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03rd Jan2012
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27th Nov2011
#RandomRequests: Black Star x TI x Kendrick Lamar x Wale x Terrace Martin x Cee-Lo Green
Everybody’s (and by everybody I mean people who dont buy music) favorite segment is back…for now… #DMCA …but enjoy
Kendrick Lamar – Rigamortis Remix Feat Busta Rhymes
Black Star – Fix Up
No download but you can cop it on itunes
T.I. – Pyro
Common – Celebrate
Black Star – You Already Knew
French Montana Ft Diddy & Rick Ross-Shot Caller (Remix)
Cam’ron – Motivation
Kendrick Lamar – 5 Fingers Of Death Freestyle
Common – Be (Original Version Produced By J. Dilla)
WZRD (KiD CuDi & Dot Da Genius) – Brake
Kendrick Lamar – Cloud 10
50 Cent – What Up Gangsta Pt. 2
N.O.R.E ft. Pusha T & Meek Mill – Scared Money from TNYCinema on Vimeo.
Ras Kass – Holes in the Ozone
09th Oct2011
SL Jones – Paper Cuts (Video)
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SLJONESY
Music: http: http://music.sljonesmusic.com
Buy The Number 23: Editor’s Cut: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-number-23-editors-cut/id458475747
“Paper Cuts” is the latest single from SL Jones’ new mixtape, The Number 23 (Hosted By Don Cannon). The video is directed by Motion Family.
01st Sep2011
Sozay – Higher Feat. Lupe Fiasco & Corey F.A.M.E.
iTunes Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/
Sozay – Higher Feat. Lupe Fiasco & Corey F.A.M.E.
18th Aug2011
Mayer Hawthorne – When The Nightfalls
Just last week, suave electo-funk duo Chromeoreleased their new EP “When the Night Falls”Remix EP, which features highly contagious remixes of their single by indie music A-listers including Hercules & Love Affair, Breakbot, and Lifelike. Also of special note, Mayer Hawthorne put his own smooth spin on the song in a unique cover version. Take a listen now!
When The Night Falls (Mayer Hawthorne Cover) by Chromeo
Chromeo When The Night Falls (Mayer Hawthorne Coverversion)
Download the “When the Night Falls”Remix EP from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/
08th Aug2011
Jay-Z x Kanye West – Watch The Throne (Deluxe Album)
You survived the leak… take a bow… Click the picture or click the link… You’re welcome
28th Jul2011
Independent Retailers’ Open Letter to Jay-Z and Kanye West About ‘Watch the Throne’ Exclusives
In response to Jay-Z and Kanye West‘s decision to offer exclusive sales programs to iTunes and Best Buy for their forthcoming “Watch the Throne” LP, a number of independent retailers have written an open letter to the duo protesting the plan, calling it a “short-sighted strategy.”
Dear Jay-Z and Kanye West,
Independent record stores serve our communities. Our passion is music, and we convey this to the millions of customers who come to our stores. That’s what we do.
Four years ago independent music stores across the country banded together to create Record Store Day. Our goal was to counter the negative media coverage about the supposed demise of record stores brought on by the closing of the Tower stores and to respond to the music business practices that fans deemed to be manipulative and onerous.
We reached out to the artist community to see if they would join us, and the response was overwhelming, with words of support coming in from Paul McCartney, Erykah Badu, Tom Waits, Chuck D, the Foo Fighters and countless others. Working with their label partners, many of these musicians created limited edition works of art, including vinyl and CDs made especially for music-specialty retail. Hundreds of these artists took the opportunity to perform, DJ, and interact with their fans in our record stores. Here in the U.S., Record Store Day lifted the entire music business by 8% and contributed to the growth in music sales. Record Store Day is now one of the biggest music events in history, with millions of people participating worldwide. We also continue to work throughout the year with labels, artists and managers and run regular promotions via physical independent retail and recordstoreday.com.
We are responding to the bad news that your new album will not be available to independent record stores until after iTunes gets a window of exclusivity. We also learned that the deluxe version (which is what the true music fans who shop our stores will want, by an overwhelming majority) will only be available at Best Buy exclusively for a period of time. We believe this is a short-sighted strategy, and that your decisions will be doing great damage to over 1,700 independent record stores — stores that have supported you and your music for years.
We know that you are busy, and that you put most of your energies into creating great music, but we are writing to you in the hope that you will hear us and take the time to rectify this matter. As representatives of the independent record store music community, we are asking you to allow record stores and music fans equal access to your new album.
With the utmost respect,
| Dedry Jones, The Music Experience Mike Dreese, Newbury Comics Judy Negley, Independent Records Rachelle Friedman, J&R Music World Mike Batt, Silver Platters John Kunz, Waterloo Records Tobago Benito, DBS Sounds Brian Faber, Zia Records Karen Pearson, Amoeba Music Bryan Burkert, The Sound Garden Paul Epstein, Twist and Shout Mike Wise, Monster Rob Roth, Vintage Vinyl Karl Groeger, Looney Tunes Joe Nardone, Jr., Gallery of Sound Jonathan Fernandez, Rasputin Music Mike Fratt, Homers Dilyn Radakovitz, Dimple Records Lisa Teger-Zhen, Uncle Sam’s Music Dustin Hansen, Graywhale Entertainment Bill Kennedy, BK Music Jim Bland and Bob Schick, Plan Nine Steve Wilson, Kiefs Tom King, Central Square Records Alayna Hill Alderman, Richard Storms, Record Archive Nancy Salzer, Salzer’s Records Rick Ziegler, Indy CD Laura, Finders Records Deon Borchard, Nic Fritze, The Long Ear Chuck Oken, Rhino /Mad Platter Allan Miller, John Bevis, Disc Exchange Charlotte Kubat, Magnolia Thunderpussy Chris Avino, Rainbow Records Rich Koch, Off the Record Skip Hermans, Skip’s Record and CD World Jason Patton, Oz Music Quinn Bishop, Cactus Records John Timmons, ear X tacy Lou Russell, Lou’s Records Roger Weiss, Streetlight Records Terry Currier, Music Millenium Andrew Chinnici, Lakeshore Record Exchange Michael Bunnell, The Record Exchange Mike White, Boo Boo Records Steve Baron, CD Central Eric Levin, Criminal Records Pat O’connor, Culture Clash Dan Plunkett, End Of An Ear Paula Kret, Exile On Main St Chris Penn, Good Records Doyle Davis, Grimey’s Travis Searle, Guestroom Records Jim Mcguinn, Hot Poop Isaac Slusarenko, Jackpot Records Jason Nickey & Heath Byers, Landlocked Music Todd Robinson, Luna Music Darren & Jim Blase, Shake It Anna & Chris Brozek, Slowtrain Kimber Lanning, Stinkweeds Tom “Papa” Ray, Vintage Vinyl Jack Dennis and Christopher Ashely, Earshot Lisa Tiger-Zhen, Uncle Sams Dave Zero, Mad City Music Exchange Sarah Hefte, Everyday Music Mike Madrigale, Mr. Suit Records Lance Price, CD Source Bruce Carlock, Cats Music Thomas “Toonz” Predovich, Vinyl Solution Records Neal Becton, Som Records Marc Lasky, Music Box Ryan Shoemaker, Galaxy CDs Bobbie Lewis, Newtown Book & Record Exchange Ernie Scholl, Everyday Music, Maine Reed Lappin, In Your Ear Chris and Bob Roets, Wooden Nickel Music Warren Hudson, Decatur CD and Vinyl Tim Cretsinger, Groovacious Gary Holzenthal, Odyssey Records Marvin Phillips, Heavenly Daze CDs and Records Barry Lazarus, Red Devil Records Scotty Hagan, UHF Music Rick Tyner, M-Theory Music Matt and Rock Cesario, Triple Play Records Maria Armstrong, Lost and Found Records Brendan Smith, Requests Music Shirani Rea, Peaches Records David Elliot, Replay Records Michael and Denise Roumbanis, dig! Music Rand Cabus, Mojo Vinyl Pete Beaudoin, That’s Entertainment Michael Schildgen, Moondog Music Al Steele, Wyatt Earp Records Mitch Kirsner, Fantasy Eve Monsees, Antone’s Record Shop Mik Davis, T-Bones Records & Caf√© Bernard Vasek, Musicmania Pete Gulyas, Blue Arrow Records Alicia Schultz, Sound Revolution Tom Robbins, Eagle Valley Music & Comics Brad Richman, Spazz Records Leonard Silver, Record Theatre Greg Larsen, Music to the Maxx Lance Barresi & Liz Tooley, Permanent Records Mark Kessler, Recycled Records Aaron Marquez, 360 Vinyl Jarrett Noel, DiHi Records Glen Velger, Harmony Records Ron Hill, Basement Mix Sanders Henderson, Nikki’s Music Tim Henderson, Joy Of Music Bernard Vasek, MusicMania Kelvin Anderson, VIP Records Dennie Chong & Ward Yamashita, Hungry Ear Records | John Thominet, Rainbow Records Rick Linie, Creative Leisure Chris, Young Ones Morrison Agen, Neat Neat Neat Records and Music Peter Gianakopoulos, The Old School Records Reid Robinson, Co-Op Records, Moline Carol Copfer, Movie Trading Company, Vintage Stock John Anderson, Reverberation Vinyl Rob Kimple, Ramalama Records Randy Wagner, Radio KAOS Records Sam Lock, CD.Game Exchange Rob Bourqu, Music Matters Steve Hyland, Down In the Valley Melanie Cade, Mojo Books and Music Tony Cicalese, We Got The Beats Andy Schneidkraut, Albums on the Hill Robert Stapleton, Southwest Sound Sharon & Shirley Bechor, Rock and Soul Records Rich and Sue Graves, Budget Tapes & Records Todd Fundaro, Flipside Records Adam Hirzel, Saki Records Kelly, Patrick and Robby, Back Door Records Stacey Pepper, Vertigo Music Josh Castleberry, Toxic Beauty Records Lou Romanelli, Music Masters Worldwide Bill Prue, Metro City Records Jon Bauer, Budget Music and Video Russell Reitz, Listen Up Music Steve Kessler, CD City Paul MacDougall, PMac Music John Aleman, Piranha Records Elle Quintana, Record Breakers Mark Matarozzo, Spun Music Gerry Stumbaugh, The Last Record Store Heather Frarey, The Record Lounge Scott Wishart, Lunchbox Records Joe Smith, Joe’s Records Patrick Bailey, Endangered Species Mary Radakovits, Compact Disc Center Anaii Lee-Ender & Norbert Ender, Speaking Volumes Tim Williams, Any Frequency Doug and Michelle Williams, Bananas Music Gary Scotti, Scotti’s Records Rick Sinkiewicz and Josh Carlson, Redscroll Records Pete Majors, Vacation Vinyl Tom Sampson, Karma Scott Chase & Lacey Ritter, Renfield Record Exchange Kurt Jellinek, Slackers Music, Movies, Games Travis Searle & Justin Sowers, Guestroom Records Terry and Deon Borchard, The Long Ear Manny Alferez, Black Pancake Records Steven Alejandro, Hogwild Records Jeffrey Burke, The Record Connection Kurt & Leigh Legler, Warbler Records Anthony Tedeschi and Chip Heuisler, Tunes Dal Basi, Phono Select Records Brian and Sean Reisman, Hideaway Music Dave Wilkins, Wax Trax Billy and Melissa Yergensen, Rock Candy Music And More Jack Dreznes, Beverly Records Richard G Terzieff, A B CDs/Recorded Memories Jim Paddock, Size Records Carl Nordmeier, Tune Town Dan Matheson, Repo Records Greg Ellis, Sundance Records Matt Mona, KA-CHUNK!! Records Ken Kosta, Spin Records |
25th May2011
Did Amazon Overstep With Its 99-Cent Lady Gaga Album Promotion?
By designating Lady Gaga’s hotly anticipated album “Born This Way” as Monday’s “MP3 Daily Deal,” Amazon appears to be have gambled that the cost of selling the album at far below wholesale price will be worth the value of drawing additional customer traffic to promote its Cloud Drive and Cloud Player.
The promotion is sparking plenty of attention all right — but much of it for the wrong reasons, as customers vent their anger over difficulties in downloading the album.
As is the case with every purchase at its MP3 store, buyers of “Born This Way” were given the option of downloading the album to their Cloud Drive or to their computer.
And on its music home page, Amazon reminded customers that their purchase of the “Born This Way” album download would qualify them for a free upgrade to 20 mb of Cloud Drive storage, which normally costs $20 a year. The same offer applies to a customer’s first purchase of any Amazon MP3 album from March 28 to Dec. 31, 2011.
But heavy demand for “Born This Way” created congestion at the MP3 store, greatly slowing the downloading process for some customers. One Billboard staffer required about 80 minutes to download the entire album to his computer Monday morning Eastern time. However, another staffer who purchased the album in the early afternoon via the Amazon MP3 app on his Android handset experienced no delays downloading all the tracks to his Cloud Drive account and to his handset; several customers commented on Amazon.com that they’d had no problems downloading the (more…)
22nd May2011
13th Apr2011
Jamie Knight – Still In Love
Jamie Knight – Still In Love (<–Itunes Link)
That was fast right?
As heard on the StarAndBucWild Morning Show, Phillys own Jamie Knight has a new single out called “Still in Love”
Jamie Knight has toured with some of todays greatest artist and also recorded a song with Jay-Z called “Dont Play Me”
Check out Jamie Knights new single and give us your feedback
02nd Apr2011
LizaMoon Attack Infects Millions Of Websites
Have you heard the scary news about ‘LizaMoon,’ a malicious code attack that has already infected more than a million websites?
Don’t panic. This particular bit of hacker mischief is setting off alarms among online security watchdogs for its speed and scope, but built-in software safeguards mean few actual users will end up suffering.
The exploit drew headlines because it’s affecting a surprisingly large number of websites — nearly 4 million so far — and because some of those sites feed into Apple’s iTunes platform. Websense, the security software vendor that first broke the news about LizaMoon in its blog, played up the iTunes connection in its first warning about the attack.
But Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) has iTunes designed to automatically neutralize this kind of threat. That means there’s zero risk of an iTunes user’s computer actually getting infected by this bit of malware. Websense acknowledged that in its latest LizaMoon update.
“Every time there’s a mass-injection like this, and there really hasn’t been anything this big before, we try (more…)
29th Mar2011
Catch Up: A.Dd+ – When Pigs Fly (Free Album)
I know that pigs may only fly in your dreams, but dont sleep on A.Dd+, these dudes are nice. They have a classic southern feel to their music with new school flavor. This is definitely going into my library. If you like it like I do, strongly consider buying one of the 37 36 35 34 33 special edition hard copies of this album that are left.
*listening currently*
If you’d like to BUY the digital album, click the following link to purchase on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/when-pigs-fly/id424995695
Limited Edition Physical Album Packages are also for sale below.
Free download link & stream below….
15th Mar2011
Bon Jovi: Steve Jobs Killed The Music Industry
Jon Bon Jovi is accusing Apple co-founder Steve Jobs of “killing” the music industry with iTunes.
“Kids today have missed the whole experience of putting the headphones on, turning it up to 10, holding the jacket, closing their eyes and getting lost in an album; and the beauty of taking your allowance money and making a decision based on the jacket, not knowing what the record sounded like, and looking at a couple of still pictures and imagining it,” he says in The Sunday Times Magazine (via New York magazine). “God, it was a magical, magical time.
“I hate to sound like an old man now, but I am, and you mark my words, in a generation from now people are going to say: ‘What happened?’” he goes on. “Steve Jobs is personally responsible for killing the music business.”
10th Mar2011
Apple Is Negotiating w/Labels For Unlimited iTunes Downloads
Apple is negotiating with the big record labels to allow unlimited iTunes downloads so people can download the music they’ve paid for to many devices, Bloomberg reports.
(Right now, you basically have to download the music once, and then sync it across many devices on your own, primarily through USB.)
This is a no brainer for Apple. They want as few restrictions as possible on downloaded music because it’s better for consumers, and therefore better for its stores. Meanwhile, record labels want restrictions because, well, they’re record labels.
Apple’s music store has 70%+ marketshare and Steve Jobs knows how to drive a hard bargain. But Apple does need the labels as much as the labels need Apple. Bloomberg sources say there might be an agreement by the middle of this year. We’ll see.
17th Feb2011
The Death Of The “Old” Music Industry
Topspin CEO Ian Rogers sketches out a different future. Rogers, the former head of Yahoo Music, correctly points out, as others have before him, that it is not the music industry that is dying. It is the CD business.
And as far as the CD business going the way of the dodo, with sales of physical CDs declining and the growth of digital sales not making up the difference, his response is:
I don’t care.
The lamenting we read in the press is not the story of the new music business. Continuing to talk about the health of the music industry on these terms is as if we’d all been crying about the dying cassette business in 1995. The difference is that when we moved from cassette to CD the winners were the same (big companies who owned access to cash, distribution, and marketing) and the definition of winning was the same (more units sold for these big companies).
As I’ve been saying for years, the physics of the media space have changed and you shouldn’t expect the winners or even the definition of winning to stay constant, so simply looking at how iTunes replaces (more…)
