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Inspiration: The Heart & The Hunger (Playlist)

wesleyverhoeve — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:43:23 +0000

About a year ago I made a mixtape for Mike of Wakey!Wakey! called “The Heart & The Hunger”. It’s based on a larger 82 song Hip Hop playlist in my iTunes that serves as my main motivational music tool when I really want to focus on getting stuff done and working towards my goals. I play it all the time. I thought I’d share it here. I could’ve easily put on more stuff (many Wu songs, Ultramagnetics, etc.), and it’s heavy on mid/late 90′s through 00′s NYC rap, but it does the job well. What songs are definitely on your motivational playlist? Check out an iTunes screencap of my playlist below the cut (click on “read more”).

Misc: Google Ads Disses Rapper Twista

wesleyverhoeve — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:32:05 +0000

Eskay just posted a video of Twista’s entry for Loud’s Favorites. Google Ads chose an interesting ad to feature over this video. No shots though…right Sergei and Larry?

BYOBBBQ Wrap Up

wesleyverhoeve — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:18:56 +0000

Wow, two Hip Hop related posts in a row, what is this? SitDownStandUp.com? This weekend Reggie and Dallas put on the already legendary Bring Your Own Blog BBQ in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Urkelbot took a bunch of footage, see below, and check out the recap and photos over Daily-Math.com.

SitDownStandUp.com Retires

wesleyverhoeve — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:09:29 +0000

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

And my favorite: In The Studio with Redman:

Interviewing Redman:

Organized Noize

wesleyverhoeve — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:14:55 +0000

The folks over at Metal Lungies put together a great article on the exceptional Organized Noize production team, of Outkast/Goodie Mob/TLC fame. They asked myself and a few other people for our opinion on their discography. I picked my 5 favorite songs of theirs to speak on. The other guys all picked really great songs and provided interesting insights. Check it out here. Good read. *late pass* I somehow hadn’t seen it was published a few weeks ago.

Cassette Tapes

wesleyverhoeve — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:37:14 +0000

Joell Ortiz‘s latest project has some great throwback art. The real hip hop fans out there will salivate over this.

Destruction

wesleyverhoeve — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:42:08 +0000

Cory obliterates this beat. Finally a child of an artist that’s actually better than their parent.

I love Vimeo and I want an MPC

wesleyverhoeve — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:40:27 +0000

Exile – Funky Worm Chop from FWMJ on Vimeo. Via Eskay.

Betcha Didn’t Know I Was In The Top 50 Hip Hop Heads To Follow On Twitter

wesleyverhoeve — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:22:55 +0000

The venerable Mr. Rizoh of The Rap Up was kind enough to list me in his write up on the Top 50 Hip Hop Heads To Follow On Twitter. Some of us banded together and managed to get Dallas Penn switched to the number 1 spot (in this list where order wasn’t really indicating greatness, but still). Check out the list here. Props to Rizoh. For those interested, my twitter can be followed here.

I had to jack this image from Rizoh’s original article. Too good to not share.