I like the use of the Family Ties font at the beginning (see below)
Click HERE to download. Not sure how I feel about it yet. I appreciate what he’s trying to do, I just can’t tell if I love the song yet.
I have no idea why I’m posting this. Nothing really happens in this clip but everyone else was posting it and Wale’s in it so…
Click HERE to read Jeff Weiss’s full article about the mixtape usage of a sample and the lawsuit that followed
Excerpt:
Dan Weisman, the manager of Washington, D.C.–based rapper Wale, whose Seinfeld-themed Mixtape About Nothingraised the bar for the genre upon its release earlier this year, thinks the case is more about a missed opportunity for Urband & Lazar. The company owned the rights to a song that saw a sudden and meteoric rise, but didn’t properly capitalize on it. Swanepoel’s “Once” was eventually released this May by Urband and Lazar’s label, U&L Records, but the window of opportunity had passed.
“I don’t think the song itself did anything for Wayne’s career other than to add to his vast, uncleared mixtape catalog,” says Weisman. “On Da Draught 3,he used the Prince sample from ‘Diamonds and Pearls,’ and who knows how much it filtered down? But Prince didn’t sue — and he’s the most aggressive copyright enforcer there is. A girl like Karma, who most people hadn’t heard of prior, shouldn’t have freaked out but rather thanked her lucky stars that the most popular rapper in the world wanted to sample her.” Weisman adds that the publishers missed the chance to turn Swanepoel into a 2007 version of Dido, who jump-started her career on the back of Eminem’s “Stan.”
I saw this amazing documentary tonight called MAN ON WIRE about Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center. The movie is beautiful, breathtaking and emotional; I can’t really explain it. Check out the trailer and hopefully you get an idea of what you’re in for. Also, not sure how the commercial for the skateboard accessory landed at the end of the trailer but it’s kinda funny.
“Life should be lived on the edge, see everyday as a true challenge and then you live your life on the tightrope.” -Philippe Petit
I get a lot of shit sent to me; people asking me to post stuff, etc. So when I get something that’s actually good, it’s kinda exciting. This group is from Roanoke, VA and I’m definitely feeling the Hall & Oates sample (see below). Click HERE to download the track. Props to Hungry Heart
