http://www.enjoyhiphopresponsibly.com official blog of Sphere of Hip-Hop Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:20:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.enjoyhiphopresponsibly.com/2010/06/lmno-kev-brown-ya-know-music-video/ We got a really fresh press kit from Wally Boy Wonder and his record label Intolerance Records. Very well done with lots of information and some goodies. Good touch! I shy away from anything with explicit lyrics on the site but wanted to share the Simple Life video here on ... http://www.enjoyhiphopresponsibly.com/2010/04/wally-boy-wonder-simple-life-video/ Colemine Records dropped a CD in my mailbox a few months ago from Tough Junkie. The first 60 seconds of vocals on the album remind me of a cross between Mos Def and Joey the Jerk. He has something of a lazy delivery. Don't mistake that as a diss... he's ... http://www.enjoyhiphopresponsibly.com/2010/04/tough-junkie-grab-what-you-can/ I figured I better get going on this again... Every day I get a small stack of CDs in the mail. About 98% of it is unsolicited, some good and some not so much. Some from secular and some from Christian artists. Either way it's cool to see what's going ... http://www.enjoyhiphopresponsibly.com/2010/04/stuff-i-got-in-the-mail-april-20/ Hey you! Yeah... you. Come over here. I've got some air to sell you. Yeah, you can get it free on your own but you should buy mine. After all, it's ministry. Payola is an ugly part of the mainstream music scene particularly in radio. It has crept into media as ... http://www.enjoyhiphopresponsibly.com/2010/02/pay-to-play/ Did you know that 8 out of 10 people who view an online ad will never click on it? Media Post just released some statistics on user behavior when it comes to online ads. 6% of all internet users are "heavy clickers" and they account for a whopping 50% of all ... http://www.enjoyhiphopresponsibly.com/2009/11/proper-online-ad-design/ It's something of an epidemic in our scene. In hurrying to get information out on what you're doing as an artist... you're forgetting the very people you ought to be serving info to first - media. Somehow (almost always without permission = bad form) I end up on "fan" email ... http://www.enjoyhiphopresponsibly.com/2009/10/fan-lists-vs-media-lists/ We broke the 1,000 barrier about 2 weeks ago. Thanks for the support. Help Sphere of Hip-Hop get to 1,500 fans on Facebook. If you're on Facebook, all you need to do is visit the Sphere of Hip-Hop Facebook page and click "Become a Fan" at the top of the page. You ... http://www.enjoyhiphopresponsibly.com/2009/09/help-sphere-of-hip-hop-to-1500/ Interesting thing I've observed over the last few weeks... Christian cats offering "respect" to fallen music artists publicly but not to their own living brethren. These same folks happen to also be the ones who trumpet the need for unity. http://www.enjoyhiphopresponsibly.com/2009/09/much-respect/ In case you've been snoozing... the newest feature at Sphere of Hip-Hop is a hot one. Almost every day of the week a new song is featured in the Daily Download. You can scope out the updates each day in the Sphere of Hip-Hop news section and also via subscription ... http://www.enjoyhiphopresponsibly.com/2009/09/daily-download-cookbook-and-uno-mas-let-it-go/