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Mumbo Sauce's Blog – May 2008 Archive (85)

Wordsmith Releases The Mid-Year Review Mixtape!!

On MAY 30TH, 2008 HipHopdx will be dropping Wordsmith's next mixtape "The Mid-Year Review" for Free Download. It is 12 tracks of original material that recaps Word's top tracks released over the first 6 months of the year, hence the title of the mixtape. There are also new exclusive tracks and remixes to keep your heading nodding for over an hour and some change. DJ Denox is mixing and blending the project to give it the true feel of an… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on May 30, 2008 at 6:35pm — No Comments

R.I.P. - Camu

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Market Research: PODCAST Listening Jumps Significantly

According to the good folks at Edison Media Research Podcast listening is definitely up

Principle Findings:

The audience for both audio and video podcasts has grown tremendously since last year. Americans indicating that they have ever downloaded and listened to an audio podcast grew from 13% to 18%, while video podcast consumption grew from 11% to 16%. Furthermore, 9% of Americans have downloaded and listened to an audio podcast in the past month, a figure that equates to 23… Continue

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50 Cent Looks for Next Street Saavy Business Mogul in New Reality Series

50 Cent/MTV Reality Show to Find "Street-Smart Business Mogul"

Variety is reporting news of a yet to be titled reality show with 50 Cent as judge:

"Ish Entertainment is behind the untitled 50 Cent show, which will center on 16 contestants as they live together and compete in challenges that relate to street savvy and business smarts. Show - kind of a hip-hop 'Apprentice' - will end each week with 50 Cent narrowing his search. Ish's Michael Hirschorn, Stella Stolper and Chris… Continue

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LiveNation's Facebook App Lets Music Fans Track Tours, Buy Tickets

LiveNation's Facebook App Lets Music Fans Track Tours, Buy Tickets

LiveNation has made friends with Facebook. On Thursday, the company announced a new Facebook app that scans your music collection and cross-references your favorite artists with its touring calendar to generate a customized list of upcoming shows that you can post for your friends to see.

This being LiveNation, of course, you also get a chance to buy tickets to… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on May 30, 2008 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

DMX's Landmark Album Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

10 YEARS OF RAW GRITTY SOUNDZ STILL BANGING IN THE STREETZ AND SPEAKERS - THE DEFINITION OF A CLASSIC ALBUM IT'S DARK AND HELL IS HOT WAS RELEASED ON MAY 19. 1998, AND DEBUTED ATOP BILLBOARD'S TOP 200 ALBUM CHART ON THE WAY TO 4.6 MILLION IN SALES. DAME GREASE ANCHORED THE PRODUCTION TEAM.

Today Marks a monumental day for when rap was in it's toughest, grimiest period. DMX released one of the most anticipated albums of that year, with a… Continue

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Independents Day: Dame Grease Goon Musik Vol I.

View the EXCLUSIVE Dame Grease episode this afternoon on Indie Planet TV

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Independents Day: Lil Kim Ms. G.O.A.T.

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Independents Day: 5000 Watts Presents: Swisha House Classic Flows

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Independents Day: J-Live Then What Happened

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Independents Day: Afrika Bambaata: The Dance Album (Re-issue)

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DMC DJ Championships (UK) Info

DMC UK DJ Championships 2008

Thursday 17th July 2008

7pm – 12midnight

@ Islington Academy, London

Hosted by Trip and Cutmaster Swift w/ live PA's from

Beattorrent (DJ Pfel and DJ Atom from C2C)

Million Dan w/ DJ Skitz & Le Shadow Hobbit

Mixers, scratchers and turntable junkies, the DMC UK DJ Championships are back for 2008 where they'll be unearthing the UK's very best in turntable dexterity! The successful turntable wizard will then go on to… Continue

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Luda's WeMix.com is now Online!

Ludacris Debuts WeMix.com - A Ground-Breaking Online Community & Label For Developing & Educating Musical Talent Worldwide

Formerly in Preview Mode, WeMix Now Gives Unsigned Singers, Artists, Songwriters, Producers and Musicians of all Types Full Access to the WeMix.com Platform and the Ability to Collaborate Online, Access Celebrity Advice Podcasts About the Music Industry, Promote Original Music, Get Discovered, and Win the Opportunity to Make Music with Ludacris and other… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on May 23, 2008 at 6:08am — No Comments

DELICIOUS Vinyl Drop RMXXOLOGY - Re-make of Hip-Hop Classics

Delicious Vinyl To Release DELICIOUS VINYL ALL-STARS: RMXXOLOGY

Classic songs reworked by Peaches, Eminem, Diplo, Hot Chip, Spank Rock, Phillipians, Ed Banger's Mr. Flash, and Bobby Evans

Go back to the future with Delicious Vinyl RMXXOLOGY, an all-new, 15-track album featuring classic tracks by Young MC, The Pharcyde, Masta Ace, The Brand New Heavies, and Fatlip re-imagined by artists including Peaches, Hot Chip, and Eminem. The… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on May 23, 2008 at 6:06am — No Comments

Opio (from Souls of Mischief) Drops Three Albums

Souls of Mischief's Opio To Release Trilogy of Albums

Vulture's Wisdom, Volume 1, first chapter of the trilogy, is a nod to the golden era of hip-hop and features production from The Architect

"They (Souls of Mischief) were the first 'fresh to death' group. They were the '93 version of me" - Kanye West

Opio, member of the classic hip-hop group Souls of Mischief, has released details of his sophomore solo album, Vulture's Wisdom, Volume 1. The album will… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on May 23, 2008 at 6:01am — No Comments

Independents Day Frayser Boy: Da Key

Added by Mumbo Sauce on May 19, 2008 at 5:21pm — No Comments

Independents Day: Bun-B - II Trill

I'm hearing the track Angel In the Sky is a real touching song - let us know the feedback on this album.

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Mr. Shadeed Presents: MySpace Isn't the Only Answer Blog Post

Welcome to "The New Digital Music Biz". This blog focuses on the latest trends in the technology industry that are changing the music industry as we once knew it.

I want to point out that this is your blog, which means if you have any digital technology related questions, they will be answered quickly and directly by me. The questions with the most detail will be posted on wordofsouth.com with my answer or recommendations. My policy is 100% open-door. Please send all questions to… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on May 16, 2008 at 5:40pm — No Comments

Power Moves: Koch Goes Digital: Signs Long Term Digital Distribution Deal

KOCH Records Signs Long Term Agreement with Play MPE(R)

Largest Independently Distributed Record Company to Digitally Deliver Releases

Destiny Media Technologies is pleased to announce the signing of a termed agreement with KOCH Records, a division of KOCH Entertainment, to utilize the Play MPE(R) System to digitally deliver music to trusted recipients and music industry VIPs. KOCH Entertainment, North America's largest independently distributed record company and KOCH… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on May 14, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Latest News from 215hiphop.com

As always, we here at Indie Planet always show love to other websites and blogs.

Here's the latest news from the homies over in the 2-1-5 (Philadelphia, PA).

New in the 215:

http://215hiphop.com/index.php

NEW Interview w/DJ Cosmic Kev w/FREE Download mixtape from… Continue

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