That's A Rap

CS Gang's Musical Debut

The computer science UIL team is known state-wide fortheir academic accolades, but outside of their competitions,the team partakes in an unlikely hobby. Outside of the compsciroom, senior Sam Armstrong spends his time writing lyricsand orchestrating songs for the compsci team to record andproduce.

The team released their first track, “Hole In One,” onSoundCloud under the name “CS Gang.”

“We nailed the track in about 20 minutes; we put our heartand soul in that, integrating a blend of pop and nerd,” juniorCS Gang member Aayush Gupta said.

The computer science UIL field is highly competitive, andthe team has several rivals within the Houston area who were“called out” in their songs.

“We made our first song because [Armstrong] walked in andtold us that we’re dropping a diss track on the Seven LakesHigh School computer science team, and we all kinda justwent with it,” junior CS Gang member Tristan Wiesepape said.

As for other comp sci teams, making music is not on theagenda.

“Most teams don’t make music because honestly it’s a lot of work, and if you’ve heard our music, you’ll be glad more compsci teams don’t make music,” Armstrong said.

Although recording music is merely a hobby for the team, italso suffices as a team bonding activity.

“We spent about two weeks randomly writing down linesfollowed by a two-hour recording session in the Comp Sciroom with a karaoke microphone. Then I spent about 30minutes lining up the beat. Our first song was a diss track onSeven Lakes High School, and if we make more songs, they will probably be computer science related,” Armstrong said.

Tristian Wiesepape (11) reading off the lyrics to the CS Gang’s song.

Tristian Wiesepape (11), Rahul Shanmugham (11), Sam Armstrong (12), Aaysuh Gupta (11) and Anand Iyer (12) holding up Ashay Swadi (10).