{"id":1908,"date":"2010-06-06T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toki-woki.net\/blog\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2022-03-29T21:53:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T20:53:02","slug":"buck-65-20th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/toki-woki.net\/blog\/p1908-buck-65-20th","title":{"rendered":"Buck 65\/20th"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m still having a hard time believing what I’m about to write, but hopefully you will.<\/p>\n

That was my intro, buddy.<\/p>\n

A little bit of context<\/h3>\n

I listen to music, I try as hard as I can to be eclectic but let me confess that: I’ve always loved Hip-Hop. Of course my Hip-Hop heroes have changed through the years, but there’s one that never left my inner podium… He’s Canadian, he’s weird (proof: he’s worn a platypus shirt, once), he’s probably the most subtle writer I know (OK, with Yoni Wolf) and he’s evolving.<\/p>\n

He’s Buck 65.<\/p>\n

An ounce of Twitter<\/h3>\n

As in every web tale, it all starts with a Twitter status. Mine started\u00a0with this one<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I kinda need a logo-thing made of the numbers 65 and 20. Anyone wanna take a crack? Who knows what might happen?!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I read this and thought “Well yes, but I’m kind of busy you know. And what the hell could I do with those damn numbers? Plus, lots of fans will answer that”.<\/p>\n

Some friendly advice<\/h3>\n

A few days later as I was chatting with a good friend of mine<\/a> (and discreetly sent him the link to that tweet) he reacted something like: “You bitch-ass cunt, you could try something and see! Stupid-ass jerk”. “Hum, well yeah, you know. Just sayin’…” I kind of replied.<\/p>\n

So I fired Illustrator and tried a few things out. A “65”, a “20”, and 15 minutes later I had something.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Not quite ready for prime-time, but the concept was there. A few iterations later I was kind of happy with this:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

So I tweeted back<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who knows what might happen<\/h3>\n

And got an answer, a private one. Saying he was liking it… Oh boy.<\/p>\n

A few days later I received another private message asking me if I could add a “th” to the logo, letting me know the mysterious logo was in fact for his “20 years as a rap weirdo”. Which I (of course) did<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

We then e-mailed back and forth and “sorted out the details”, he “blew [the logo] up with dynamite and shot it with a gun a few times” and that was it.<\/p>\n

Oh boy<\/h3>\n

I made Buck 65’s 20th “year in the game” logo, which is up on his new website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Call me a happy fan. Yup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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