3X year old hip hop junkie from Philadelphia. Hip-hop from ’87 to ’96 is what you’ll find me listening to most of the time. Big up to my grandmother for letting me listen to the first Run-DMC tape everyday in her tape recorder back in ’84. Sorry for breaking it. Also, big up to my fellow hip-hop aficionados from Lincoln University – Terrell and Lesheem. We will debate hip-hop even when we’re wearing dentures!
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Great Way to start of new Year. I cannot wait to see these old, but golden years, of the source mag. I am going to add this site to my blogroll. I got a question though. Do you collaborate with the cats from press rewind?
By: John Q on January 19, 2008
at 4:25 pm
No, I don’t know anyone at “press rewind” but they inspired me to get going with this project.
By: vincentlopez on January 19, 2008
at 5:05 pm
Keep the Sources coming! Next time I’m at my mother’s house, I’ll see if I have any of your missing issues.
By: hotbox on January 29, 2008
at 10:28 pm
Hi, all I can say is keep up the good work, regarding posting up old Source mags. By the way, have you got any old Rap Pages, Rap Sheet mags??
Also as your from Philly, have you ever heard of Jazz Fresh??
By: Kevin on February 3, 2008
at 1:55 pm
I have to give big props to Vince Lopez for posting up the old covers of The Source Magazine as the mag was truly groundbreaking in hip hop music and seeing the past issues again brings back a lot of good memories of hip hop from 88-96- the golden era of hip hop music!
If you could would you post most of the issues from 88-96 as I really would enjoy seeing these classic Source covers again and again!!
Dr. Dre putting the gun to his head from November 1992, The DPG with Jewell and Nate Dogg cover from May 1995, and Ice T on the cover from April 1996 are just some of my favourite covers of The Source and I would really appreciate you posting these specific covers on your site if you could.
Thanks!
By: Nel Man on August 14, 2008
at 3:35 pm
@Nel Man – The November 1992 issue (Dr. Dre) was posted here already:
http://thimk.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/tres-leches-dr-dre-charles-barkley-and-spike-lee/
By: vincentlopez on August 15, 2008
at 6:29 am
i had the doo wop 95 live tape but lost it…
could you post??
cheers
By: kev mac on September 14, 2008
at 11:46 am
@kev mac – You can get it here – http://recogthereal.blogspot.com/2008/07/doo-wop-95-live-pt1.html
By: vincentlopez on September 15, 2008
at 3:29 am
Hi Vincent,
Nice job on the blog man.
Dig the tunes and pdf’s
I had a proposition you might dig.
Could you shoot me a short mail so I can explain?
Peace.
By: galllax on October 30, 2008
at 4:49 pm
Great site, found it during a quest to find old Wu-tang source covers, specifically the OG cover with the red Wu bat. Having a hard time even finding out when that was. I see that there was a Oct 1995 cover with Rae, Rza, and Meth. Any help would be great. Shout me out on e-mail if you have a chance. Thanks
AG
By: Gunzoid on November 24, 2008
at 3:30 pm
first of all i gotta give mad props to this blog, i lost/threw out all my old Source mags (i started buying in 96) and it’s crazy to see the old ads & things again, i laugh my a** off sometimes at the ads & things they say in the interviews & things like that.
@ Gunzoid – i think the Wu cover you are talking about (with the read logo) was from 97, around the time of Forever being released. The Wu has gtta be the only hip hop group that could be on the cover of a magazine but not actually have any members on the cover & cats still know who the f**k the mag is talkin about!
By: Dave on December 4, 2008
at 5:10 am
Man, the best blog to date! Thanks for all your time! brings back memories.
Any chance of helping me out and uploading that Nas freestyle from the Source sampler in 1996 ive searched every where for that and your link is down…!!!!!!
Thanks
Mike
By: mike on December 19, 2008
at 10:47 pm
first of all, mad props for this site. for someone who wasn’t able to read the source back in its heyday, being able to sit here and read it it’s awesome. i really thank you for that. but could you up those first links you posted back in january, february, march & april 08… they’re all dead.
thanks in advance and keep with the good work
By: adn on April 16, 2009
at 4:53 pm
Vincent,
love what you’re doing..and dug the post on unkut’s blog as well–re: album reviews. we should collab, i’m trying to start a music collective (aren’t we all), of lovers and knowledgeable folk on music. just a thought–but most importantly, just wanted to say I appreciate your blogging voice.
k.scribe
By: kdotscribe (k.scribe) on May 17, 2009
at 10:47 am
@ Kdotscribe – Thanks for the comment.
By: vincentlopez on May 17, 2009
at 11:33 am
love the site just stumbled upon it a month ago. It sucks that I wasnt able to get all of the malcolm x speeches before the links went dead. If you can hit me up with the links. Thanks for everything
PEACE
By: BBGInc305 on June 3, 2009
at 11:53 am
Hi man! How can i get dat stuff?
By: slamdoggydogg on September 2, 2009
at 7:31 pm
I don’t understand, why do you put the interview pages up if they are too small to read? I would really love to read those Biggie articles…
By: joe smith on November 8, 2009
at 10:00 pm
bro i need to see that the source magazines old issues,but i can not see the links ,can u add me your blog please
By: engin on November 10, 2009
at 4:36 am
Great site!! I had the first 100+ issues of The Source from when they first came out and lost them all in a flood a few years back along with tons of fanzines and thousands of records, so thank you for putting this up! However I have some questions and wanted to email you but here it only says “E-mail me at hotmail dot com”, can you tell me what the actual address is?
I’m working on a re-issue and I’m looking for some old print ads….
Thanks! -Noah
By: Noah on December 6, 2009
at 8:06 pm
Does anyone here know how I can get in touch with Vincent or whoever runs this blog? An email? Thanks! -Noah
By: Noah on January 4, 2010
at 1:13 am
Still trying to find out how to get in touch with Vincent…. anyone? Thanks!
By: Noah on June 5, 2010
at 8:43 pm
@Noah – check your e-mail
By: vincentlopez on June 6, 2010
at 5:22 am
yo vincent, can u send me an invite to your blog, we are on the same boat, we love the same genre, i mostly bump the Wu, but yeah man, hook me up please
Ron
By: Razorsharp Ron on December 8, 2009
at 4:20 pm
damn great work!!!!!
how can i get this???
can you send me an invite please
By: rokam on December 11, 2009
at 2:41 pm
this is just great! i’m really enjoying your site, it takes me back in the days when the source was still reliable, before it fell off.
how can i download this 90′s issues? can you send me an invite please? keep up the good work!
thanks
gill
By: gill on December 11, 2009
at 4:38 pm
Yo great shit man. I love the source fat tapes and would love to get my hands on the ones you got on here. an invite in would be MUCH appreciated.
By: DNG on January 6, 2010
at 4:02 am
any chance you could send me or give me access to
The Source March 1995 issue featuring Slick Rick
By: andrew b on February 25, 2010
at 4:51 pm
is it possible to get that – The Source October 1992 issue featuring DJ Quik??????????? i have to get that pleeeease send me a working link!!
greetings from germany!
By: kidsmooth on March 11, 2010
at 5:11 pm
Please add me to the blog. I have almost damn every SOURCE and XXL magazine ever released. From 1996 until today, every single issue, and about 50 more sources before that. One of the biggest rap fans ever. I wanna check the blog! Please!
By: Arthur on April 2, 2010
at 2:32 am
Kindly requesting an invite to Thimkingman.blog. Desperately in need of SOURCE back issues. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
madstepdad@gmail.com
By: MadStepDad on April 19, 2010
at 12:52 pm
Check http://www.thetroyblog.com for Source re-ups.
By: vincentlopez on April 19, 2010
at 1:03 pm
Wow, a MILLION thank yous. So here’s my tale – stumbled upon the website by mistake after googling past SOURCE issues. Found the initial links and my mind was BLOWN. Eagerly copped everything I could get my hands on (everything, I believe, on the link you included above). Then I found some link for a SECRET blog. So after buggin out for a minute I finally got my invite proper. NICE! Got everything I could from THERE as well! (about 8 more issues). Now here’s my question… I saw a few posts for “Source Re-Ups”, listing every issue and number from specific years, 1991-94 etc. But… (to my horror)… are these issues NO LONGER AVAILABLE online???
On a personal note, love the blog and congratulations on the new(er) addition to the family as well! She’s an absolute doll!!!
peace, and keep up the GREAT work
MSD
By: MadStepDad on April 19, 2010
at 3:25 pm
Hello, your’s is the only place ive found with old rap ads from the source in the web. Your site is very good! I would like to know if you know where i can find old Kool G Rap, Cnn, or mobb deep ads in good quality in the web. Thank you very much and keep up the great blog!
By: Pablo on May 5, 2010
at 6:59 am
@Pablo – I don’t know of any other places to view the ads you’re looking for. Google images may be able to help.
By: vincentlopez on May 5, 2010
at 7:08 am
Looking to pick up where I left off. All those issues you made available were clutch. Back in the day I used to read it for the reviews. Since you started posting I have starting reading it for it politics. There were some reaaly good political article back in the day. Could you please add me to your blog so I can continue reading these classic issues.
By: Roc P on June 15, 2010
at 5:34 am
Yo man, this is def a dope site. I was wondering if there would be a way to get an invitation to the new site. I’m a radio DJ & Hip-Hop lover and being able to read through old Source mags would make me one of the happiest people in the world.
Peace
Wise
By: Wise on July 25, 2010
at 7:50 pm
Ayo. I would appreciate it if you could hook me up with a few PDF’s of these Source magazines,i’d offer to contribute by way of a paypal donation if you need be.
Thanks
By: Jedi on July 28, 2010
at 2:48 pm
I’m interested in receiving an invitation to view this blog by using my gmail account.
By: Wayne on August 5, 2010
at 1:27 pm
im 20 nd i was wondering if u had the lyrics for The Roots – Black Thought Freestyle over Nas – The Message beat. Thanks to my father nd mother i absolutely love old school rap and rnb. Thnks
By: Matthew on September 29, 2010
at 10:00 pm
Peace,Vincent… Is it possible I can get an invite to the old school Source magazines?
By: DermDZL on January 19, 2011
at 12:45 am
Amazing website,
Great to see so many people freaking out like me! lol this is a great site. Can I get an invite to the other blog?
By: Brandon Jackson on March 22, 2011
at 9:19 pm
Hi Vincent,
Can you please let me know your current email address?
I just wanted to make a request.
Thanks
By: Paul K on April 13, 2011
at 11:57 pm
Hi Vincent,
I was hoping you could help me remove a post made on February 6, 2009
at 2:51 am @ http://thimk.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/the-source-1994-issues-re-ups/
It will be greatly appreciated. Sorry I didn’t know how to go about it myself.
Thanks for your help.
By: Paul K on April 14, 2011
at 4:48 am
Hey Vincent,
I just stumbled upon your blog and I enjoy it! I want to know if you can re-up any of your source magazine archives?
Thanks
By: sacajawea81 on August 16, 2011
at 12:25 am
Very descriptive and informative website. The links you’ve provided for the magazine are currently unavailable. I would like to know if I could be invited to view magazines from THIMKAGAIN? If so, here is my address…
Randeru@aol.com.
And never stop what you’re doing because what you have are considered archives THAT COULD HAVE BEEN LOST IN TIME. But no, they are stored in simple PDF files. Again, great work!
By: Randeru on December 16, 2011
at 11:16 am
Seriously took me back today, my ummi threw out all my old mags including my ON THE GO stuff. You dont have any ON THE GO gems do you?
mad respect, thanks for taking me out of the horrible office life for a few mins a day and back to my teens.
By: WESTPHILLYDAVE on February 8, 2012
at 9:26 am