Here’s a new record from Nas entitled “The Season” over a J Dilla beat. Dope.
Btw, this makes use of the same beat that Jay Electronica used on his record “Abracadabra”… you can listen to that version here.
Hip Hop
Here some of this week’s notable music releases… support these great artists. I just bought the N.E.R.D. and Skillz albums…
ALBUMS:
1) N.E.R.D. – Nothing – PURCHASE (Deluxe Version): iTunes | Amazon
2) Mariah Carey – Merry Christmas II You – PURCHASE: iTunes | Amazon
3) Pitbull – Armando – PURCHASE: iTunes | Amazon
4) 1982 – Statik Selektah & Termanology Are 1982 – PURCHASE: iTunes | Amazon
5) Skillz – The World Needs More Skillz – PURCHASE: iTunes | Amazon
SINGLES:
1) Lloyd Banks feat. Kanye, Fabolous, etc. – “Start It Up” – PURCHASE: iTunes | Amazon
2) KiD CuDi – “Mr. Rager” – PURCHASE: iTunes | Amazon
3) Rihanna feat. Drake – “What’s My Name – PURCHASE: iTunes
4) Ke$ha – “Sleazy” – PURCHASE: iTunes
5) Ciara – “Gimme Dat” – PURCHASE: iTunes
6) Cee Lo Green – “Old Fashioned” – PURCHASE: iTunes | Amazon
PRE-ORDERS:
1) KiD CuDi – Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager [11/09/10]– PRE-ORDER: iTunes
2) Dave Mathews Band – Live In New York City – [11/09/10] – PRE-ORDER: iTunes
3) Rihanna – Loud – [11/16/10] – PRE-ORDER: iTunes
4) Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – [11/22/10] – PRE-ORDER: iTunes
5) Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday – [11/22/10] – PRE-ORDER: iTunes
6) Lloyd Banks – H.F.M.2 (Hunger For More 2) – [11/22/10] – PRE-ORDER: iTunes
7) Flo Rida – Only One Flo – [11/30/10] – PRE-ORDER (Album): iTunes
For Artists: How to Promote Music in the Digital Age
Posted by vinnykumar | Music Business 101 | 2 CommentsLately, I’ve been having discussions with several peers about how modern-day consumers are able to find out about new music. In fact, I just had this conversation with my buddy Amir Windom from Atlantic Records. It’s interesting because we are no longer “forced” to watch music videos on MTV, BET, VH1, etc. Instead, we are provided with music videos and streaming content on blogs, which most people only sample (maybe 15-20 seconds?). If they don’t like something, they move on. Back in the day, if we wanted to watch MTV/BET, we had to WAIT for the next video to come on. Now we log onto WorldStarHipHop or YouTube, and we watch whatever seems interesting to us for a few seconds. Also, most artists accept the fact that they have to give away a certain amount of free music in order to promote their upcoming albums. At any rate, there was an interesting panel with several major bloggers put on by the Future of Music Coalition and Words Beats. The panel included Meka from 2dopeboyz, Dallas Penn, FWMJ, Jason R. (from Okayplayer), etc. They address such topics as: 1) How an artist can succeed in a digital environment, 2) the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 3) Reading vs. Visuals, 4) Posting content from a blogger’s perspective, 5) Labels vs. Blogs (i.e. Cease & Desist letters). Check out Part 1 below… Part 2 after the break.
If I Ruled The Blogosphere Part I: