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1. YoYoPo
   

   The Architect
   Joined: Feb '05
   Posts: 3,618

   Posted 12 years ago #

   So... I can only apologise for not being online as much as I'd like to have been recently. My job has been really busy and I've had to deal with a lot of 'life' issues. But I'm still a music fan. Still a fan of hip hop. And I'm still a fan of the P. But, today is a pretty special Monday morning. Guess what? It's been 10 years since I set up this site.

   ...

   wait. wait. wait.

   ...

   IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS! since I started this website.

   ...

   A decade. Wow! ... Ten years ago I was still in school and I set up this website as part geek mini-project because I was bored in the summer and part as a music fan who somehow thought it was needed. Since then I've grown, travelled, studied architecture for 8 years, been learning and working. It's good to look back!

   The forum started up after a few months and it's been amazing ever since. A real little community of like-minded heads and genuine, genuine cool people. THANK YOU!!

   I've been lucky enough to see some cool stuff happen because of all this:

   • see PUTS play live in London, Bristol, Brighton, Cardiff... and get to hang out with Thes and KK (Abbey Road!), Ugly Duckling, Time Machine and of course Giant Panda (what up!)
   • meet awesome forum heads including SF Knight, Simon "Samoorye" and have great things back and forth in the mail with dedicated legends like SLC Head, jacko, DJ J3, Dusty Diggin' and Sactown
   • see DJ Alibi get signed up by Thes, and since put out two awesome album releases
   • have people send me amazing fan artwork. Wow! You wouldn't believe. I'm gonna post this stuff online again!!
   • the ridiculous Stepfather release sticker/stencil competition
   • the infamous, talent-filled winner-stays-on beats battles! remember?
   • deep hip hop conversations ranging from pop-rants, to weed politics
   • set up my own side-blog 'yoyopop' for a while and interviewed interesting musicians like Damu and graffiti artist Dave the Chimp before they blew up
   • make a 10 years of the P anniversary poster
   • unearthed a stash of American Men Vol 1 CDs!!!!!!
   • Thes One's ebay shop! WHO HAS THAT mp3 PLAYER!!
   • and loooooads more sh1t I've forgotten about

   And the website itself has changed loads in that time:

   1. scruffily coded enthusiasm-filled startup
   2. encyclopaedic P knowledge base
   3. the mellowed-out Stepfather site
   4. the LA sky, side-scrolling Fun DMC-era site (my favourite)
   5. the pared-down, bit of teaser info current edition

   and there were probably a few versions in between those too. But now I'm taking it back real simple. I've set up a tumblr with all the content dropping down (which I'm gonna link to the main site) and will be slowly filling it with random/cool/hilarious sh1t decaying from the past decade on my harddrive.

   http://parmydecade.tumblr.com/

   And I want everyone to contribute! Who has a photo from the P Army meet from Chicago(?) a few years back? Who has a photo of their mega merch stash? SEND ME ALL YOUR STUFF. yoyopo (@) putsonline .co .uk

   THANK YOU ALL. YOU'RE THE BEST. P ARMY FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!

   Secret

2. YoYoPo
   

   The Architect
   Joined: Feb '05
   Posts: 3,618

   Posted 12 years ago #

   P sh!t banging the trunk like mad elephants

   

   ps - it'll look better soon. workin' on it!!

3. JappyJohn
   

   EP
   Joined: Jun '11
   Posts: 153

   Posted 12 years ago #

   Shits bangin even harder than that! Love the site. mad props.

4. SactownConnection
   

   P fan #1
   Joined: Oct '08
   Posts: 3,255

   Posted 12 years ago #

   I've also been out a lot lately (in fact, the forum's been pretty quiet recently, and I feel bad, 'cause I liked it when the place was hoppin'... bring it back, y'all!!), but this forum's got a place in my head, always.

   Huge congrats and hippity-high-five to YoYoPo for gettin' the forum past the 10-year mark. I missed out a lot on most of the early stuff you're talking about, including that mp3 player and the beat battles, but I've been here for most of the 2008 onward stuff (I think I joined just as it was moving away from the knowledgebase-type site), and you're the man for keepin' this up. Seriously.

   Huge thanks for linking up my lyrics site to this page too. That also started as a hobby/project, and I think it's been about 5 years or so since I started that... cool that we're able to keep it going.

   This place has been a real hang-out, and I hope it can remain that way! Keep it going, YoYoPo. Keep ruminatin', 'cause things are great now!

   By the way, those are some epic tumblr posts. I was looking at that sh*t today at work, and I'm about to head over there now...

5. djGUERRILLA
   

   LP
   Joined: Sep '11
   Posts: 394

   Posted 12 years ago #

   Big ups for doing it all these years...I've only been here for a few, but its a rare thing on the internet for smart people with common interests to have a place devoid of trolls and dickheads to discuss what they love, and this place is an oasis like that sort of. Nothing but respect from everybody and for everybody. I think it may come down to the type of vibe the P represent and from that the people that are attracted to it etc.. Very cool to be a part of......much love for doing it guys!

   PS: any of those American Men copies left LOL I'm sure they're long gone......a glaring hole in my P collection which will be rectified sooner or later.....peace, greg

6. SactownConnection
   

   P fan #1
   Joined: Oct '08
   Posts: 3,255

   Posted 12 years ago #

   djGUERRILLA said:
   have a place devoid of trolls and dickheads

   this.

   I've enjoyed a large array of music, and movies, and a lot of other things, and pretty much every other fan or discussion forum devolves at some point into people talking mad sh*t and laughing when it stirs people up. It never ceases to amaze me how many people out there just love to foster that bullsh*t.

   Seems like we're smarter than that here. I think we got PUTS' memo re: fun. Just want to mirror Greg's thanks for everyone keepin' the respect flowin'.

7. williamhmacy
   

   P fan #1
   Joined: Feb '07
   Posts: 594

   Posted 12 years ago #

   congrats yoyo. and seriously thank you for taking the time to put together and maintain this site, because without it i know for a fact my life would be different.
   for real, thank you

8. De La Tribe
   

   LP
   Joined: Apr '14
   Posts: 300

   Posted 12 years ago #

   Yeah, man. I've never been a big internet person - no facebook, twitter, instagram or anything like that. Mostly because I think it's a big waste of time, but also, like what was said above, it's filled with dickheads and trolls and dealing with those people is annoying as f***.

   This sh!t is cool though. So thanks to YoYoPo (maybe The P will put me in a song one day) for making a cool, informative site that's worth going to. And to sac, as he seems to be the driving force behind this thing since I've been around.

   And thanks to everyone else on here, it's great to talk music with people who actually like music.

   And to The P for being awesome. Seeing them for the first time next week - Monday can't come soon enough.

9. A La Carte
   

   LP
   Joined: Nov '13
   Posts: 340

   Posted 12 years ago #

   Props for creating this, right here. Yoyopo, its cats like you who bring strangers together without financial reward but create friendships.that can last a lifetime.

   Ive only been here for a minute, but have felt the love from the start, whether that's cuz of the vibe from the p, i dunno but as said above this place is a haven from the macho alpha male wankerism that's rife on the interweb.

   Happy tenth anniversary. Cheers to another ten!

10. a_salvador
    

    EP
    Joined: Nov '11
    Posts: 232

    Posted 12 years ago #

    YoYoPo - Crazy respect for this site and the work you have put in. Have not been on here long & don't post much. But check on here as often as possible. Have learnt loads about the P, the fans & real dope people.
    Cheers to the last 10 & will crack a brew to 10 more. Peace all

11. SLC HEAD
    

    mod
    Joined: May '05
    Posts: 1,879

    Posted 12 years ago #

    Hell Yeah! 10 years is crazy, looking back on those things makes me realize just how much this forum has been part of my life, both directly and indirectly... So many great memories, stories, and good people on this site. Some have gone and some come and go, but no matter your degree of involvement every bit of it is essential to this forum. Thanks and mega-props to YoYoPo for bringing it all together and creating a place for us music lovers to congregate and chillout in a time when Social Apps were nonexistent!

    Also want to shout out esomedina for rolling deep since the beginning, been great knowing we are all family in some way or form... As we all get older our free time gets pulled in so many directions but we always seem to find our way back to the spot!

    It's been great getting to hear all of your different ideas, stories, and tastes, musically and on life subjects in general.
    Here's to 10 more y'all! Can't wait to see what you have up your sleeve Po...
    Cheers PUTS-Army, Forever The P!

12. esomedina
    

    P fan #1
    Joined: May '05
    Posts: 1,528

    Posted 12 years ago #

    Congrats YoYoPo for keeping the site up for a decade. I remember first stumbling upon this site and love how it's grown.

    Here are pics from the Chicago PUTS Army meetup:

    

    

    The only people I remember in the pic are Bill (orange Bears shirt), Kyle and myself (wearing glasses throwing my hand up) (we're all next to each other). I believe Kyle drove up from Memphis with some of his friends (in the picture too). I think Dusty Diggin is in the pic next to Bill, or maybe that's his friend. It was dope getting my PUTS pin from Dusty that night too.

    10 Years of PUTSonline
    #10YOPUTSONLINE lol

13. DJ Alibi
    

    EP
    Joined: Mar '05
    Posts: 291

    Posted 12 years ago #

    Dang, 10 years!!
    Been a crazy decade, but still check in to the board regularly. Big ups to yoyopo and everyone here,

    Forever the P!

14. callmemistertibbs
    

    P fan #1
    Joined: Sep '11
    Posts: 975

    Posted 12 years ago #

    Aye, big respect to YoYoPo.

    Like williamhmacy my life would be different without this...I was starting to lose touch with Hip Hop/Beats etc..., and despite having been a P fan since 2000 I'd lost track of them a bit with marriage, but I discovered this site just before Highlighter was released...and the rest is history.

    Just about to drop the needle on 12 Step as not listened to it in a few weeks...and got a nice Belgium beer on the go.

    Here's to Po...

15. NoProblem
    

    12
    Joined: Oct '11
    Posts: 53

    Posted 12 years ago #

    Yo, thanks for the site dude. I haven't been around much either. Started a new business and got kid #2 about ready to drop. Not like I was a big part of it anyways but, I hope I can contribute at least something. I due tend to lurk here and there though. Anyways, thanks for the site. Rock rock on.

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