One Year Bitches
Posted: 05 Oct 2009 07:30 AM PDT
So we've been building this blog for a year now. Our first post was on 9/30/08. At the time, we figured we would mostly cover the material people were posting in our forums. We soon realized that we had diverse content to share by the truckloads, and we expanded into exclusive interviews, homegrown remixes, analytical essays, guest blogging spots, and more. As we grew in popularity, we attracted praise and denunciation from every walk of online hip hop life. Folks as far away as Indonesia praised us for dropping gems they would have otherwise never heard and for contributing greater insight than the average upload blog. Meanwhile, some people felt we didn't give enough credit where it was due or simply that we were funk faking human shade trees. No matter your opinion, we definitely garnered your attention: in only one year, 1,000+ heads subscribe to our RSS feed and many more follow us through other means. To celebrate a year in the game, we have compiled our most noteworthy links and organized them by category. We urge you to give old posts a new chance. If you're a vinyl fiend who never found a Now Born Click b-side demo he didn't like, check out one of the sample compilations for a change. If you're a technical production head who dreams about MPC pads, read one of the lyric analyses. There's room for it all as we mingle at the ball. And there's more in store. Reply to the thread to offer congrats, or hate on us if you're so inclined. Constructive criticism and requests for something different in the future are also welcome. Whatever you do, just stay tuned... Creme De La Creme Sounds Like The 90s Philaflava.com's 100 Greatest Obscure Tracks Fifty Remixes You Need To Hear (1-50) Touring The States Every One Leg Up Release Ego Trip Singles ('79-88) Easy Mo Bee Career Retrospective Eric B "Eric B" The Fondle 'Em Collection L.O.N.S. And The Crisis Of Time, Part 1 20 Hip Hop Songs You Must Listen To Before Voting Every Schenectadyfan Compilation All The Ras Kass Singles That Really Matter Analysis & Commentary Ghostface Killah "The Sun" Juggaknots "Generally" Black Sheep "Still In The Ghetto" The Legion "New Niggas" RZA "Sunshower" Das Efx "Hard Like A Criminal" GP Wu "Black On Black Crime" An Infamous Genealogy, Pt. 1 Figure Eight: Slavery Ultramagnetic MCs and Inexplicable Mobility The Most Prominent Member Out The Group (Pause) Security Blanket Various Videos Non Album Tracks Artifacts Spotlight Ras Kass - Non-Album Tracks (1994-1996) Chino XL Spotlight Diamond D - Non-Album Tracks Black Sheep - Non-Album Tracks K-Solo Non-Album Tracks J-Live - Non-Album Tracks (1995-2002) Leaders Of The New School - Non-Album Tracks Big Daddy Kane - Non-Album Tracks (1986-1990) Krs-One - Non-Album Tracks (1986-1997) JVC Force Non-Album Tracks Bush Babees - Non-Album Tracks De La Soul - The Instrumentals (1988-1998) Interviews Philaflava Exlusive Prodigy Interview Philaflava Exclusive Guru Interview The Henry Chalfant Interview Part. 1 The Henry Chalfant Interview Part 2 Compilations Thirty & Good Vol 1 (90s R&B) Valentine's Stimulus (90s R&B) T.R.O.Y. Presents: The Moaning Valentine's Weekend "Funk Drops" Compilation Jingle Jangle: Rock The Sleigh Bells History of Hip-Hop: 90's Dancehall/Raggamuffin Meets Hip Hop Big L - The Best of The Rest Guest Bloggers T.R.O.Y. Guest Blogger w/9th Wonder T.R.O.Y. Guest Blogger w/Jean Grae T.R.O.Y. Guest Blogger w/ Chip Fu T.R.O.Y. Guest Blogger w/Tame One T.R.O.Y. Guest Blogger w/ AJ Woodson (JVC Force) T.R.O.Y. Guest Blogger w/B-Real T.R.O.Y. Guest Blogger w/Superstar Quamallah The Top 10 Tracks I've Produced by LG Kurious Jorge's Top 10 Posse Cuts Diamonds In The Rough The Diggaman (Lord Digga Discography) In Search Of A Complete Prince Paul Discography Omar Epps' Wolfpack Ca$h Money Click PHD (Poet & Hot Day) Big Kwam This ol' clan from Now Born got shit locked... Paul C. Lives Producer Highlight - Mel Man Rakim "The Cellar" EP Samples That Backwards Sample Sample Compilation 3 Les McCann - Samples Volume 1 A Tribute To Freddie Hubbard Quincy Jones "Summer In The City" Samples The Meters (Vol. 1-3) Who Flipped It Better? Company Flow, Parallax, Lord Digga?