My love affair with Hip-Hop started late. As a child I was a good old-fashioned rock & roll kid, raised on The Clash by my father and Green Day by my peers. Sure, I enjoyed the occasional Dr. Dre or Eminem song on the radio, but I never felt compelled to dig any deeper into the genre. I never felt like I was missing out.
It took only two songs to start me down the road to Hip-Hop obsession. The first occurred while on the way to a High-School Basketball game. I hadn’t really noticed the radio for most of the ride, and then “Oh No” by Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, & Nate Dogg came on. The song instantly grabbed my attention, and not only did I like it, I was intrigued by it. For the first time, I wanted to know more about the artists who made this song, what else sounded like this. My curiosity had been sparked.
A couple weeks later, with my affection for Hip-Hop slowly growing, I was watching the now defunct MTV show “Direct Effect” when they spotlighted a video for a song I had never heard before. That song would be Outkast’s “B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)”. Five minutes and four seconds later, that spark of curiosity ignited and became a life-long passion. I had been exposed to the creativity and genre-pushing qualities of Hip-Hop, and I was hooked. Since that day, my love for the genre has done nothing but grow, to the point that I have now created this blog.
My goals & plans for We Do It For Hip-Hop are relatively simple. I want this to be a place where fair and reasoned discussions and opinions on Hip-Hop in all its forms are had, from backpackers to trap rappers and everything in between. Not every song or record will be discussed in a positive light, but everything will be judged as objectively as possible on the quality of the music. I make no claims to be THE authority on Rap music or anything ridiculous like that, I’m just a guy that’s passionate about the genre and enjoys discussing it with like-minded people.
With that, I’ll wrap this up. Thank you for your time and I hope you’ll stick around, and always remember to do it for Hip-Hop.
Andy Olveira
You can follow Andy on twitter @AMOhoop34.
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