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ARTIST: MAGAZEEN
SONG: IMMIGRANT
LABEL: Island Construction Records
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
NEW MUSIC & HOT EVENT INFO - ARTIST "TALIB KWELI" ANNOUNCES FREE CONCERT WITH SPECIAL GUEST & NEW MUSIC DOWNLOAD (HOT!)
Talib Kweli is readying his next solo album, 'Gutter Rainbows,' for a January 25th release date. The album will be digital-only in North America & available in all formats in the rest of the world. 'Gutter Rainbows' is the first album through Talib Kweli's new imprint, Talibra, with marketing & distribution also being handled by 3D.
Production on the album by Ski Beatz, S-1, M-Phazes, Shuko, Blaqthoven, KHRYSIS!, Maurice Brown, E. Jones, Nick Speed & Ty Neg.
On November 24th fans in Los Angeles can see a FREE Talib Kweli performance featuring material from 'Gutter Rainbows.' The show, presented by Myspace Music, will be held at The Roxy on 9009 West Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA. Doors at 9PM. All ages welcome. Free admission only with a canned good or blanket. Also performing: Strong Arm Steady, Tunji & Jayson Rose with DJs, Luxerbrown, Uncle Pauly & Jay-P.
Download Track Here:
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ALSO HELP FEED THE HOMELESS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WITH "OPORATION WE CARE" HOPE IN A BOX PROJECT WITH "1DOTFMJAMZ" FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT OWCCARES@GMAIL.COM THANK YOU
NEW - BILLBOARD DROPS TOP 50 ARTISTS FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS (THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING)
In honor of the incomparable artists that have helped bring urban music
to the masses over the last three decades -- and also to toast the
success of our recently launched music column The Juice -- the Billboard
chart team has assembled this list of the Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop
artists of the last 25 years.
This is a *Must Read* for all new artists to see what made these artists so special & why they are on top! (Peep Game)
COOL V PRESENTS - NEW MOVIE "THE WARRIORS WAY" (OFFICIAL TRAILER & INFORMATION)
The Warrior's Way, a visually-stunning modern martial arts western starring
Korean actor Dong-gun Jang who plays an Asian warrior assassin forced to hide
in a small town in the American Badlands. Rounding out the ensemble cast are Kate
Bosworth (Superman Returns), Oscar®-winner Geoffrey Rush (Shine), Danny Huston
(The Kingdom), and Tony Cox (The Hustle).The fantasy action film was written
and directed by newcomer Sngmoo Lee, and is being produced by Barrie M. Osborne
(Lord of the Rings), Jooick Lee (Seven Swords) and Michael Peyser (Hackers).
The world's greatest swordsman abandons his warrior clan to start a new life in the American Badlands in The Warrior's Way, a visually dazzling modern martial arts adventure with stunningly choreographed fight sequences and gravity-defying stunts. In
an original, gorgeously realized journey into a mythical past, writer
and director Sngmoo Lee seamlessly marries the cinematic traditions of
East and West. Korean superstar Jang Dong Gun, Kate Bosworth, Danny
Huston and Academy Award® winner Geoffrey Rush star in this epic story of revenge and redemption.
The Warrior's Way is written and directed by Sngmoo Lee in his American feature film debut. It stars Jang Dong Gun (Friend, Taegukgi:The Brotherhood of War), Kate Bosworth (21, Superman Returns), Geoffrey Rush (Shine, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl), Danny Huston (The Conspirator, Robin Hood), Tony Cox (Bad Santa, Meet Monica Velour) and Ti Lung (Frozen, Dynasty of Blood). The film is produced by Barrie M. Osborne (the Lord of the Rings franchise), Jooick Lee (Seven Swords) and Michael Peyser (Matilda, Hackers). The director of photography is Woo-hyung Kim (Late Autumn). Production designer is Dan Hennah (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans). Editor is Jonno-Woodford Robinson (King Kong). Costume designer is three-time Academy Award winner James Acheson (The Last Emperor, Dangerous Liaisons and Restoration). Original music is by Javier Navarrete (Pan's Labyrinth). Executive producers are Tim White (The Boys Are Back, Ned Kelly) and Eui Hong.
Starring: Jang Dong-Gun,Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Huston, Tony Cox, and Ti Lung.
Rating: Rated R
Running Time: 100 minutes
Release Date: Friday, December 3, 2010 nationwide
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Written by: Sngmoo Lee
Produced by: Barrie M. Osborne, Jooick Lee, Michael Peyser
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It's Official This Movie is going to be HOT!!!!!!! If you love action this is a "MUST SEE" from the directors that created "Lord Of The Rings" can you expect anything less? Thanks Emily for the 411 People get your action hats on!!!
It's Official You Heard The Whistle
Ya Boy Boyee
"Cool V"
The Industry Insomniac!
Monday, October 25, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
COOL V - PRESENTS MARKETING TIPS TO TAKE WITH YOU ON YOUR ROAD TO SUCCESS!
Collaboration. One of the best ways to market yourself is to collaborate with others. Instead of only working by yourself, offer your talents on a project. If you’re a writer, offer to collaborate with other bloggers — if you give them some free writing (do a guest post), you have just reached a wider audience, and you’ve developed a relationship with another blogger. You can do the same with whatever service you offer — offer it up for free (or at a discounted rate) so you can develop relationships and reach a wider audience.
Listings. Be sure that you’re on all the freelance job sites, or at least the ones that apply most to the service you offer or the market you’re aiming for. You don’t have many words to make a pitch, so offer a few words to differentiate yourself and a link to your blog if possible.
Business card. Don’t go with anything tacky or overly complicated. Keep it simple, professional. The fewer items on your card, the better. Really, all you need is your name, your service and your email address, but you can put a slogan or logo if that works for you. Also, some have argued that the new business card is to simply say “Google me”. If so, be sure that you’ve researched your Google results thoroughly.
Email skills. This is how I do most of my marketing, in combination with the blog and collaboration ideas listed above. I’ll simply email someone to see if they’re interested. I’ll do a short pitch about myself and my services (a short paragraph) and make them an offer. If they write back, great. If not, you can either follow up or move on to the next one. Don’t be too pushy. Again, be professional, and offer a link or two to show samples of your work. People don’t have a lot of time to read emails, so be sure to keep it short. Be friendly and professional. And make them an offer they can’t refuse (not a “Godfather”-style offer, though).
In person. This is the part that many people have trouble with. Either they are too shy or they have a tendency to overdo it. You need to find a balance between being unafraid to talk to people and being too pushy. If you face a fear here, don’t worry — you’re not alone. If you go to a conference or some other event like that, face your fear by making it a challenge to talk to 20 people today. By the time you’ve done 5-10 of them, you’ll start to get more comfortable. Develop a short script for what you want to say, if this doesn’t come naturally for you. Alter it depending on people’s reactions. But try to learn to deliver it naturally, and be open to changing it as you go. The script is basically a way for you to plan your key points. Basically, you just want to introduce yourself, ask the person about himself, mention what you do and suggest that you work together, and if there’s a little interest, make a specific suggestion for how you could work together and an appointment for follow-up communication (a meeting, phone call, email, etc.). There are many variations on this, but this is the most basic form.
Social websites. If you freelance in a certain field, find the forums and other social websites where your field communicates. It could be on MySpace or Facebook or a certain popular blog or one of a number of online forums. Be a participant, contribute valuable knowledge without showing off, be friendly and helpful. You might form relationships that could pay off in the long run.
The Pitch. This is used whether in email, in person, on a social website, or IM. You need to develop the art of making a pitch that doesn’t come on too strong. This takes practice, and there’s too much to this skill for me to explain here, but in general, the key point is to understand what the potential customer needs or wants, and show how you are the perfect solution to provide that need or want. The reasons you’re the perfect solution could be several of many, including price, quality, a service not offered elsewhere, additional value, experience, least hassle, fastest completion time, reliability, etc. Understand their needs and meet them. In as few words as possible, or you’ll lose them.
The Close. Once you’ve made the pitch, you could end it with a simple, “Get back to me if you’re interested.” But you might find that while people will react positively to that kind of conclusion, you will rarely end with any kind of business. You need to have a close, make a sell. Again, don’t be pushy about it. Just learn to make a specific offer and ask your client to take action (with a good reason to take that action). That action could be to purchase your services, or to give you a one-time try, or to work with you on a small job, or to meet with you to discuss options. Whatever it is, be specific and don’t let the time be vague (don’t say “sometime next month”). For example, say, “How about if I sketch up a design and send it to you by Wednesday?” or “Let’s give this a try: I’ll write one article for you, and if it doesn’t work out, no hard feelings. I can have it to you in two days.”
Product. This should go without saying, but your best spokesman is your product. If your work is shoddy, people won’t continue to use you, and worse yet, your reputation will go downhill. If instead you do an outstanding job, you will continue to get business, or even better, you’ll get recommended to others as an outstanding freelancer. “His fee wasn’t ridiculously overpriced and he did an amazing job on that logo.” Be sure not only to do you utmost best on every assignment, but to check it over for mistakes, to deliver it on time, to communicate well with the client, and to do professional follow-ups so that the client is happy from start to finish.
If your in need of marketing services please take to time to fill out my business inquiry form "HERE"
Be sure you apply the above mentioned and watch your network grow! Because your network should make your "Net" - "Work"! Have a great week people!
The Industry Insomniac!
"Cool V"
Mr Official Whistle!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
COOL V PRESENTS - HOTTIE OF THE WEEK "LAURA DORE" AONOTHER MODEL WHO IS ON HER GRIND (SERIOUSLY!)
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NEW MUSIC - "WYCLEF JEAN" DROPS NEW SINGLE "HAITIAN BY ASSOCIATION) SHOUTS TO MY BRO "DJ KING ASSASSIN" FOR THIS ONE!
Lookout for his new project co-produced by my boy "dj king assassin"
Also be on the lookout for Trunk Hustlers & Mixshowblast Conference Calls will be returning soon!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
REAL TALK - ARTISTS "REVOLUTIONARY KIDS" WROTE DEEP ARTICLE ON "GLOBAL GRIND" DISCUSSING THE IGNORANCE IN TODAYS GENERATION & DUMIFICATION OF "HIP HOP" CALLED "IS AMERICA'S YOUTH GETTING DUMBER?" (*THIS IS A MUST READ!*)
"EXHIBIT A "THE PROOF!"
WHAT'S CRACKING PEOPLE!
If the article in "Global Grin" wasn't deja-ve because I just spoke to my boy "Wayne Royale" about this and I was also just on the phone a few days ago talking to "Roxanne Shante" a Hip-Hop vet about the same thing. She discussed how we are being depicted in Hip Hop today and how she grew up at the age of 14 working in a shoot-up house (Crack House) giving shots to the crack heads with needles so she was making money before she entered the rap game. She also talked about how she was always seeking a better life for herself and some of the poor choices she made and how these bad decisions at an early age effected her life and the many hardships she went threw because of them. So now she dedicates a lot of her time helping other young women and warning them NOT make the same mistakes!
I have also have spoken to countless others in the past about this same topic from Pac to Biggie even Biggie Smalls was evolving from that mind state shown in one of his last videos where he even states " I can't talk about being broke or the same topics because I'm NOT broke no more! So I can't talk about that and not feeding into ignorance how it can escalate into nothing but drama."
"Biggie Discusses why he didn't talk about the same topics as he did on his 1st album"
I have even spoke to countless Dj's who are tired of the same ol story to DJ's such as "Mary Nicholes" from "Black Radio is Back" & "Fuse Box Radio" also Radio station managers and owners such as "Masha Polk" GM/1DOTFMJAMZ, "Africah Allah" CEO/ DIRADIO CAST to Sway & Tech "MTV /"Wake Up Show", "Dew Kelly & GS " Lord Gang DJ's, "Latin Prince CEO/Bum Squad DJ's My PNC & veteran "DJ King Assassin" (2 Pac's DJ) , Fleet DJ's, Future Star DJs, Princess Lopez of NEX Radio, Wayne Royale "Mixxcity Radio" to the creator of the 1st mix-tape awards show R.I.P the late great "Justo Faizon" himself and countless others.
Hip Hop have always been the target of controversy since its conception but we always had artists in the limelight who wrote lyrics so deep and thought provoking even college professors could not deny its artistic value and educational value so much in fact they created college courses to express this at NYU (See Here) & Howard University (See Here) to study them. But what can we say about some (NOT ALL) of the lyrics when studying in Hip Hop today . Just think about it we went from "Think About It" to "Self Destruction" to now "Oh Let's Do It" or the "Stanky Leg" some of today's Hip Hop artists have made us an easy target for critics who think Hip Hop promotes only negativity and ignorance like Bill O Reily and countless others. The sad thing is there are plenty of amazing artists who have thought provoking lyrics like J Cole, Wiz Kahlifah, Bad Seed, Richie Sosa, R.A.P.P Quelle, Dead Pres, Jay Electronica, Ameer, Ghost Wrider, Cory Gunz, Jay Rock, Diggy Simmons, Kendred Lemar, Beedie Mac Miller, or Rain and many others who get overlooked because of the stand they have taken for Hip Hop. A reflection of our mental status and the negative impact that some of this music is causing just see www.worldstarhiphop.com and see why it's time for a change or just go to your local hood and open your eyes!
KRS1 THE TEACHER ADDRESSES THIS IN 2002 SINGLE "PROBLEMZ"
"LUPE FIASCO - 'BUMB IT DOWN"
When did this dummication of Hip Hop start? I 'd have to say when when Hip Hop married the south some artists lost sight of lyrical content and the true essence of Hip Hop Freestyling B-Boying etc.. Now before you jump to conclusions I am NOT saying all ignorance came from the south lord knows we played our part but a lot of the artists from the south came with dumb down lyrics. Now on the other hand there have also been alot of hot artists from the south that still stood for the same creativity Hip Hop emerged with such as Outcast, UGK, Little Brother etc... There has been enough debates contesting this fact and one of the biggest and more famous debates I remember was between "Monie Love" and "Young Jeezy" (See Here) Which I agreed with her 100%! (Sorry Jeezy!)
"It's a shame" (ironic choice of word's huh lol see monie) that so many have fought so hard for Hip Hop to become mainstream and now that we have achieved such status how our pioneers are repaid? (It's Like The Rosa Park Syndrome) She fought for us to sit in the front so that most of us can go straight to the back! Now don't get me wrong I am NOT saying that every lyric you make has to be on a preachy topic or educational but "Can You At Least Show Some Diversity?" Now NOT all the artist like I said fall in this category nor is it their fault. Because in this process behind the scenes corporate politics play a major role on what you see. It's up to the consumer not to feed into negative cycle however it is NO coincidence that our youth in America is being targeted "Truth Be Told" it's business because the dumber the consumer is the easier the sale! This thinking has also led to many stupid decisions that the U.S have made because if you dumb a person down they are more gullible and accepting to BS they become. (See Here) & (Here.
Now I am not gonna front I actually like some of Waka Flockas songs (mostly the beat because can't understand 1/2 the lyrics) as I do Lil John, Luke & Lil Wayne and they should NOT be depicted as the spokespersosn for African American race just artists these young individuals are artists from the hood following their dream (Which I would rather see than them actually busing shots in the streets any day!) However we have to stop glorifying ignorance! Its okay to dance and have fun but when that becomes a way of life and people who come from nice homes are thinking living in the projects is cool and dumming down their education and status quo something is VERY WRONG WITH THAT! It should be just as cool to read a book and go to school. While Hip Hop plays a major role in this it is NOT the only accomplice so have Heavy Metal, Dance and other forms of music without receiving the same notoriety (hmmmm). Any-who, If this isn't a wake up call for Hip Hop I don't know what is! I have discussed this topic also with YZ, Hakeem (Channel Live), G.S (Lord Gang Djs) and my partner "DJ Fathom" CEO Underwire Magazine and Tapwire Magazine on numerous occasions and in conclusion "People we have GOT TO DO BETTER!"
It's like Nelly stated on an interview with Albie C.E.O/Cheddar DVD "I worked my way out of the hood and people nowadays are working their way trying to get into the hood, When is success and doing better NOT A GOOD THING?" I have to agree with him 100% because I see so many cats who are hustling for a pair of "Air Jordans" and trying to make a career out of hustling WDF? This is crazy haven't the movie Juice, Scarface or New Jack City thought you ANYTHING? Hell if you don't remember those than check out "Brooklyns Finest" some real talk in which the movie shows you hustling and quick money from the streets leads to a dead end street.
It's crazy how dumb we are becoming as Americans compared to other countries its scary the education level of the US vs China or Japan or Canada. Are we are really becoming stupider by the minute? You would think with an intellectual president like Obama vs George Bush we would be headed towards progress instead we are digressing even faster and its like watching a rerun of of the movie"Dumb & Dumber"! It's time we use our heads being stupid has cost countless lives with this war as well as our economy and may cost our future! We need to wake up and smell the coffee because it's not looking so good right now and that's "Real Talk"
READ A BOOK PEOPLES!
"Have A Great Day & As Always "Dream But Don't Sleep!"
Ya Boy Boyee
"Cool V"
The Industry Insomniac!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
REAL TALK - THE TRUTH BEHIND THESE RELIGIOUS SCANDELS NEWEST TOPIC "EDDIE LONG" (HE HAS TO EARN THAT TITLE FOR ME!)
Whats Crack'n People!
1st I would like to say I am NOT about to judge nor condemn "Eddie Long" because for me titles of GOD is something earned not man given. I am tired of false prophets and people trying to make GOD look bad or making a mockery of religion. It was created to teach us to use our moral compass and to strengthen our faith. It was created for hatred, racism or to be misused the way most of these quote on quote religious characters are utilizing it for!
These people should be ashamed of themselves but one day will answer to a higher power and not I. Meanwhile I'll just pray GOD has mercy on their souls! I for one believe there's a GOD and have experienced situations that I know something out there was watching over me! It's also the feeling I get when I feel something evil or do something wrong. God has built us each a moral compass it's just that some of us chose to ignore it.
He doesn't do these things WE DO!!!!!! We also allow people to claim his name and misuse his brand! It's just like upholding a job title with a company for example: You cannot be a school teacher and a stripper! (Why? conflict of interest!) the same applies if your doing wrong wearing a robe claiming to be a pastor, evangelist, missionary etc.. these are all high titles in the ranking of GODs army.
So to be clear I think we have swept bs under the wrong for to long and I have heard countless individuals who have been abused and misused due to someone in a higher position misusing his or her trust. (Shame On You!) But its even worse when you carry a title of GOD because it goes against "EVERYTHING" your supposed to stand for!
Why do these people do these things? .......Simple "BECAUSE WE LET THEM!" and don't hold them accountable. We like to reflect and remember all the good things they do and dispel and other actions because we want to believe the good in these people and that positive trumps negative. But the truth of the matter is that's just some cases! The Bible says "You will know a tree by the fruit it bears" which simple means judge people by their actions NOT WHAT THEY SAY!!!!!!
We overlooked the problems of Ray Charles, Ike Turner, Micheal Jackson, R Kelly & OJ Simpson and countless others when all these individuals needed some serious counseling. They are ONLY HUMAN PEOPLE! It's time we start dealing with our issues instead of making more issues because contrary to what you or I believe how many issues can we keep containing or locking in a closet or sweeping under a rug before "SOMETHING BUSTS" just some "Real Talk" and here's some food for thought have a great week people and I'll continue to pray for him & the victims or alleged victims because this is more serious than just a news story this is lives and future generations! (Think About It!)
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