August 2008
11 posts
Hey, remember Mic Geronimo? He sent me this today and I liked it so much I thought I’d share it… Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Today We Fought The Devil Category: Life EEEP! Whopnin’ Babies. I borrrowed that courtesy “The Chronic”. Shout out and G d bless to Dr.Dre. I got the news that he lost his son a day ago. It’s always something y’all. ...
MySpace Music CEO By Bob Lefsetz The reason they can’t hire anybody is everybody with a shred of tech knowledge knows it’s going to be a disaster. MySpace is so 2006… And its software/interface sucks. And there was no traction with Snocap… So suddenly, because fat cats found out social networking/Web 2.0 was the next big thing, they’re going to anoint this lame...
TQ: The Secrets Behind Cash Money’s “Jailhouse Love” From allhiphop.com May 29, 2008 A Team… That always got me going. When I used to play football, my coaches always made sure we focused on that. It takes a team to win… That’s what made me jump at signing to Cash Money. It looked like a bunch of ni**as playing their part to win. A team. That’s some sh*t that I fit well in. I...
TQ: The Cash Money rap-Up From allhiphop.com 6/08 By TQ Back to the lecture at hand… Too much funny sh*t was going on at Cash Money. I always considered Baby a helluva hustla. That ni**a could brown paper bag a whole region in a week. Man we was out doing parties and shows, two and three a nite! 30 stacks here, 50 stacks there… The Big Tymers were hot! We made a hot a** album, and Bubba and Fresh...
TQ: Independence From allhiphop.com 7/1/08 We got the Fourth of July coming up, and I wanna take a lil’ time to liberate myself. Congrats to our man Barack for doing the damn thang! Can y’all believe this sh*t???? I’m glad I’m here to see it! Anyway, it seems like the last two installments of this column have ruffled some feathers… Sorry to hear that. The truth hurts. ...
TQ: The Buck Starts Here From allhiphop.com 7.22.08 Back in 1999, I performed at the World Wide Sony Music Convention in Miami… I blew the roof off that bitch. Point Blank. That day I learned the most valuable and important thing in my career. Two guys pulled me to the side in the hallway after my performance. They were pretty high up on the chain of command at Sony International, and they...
I usually just focus on urban music, but thought you might like to see who was on SoundScan (Aug 12, 2008) that has sold more than 1,000,000 CDs. This is the Top 200 selling CDs as of August 12th. The first number (using the first line entry) of 44 represents the # of weeks the CD has stayed on the charts. The second entry ATLG is the label—in this case, Atlantic. The next 3 entries...
Business Basics
By, Wendy Day from Rap Coalition (www.rap-coalition.com) I never thought I’d ever have to devote a column to this topic, but apparently it needs addressing based upon how most folks seem to operate a business in this industry. Here are some basics: 1. Set up a phone for business calls, KEEP the phone in service, and return phone calls. Changing your phone number every few weeks may be the way...
Do you believe that every love story that you see, read, or hear can be true?… Or maybe you think you have your own with your’s truly… You know who. Do you believe that a contract should be drawn up for your love, and signed in the truest blue… And if it’s ever breached for infidelity, or any emotional travesty you could sew? Do you believe that your man should...
Name Dropping By, Mic Fiend (reprinted with permission from an email blast he sent out last week) If you are trying to build a relationship with someone, the first words expressed should not be “ Yo I F*&k with So, and So” That tells me two things 1 you probably don’t, and 2 you don’t have any real business with me. The reason I say this is because name dropping make you look like a Dick...
Name Dropping By, Mic Fiend (reprinted with permission from an email blast he sent out last week) If you are trying to build a relationship with someone, the first words expressed should not be “ Yo I F*&k with So, and So” That tells me two things 1 you probably don’t, and 2 you don’t have any real business with me. The reason I say this is because name dropping make you look like a Dick...