Month: July 2012

Facebook Users Hijack Campaign to Exile Pitbull

July 5, 2012
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Sometimes, Facebook campaigns backfire. To promote Energy Sheets, the caffeine-infused approximate of Listerine strips, Walmart on Tuesday announced a contest that would send American rapper (and Energy Sheets spokesperson) Pitbull to the store location that received the most new Facebook Likes by July 15. David Thorpe and Jon Hendren of Something Awful started a campaign…

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Frank Ocean Comes Out Of Closet

July 5, 2012
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This was, um, unexpected. Last night, Frank Ocean revealed via his Tumblr page that he’s bi-sexual. Outside of the bedroom, his debut album Channel Orange drops July 17th. 4 summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19 years old. He was too. We spent that summer, and the summer after, together. Everyday almost. And on…

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RIAA Faces Near Certain Failure In Its .music Bid

July 5, 2012
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Last week, we plunged into the intensely-competitive race for .music, one of hundreds of unreleased domain name extensions.  These extensions are collectively worth billions, and .music has the potential to transform music online.  That would explain why an RIAA-led consortium called ‘Far Further’ is taking strong steps to gain control over all .music registrations, with…

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DJ Drama Interviews A$AP Rocky

July 5, 2012
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While in the A, A$AP Rocky kicked it with DJ Drama on Aphilliates Radio. Below is a synopsis of what they discussed. During the last day of his visit to Atlanta A$AP Rocky and DJ Drama got a chance to catch up on Shade 45 since their last sit down a few months ago. They…

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DJ Skee Interviews Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

July 5, 2012
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Krayzie, Layzie, Bizzy, Wish and Flesh all reunited on DJ Skee’s “Live From LA” radio show to reflect on their first encounter with Eazy-E as well as collaborating with B.I.G. and ‘Pac.

MMG Self Made 2 Concert Self Made Vol. 2 Debuts #4 With 98k Albums Sold

July 5, 2012
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Looks like MMG is going in the right direction. Wale went from selling 28k in his first week to 164k. Self Made Vol. 1 sold 59k in the first week of sales. Do you see big numbers for Rick Ross and Meek Mill? Was Vol.2 better than Vol. 1? –Real Talk

Real Talk With Shiny Diamonds

July 5, 2012
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Shiny Diamonds freestyles and speaks on his upcoming project and artists. Check his biography below. Shiny Diamonds is a Peoria, IL native who was born to be a hip hop icon. He started rhyming and making beats at a young age but it was in high school that he decided to pursue music as a…

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Rita Ora Ora Cover

July 5, 2012
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The Roc Nation songstress from the UK keeps it sophisticated with an awe expression for the cover art of her debut album, Ora. Keep that eye out for its release on August 27.

The Beat Junkies – For the Record

July 4, 2012
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The World Famous Beat Junkies, comprised of members J-Rocc, DJ Babu, D-Styles, DJ Rhettmatic, DJ What?!, Mr. Choc, Icy Ice, Curse, DJ Shortkut, Melo-D, Symphony and DJ Havik have been putting in work on the turntables since they were first established in 1992. Known internationally as the premiere DJ crew, their longevity is a testament…

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Clay Chaplin is the Director of Electronic Music Studios at California Institute of the Arts.

July 4, 2012
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In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Clay Chaplin, from California Institute of the Arts, talks about the recording program at Cal Arts and what it has to offer.