Kool Keith, MF Doom, Mystik and others will appear on a new compilation The Mic Planet Sessions, being released by 7-year-old hip-hop trade, Insomniac Magazine. "I wanted to put together a release that featured many of independent hip-hop’s most gifted artists," publisher and executive producer Israel "Iz-Real" Vasquetelle said. Vasquetelle, who also drops verses on the compilation, also released the indie Drastic Jungle Project, which featured various emcee’s collaborating with Drum-N-Bass producers. Thirstin Howl III, Styles of Beyond, Royce the 5’9, Planet Asia, Rasco and Bahamadia are all featured on the compilation. For a limited time, the compilation will come with Mic Planet trading cards that will feature an artist from the release and their information. In related news, Kool Keith released Thee Undatakerz, using a new CD/DVD format known as CS2CD. Keith’s release is the first showcasing the format, that allows DVD playable video and slide shows to reside on CD albums and singles, "without interruption of traditional CD listening practices in CD players."
Kool Keith, MF
Doom, Mystik and others will appear on a new compilation The Mic Planet Sessions,
being released by 7-year-old hip-hop trade, Insomniac Magazine.
"I wanted
to put together a release that featured many of independent hip-hop’s most gifted
artists," publisher and executive producer Israel "Iz-Real" Vasquetelle
said.
Vasquetelle, who
also drops verses on the compilation, also released the indie Drastic Jungle
Project, which featured various emcee’s collaborating with Drum-N-Bass producers.
Thirstin Howl III,
Styles of Beyond, Royce the 5’9, Planet Asia, Rasco and Bahamadia are all featured
on the compilation.
For a limited time,
the compilation will come with Mic Planet trading cards that will feature an
artist from the release and their information.
In related news,
Kool Keith released Thee Undatakerz, using a new CD/DVD format known
as CS2CD.
Keith’s release
is the first showcasing the format, that allows DVD playable video and slide
shows to reside on CD albums and singles, "without interruption of traditional
CD listening practices in CD players."
