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unkut.com - 21 days ago
Non-Rapper Dude Series – eskay, part 2
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Photo: Alexander Richter Concluding my talk with eskay, we cover his time at XXL, the Nah Right comment crew, why his detractors just don’t get it and future plans for the site. Robbie: So how was your time XXL? Was it a 9-5 kinda role? eskay: I was gonna run the content on the Scratch ...
unkut.com - 23 days ago
Non-Rapper Dudes Series – eskay, part 1
— unkut.com — Photo: Alexander Richter If you want to check the newest/latest in the rap world, you’re first stop... on the intehnets is probably gonna be Nah Right. As the originator of aggregate-style content back when your average hip-hop blog was usually an ... Non-Rapper Dudes Series – eskay, part 1

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Nahright’s Eskay x UnKut.com (the Non-Rapper Dude series)
missinfo.tv - 20 days ago
Nahright’s Eskay x UnKut.com (the Non-Rapper Dude series)
— missinfo.tv — (ah HA! Like parallel universes colliding via a frozen donkey wheel, these 2 doppelgangers Bun B and... Eskay meet on “the Island.”….and by “the Island” I mean, on the island of Manhattan, lol. This was taken at ... Nahright’s Eskay x UnKut.com (the Non-Rapper Dude series)

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Nahright’s Eskay x UnKut.com (the Non-Rapper Dude series)
MissInfo.tv — ... big tuna Eskay…I think that, along with the interesting backstory on Eskay’s life (Yonkers, his graff days, his early career, and his time at XXL.com), what’s most interesting to see Eskay’s personality in print. Because it helps explain why the Nahright aesthetic is what it is…a no-nonsense, telling-not-selling, music-first, pandering-last, catch-all for hip hop culture. Make sure you read the Unkut feature part 1 and part 2, but here are some excerpts: (On the focus of Nahright as a place ...

Nah Righting the Ship
Oh Word — ... Part 2 focuses more on Nah Right, so it’s more relevant to our discuission. In that one eskay talks about how he got heavy into aggregation while he was editing for XXL and lacked the time to keep up with his past approach at content. Also how he came to favor letting people make their own decision about the mp3’s he was posting instead of offering any commentary. ...