Ah, who here remembers the graphic above? If you do, then you’ve been with us most of the 2 years that we’ve been in existance. Today marks the 2 year anniversary of KevinNottingham.com. The site has grown tremendously in the short 2 years that we’ve been in existence. In 2 years we’ve reached close to 3.5 million hits on the site and have gone from around 50 average viewers a day to 15,000 viewers a day! Let me fill you in on the site’s history as we take a walk down memory lane…
For those that don’t know, this site started as a personal venture by yours truely. I did a little blogging on MySpace, but decided to set shop up at KevinNottingham.com. Check out my first post here. Initially, I didn’t have any direction and the site almost turned into a technology website, as seen here.
Music was always my true passion and I did various album reviews and top ten lists, even though no one was really reading at the time. Read my first album review and first list article.
After a few months, I realized hip hop was my true love and decided to call the site This Is Hip Hop (we have since dropped this name and just go by KevinNottingham.com now). I mostly did Producer Spotlights and started digging for samples. The first producer spotlight done was DJ Premier. Not really much to see there now as the player doesn’t even work.
The album that got me into digging for samples was Common’s Finding Forever, believe it or not. Initally, I did not post full sample set, but did more of a sample/example type of post by posting snippets. Check out my very first Diggin In The Crates article. Eventually, I stepped up the sample game and started putting out sample sets the way you see them today in early 2008. ATCQ’s Low End Theory was the very first. Note that we have since revisited this set. Thomas came aboard the site to help soon after and has been a valuable asset ever since.
Since then, we have done so much with the site, it’s hard to cover everything. The site has gone through a few design changes (I wish I had snapshots of older designs) and I’ve brought on numerous reviewers and contributors to help make this site the best that it can be.
Thanks to everyone who helps make this site the best that it can be and we hope to be bigger in better going into our third year!
Jon FTW!
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I’ve only started following this site a few weeks ago, but it looks like you’ve come along way. Keep up the good work.
Congrats on this milestone!!! As blogs and websites seem to disappear almost daily, you guys keep on pushin’ daily. Keep doing it big.
PEace
Congratz mate, is by far the best hiphop blog around. Here’s to the next 2 years!
congratulations! to next 2 years! cheers!
Goodness, without this site I’d be lost. so, thank YOU!
Happy Birthday!
congrats on the 2 years with many more to come..keep up the great work yall.
GOD BLESS…………….peace
congratz man
as far as websites go, this one has played a pretty big role in my life – information, information and oppurtunity
Here’s to another two! I’ve been here since April 2008, it’s been amazing seeing the transformation. Keep doing it big Kev, and major congrats on your journey!
Congratz!!!!
Congrats Kevin.
I’m glad I was able to contribute to a site truly dedicated to Hip Hop.
Congrats, happy to be part of the team.
congrats!!
Happy B day Kevin. You all are doing very much for us
Yo Kev, thx for everything man ! your dedication and love for hiphop is really inspiring me, and a lot of other cats world wide !
peace from France / Morroco / Tunisia
1 luv
Happy anniversary. I remember that graphic above and been here since day one. I love you Kev
happy birthday
Peace to Kevin for putting together a dope site & the staff…keep it flowing…Happy 2nd and many more…
BONG BONG BONG. Congrats fam. Happy born day to the site. Damn i been running with yall since you had the black background and all that. Yo much sucess to ya. Yall really helped A LOT of people do they thing with the music. Congrats on Sticking with it through the ups and downs that come with trying to do anything thats worthwhile. Yall keeping that real shit alive cause right now the industry is so blind to the true shit that if it was’nt for cats like yall, heads would miss out on a lot of the new real shit that still comes out.
congrats b
Congrats and Happy B-day to the site …gotta go get a drank to celebrate (i know it’s drink, but I had to use the ebonics usage of the word, lol)
Congrats on the 2 and here’s to 2 x infinity
Congratulations on two strong years dominating the sample scene!
Respect dude! I remember posting a few of your earlier sets on the Getback Army site when I was writing over there. Boo that site now. But many props for doing what you do. your sample sets have become gold to me. Keep on repping the real music.
Respect dude! I remember posting a few of your earlier sets on the Getback Army site when I was writing over there. Boo that site now. But many props for doing what you do. your sample sets have become gold to me. Keep on repping the real music
this is like my home man…been welcomed with open arms and just to c where the site has come in a just a few MONTHS is amazing…I know I’m jus looking forward to what we got in store for this year Kev and quite possibly the years following man…musch success to this site and cats like deez, thomas, the new interns, and otha folk like skeme and rizzle and grain and anybody else I didnt mention that keep the site going and keep that family element alive. this is more than a blog man…this is a home
word, MaG! i co-sign
LOOOOOOOOOOOOL AT THAT FIRST ARTICLE!!
KEV!! you crazy for that one!
I’m extremely late. Kev is that dude. He’s opened up his site for all who loves this music. That’s my dog!
Jesus, Gandhi, Batman, The Taco Bell Dog, Quagmire
these are all names Kevin belongs under as well