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and is also part of the San Francisco-Bay Area music collective, the Honor Roll Crew.

Biography

Trackademicks was born in

, to a Filipino American father and African American mother. He began playing the saxophone in fourth grade and continued throughout high school. During high school, he joined Youth Radio where he met the founding members of the Honor Roll. Trackademicks began making music while attending the

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. After graduating, he began to work with Mistah F.A.B., whom he produced six songs for on the rapper's sophomore release, ''Son Of A Pimp'', released in May 2005. In 2006 he produced an unofficial remix of "

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, garnering widespread popularity. In 2009 Trackademicks was featured in the song "Gary is a Robot" featuring Amp Live & Mr. Micro. The video was shot and released in the same year. Trackademicks has collaborated with many other artists including

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of Little Brother and grammy nominated

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. He has also done remixes for notable artists such as

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, and The Editors.

Discography

* The eixtape (2005) * The Spring Progress Report (2006) * The eixtape Vol. 2 (2007) * "Enjoy What You Do"/ b/w "Topsidin'" (12" Single, 2009) * The eixtape Vol. 3 (2010) * State Of The Arts (2011) * Fresh Coastin' (2011) * Cherry 2000 (2011) * Breeze Mobbin' (2012) * Secret of My Success (2014) * HNRL presents 'The Champagne Room' (2014) * 7th Heaven (2015) * The eixtape Vol. 4 (2016)

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080424155027/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/31144-tell-me-when-to-go-trackademicks-remix-ft-keak-da-sneak * http://www.alamedamagazine.com/media/Alameda-Magazine/March-April-2008/Around-Town/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20080706171844/http://xlr8r.com/features/2006/07/trackademicks * http://www.sfweekly.com/2007-02-07/music/producer-remixer-mc/

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