It's Throwback Thursday, and today What Hoboken Sounds Like is going back to where a lot of this started. Seven years ago this month, in November 2019, Episode 2 of The West Side Plaza Cypher Series was released.
Long before WHSL existed, the series put Hoboken rap culture on camera, one mic at a time outside West Side Plaza. Episode 2 brought together Chaseland, Phat Rob, Chill Will (@realgusto201), KYY and Big Mike (Mike From 310).
The episode was shot by Aim N Shoot Motion Pictures and Vic Shadez of Go-Illa Films, and created and edited by WHSL founder Victor Lopez Jr., early in his journey and deep in the music scene.
The series started in 2016 with an episode featuring C-Gillz, Harpz, Cito on the Beat and Big D, and it came back in 2021 with Bless N Jackson, D Fame, Sivraj, W.O.P. Almighty and Vic Shadez. Today the full Episode 2 is back up on WHSL's Instagram.
Related: Before WHSL: The West Side Plaza Cypher Series, The West Side Plaza Cypher Series Is Back and From the Underground Cypher.
November 12, 2026: WHSL marked #ThrowbackThursday on Instagram with a new cut of Episode 2, shot by Aim N Shoot Motion Pictures and Vic Shadez and created and edited by Victor Lopez Jr. Where were you in 2019?
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