This has been the first post from Network29 Mixtape in a few years. The drought is over as there is new hip hop material on the horizon from The Grimm_Factor of Style And Heat. The Grimm_Factor's next projects are two small but potent mixtapes.
These new mixtape releases were inspired by and developed from The Grimm_Factor's recent attendance at Team Backpack's Mission Underground 2016 Live Audition Competition and Music Festival event held in Brooklyn, NY from June 16-18th. The Grimm_Factor performed a quick 16 bar verse on the 2nd day of Auditions in Group B-3. These live auditions were an invitation only affair given to 500 aspiring hip hop artists/purists who were chosen out of over 2,500 online entrants. Each artist that performed a quick 16 bar verse (some actually went over that mark, wayyy over), was carefully screened by a panel of judges during and after the live auditions were over. Hip Hop veteran, and member of the Eminem branded Rap Supergroup Slaughterhouse, Joel Ortiz was among the Hip Hop elites judging the talent in the auditions. The judges made tough decisions in order to narrow down the competition to the Top 12 artists who were then pitted in a one on one showdown style competition to see who would be in the Top 3. Nearly all of the hip hop beats were designed by a select team of music producers and beat makers within the Team Backpack camp.
Those who made it to the Top 3 were given a "victory lap" on the mic where they would perform a solo verse for the amount of length of their choosing as well as being offered a deal to perform in future rap cyphers held by Team Backpack during different dates at other venues. All in all it was a great event for the hip hop community as a whole and one of the shining accomplishments of The Grimm_Factor's career to date.
