As some of you might know for about a year and a half I maintained a Hip Hop news blog, over at SitDownStandUp.com, which originated from my contributions on BrooklynVegan.com. My love for Hip Hop is not dead. However, life has taken me in different directions professionally and lead me to effectively retire from Hip Hop blogging about 9 months ago. Just now I got around to putting up a retirement post. I had a lot of good times on SDSU and many thanks go out to all the readers and fellow bloggers in Hip Hop for linking and building with me, including Rafi, Eskay, DP, Metal Lungies crew, Henry, ItsTheReal, Enigmatik, FDB, Ian, L Boogie and everyone else. Also many thanks to all the mainstream publications that linked and drove traffic including Entertainment Weekly, VH1, MTV, Rolling Stone, USA Today, New York Magazine, Vibe (RIP), XXL, Blender (RIP), CMJ, Sirius Radio, NME, Harp (RIP), Paste (RIP), Spin, Gothamist and countless others.
SitDownStandUp Highlights
- Nas Gets Audience Member On Stage @ Roseland Ballroom (Video)
- Rock The Bells 2007 (Photos)
- Ludacris/Jadakiss/Fabolous/etc. @ Roseland Ballroom (Photos)
- Clipse Live @ Columbia University
And my favorite: In The Studio with Redman:
Interviewing Redman: