Monthly Archives: November 2008

Music Supervision = Product Placement

Once upon a time, singles were the tracks on an album that were designed to garner interest in the album and boost album sales. Now that songs can be purchased individually, the industry has created new media outlets for promoting albums. By releasing snippets of songs and mixtapes of B-sides, artists and producers can give [...]

Nike + LeBron + Wayne = Ballin’

This is raw brand development right here. I wonder how much Lil’ Wayne got paid for the cameo – probably as low as $0 or as high as $100K. In the Nike/LeBron James/Lil’ Wayne love triangle, everybody is a winner…

Judge Sentences to One Hour of Manilow

A U.S. judge in Colorado has implemented a new form of punishment for repeat noise offenders: a one hour dose of Barry Manilow at level 11. Where Manilow is not sufficient, the theme from “Barney and Friends” fills in…
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Viral Video -> Taco Bell Ad -> 50 Cent Lawsuit?

It appears this first video was originally posted on eBaum’s World, but since being posted on YouTube back in December of 2006, it’s been viewed over 4.3 million times…

…which makes me wonder if somebody over at Taco Bell was one of those 4.3 million plus, and if the creators of the “McDonald’s Rap” video have [...]

Lil’ Wayne – The Drought is Over (Part Six)

Mars continues to attack – you have to appreciate the grind.
TRACKLIST:
1. The Reincarnation
2. I’m A Monster
3. Red Magic feat. The Game
4. Nina
5. Best Thing Yet
6. First Place Winner feat. Swizz Beatz
7. Gorilla
8. Louisianimal feat. Lil Boosie
9. Down Here feat. Rick Ross
10. My Office
11. I Feel Me (Produced By Mental Instruments)
12. Put Me In The Game
13. [...]

NFL in 3-D

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The National Football League will broadcast next week’s Thursday (12/4/08) night game live in 3-D to exclusive audiences in Los Angeles, New York, and Boston. Burbank-based 3ality Digital will shoot the game using special 3D cameras. Real D will produce it, oversee the transmission of the signal via satellite, [...]

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