The Black Superheroes
Yes, they do exist, and have existed since the 1960′s or so – the first popular black super heroes such as ‘Falcon’, and ‘Black Panther’ were introduced to cater to different audiences that were emerging. Jumping forward,…
BlackBerry 6 OS
Something for the BlackBerry phreaks to get hype about it; it does look like they have taken some cues from the iPhone OS and Android OS to make things more intuitive – has a much cleaner…
IKEA Heights from DaveAOK on Vimeo.
“Friend of Epic Fu and general good guy Dave Seger is one of the creators of Ikea Heights, a melodrama (read: understatement) set in an Ikea store in Burbank, California. And…
Deconstructing Ke$ha
Deconstructing Ke$ha from jeff on Vimeo.
Funny footage from itsthereal.com as they go in on Ke$ha’s hit single, and especially focusing on the line, “Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy”.
Charles just wants to get back
Charles Discharged from jeff on Vimeo.
Charles Hamilton tries to plead his case to get back into the hip-hop game.
Sandpeople
Heard this track via Mixtapeshow.net, and thought it was fresh, different, and something that the game needs: some classic lines “give you your last words, because etiquette matters” – classic. The group is called Sandpeople, based out…
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This translates to the fact that the more followers and/or fans that you have on social networking sites, the more leverage or value one possesses. Which in turn suggests that advertisers should pay more for an ad on a profile page with 1 million followers, than a profile page that has 5,000 followers – creating an advertising economy of scale based on influence. Seems like we are in high school all over again, but this “Influenced Economy” may be a viable way for social media companies to actually start making money, and have a real business model.
Chicken Cannibalism
An example of when an advertising concept is not thoroughly thought through – I get bringing the classic Looney Toons carton characters, but how do you have the Chicken in the cartoon discussing about eating other chickens?…
New Adidas campaign for spring 2010 feat. Whitney Prort, David Beckam, Snoop Dogg, amongst others; again like last year’s campaign, Adidas is bringing that old school, funk style to their brand. Good commercial.
Jay-Z’s & Beyonce ‘Destiny Child’
The crew at ItstheReal.com come again with a witty perspective on the potential Jay-Z & Beyonce child – comedy is all about references, and these dudes from the Tri-State always come correct.