Articles Posted in the The Biz Category
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That Time Biz Markie Was Sued For Sampling And A Subgenre Of Rap Was Basically Outlawed
The law has gotten way out of hand when an entire style of art has basically become outlawed, but that’s what happened when Biz Markie sampled Gilbert O’Sullivan.
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Why MTV’s #HottestMC List Is A Crock Of Shit And How They Play Us All
“Y’all Anger The Rap Gods” We already heard Kanye get worked up over it, but now Danny Brown chimes in like a rapper actually deserving to be on such a list should; with a dope…
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Jay-Z Regains All Of His Publishing Rights And Master Recordings
Jay-Z recently inked a deal housing his publishing rights under the Warner/Chappell umbrella, where his friend and publishing executive Jon Platt will work with him again. Ironically, back when Jay became President Carter at Def…
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Video: Wax Speaks On Youtube Succes And Why He Left Def Jam
To be honest, I didn’t even know Wax was signed to Def Jam at one point, so they may not have been all that invested in his career and rather tried to profit from his…
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Thoughts On Flosstradamus Releasing Their “B⚠NNED 2″ Mixtape Through The Pirate Bay
Technologically, ideologically and from a marketing stanpoint, This unorthodox tactic from Flosstradamus makes a surprising amount of sense.
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Ricky Rozay Explains Tour Cancellation: Pants Continually Ablaze
The Teflon Don explained the cancellation of the remainder of the MMG tour was due to “shady promoters” and not death threats. I call shenanigans.
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Spotify & Revenues: Can It Be The Future Of The Music Industry?
Pigeons & Planes has an interesting article up quoting Davis Macias, owner of the Thirty Tigers, titled Behind the Numbers: What Artists Earn From Spotify. Despite reports on the contrary, it seems quite possible for…
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Nicki Minaj Warms Over A Turd, Then Blames Stores For Not Selling It
Come on Nicki, how many times can you sell the same album again? Especially when most of the shrieking bubblegum nonsense on it already sucked the first time. In an interview with Power 105.1, Nicki…
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Video: Alchemist Teaches The Truth: “Start Small, But Start.”
French blog Gasface recently started their Think B.I.G. series of videos on the people that shaped rap. Episode 2 features Alchemist teaching truth to the youth. The first episode, which took a look at Pac…
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Lyor Cohen Rumored To Become Kanye’s Manager
XXL is reporting on a rumor concerning former Def Jam capo di tutti capi Lyor Cohen’s new job appointment: managing Kanye West. Lyor Cohen is said to be closing in on a deal to manage…
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Stones Throw Documentary Feature Tries To Acquire Budget Through Kickstarter
Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton is a documentary film by Jeff Broadway on the story behind Stones Throw Records. Going from label founder Peanutbutter Wolf’s partnership with his friend Charizma and the tragic death of…
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Aaliyah’s Uncle Expected Backlash, Moves Forward With Posthumous Album Regardless
That Grape Juice spoke with Aaliyah’s uncle and manager to the rights of her estate Barry Hankerson about the controversial posthumous album. The one some YMCMB fellas are part of but Missy and Timbaland aren’t.…
