WHATS UP LIFERS? I WAS TALKING TO @ATLSERGE ON TWITTER AND HE WAS ASKING PEOPLE WHO WAS GONNA BE THE NEXT RAPPER TO TAKE OVER. HE AND I GOT INTO A BACK AND FORTH CONVO ABOUT DRAKE SO I DECIDED TO ASK MY LIFERS. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, IS DRAKE HOTTER THAN MURDER MA$E WHEN HE FIRST CAME OUT? (I’M TALKING LYRICAL AND SWAGG WISE NOT THE COMPANIES THERE WITH AND WHO’S BEHIND THEM) MY SECOND QUESTION, IS DRAKE THE FIRST RAPPER TO HAVE THIS MUCH PRESS WITH NO ALBUM? SERGE REPLY WAS 50 HAD THE SAME SHIT, BUT I DON’T REMEMBER HIM GETTING THE VIBE OR COMPLEX COVER BEFORE HIS ALBUM, MA$E DEFINITELY DIDN’T. LIFERS YALL KNOW HOW WE DO! TALK TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I CARRY THE MAC AIR ON THE ROAD AND I’M ALWAYS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SOUND NOT BEING LOUD, SO I’M DEFINITELY TRYING TO SEE WHAT THIS ABOUT, SHIT!!!!!! THEY ONLY MAKING 20 I BETTER GET IN.
L-R-G has announced that they are jumping into portable audio with their limited edition X-Mini capsule speaker. Far from the janky tin-can sound found in most portable speaker systems, the X-Mini features a high quality tweeter, an extendable vacuum bass, a high-fidelity speaker tweaked for clear mids and highs, and a built-in rechargeable battery. For starters, only 20 X-Mini’s will be available online at shop.l-r-g.com. More looks after the jump.
THIS SHIT IS CRAZY IT REMINDS ME OF THE AT&T COMMERCIALS
Froot is a bio friendly desktop computer concept, which was also a participant of DELL Regeneration Green Computing Technology Contest, features laser technology and high end projecting for efficient and convenient computing. With this concept, the need of external peripherals like monitor or keyboard has been eliminated by projecting them onto any flat surface. Froot has been made by using starch based polymer made biodegradable skin that ensures a close loop of the product by returning the electrical components to the manufacturer for recycle and reuse. Moreover, Froot promotes social interaction by using the projected screen as a media center for business or family entertainment.
(you should only wear this shoe if you have nice feet). This is a great sandal for shorts or a little dress. They are gold leather with crystal and bead detail. They have a 4.5 inch heel. $1,280 at Endless.
Simple, as company CEO Stephan Winkelmann correctly observes, “It has come to the point where acceleration equals consumption. More consumption means increased CO2 emissions.” Apparently, the answer to the power conundrum will be less weight. “We will use composite materials in the right place, when it also has the right cost, stiffness and mechanical characteristics,” explains R&D chief Maurizio Reggiani.
Expect aluminum in the place of heavier steel along with improved aerodynamics and stop/start technology to reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. We’ve also heard repeated rumblings of full hybrid powertrains, though those seem more likely to come at the tail end of the decade. Whatever the case, it should be interesting to see how all the world’s supercar manufacturers – Lamborghini included – grapple with the push to be green while also upholding their performance traditions.
Jermaine Dupri has been DJing for decades, but over the past few years, he’s decided to go public with his love for the turntables. His ’80s vs. ’90s DJ battles at Atlanta club Studio 72 always have the crowd moving, and for the past several months, party promoters have been booking JD to keep their dance floors packed.
“DJing, I’m really trying to make people understand what I actually do,” Dupri said last week via phone from Atlanta. “I don’t think people take DJing seriously, like how they take a drummer seriously or playing guitar seriously. When you see Lil Wayne with the guitar, he’s really one to play guitar. He plays it, and he’s getting better and better. He really wants everyone to know he plays guitar. I’ve been DJing all my life. It’s always been something I’ve kept secret. It’s always been a gift I had, and I never revealed it to anybody.”
Over the weekend, Jermaine DJed for the crowd at a Weezer concert in Tallahassee, Florida. Later in the night, Dupri jumped onstage with the fellas; Dupri wrote the group’s “Can’t Stop Partying.” He was playing around with his rock side, and it turned into something solid.
“Me and Rivers hooked up,” he said of working with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. “I sent them a song. … This was a project that opened me to say, ‘Jermaine, show people more of the other side of what you do.’ I wrote songs, and I throw them songs away. I wrote so many records in the past, and I threw them away. Because I don’t have any artists to give them to and they don’t sound like none of my artists. I’ll be like, ‘I don’t know about this.’
“So I went in there one night drunk in the studio, and I made a rock record where I was playing the drums and singing this melody and I tracked it,” he continued. “I said, ‘This song would sound crazy if somebody took me seriously.’ So I sent it to Weezer. I ain’t know these guys or nothing. They hit me back and said, ‘We love this song. We want to cut it.’ I said, ‘What? Get the f— outta here.’ I went to L.A. and met with Rivers, and we hit it off. They put my song on the album. That’s, like, a first. A whole new explosion for me. I was really geeked on that.”
Besides Usher’s new album — which he’s pretty much wrapped up — Dupri said he’s not focusing on any other projects outside of his So So Def roster. Those projects include albums from Dondria, who has the single “You’re the One,” and songwriter/producer Johntá Austin, whose new LP Love Sex Religion is dropping soon. Dupri is also inking newcomer Brandon Hines.
THIS SOUNDS DOPE, PLUS YOU THE CONSUMERS ARE GONNA GET ALOT OUTTA THIS.
MusicDNA is being touted as the successor to the MP3. It is based on an MP3
file, but also displays everything from lyrics, artwork and tour dates to
blog posts, videos and tweets within a custom player. If it is a
legitimately purchased file, the added content automatically updates
whenever the player is connected to the net.
The company behind MusicDNA, Bach Technology, worked on the development of
the MP3 and Karlheinz Brandenburg, the inventor of the MP3 and Bach investor
joined them at MIDEM for the launch.
