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Whole Ton of Music News...

So I was reading through Idolator today, and a couple stories struck me as interesting.

Both Kanye and 50 Cent are seeing decent success with the release of their respective albums. Currently though Kanye is outselling by a sizable distance (400,000 units to Fiddy's 300,000). So even though 50 took it too the streets to advertise, it looks like Kanye will win this one. I'm glad. I don't really care that much for either, but now we'll get to see if 50 Cent will keep his promise to never record again if Kanye beats him.


To follow that up here's Kanye's new video:

I kinda hate it. Late Registration had this great "becoming a man" vibe for me. If this is indicative of Kanye's new work, I'll stay far away. I'm just not that hyped up on another rapper telling me how much money they have, that they "got mine", and even telling me "You're Welcome" for all the joy they've brought into my life. Thanks but no thanks...


And lastly in "rip off Idolator" news, it looks like we'll be seeing a crackdown on Lyrics sites. This makes me mad, as we don't always get inserts with music anymore (especially downloaded), so if I want to check out the lyrics of a song I go online now. I understand the argument that these sites make ad revenue off of content they don't own the rights to, but to me it seems like a silly target to go after. It serves as free advertising for the music, fans get what they want, and the music biz didn't have to pay for any of it. Are they wanting to charge people for this service. If I have to pay for lyrics ... oh bad things ... very bad things ...

The move against lyric sites comes as the publishing business is in the midst of rolling out official online-lyric offerings through such places as Yahoo! Music and Real Networks' Rhapsody, via deals with lyric aggregators Gracenote and LyricFind.
In those deals, publishers license lyrics for online reproduction in exchange for a portion of ad revenues from the sites. Illegal lyric sites have been in operation for years, and top ad-supported sites like AZ Lyrics Universe have attracted some of the most traffic among music-related Web sites.
Industry insiders say all take-down requests at this point are "voluntary," and part of an "educational" push on behalf of music publishers to inform lyric Web sites that reproducing the words to songs without authorization is a violation of copyright law.
However, sources warn that sites that do not cooperate will be subject to cease-and-desist notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. DMCA notices often serve as a precursor to music-industry litigation.

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Google's Video Service Teams up with Seth MacFarlane

Right out of Variety,



I missed this last week as it came out on my B-Day, but apparently MacFarlane will be teaming up with Google to release video content featuring Raven Symone.

"Projects will involve a set of videos for MacFarlane, who will
create about fifty digital shorts centered on non-"Family Guy"
characters, some of whom will recur.
Symone will create how-to content in areas such as cooking and crafts; execs described it "Martha Stewart for teens and tweens.
Videos will be syndicated to sites that fit the creators' demos.
Deal
offers an example of how new media cos and content providers can take
advantage of online-video opportunities while staying within their
areas of expertise.
While portals like Yahoo have begun creating
original content, and traditional entertainment congloms like News
Corp. and NBC are trying to jump into the online syndication biz,
Google-MRC pact allows each party to handle only one side of the
equation."

Pretty cool stuff! I'll have to keep my eye out for it. Sounds like Raven's contribution will be similar to the beta site Videojug.

Story @ Variety

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Yet Another YouTube Clone: VideoJug

YAYC?

This one is kinda neat though! Rather than be another bucket site for collecting vids of ... well ... anything, the whole point of the site is "how to" videos. A couple clients are already narrating videos on the site, and the general vibe is pretty fun.


Just for kicks here are two iTunes related vids about podcasting:


VideoJug: How To Subscribe To Podcasts In ITunes


VideoJug: How To Submit A Podcast To ITunes


Enjoy!

The Definitive Apache Jump On It Post ... Because I Can...

It's 1am. I cant sleep. Here are the best "Fresh-Prince-Apache-Jump-On-It" dance videos I could find.

Videos were disqualified if the sound didnt sync...

Awesome!


Equally Awesome!


This is Mark, and he's a dumbass:



They totally rehearsed...and this is 4 minutes too long:


These Kids Rock! I would party wit deez kidz:


Why can't white folk move their hips?


ROFLMAO!! Grey Sweatshirt showing them how its done!!!!


Totally missing that you're only supposed to smile when spinning in a circle. Hip action should equal frown:


They get the frown=hips, but no wacky grin when spinning:



This one is lame:


These guys aren't half bad:


Bonus points for throwing in "the Carlton"


AlRIGhT!


I kinda miss my bandcamp days:


LOL


OOOOOOOhhhhh Black and whit is "teh Classi"


WOW! A lot of effort went into location shooting this one:


Another Sir-Mix-A-Lot version, included for the lipsync:


Awwww, they're just ALL over the place...


GO CHRISTMAS!


THESE GUYS RULE!


Polos and Khakis FTW