Yvonne Bynoe - Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip-Hop Culture This has been a light week at ProHipHop between cable outages forcing me to use an excruciatingly slow dialup connection and the peaking of my allergy season. So I gave it the triply whammy and spent the day working on Hip Hop Research. If you … [Read more...]
Hip Hop Research: Towards an Annotated Bibliography
February 26, 2009 By
For the last few years I've intended to start work on an annotated bibliography of book-length academic studies focused on hip hop. Because such projects can be quite tedious, it's been easy to put off but I'm feeling the need to connect my hip hop blogging and my academic background and so I've … [Read more...]
Charlene Li Launches The Altimeter Group
October 15, 2008 By
Charlene Li, co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies, recently left her position as an analyst for Forrester Research and launched the Altimeter Group. She discusses her new project on her blog: "In the book Groundswell, Josh Bernoff and I took the … [Read more...]
808s & Heartbreak: Kanye West Testing Songs in Airports
September 18, 2008 By
Kanye West is apparently conducting one-on-one focus groups in airport settings for songs off the upcoming 808s & Heartbreak. Jenny Lewis, of whom I've just now heard, singer in Rilo Kiley, of whom I've vaguely heard, said: "We missed our flight and had to wait a couple of hours in the … [Read more...]
Ypulse Launches Youth-Focused Ypulse Research
June 11, 2008 By
Ypulse, the "leading independent blog for media and marketing professionals seeking to reach youth audiences", recently announced the launch of Ypulse Research: "a neutral platform and channel within Ypulse.com, where youth-oriented research reports and white papers will be available … [Read more...]
