourself.


Previous Videos

Cram Session 7: Singles

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Check out the latest single from Boston, MA based MC and Cram Session verteran, Juma.  Sick track!

wpendleton:

Got to hang with the Lampmode squad today, great fellowship, and dope music!  Looking forward to tomorrow’s concert even more now!

pencreative:

Shouts to @theBREAX for bringing that real hip hop yo  Shouts to the homey Wade-O too!!

This is what it’s about right here. Super fresh!

After wrapping up up the 7th Cram Session April 2011, we took some time to ask a few questions of some of the participants about their experience. We’ve compiled these mini interviews into Cram Session “Reflections”, a video series where we will release each video along with some goodies leading up to Cram Session 7’s release later this Fall. Be on the lookout at http://thecram.net

Putting the finishing touches on the trailer for “Cram Session Reflections”.  We are going to be releasing short interviews with participants from this year’s Cram Session.  The idea is to give you, the listeners and those interested in doing the Cram a taste of what Cram Session is and what it means to people.  We have MCs who have been coming for 7 years to those who experienced their first Cram Session.  

Expect to see new videos on a regular basis at http://thecram.net as well as some additional goodies.

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The factory that made you…

I Hate Rendering in Final Cut

I am looking forward to working in Final Cut X badly.  Though I’ve been able to encode my video clips in a format that minimizes rendering, I not have to do a render after every change.  This is because of the Cram Session logo I’m using as a watermark.  I’m very new to video editing and now I remember why I never really got into it in the first place.  It’s time consuming! Hope you guys enjoy the videos.

  • Check out the latest single from Boston, MA based MC and Cram Session verteran, Juma. Sick track!
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Previous Crams

16 tracks (57:22)
  • Champion
    02:51
  • U kno this
    02:52
  • Want More
    03:04
  • Life
    03:49
  • under the stars
    03:36
  • Street Lights
    04:37
  • Ain't the Same
    04:15
  • Reality
    03:56
  • Clothes
    03:41
  • The One
    03:16
  • Floor
    02:53
  • heaven
    03:44
  • what i heard
    03:38
  • dance
    03:14
  • pray4me
    03:43
  • Hypocrite
    04:06
2 tracks (07:44)
  • I'm Here Too
    03:52
  • I'm Here Too (Instrumental)
    03:51
13 tracks (47:03)
  • About To Blow - DeadmanWalking, Spit, Finale, NomiS
    04:36
  • Shine - Tia Stewart, Dibri, Mirko
    03:45
  • The Rain - Fire, Gideon, Mirko
    04:35
  • Take It Easy - Sev Statik, Gideon
    02:50
  • Tell Me - Finale, Tia Stewart, NomiS, Sev Statik
    04:07
  • Hood Muscle - DeadmanWalking, NomiS, Ex-Cal the MC
    03:37
  • Lord Lord - Finale, Spit, Mirko
    03:49
  • Lion of Judah - Ex-Cal, Sev Statik, Gideon
    03:20
  • Out of My Face - Spit, Ex-Cal, Tia, Mirko
    02:40
  • Come On - Tia Stewart, DeadmanWalking, Dibri
    03:39
  • To the Surface - NomiS, Dibri, Spit
    03:09
  • The Victor - Jasper Brown, Gideon Valor
    01:56
  • Cypher - Dibri, Deadman, Sev Statik, Jasper, Gideon, Mirko, Spit, Ex-Cal, NomiS, Tia, Finale
    04:54
9 tracks (21:31)
  • Whole
    02:16
  • Dreamer
    01:55
  • Hacked
    02:28
  • Hurt
    02:26
  • Option
    02:56
  • Last One
    02:01
  • C.L.u
    02:04
  • Is It Tron
    02:48
  • Outland Ride
    02:33
  • blind facts
    02:50
  • Spotlight
    03:19
  • bobby
    02:51
  • Come Back
    03:59
  • Co-pilot
    04:34
  • Going Thru
    03:53
  • Fishes and Loaves
    02:59
  • Break Me Down
    03:36
  • Get Busy
    04:03
  • Got Me
    04:22
  • Gotta B'More
    02:50
  • He Knew You
    03:21
  • Love Lost
    03:24
  • MLK
    04:38
  • My Story
    04:29
  • On My Way
    02:58
  • Salute
    03:28
  • Take it to Heart
    04:00
  • The Defense
    03:15
  • The Time Is Now
    03:35
  • We Can Make It
    03:34
  • Whatcha Know
    03:46
  • You
    03:54
  • Your World
    03:19
15 tracks (51:57)
  • Pale Rider
    02:14
  • The Hunger
    03:24
  • When You Least Expect It
    03:13
  • Price is Right
    03:49
  • What You Need
    04:17
  • Fawlyn
    02:36
  • Alarm
    03:43
  • The Process
    03:26
  • Four Warriors
    02:23
  • What's Going Down
    03:20
  • Save Me
    04:06
  • Time Will Kill
    03:27
  • Just Know
    03:06
  • Who You
    04:59
  • Serious
    03:47
11 tracks (38:29)
  • Ronin Come Back
    03:49
  • Mommie
    04:09
  • ICU
    02:53
  • No Rest
    03:17
  • Work it Out
    03:59
  • Rain
    02:54
  • We Got Christ
    03:57
  • Chelly
    04:20
  • Not Free
    03:35
  • LLL
    03:04
  • Don't Need Fans
    02:29
  • Don't Worry
    03:09
  • For The Stripes
    03:11
  • Cyfa
    03:30
  • Leave It Alone
    03:58
  • Pocket Change
    02:00
  • Rebuild Restore
    04:30
  • Sunrise
    03:38
  • Take Me Back
    03:09
  • Tears
    03:38
  • The Race
    04:14
  • The Reaping
    04:38
  • Weary
    03:53
  • Will You Be Ready
    04:10
  • Hold On
    03:58
  • Introduction
    01:13
  • Back 2 Basics
    02:42
  • Alter Natives
    03:32
  • No Compromise
    03:31
  • Keep the Faith
    03:05
  • Bounce
    03:33
  • Return to Sender
    04:02
  • It Ain't a Game
    04:06
  • Back UP
    04:01
  • Melee
    03:16
  • Act I
    03:36
  • Let Em Know
    03:40
  • Fallen
    03:08
  • Random
    03:10
  • Speaking Blind
    03:42
  • Who Woulda Thought
    05:06
  • Ezekiel 26:12-13
    00:44
  • Pay Up
    02:56
  • Life or Death
    03:14
  • We Roll
    03:48
  • Uh-Oh
    02:44
  • Story Time
    02:22
  • Ephesians 5:11-14
    00:34
  • Fakes
    03:29
  • 66 Bars
    03:10
  • Countdown
    03:26
  • Make Your Move
    04:19
  • Deadman Walking
    03:06
  • When It Rains
    03:32
  • No More Games
    06:04
  • So Tired
    03:14
  • Ephesians 5:15-21
    01:50
12 tracks (27:06)
  • Orientation
    00:23
  • Hold On
    02:27
  • Rep Dat
    01:56
  • Glory feat Ebonie DeRosa
    02:38
  • Slums
    02:56
  • Definition II
    00:14
  • Believe feat Manny
    03:37
  • Rolling wit You
    03:54
  • Repent Ye feat Dirt P.O.O.R
    03:06
  • Pressure
    04:02
  • His Love
    01:25
  • Definition III
    00:23

Cram Session is a microcosm of the Church living out the gospel through the context of music and in this case, Hip Hop.  Join us next year and see for yourself.

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