Bay Area Freshmen 10 Cypher: akaFrank, Kool John & Smoovie Baby (prod. DJ Fresh)

#BayAreaFreshmen10 #BackToSchool Week 2012 has started! To kick things off, here's the first cypher, featuring akaFrank, Kool John and Smoovie Baby, produced by the one and only DJ Fresh! Shot by Left Lane at Different Fur Studios and edited by yours truly!

Check back every day this week for brand new exclusive Bay Area Freshmen 10 content! Cyphers, interviews, and even an official Class of 2012 mixtape! And don't miss the 2nd Bay Area Freshmen 10 collab session, next Wednesday August 15th! We'll be live streaming again...

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The Bay Area Freshmen 10 Class Of 2012 Orientation Concert (Video)

Peep the footage from the official Bay Area Freshmen 10 Class of 2012 Orientation Concert / Meet & Greet at Brick & Mortar! Stay tuned for exclusive cyphers, interviews, music, mixtapes and more from this year's Bay Area Freshmen 10 Class, coming reallllllllll soon...

Shot by Israel Ramos, presented by Thizzler On The Roof & Run Amuk Productions.

akaFrank interviewed by GK Ent (Video)

GK kicks it with AKA Frank to ask him how he got started in music, as well as his feeling about becoming a solo artist. AKA Frank talks about his future projects and much more!

Roy Ry ft. AkaFrank & J-Roc - L

New slap from Roy Ry with Frank and J-Roc.

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Roy Ry ft. AkaFrank & J-Roc - L

The Official Bay Area Freshmen 10 Class of 2012

Here is the Bay Area Freshmen 10 Class of 2012, as nominated by the people and voted in by a panel of over 50 influential Bay Area tastemakers (list below), in no particular order:

Kool John / @K00lJ0hn / (Thizzler Search)
Richmond

A-1 / @AdamRaps / (Thizzler Search)
San Francisco

Shady Blaze / @ShadyBlaze / (Thizzler Search)
Oakland

HBK Skipper / @HBKSkipper / (Thizzler Search)
Richmond

HD (of Bearfaced) / @HDofBearfaced / (Thizzler Search)
Oakland

Priceless Da Roc / @PricelessDaRoc / (Thizzler Search)
San Francisco

AkaFrank / @aka1Frank / (Thizzler Search)
Richmond

G-Mo Skee / @g_mo_skee / (Thizzler Search)
Richmond

Smoovie Baby / @SmoovieBaby / (Thizzler Search)
Fairfield 

Hopie / @HopieSpitshard / (Thizzler Search)
San Francisco

Thank you to all the fans who nominated their picks in this year's Bay Area Freshmen 10 and a big thank you to the tastemaker panel, including:

Saaed Crumpler, Big Rich, DNas, Brandon Younger, David Ali, Damon Jamal, Mario Flores, Will Bronson, Karim Panni, Gary Archer, M1 Promo, PK, Tim House, Stretch, Rel & Aries of Distortion2Static, Billy Jam, Lawrence Le Blanc, Al Jieh, Rick Dz, DJ Asap, DJ Slowpoke, DJ Jack, DJ Tap10, Matthew Africa, DJ Mark7, Casual of Hieroglyphics, Equipto, White Mic, TheBasedUpdate.com, GSlaps.com, SouthernHospitality.co.uk, Perfection Is Perfected, 38th Notes, David Drake, Willy Staley, DJ Cos The Kid, and the Bay Area Area Freshmen 10 Classes of 2010 and 2011!

Kool John ft. ST Spittin, HBK Skipper, Roc Boy & Smoovie Baby - Came Up (prod. AkaFrank) (Exclusive)

The shmopboys came up! New exclusive CFOPA slapper from Kool John, ST Spittin, HBK Skipper, Roc Boy and Smoovie Baby, produced by akaFrank!

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Kool John ft. ST Spittin, HBK Skipper, Roc Boy & Smoovie Baby - Came Up (prod. AkaFrank)