This is the illest shit I’ve seen in a long time. A pistol-packed USB of an undisputed rap classic. Today’s record companies need to take heed. If you put together some product like this maybe you’d be able to sell some shit.
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I am not a hater. I would like to thank the Universe for the challenges and opportunities, and I would like to thank the people who made this article possible.  I didn’t write this: dozens of anonymous correspondents, most of whom I’m dealing with the for the first time, wrote this for me.  Without your [...]

Jay-Z x Rocawear. Jay-Z and his Rocawear Illuminati online team have just launched the official Rocawear social networking site called Roc4Life. Similar to other urban social networking sites like ThisIs50, Roc4Life includes a blog, urban news updates and of course the standard social networking features like groups, contests and forums.
The main goal of the site [...]

Will Labels Use Or Abuse iTunes Variable Pricing?
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50 Cent x Twitter. It’s funny how these artists are finally coming out and admitting it’s not them writing on their blogs or on their Twitters. Like Kanyeezy who finally admitted he doesn’t write his blog. Did any of us really believe it to begin with? And if it’s really Diddy Tweetin how freakin great [...]

After you’ve achieved almost any level of success, there will be a variety of videos about you on YouTube and around the net.  Some you probably uploaded; while others cam from friends, fans and even your family.  They also probably vary in quality from the professional to the embarrassingly bad.
How can can you use all [...]

Cory Denis is a woman I admire deeply.  She and I have an interesting history.  She worked at What Are Records? the label I started out at.  But she arrived after I had already left, so we never actually had the pleasure of working together during the time.  Cory is nothing short of a genius [...]

Six-time Grammy nominated artist/producer and entrepreneur AKON hosted an exclusive VIP event today to announce the launch of Hitlab, the newest destination for emerging artists to improve their music and be discovered. During the press conference, Akon also announced that he signed Hitlab artist Saschali to a recording contract with his distribution company KON LIVE, [...]

When working with my clients and I’m putting together a music marketing plan, I usually suggest thinking through the 4 “what” questions before taking action:
1.  What do your fans want?
2.  What do you want to accomplish through your marketing efforts?
3.  What are the priorities?
4.  And what the fuck do your fans want?
^This one is really pretty [...]

Though attendance was down 10% or so, half the music industry seemed to be at SXSW. But that didn’t keep the other half from making news. Oh, and the Bay was definitley in the building!
 

From SXSW: The Mark & Pat Show, Ian Rogers Will Pay You $2 To Say Hi, Don’t Let Anyone Tell You [...]