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 It's been nearly 10 years since this place was active at it's peak.  But the world changed and we changed with it.  This blog could never again be what it once was.  The internet has forever changed.  It has become a much darker place.  I am happy to see familiar handles from the past showing up in the chat box every once in a while.  The fact that anyone still remembers this place is amazing.  It's nice to know that we built something here that became so beloved by many and still brings you back if only for curiousity to know what we are up to.  I can only apologize for not having content to share with this audience anymore.  We pushed around some ideas for some time and not much ever materialized.  Just doing a web search for HQ Hip Hop, it is clear to see we have copycats and others trying to build their own thing off what we built.  And that's okay, I wish anyone and everyone the best of luck in their endeavors.  The decision to shut it down did not come easy but it had to be done.

Only a couple of us stuck around to see the slow demise and death of this once extremely active blog.  It's hard to let go of something that was so special and we all knew it was special.  We had so many visitors, everyone linked to us to connect with the best, and other bloggers left their own blogs to join ours.  We had Los Angeles radio DJ's frequenting our site.  We had a virtually unknown rapper who had literally only sold 45 copies of his own record, and he came to visit our site.  He was asking us to take something of his down (understandable) and yet, he does not realize that we made him famous all over the world after that.  And remember the Russians?  They took everything from us and claimed it as their own, even though it was blatantly obvious they took from us (maybe someday I will share the proof with you).

Anyhow, it's late on a Sunday evening, the record I was listening to just ended and I am tired.  I'll try to find something good to share with you soon.

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