Tons of hip-hop artists lend their talents to various ad campaigns these days. It’s nothing new. Sometimes the pairings are good, sometimes they’re bad, and other times they’re just downright strange. Take this viral video promoting Garnier Fructis shampoo, for example . Everything starts out pretty normal. There’s a girl [...]
Ludacris pays homage to Obama on the mic:
The Obama camp responds:
“As Barack Obama has said many, many times in the past, rap lyrics today too often perpetuate misogyny, materialism, and degrading images that he doesn’t want his daughters or any children exposed to,” said spokesman Bill Burton. “This song is not only outrageously offensive to [...]
I was aimlessly roaming about the web earlier today when, whadda you know, I stumbled across the freshly redesigned website of one of my favorite hip hop record labels in the game, Stones Throw Records. They’ve implemented a new three column layout as well as an online store, and I must say, things looks [...]
Then said ghost blogger is doing a pretty half assed job over on Kanye Universecity. That’s my short response to this whole situation.
If Kanye really is doing all the blogging himself, then he should definitely be commended on his efforts. The guy is an international celebrity, with a demanding schedule, and [...]
R.I.P. Bo Diddley. I’m always reminded of this classic Nike commercial that he did with Bo Jackson back in the early 90’s:
From the time that I was a teen, and first became aware of the concept of a shelved album, the sheer thought of the amount of unreleased music that many record labels and artists have stashed away in their private vaults has always intrigued me. All that life and game changing material that may [...]
He’d probably be strolling around the streets of Bed-Stuy with one of these:
No, not the girl. The thing she’s holding in front of her.
What may appear to be a virtual pet on a leash, is actually a futuristic take on the boom box, created by Israeli industrial designer, Inbal Dayagi.
Inspired by a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
