Or is it? I asked that question on Twitter the other day (What say you?). If nothing else I could definitely hear this track as background music in a rapid cutting “My Anti Drug” type of commercial…Ha! Either way, I’m loving the video (looks, feels really spontaneous and amateur-cool) and the track, although it took a while to grow on me. LOL @ the Lindsay Lohan cameo…talk about irony!
I didn’t get around to sharing this bit of news last week, but Gureala was recently added to the 2008 edition of A Blog List. The list, compiled by Stefano Ricci of the Italian cool hunting blog ELMANCO in conjunction with Fubiz (France), is a global directory of the best design, graphics, fashion, advertising and new technologies blogs on the web. Major shout out to Stefano and Fubiz for the recognition! Just when I’m thinking that no one’s out there paying attention to what’s going on here on the site, I receive news like this in my inbox!
Gureala’s amongst good company, with a few of my favorite blogs and giants of the tech/cool hunting game also making appearances on the list: Kanye, Engadget, Jean Snow and Hypebeast to name a few. There are tons of great blogs to be discovered on the list, so do yourself a favor and explore the thing in its entirety!
I’m just catching the news about Grand Theft Auto IV’s first week sales, and while I expected the game to do damn well in its first week, the official numbers being reported are downright insane!
Just to put things into perspective here, *your favorite rapper* doesn’t do those kinds of numbers in two weeks. Ha! Just kidding. But seriously, this smashes previous records set by Microsoft’s Halo 3 ($300 million during its first week in stores last September), and the movie Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End ($401 million during its first six days in theaters). Pretty major, right?!
As far as the game itself, I’ve had it for a few days now and all I can say is that it’s an experience. I mean, I’ve played (and thoroughly enjoyed) the previous GTA editions, but GTA IV takes it to an entirely different level. From the music (celebrity stations with just about every genre available), the characters, the missions, and even the new multiplayer capabilities…Rockstar went all out. I’m leaving out many of the details here (don’t want to leak too many spoilers), but the comments are open for discussion and *cheats*. If you’re an Xbox Live member make yourself known. I think I may put my gamertag out there if there are enough of you guys around.
Finally decided to blow the dust off of my Muxtape account and put it to work. So here goes… no real order, just a simple (and very random) playlist of tracks that I’ve been amping lately: The Gureala Muxtape. Btw, feel free to favorite me!
(sidenote: Wordpress 2.5 is starting to get a little glitchy on me! Anyone else having any issues?)
In addition to WaxPo, Monocle is another mag that I’m checking for pretty hard these days. The blend of World Affairs, Business, Culture and Design in each issue is just right for a curious minded individual like myself, and the look and feel (literally) of the mag is unlike any others that I’ve seen before. It’s almost like reading a newspaper in mag form.
Recently, I stumbled across this fascinating, albeit lengthy, behind the scenes essay w/flicks by Dan Hill (Monocle’s former Director of Web and Broadcast) that details that creative process that went into constructing Moncole’s online presence–from layout and fonts, to details on camera types and editing software used for online video production, to podcasts and mobile content, it’s all covered. Definitely worth the read.
[H/T: Mag Culture]
Obsessing over records & Reading other blogs
a.k.a. SLACKING (with a purpose in mind).
Longest break I’ve taken since the first post went up last November.
Shame on me.
I’ll be back behind the boards this week!
Ha!
[via Nah Right]
A behind the scenes look at one of the best music magazines on the scene right now, Wax Poetics:
[H/T: Darien]
So I’m watching one of the major cable news networks this morning, you know, getting my a.m. dosage of politico speak, when all of a sudden the attention shifts to the political views of none other than 50 Cent. Talk about a moment straight out of left field; one complete with the standard (non-hip hop) media pronunciation of his name, “Fiddy”. For a minute I thought it was some kind of April Fool’s joke. As it turns out, 50, who was a Hillary Clinton supporter earlier on, is now throwing his support behind Barack Obama:
I applaud 50 on the move, however, the really odd (and in some ways interesting) thing about all of this, is the amount major media attention that this story’s received–CNN, Wall Street Journal, LA Times (not to mention, the various media outlets that have mentioned the story during their on air reports). It’s pretty crazy. I wonder though, does this story matter to them because it’s 50 Cent (outspoken, controversial rapper) at the center of it all? Or because it’s 50 Cent (outspoken, controversial rapper and the establishment’s unofficial hip-hop representative) at the center of it all? You have to wonder.
Jay Smooth took a trip into his archives and brought out a series of audio clips from a 2002 interview with Q-Tip, in which Tip talks about early Tribe production techniques, shady industry execs, musical segregation and more. Take a listen.
That upcoming album that Tip is speaking of, we’ll finally get that sometime this June. Crazy, right? Pin that on the industry. He’s actually done a few projects (Kamaal The Abstract, Live At The Renaissance, Open) since his last official release (Amplified), however, they didn’t fit inside the mainstream’s little box, and never received a proper release–they’ve since leaked to the web. In the meantime, I’m hoping that this album doesn’t fall victim to any sudden label push-backs between now and June.
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