Throwback: Hi…I’m The Intern.
2006 with Stones Throw was something I’ll never forget.
Shit hit the fan.
I really needed something to get my mind off the usual shit an average junior in college goes through. So I basically emailed Stones Throw, hoping they’d need an intern for anything.
They replied and a few weeks later I was on my way to Highland Park to intern for a label I admired. Thanks Tommy Ip. This wouldn’t have happened if he didn’t convince me to send out that email.
Havana Joe introduced himself and immediately schooled me to the science of the ST operation (I’d be reporting to him & Egon throughout the internship). However the glaring memory of him that sticks out…when I mistakenly drove him around on an errand run with my iPod playlist on shuffle. Safe to say I haven’t listened to “Toxic” since that day, the roasting was too strong.
That one year of absorbing, watching and studying the ins and outs of their business operation taught me everything.
Still wish I would’ve donned the Lord Quas costume once though. Regrets, regrets.
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Like I said I learned a lot, here go a few of the highlights & lowlights:
- Watching Madlib get his hair braided on Day 2
- Quasimoto costume
- My fellow Walnut bruh, Jason
- Accepting & deleting comments on all ST MySpace pages
- Connie Price & The Keystones hooking up the anti-anxiety joint
- PB Wolf luncheons
- Being present throughout Dilla’s illness =(((
- Working on the “Chrome Children” promo
- New merch pickup duties
- J. Rocc & Egon’s sessions
- Matt’s music
- Running merch for one of Quantic’s first LA shows
- Give the fans free shit
- Hip Hop Congress chats with Aloe Blacc
- The greatest work soundtrack of all-time, everyday
- Intern squadron w/ LAX & Steve
- Stocklist updates
Thank you, Stones Throw; I owe it all to 2006 and your tutelage.
