Youth Radio Producers Recreate Kanye West’s Single Live

Youth Radio Producers Recreate Kanye West’s Single Live
Live rework of Kanye West single caps second Youth Radio Music Producer Showcase
Oakland, CA – Youth Radio’s second Music Producer Showcase was held on Friday August 17, 2007 in the Youth Radio Mind Body Health Center in downtown Oakland. The show case featured Youth Radio peer teachers Quinn 2.0, BeatStreets, Su and Doc Sauce. They were joined by special guests Sam Trackz, 1 O.A.K and Soleil. The evening also showcased the work of Youth Radio poets, one of whom was Ayesha Walker, and emcees, Yung June and DaChao.
Producers played their original instrumentals, as well remixes of rapper TI’s “Big Thangs Poppin (Do It)” and their interpretations of the Bob James classic “Nautilus”. The evening concluded with the producers breaking into a live jam session where they reworked UGK’s “International Player’s Anthem” and Kanye West’s “Stronger” among other songs.
Check out the producers live re-creation of Kanye West’s “Stronger”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsExN1nSowg
About Youth Radio
Youth Radio is a multimedia youth organization based in Oakland, California. Youth Radio teaches young people between the ages of 14 and 24 radio broadcasting, audio production, graphic design and video production. The voices of Youth Radio reporters can be heard locally, nationally and internationally on radio, Internet, and through print media. Youth Radio reports and commentaries can be heard on outlets such as National Public Radio, Public Radio International and iTunes to name a few. In addition to Youth Radio’s Oakland headquarters, the organization has bureaus in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington, DC.
For more information about Youth Radio please visit www.youthradio.org.