In the world of graf writing as in the world of blogging there are different philosophies as how to go from being a toy to becoming All City or attaining the title of King. In graf you can bomb relentlessly with tags displaying your your unique handstyle opt for throwups to save time and get up quicker and more frequently and when time and space are no issue, put effort towards banging out a piece or undertaking a fully planned out production.

In the past, in order to truly attain full King status you had to be able to do all the above. In blogging? Not so much. The ironic part is that when I was a writer I specialized in doing tags & throwups but I simply wasn’t gifted enough artistically to pull off full lush production like the ones my favorite writers were capable of. I’m the complete opposite at blogging. This is as close to a quick post as I get, B….



The tag or sticker with a tag on it posted all over the place in graf is akin to posting up a pic/pics or an imbedded video on your blog with a couple of sentences to go along with it. You can do this multiple times daily and draw a gang of eyes to your site provided you get it up early enough and have people link to it. Difference being that if you’re a big enough site then everyone else will begin posting exactly what you just posted. Not possible in graf where you’re supposed to have your own individual style and not copy others…that kinda shit will get you fucked up if you ever get caught (in some cases even bodied).



Next comes the throw up. It’s a mini piece that doesn’t take much time or paint to do and in one night you can do a gang of them to get up whereas someone would spend all night and use up a gang of paint just to do one huge piece or full production. The throw up is analogous to posting up an mp3 or video along with a paragraph to describe or comment on it. This is similar to what I do on Producers I Know when I post a Bandcamp, SoundCloud, Vimeo or YouTube link with a short explanation of what I posted.

Oftentimes these kinds of posts on other blogs consist of quick commentary on something that happened recently in pop culture along with a picture on a video link. You give the appearance of putting in serious work without doing the often time consuming research and writing that a full blog/piece would require. Some blogs post between 1-5 times a week and others can post between 25-50. It all depends on what you want to do, what audience you’re looking to attract or what style best fits you.



The piece/burner or full production usually requires scouting a time and location to execute, careful planning, a team to finish, a disgusting amount of paint of various colors and a sizable chunk of time not to mention serious physical exertion and supreme effort to pull off successfully. For that reason alone this is hailed as the gold standard of how to determine who is truly a King or not. If you get busy in EVERY imaginable way I’ve listed in both disciplines you’ll be considered an All Out King.

You can bomb mercilessly with tags, stickers and throwups all over the place but if you can back that up with ill pieces to go along with them? Respect is undeniable. The blog equivalent are these long, well thought out pieces that people link to all over Twitter and others post a TL: DR on. That’s my personal chamber, hence me naming my first blog Poisonous Paragraphs and this one Bastard Swordsman. While we all have different approaches to blogging we must remember that we’re all under the same umbrella and to keep respect of the culture(s) at the forefront.

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