Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’

Man. If only I could snag that 8k for tweeting about a product. According to NY Mag, Mr. Dogg makes that much money for doing a little tweet tweeting. Not bad for typing 140 characters or less. The biggest player in the pay-to-tweet market is Ad.ly, a social-media advertorial clearinghouse pairing brands with celebs to inject highly personalized advertising into their Twitter streams.

Initially intended to be released in February, Nicki Minaj has revealed that her sophomore album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, will be released on April 3rd. Don’t hold your breath for that date to stick, but we shall see.

 From the man himself…

Jimmy Kimmel’s team assembles a comedic commercial to go along with Kanye West’s latest twitter rant from the other day.

Great news. Raekwon has announced that he will be releasing a mixtape of new material for the fans on December 25th. Name of the mixtape: Unexpected Victory. Looking forward to it.

For any other artist in the industry this would be a minor announcement, but this Toronto guy has established himself over the past 8 months by putting out two critically lauded bodies of work while not showing his face (for the most part).

Purely speculation, but judging from him it seems like he will finally go on tour following the release of his third mixtape, Echoes of Silence (Being told it will be released this month). If I were to assume a general time frame to start seeing tour dates pop up, I would guess some time in February 2012.

Love these unexpected combos. M.I.A. has revealed that she is traveling to NYC today to work with both Nicki Minaj and Madonna in the studio. Looking forward to the final product. Now, where are you guys so I can stop by and listen?

Sure looks that way. Mr. Miller took to everyones favorite social networking platform to tell his fans that he just made something “crazy” with Pharrell. When we’ll hear it? Only Mac knows. Looking forward to it.

Lupe Fiasco took to twitter to confirm that his new mixtape is, indeed, on the way. 5 days from now puts us on Thanksgiving, so be grateful for brand new music from the talented MC. I’m hearing that he KILLS it on this free project….

Interesting perception from Drake. His thoughts on Tumblr:

“I’m really scared for my generation, you know. The thing that scares me most is Tumblr. I hate what Tumblr has become. Because it like, it reminds me of those clique-y girls in high school that used to make fun of everyone else and define what was cool, but in five years, when you all graduate, that shit doesn’t matter. No one gives a fuck about that shit. Instead of kids going out and making their own moments, they’re just taking these images and living vicariously through other people’s moments. It just kills me. Then you’ll meet them and they’re just the biggest turkey in the world. They don’t actually embody any of those things. They just emulate. It’s scary man, simulation life that we’re living. It scares me.”

His thoughts on twitter:

“I’ll tell you, my biggest thing was, I remember, it was on twitter. I remember the day my mom was getting surgery and someone came on Twitter and they were like, ‘Yo, Drake, I hope your mom dies.’ You don’t really mean that. …Like, you know you’re going to see something bad. Out of 1000 compliments, it’s so crazy. It’s basically, like, when you used to sit there as a kid, and want to know what everyone is thinking. That’s your superpower. [Twitter is] knowing what everyone is thinking.”

Drake took to twitter to handle the unfortunate news that Take Care leaked by offering a calm and collected response:

I am not sure if the album leaked. But if it did thank god it doesn’t happen a month early anymore. Listen, enjoy it, buy it if you like it…and take care until next time.

At this point in the industry, unless you’re releasing it in the same fashion Watch the Throne was released, this is the right way to handle an inevitable leak.

I firmly believe that EVERY artists camp, both at the label as well as their personal music team, should have sort of a Album Leak Reaction Plan – something they do to thwart potential premature album downloads and/or guide people’s attention away from the leak.  Easier said than done, but innovation is at an all time high nowadays.

Why is Birdman always rubbing his hands together?

yea…on a related note if you want Birdman’s new joint mixtape with Mack Maine, Billionaire Minds, download it here.

Well folks, Drake’s Take Care is officially complete and turned in to the label according to the man himself. Track list should be released very soon so stay tuned.

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