About SitDownStandUp.com

SitDownStandUp.com isn't your typical website: this dedicated Hip Hop music blog focuses on music and MCing with an additional presence of the other key elements of Hip Hop culture: graffiti, breakdancing, and DJing. With multiple posts on a daily basis, provided by an industry insider, SitDownStandUp gives readers breaking news, MP3s, videos, exclusive photos, interviews, contests, tour dates, live show reviews, with writing catered to both the dedicated and the casual Hip Hop fan.

Press

SitDownStandUp.com has been featured in Entertainment Weekly's Popwatch, VH1's Best Week Ever, MTV News, RollingStone.com, USA Today, New York Magazine's 'Vulture', Vibe.com, XXLMag.com, Q Magazine, Blender.com, AOLMusic, CMJ, The Guardian, Sirius Radio, AM New York and countless others, with its founder quoted in Pitchfork Media, NME, Harp, Paste, Spin, Filter, Gothamist, and more.

Contact

For tips, requests & questions: Wes Verhoeve [wes at liberatedmatter dot com]

Related Projects

My other projects include an indie rock label I own and run [Family Records], another indie rock label I am the label manager for [Engine Room Recordings], and I do music placement and organize concerts in NYC [Liberated Matter] including a long-running weekly concert series [Cross-Pollination]. I am a photographer and a songwriter/musician in a band [The Undisputed Heavyweights], and contribute to BrooklynVegan.