Jay-Z Rhapsody Commercial
I'd missed out on this commercial for Rhapsody but was alerted by Oliver Wang's Blueprint 3 review on NPR that it existed and, look, there it is!
I love the concept of a Jay-Z photo shoot in which he runs through a series of moments based on his album covers. It's smart because it works for those who know what they're looking at but also for new fans since they can appreciate the commercial without knowing the background and then get drawn in deeper when and if they find out what's up.
But the fact that I didn't pick up on this is reminder that I need to plug back into a group of blogs with which I've lost touch as I focus on rebuilding ProHipHop after a rather down period.
In particular, I'm currently thinking of:
Notes from a Different Kitchen
This is not to say that they all would have run this particular bit of content or that they're the only great blogs with which I've lost touch. I'm partly saying that they're all worth following and if I was on my game, you'd see a lot more links out to such folks since they all pick up on certain content before it makes its way into my current news gathering system. But I'm also saying that I simply regret losing touch with their fine work.
Note: Oliver Wang was a big time hip hop blogger just a few years back but now he mostly blogs at Soul Sides. I found out about his review on NPR from an old friend, John Dancy-Jones, who was driving around when it came on and immediately called me!
