I'd like to share a belated weekend box office report to let you know the official take for Bow Wow's Roll Bounce ($7,570,366) and for the other non-hip hop movie with rappers that act, John Singleton's Four Brothers ($882,659). Also, the hip hop Gatsby flick G brought in $142,489 while The Longest … [Read more...]
Film: Weekend Box Office, Bow Wow’s Roll Bounce, Hip Hop Gatsby, Singleton’s Award
September 30, 2005 By
Charts: Kanye’s New No. 1, Rock Albums Rule
September 30, 2005 By
Kanye West's chart topping single Gold Digger not only continues its reign on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, along with the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Pop 100, Hot Digital Songs and Hot Ringtones charts, but it's now no. 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart. Previously Bow Wow's Like You featuring Ciara … [Read more...]
Cynical Branding: MTV Whitewashes Jeezy’s Snowman
September 30, 2005 By
I wasn't paying a lot of attention to Young Jeezy this summer when he announced a clothing line based on his snowman logo and the connection to cocaine seemed likely but I didn't really follow it up at the time. However, let me make clear that cocaine is one area of exploration I've avoided, … [Read more...]
Communication Successes & Tech Failures at MySpace, Meeting Customers’ Needs & Wants in a Complex Environment
September 29, 2005 By
I've posted quite a bit about Myspace or MySpace or Myspace.com or whatever it's actually called so I thought I'd give a little update on my recent observations, since it is one of the more interesting developments in social networking and music marketing in the last couple of years. I set up an … [Read more...]
Clyde at PaidContent.org
September 28, 2005 By
I recently responded to a post by Staci D. Kramer at PaidContent.org regarding an interesting discussion of the digital media biz and she ran my comments in full. They're worth a look if you're interested in such things. And if you're pining for real coverage of the CTIA Mobile conference, … [Read more...]
