Nov 24, 2024

Section Eighty officially opened to the public on November 23rd, 2014. 10 years to the date. J Cole Nation and Studio Leaks had just closed their doors and forces were combined.

At the time, it was Myself, Hasman, & Koolo, aided by Akaash, Jay, ODB, Paidy, Poly, & Shiva; moderated by M Solo, Mano, Ryan, Swizz, & WPG. If you love this place, give them a hug, because they helped lay the early brick and mortar that’s shaped the site ever since.

Launching wasn’t an easy task — we were essentially building the plane while flying it, using out-of-the box styles & themes and learning about servers, coding, & database entries as they needed to occur. It wasn’t until sometime in late December that a proper v1.0 actually launched. Night theme was still months away. It was a chaotic and lovely time.

For me, like many others, the community goes back much farther than that. I searched as far as my files allowed and discovered that it was this month, back in 2004 that I joined the board at D12 World. Keeping the lights on at SXN80 for 10 years is no small achievement and is likely worth celebrating, but it’s worth acknowledging that some of us have been together for 2X+ that amount of time. Many of y’all have been an active community for >50% of your lives — that is certainly worth celebrating.

We wouldn't be here without you all, so a huge thank you to everyone who's contributed throughout the years -- whether it be a single post, a share, or a nod, it keeps the community alive. Also, a huge shoutout to our current staff for continuing to keep this place moving forward: @Chrollo , @Chuny , @DKC , @JMG , @Michael Myers , @rapmusik , @Sign Language , @Yeez

I’d like to invite you to share some of your greatest hits in this thread. I’ll start here:

• Lostie takeover (RB.)
  • Shoutout @M.I.C. for blessing us with his Lost inspired mixtapes
• “Check your mics” (SL)
  • Group live streaming police radios following the Boston Marathon bombing, attempting to sleuth the whereabouts of the bomber
• “You’re not allowed to” (SL)
  • The first time I’ve seen the board band together, in perfect unison, to troll a new member. A thread was created, a question was asked, and it was followed by a dozen pages of everyone simply posting “You’re not allowed to.”. It was a thing of beauty.
• J Cole tweeting our blog
• Being an uncited source in XXL
• Consecutive call-ins from members on Shade45, shouting out SXN80

...it’s serendipitous that on the eve of Section Eighty’s decennial birthday, Kendrick Lamar, whose title work we're coined after, dropped a surprise album. Shoutout & congrats to Kendrick for continuing to do his thing and keeping our namesake strong.

Love you all.
- Slyk


@BestMembers

 

Nov 24, 2024

Love the logo!!

Also thank you @Slyk for keep investing in this place even if some people are constantly crying its a dying forum etc. Without you none of us would still be here!

 

Nov 24, 2024

And to the other designer boy @Loyalty I remember he did a lot of stuff too when we started

Man I wish we had enough members active to do another member awards

 

Nov 24, 2024

3.0 wouldn't have ever come to fruition if it weren't for the work that @Loyalty did. I learned a lot from him during the development phase!

 

Nov 24, 2024

This might sound corny but i legitimately love this forum and most of the posters here. It’s a small little community that honestly means a lot to me, and i’m sure i’m not the only one who feels that way.

Happy Birthday S80!!! Let’s hope for 10 more

 

Nov 24, 2024

Crazy it’s been as long as it has tbh

I wasn’t around for the earliest days, but I joined SL in 2011. Lots of crazy s--- over the years. But I’m glad we’re still here

 

Nov 24, 2024

We need an official Slyk Appreciation day at this point. the GOAT fr