Posts Tagged ‘The-Dream’
The A Files (Mya)
What do you do when the group of people who actually want to buy your music is gradually shrinking? Significantly… What are your alternatives (hence the name, A files) when you’re not selling 250K in the first week anymore? Hell, you probably ain’t selling 100K anymore either. Where do you go when you aren’t a [...]
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Tags: 360 model, acting, album sales, busta rhymes, chris brown, Christina Milian, donald passman, dru hill, grammy, hip hop, jazmine sullivan, joe, king, maxim, music business, Mya, MySpace, publicist, r&b, rihanna, The-Dream, universal, vip
SoundScan Shock!
Soundscan freaked me out today, man! I agree on the majority of things Nelly’s saying in this video (scroll down to see it), but Billboard made me think today about how hard it is to sell music these days. Walk with me for a sec.
LL Cool J (DefJam’s first artist, a hip hop icon, a [...]
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Tags: Bape, billboard, blogs, branding, charles hamilton, charts, clothing, defjam, free, hype, internet, interscope, jay-z, leaks, lil wayne, ll cool j, marketing, mixtapes, nelly, selling music, shock, soundscan, Supra, the game, The-Dream, young jeezy
Call the plummer…
Cos we got a leak. “Drink In My Cup” is a song that hit the net the other day in the digital format known as “MP3″ (ěm’pē-thrē’). Written by my boy The-Dream. Yes, I’m a fan of dude’s work. This, dear freinds, is a 4-piece girl group signed to DefJam according to sources close to [...]
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Tags: jermaine, dupri, defjam, leaks, The-Dream, MySpace, hot, song, empeethree