This was a WordPress blog that featured downloadable mp3 podcasts from an aspiring hip-hop artist who went by the stage name Marpesia. Between September 17, 2005 and November 12, 2006 she produced 36 podcasts that were anywhere from eight to sixty minutes in length. As she hit her stride, the podcasts were generally 30 minutes long.

The original purpose of the podcast was to document her entry into a music industry career. Along the way she produced three singles that were eventually finished and made available for download, "Double Fisted," Pimpette" and "Come On." There also were three live performances, two in Modesto and one in San Jose, CA. She also made some valuable contacts in both the podcast and hip-hop realms. Her podcast and music got two different mentions on the most famous of podcasts, Adam Curry's Daily Source Code. Marpesia also began building contacts with other up and coming hip-hop artists.

One lucky break early on was when she created an account for her podcast on a rising social network called MySpace. For the profile picture, she used a striking photograph she had taken of herself peering from underneath a stylish hat. The photo caught the attention of someone at MySpace and Marpesia was suddenly the featured new female member at the log-in page. Due to that exposure, her MySpace account suddenly had thousands of people applying to connect their account with hers.

Marpesia's podcast managed to reach high up the charts at PodcastAlley. Her singles hit high on the charts at RateMyRap. One of her songs was used in a vidcast review of an MP3 player.

Unfortunately, family matters began to interfere with Marpesia's goals in hip-hop, which was discussed in the podcast. At this point, she took more of a DJ role in the podcast, presenting music and interviews with many of the other hip-hop artists she had come to know. Over time, the postings became fewer and farther apart. The final podcast unceremoniously included promises to "catch up," but afterwards the blog saw no more activety.

However, the dormant site continued to have a life of its own. A year after the last podcast, it was noted that the downloads of the podcasts had actually increased. One of the largest referrers for this phenomenon was the Chinese search engine Baidu. Since the site is mostly in Chinese, we don't know how Baidu promoted Marpesia but her podcasts continued to be downloaded thousands of times per month up to this writing. Also, some of the other hip-hop artists Marpesia helped promote continued to rise in popularity, so this site was referred to as the earliest internet reference for some of them which also brought traffic (or links to the pictures). This site once included a phpBB web forum. It had a few users early on, but Marpesia never participated in that and activity soon wained. However, the forum was targeted by spammers who pointed their spambots to the forum's URL. The spam eventually ran very high, to the point that the webhost forcibly unplugged the forum in early 2008.

The woman who "played" Marpesia has taken a new direction in life, and has decided she will not be returning to this site. As her last post on the site left the question "When" open for nearly two years, the deletion of the site finally gives us her answer, "Never."

Thanks to all the fans, podcasters, music artists, spambots and Chinese people who kept this site going for nearly three years. All in all it was quite fun.