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An Open Letter to the DOJ Regarding Hip-Hop Domain Seizures

Tweet To the Department of Justice, et al: During the past few days you have shut down three prominent hip-hop sites: OnSmash.com, DaJaz1.com and RapGodfathers.com. I expect that b

Cleveland’s Machine Gun Kelly Lace’s Up to Deliver a Classic Mixtape

Tweet It takes a lot to motivate me to write about an emerging artist. With an overflowing inbox filled with records from artists I’ve never heard of, it’s hard to …

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Tweet There must be something in the water down in Atlanta that inspires an outpouring of creativity that rejuvenates the hip-hop world every couple of years. While Cee-Lo’s

Raaaaaaaandy Mixtape Is On the Way!

TweetAziz Ansari has recently become one of my favorite comics. His character, Tom Haverford, on Parks & Recreation steals every scene that he’s featured in and Ansari

Xplosive the Hip-Hop Economic Policy Adviser

March 26, 2009

News, The Music Industry

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Tweet Words cannot describe how much I love this blog (and all blogs for that matter). Besides serving as my soap box to stand on when I want to make …Continue reading »

The Hip-Hop Stimulus Plan Part II: Monetizing the Blogosphere

March 2, 2009

News, The Music Industry

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In other words, by using an existing distribution system already in place, labels would create a business model that acknowledges and embraces the Internet as the strongest marketing tool in the label’s arsenal. Continue reading »