Thursday, December 4, 2008

How We Got Over 14,000 Downloads in 48 Hours...




















Shout to the mogul in the making, Moe Arora for sending this over...

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How did we get over 14,000 downloads in 48 hours?

Last Friday, I spoke with Mack Maine and he told me his upcoming mixtape with Don Cannon, “This Is Just A Mixtape” is finally going to be released and he wanted to get some buzz going around it.

Maine and I go back a few years, so when he asked me to help get the word out, I didn’t need to think twice.

I was on the road all day so I didn’t have a chance to listen to the songs until about 9:45pm on Friday night. I was debating on whether to wait until the next morning to take any action but I was anxious to hear them so I decided to listen and prepare a plan right away.

One of the songs prominently features Lil Wayne so I posted a message on Twitter stating that I have a Lil Wayne exclusive and asked which top hip-hop blog/site I should send it to first before sending it to the rest.

Continue...

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Kayu Sunglasses




Accessories make your outfit go round. Especially when they’re not the cookie-cutter items that adorn any other trend-follower’s body. Winter is upon us, the days are shorter and the sun . . . (read more)

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Mick blogging live from L.A...

So Mick is out in L.A. at the Grammy special and afterwards he's DJ'ng at the official after party. Mick is going in, check back for updates...

Mariah opens the show...
























Celine Dion...


























John Mayer / B.B. King duet = ill.


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Christopher Truth + PPFF - The Playback :: Nov. 2008

























This is the second edition in the new mixtape series: The Playback, brought to you by Christopher Truth & Press Play > Fashion Forward >>. With the large quantity of new music being released on the internet on a daily basis, The Playback highlights the best music that came out in the month of November.

1) Jay-Z f/ Notorious B.I.G. + Santogold - Brooklyn Go Hard (Mick Boogie Remix)
2) Ludacris f/ Nas + Jay-Z - I Do It For Hip Hop
3) Busta Rhymes f/ Diddy, Ron Browz + Swizz Beatz - Arab Money (Remix)
4) Q-Tip + J. Period - Q-Tip For President
5) Common f/ Kanye West - Punch Drunk Love
6) Joe Budden f/ The Game - The Future
7) Ludacris - MVP
8) Bun B - Black Friday
9) Scarface f/ Bilal - Can't Get Right
10) GLC f/ Kanye West - Big Screen
11) Jay-Z - History
12) Donny Goines - I Am Moving
13) EPMD f/ Redman - Yo!
14) Common f/ Cee-Lo - Make My Day
15) The Cool Kids - Delivery Man (9th Wonder Remix)
16) Evidence + Alchemist - So Fresh (Step Brothers)
17) Alchemist f/Evidence + Blu - Therapy
18) Royce Da 5'9" + Elzhi + Guilty Simpson - Verbal Intercourse (Detroit Remix)
19) The Clipse - Big Dreams
20) Charles Hamilton + Asher Roth - Change Gon' Come
21) Red Cafe - So Easy (Remix)
22) Barrington Levy f/ Busta Rhymes + Kardinal Offishall - No War
23) Tabi Bonney - Rich Kids
24) EPMD f/ Raekwon - Puttin' Work In
25) Daytona - Fly Shit
26) Reks - Dear Winter
27) Kanye West - Street Lights

Christopher Truth + PPFF - The Playback :: November 2008

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Idle Warship - "Black Snake Moan" (Music Video)


Idle Warship "Black Snake Moan" from The ICU on Vimeo.

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Wu-Wednesday :: ODB / Macy Gray - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"



















Ol' Dirty Bastard feat. Macy Gray - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"

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Mickey Factz Interview w/Billboard...

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U-N-I - "Hollywood Hiatus"

























New leak from Mick's Hype Club mixtape...

Thanks to Judah for sending this over.

U-N-I - "Hollywood Hiatus"

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Cribs gone wrong...



Oh boy, the things you can find on YouTube. This is like an episode of Cribs gone wrong.

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Busta Rhymes - "Arab Money" (Music Video)

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