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Born In '88

There are a lot of social media geeks, few listen to hip-hop.

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    The Impact of Mobile on Music [Infographic]

    26th April 2012

    The Impact of Mobile on Music [Infographic]


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    Obama’s Spotify Playlist.

    9th February 2012

    Obama’s Spotify Playlist.

    Follow me on Spotify


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    26th June 2011

    Beyond Oblivion recently got an additional $77mil in financing for their music licensing venture. Interestingly enough, their stakeholders include MySpace owners, News Corp. This sounds like a win.


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    Amazon Introduces Cloud Music Service, 5GB Free Space. Moves.

    31st March 2011

    Amazon Introduces Cloud Music Service, 5GB Free Space. Moves.


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    [Hi-Res Figure]: A Social Value Chain Model: Music Ed. Story here.

    20th January 2011

    [Hi-Res Figure]: A Social Value Chain Model: Music Ed. Story here.


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    13th January 2011

    Kanye West & Jay-Z’s “H.A.M.” A Marketing Spoil.

     

    On Jan. 11, Facebook crashed, or at least according to Kanye West. Around midnight, West tweeted a screen shot of an error page suggesting the famed social network had exceeded it’s bandwidth following the release of “H.A.M.”

    Rap veterans Kanye West and Jay-Z had released the first track off of their forthcoming album, Watch the Throne, on Facebook but to lukewarm reviews and even more lackluster buzz.

    Kanye West x Jay-Z - HAM by uristocrat

    Days before the release, West and Jay-Z announced on their Facebook fan pages that “H.A.M.” would be a midnight release via a page dedicated to their joint album.

    And soon after, the blogosphere was pregnant with anticipation of the duet single from the rap titans.

    Facebook users rushed the Root Music powered “BandPage” for the first taste of Watch the Throne and in the hours following the release, the album page had garnered over 32k fans and hundreds of comments. “H.A.M.” was all the digital hip-hop community could talk about in the small hours of Jan. 11 but the question still remains:

    Why Facebook?

    Read More


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    Somebody, anybody, write about this! I would, but I’m swamped. Sigh.

    29th December 2010

    Somebody, anybody, write about this! I would, but I’m swamped. Sigh.


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    14th December 2010

    Marketing vs Legal - The Record Labels' Internal War

    moearora:

    Great post by super-blogger, Eskay.

    Interesting read, might just have to write about it.

    (Source: moearora)


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    22nd November 2010

    How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online? (infographic)


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    18th November 2010

    Jay Electronica

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    Shiny Suit Theory feat. Jay-Z & The Dream

    Jay Elect’s verse on this record is very telling. The talented don’t fear failure, they fear success.

    Me and Puff, we was chilling in Miami
    He said “N*gga f*ck the underground,
    you need to win a Grammy
    for your mama and your family,
    they need to see you shined up
    you built a mighty high ladder, let me see you climb up
    N*gga, what you scared of?
    terrorize these artificial rap n*ggas and spread love
    pollinate the ear buds”

    My next post will be on the crescent city emcee, stay tuned.


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    11th August 2010

    Kanye West

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    6 Plays

    See Me Now f. Beyonce & Charlie Wilson

    How do we feel about the new Kanye?

    Interesting choice in features. Did Beyonce say n*gga? A remix featuring Jay-Z will drop Friday. Do we still get excited for Jay features? I’m still looking forward to it.

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