As I sip my Red Stripe and revel in the fact that RTD is in its fifth year right now, I wanted to highlight two blogs that do the damn thing and are also celebrating thangs. Rizoh sent over word that TheRapUp.net just turned 6 years young TODAY! While I'd not known Rizoh back then, his site was one of the first that I latched onto when I started following these Hip-Hop blogs, trying to figure out where new media was taking this thing. The site's morphed over the years, but Rizoh's blend of humor and facts, as well as skrong-ass opinions, has helped TRU flourish. The TRU Brain Trust helps, as well, with a number of talented writers helping support the site's original vision and it's growth.A younger site, YNotMyDream.net, celebrated it's two-year anniversary the other day, and I wanted to give Ant some props. I remember when his blogspot.com address got ganked; I was at an ill Nets basketball game, tweeting during the boring parts, and kept my eye on dude's site. We share the same taste(s) in Hip-Hop, and we're even helping present RayDawn's Controlled Chaos 2 mixtape on the 29th. Anyways - it's always great to big up sites that are doing the damn thing regardless of what the next nigga is doing, so Salute! And if you want to help celebrate, YNMD and Blue Note collab'd for a limited-edition (count: 48) t-shirt that you can cop NOW!
Po it up and get your celebration ON!
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