Sat 7 Mar 2009
Miss Info Exclusive: RapRadar Sneak Peek
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My old pal Elliott Wilson has been quietly (ok, not really, lol) working on his new site, which will feature cool stuff from around the rap internets as well as its own original content…with added context that old heads like him and yours truly provide. Recently me and El caught up over chicken paillard and overpriced ground beef, and had fun sitting back looking at the way the game has changed…..but enough about us, here’s a sneak peek at Monday’s RapRadar launch….
I like the clean non-f–kery layout and I’m looking forward to working with Double R in a mutually beneficial way, right El** ; )
**(“…my seeds marry his seeds, thats how we keep this rap-journo money all up in the family“)
Feels like when I used to read all the liner notes for like a Wu album, and analyze who all the people were getting props : ) Peep the side blogroll.
(thank you to El and Tracy N….two of the few ppl I’d pay for airport lounge access for : )
More sneak peeks after the jump as well as El’s description of RR’s sections….
El says:
Each post will be categorized by one of the sections above. They are:
Q&A (Rap Radar Exclusive Interviews)
Focus (Rap Radar Exclusives Video, Other Video)
Music (Album Reviews, Single Reviews, Random Tracks, Mixtapes, Breaks)
True Story (News)
Gossip (Rumors)
Party Life (Paparazzi, Live Show)
R&B (Soul)
Newsstand Stan (Content from magazines)
Clutch (Occasional Sports coverage)
Guest List (Outside Contributors)
On left is:
Top 5 Posts (I control order of what I feel are biggest stories of the day)
YN’s Blackout (Section where I go off on someone or something that’s
bothering me)
You Played Yourself (Epic Fail of the moment)
Video of the day (Highlighted clip of the moment)
Stay Connected (mailing list)
YN on Twitter
On right is:
Top 5 Songs (Rap Radar’s picks.)
Blog Roll (Extended salute to fellow comrades. As long as you link to
me, we’re down. If not you get booted.)”
March 7th, 2009 at 1:06 am
This site is clean as hell. Looks like it differentiates itself from other news/hip hop sites. Pretty Tough. THe content has to match the functionality though, so I hope to check that out on the 9th
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March 7th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Can’t wait.
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March 7th, 2009 at 1:20 am
Just another blog site…
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March 7th, 2009 at 1:24 am
layout is dope
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March 7th, 2009 at 1:53 am
Seems like a pretty cool design. I think it feels pro and viable. Does this just jump in line behind all the hip hop sites already out there tho?
Rap radar as a name is not moving me, but it looks like some good thought is put into a news site. kind of tired of the gossip and “news” on the other sites I used to always checkout.
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March 7th, 2009 at 2:14 am
Man from just being around that Rap Radar family I can tell you this is just a start and YN and my new fam are going to the damn belt
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missinfo Reply:
March 8th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
what does that mean?
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March 7th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Good luck Elliot!
Im looking forward to checking out the site.
I’m digging the clean design.
But how are you going to monetize?
Ad impression $ seems to be drying up
I guess content is king though and Im sure you are going to have some dope stuff.
Peace,
Future Reader Doo Doo
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March 7th, 2009 at 2:37 am
sweet. I missed the YN break-days
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March 7th, 2009 at 2:56 am
The teacher becomes the student, and then the teacher again. Welcome RR and El – this will def restore the balance between blogger and actual ‘journo’s’.
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March 7th, 2009 at 3:35 am
ThatCrack.com is allowed to advertise on RapRadar? A crack pipe logo site? I was hoping Elliot was going to keep his site’s class to a higher standard…
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March 7th, 2009 at 4:04 am
YN is the publishing OG. Man loves the culture, this will be great for him and the site.
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March 7th, 2009 at 4:14 am
Can’t wait
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March 7th, 2009 at 5:59 am
Looks good. I like this dude.
I lol’d when he put all that effort into the 24 blogs in 24 hours and then they booted him.
And the bit where the editor talks shit hasn’t been the same since YN left.
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March 7th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Nice, ANOTHER “hip hop” blog…just what we needed.
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March 7th, 2009 at 10:38 am
youtube.com/watch?v=LusGLrIoZ2o&eurl=
Hot-97 Angie Martinez Itws Capone-N-Noreaga
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March 7th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Looks good, we all know there are lots of similar sites out there but content and attitude will separate the strong from the weak. El has something valuable to contribute to this landscape and that’s a good reputation for being bout the music n culture. This is enough to get me there. Content and attitude will keep me there. I’m souped!.. The one thing that looks like its missing is a NEW music section featuring dudes with potential to be next.
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March 7th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Co-sign MR. Janson, whose site has the same function as That Crack with a classier logo.
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March 7th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
hey.. i see eminem on there..lol.. so why aren’t you writing about eminems return and his first single coming out on april 7th miss info???
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March 7th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
RR will be one of the few sites with original content, but RR is very bad designed and definitely not fresh. When Elliott Wilson start bringing ad campaigns he will understand why.
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March 7th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
20 pts. for the Ghostface quote!!
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March 8th, 2009 at 5:05 am
Darn competition, another blog that will link to other bolgs before I get a chance to link to the blog, I am actually looking forward to stealing(linking) to the original content on his site, I just hope they do the same for me
The Speaker
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March 8th, 2009 at 7:07 am
nahright .com /news/2009/03/07/video-rick-ross-ft-john-legend-magnificent/comment-page-1/#comment-1833586
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missinfo Reply:
March 8th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
huh? whats that?
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March 8th, 2009 at 10:43 am
this nigga eons late…
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March 8th, 2009 at 11:37 am
WHEN WAS COOLIO CAUGHT FOR CRACK COCAINE???????
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March 8th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
listen! nahright has this shit on lock. making a hiphop blog/site thing or whatever in 2009 is NOT the business. idk where YN is going with this. I miss him being the HNIC @ XXL. i would ALWAYS read the editorial b4 anything else.
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March 8th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I agree with Blu that ship has sailed and YN is late to the dock. I don’t see this working out, but best of luck.
Unless he comes with an approach fresher than just commentary/pics/interveiws/new music…all of which you can get anywhere he’s wasting his time.
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March 8th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
I thought I was the only one who actually read the shout outs in the liner notes to see who was cool with who
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missinfo Reply:
March 9th, 2009 at 3:13 am
i studied. literally
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March 8th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
eminem rockin undefeated? i guess he gave up on all that shadyville clothing…
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March 9th, 2009 at 3:37 am
this is gonna revolutionize…
mah dhick
=)
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March 9th, 2009 at 11:47 am
I see the layout and the “NewsStand Stan” sounds realllll familiar to a Hip Hop website that is already out……….
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