I wanted to try the round robin format for a rap show. I put together the All Rap Round Robin with Mickey Free, Jones, AK Slaughter, PT Burnem, The Plural MC, Rasul The Nobody and me. It went off like a dream. I think the concept works better for rap than for any other style.
We did a show like this every summer for the next five years. These shows made our branch of the Baltimore scene feel a little more like a community. It became an institution within our world, where people want to make sure they have their new songs ready to go by the time the next rap round robin rolls around.