Hello,
This was never meant to be more than a blog….one that basically provides any and every thing that had to do with Hip-Hop. It wasn’t really until Jamoris‘ inclusion of a camera where things really began to expand into a full-fledged website. Yes, I know, it’s still a blog (hell, it’s still Blogger for that matter), but you’d be hard-pressed to find too many other “blogs” that provide everything that we do at the quality that we do. Among the things that have been added:
– Video production and editing: It’s crazy how a simple meeting with the homie Debo (who we currently look forward to seeing again) turned into a pretty dope relationship with The Board Administration. Our first video came from this — a fairly low-quality, extremely lengthy behind the scenes video for Black Cobain‘s ‘Air Force’ featuring Fat Trel & Tre. The videos had their flaws but did get (and are continuing to get) better as we improved our craft, to the point where we began to make actual music videos (Fat Trel gets the first nod there for his ‘Freeze Me’ freestyle, which was done in my kitchen at what may have been 4 in the morning). We’re even winning awards for documentaries now (shoutout to Tony Lewis Jr. and CommunPR)
– Interviews: The Board Administration gave us our firsts here as well, and since then we have been able to interview successful local artists like Phil Ade, RAtheMC and the number one artist Wale to (other) popular artists like Miguel, CyHi Tha Prynce, Big K.R.I.T. & even legends like Raekwon. Special thanks goes out to Samantha Luck for being a MAJOR part of this as a great interviewer as well as an great writer and journalist.
– VICE: This was Jamoris’ idea. And it works, whether I feel it had anything to do with Hip-Hop or not (and it does in a way, as far as the culture is concerned). Truth be told, there shouldn’t be too many complaints about working with beautiful women to begin with (haha).
– Mixtapes: This is actually a fairly unknown aspect of JUKEBOX:DC that was around from the beginning. I always liked to make these Hip-Hop mixes filled with songs that make you think more than anything, which is why I decided to call the series Streetz Reflexionz (or SRV — V as in Volume — for short). Hopefully some post-website supporters enjoy these, as all of the songs i chose for them were pretty important to me.
These are only a few additions, and there will be more, including more interviews, videos, editorials and mixtapes (by the way, SRV4 will be here shortly). We will also be moving into throwing Hip-Hop events, as well, so look out for those. Hopefully, with the help of others (George, Carrie, Eric, Corey and many more), there should be no stopping us as we continue to move forward.
Last but not least, I have to give a shoutout to D’Wayne & 3Nity Entertainment, whom we are now building with full time, so definitely lookout for them. The movement has only gotten better.
–Jon
