Compression Kills via Hypebot

Hypebot hooks us up with one of many reasons that modern music sucks.

Hashim Warren looks at his future as a 30 year old and retires from blogging.

Black celebrity blogs are major media.  Tip via Lynne d.

Sucker Free has a pic of Kimora Lee Simmons in a Green Simmons Jewelry ad.

Check John N. Pasmore at Fast Company for interviews with AllHipHop’s Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur and Staple Design’s Jeff Staple.

GRANDGOOD promotes Brooklyn’s newest studio, Fat Beats.

Fred Wilson riffs on the Free Music Business.

Adisa Banjoko reminds us that rappers have long been critics of the health care industry.