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today I learned

today I learned that the first banner ads were on HotWired.com back in 1994. There was an ad for AT&T, apparently the first (the internets are uncertain) but also a Zima ad was right up there too. Would love to see said Zima ad.

The Values That Unite Us

• The Art of the Image
• The Definition of Definition
• The Image Studio
• The Image, Pure and Simple
• The Next Generation of Portable Music Is Coming
• The Next Golden Age of Television
• The Official Currency of Playtime
• The Tape With A Brain
• The Values That Unite Us
• There’s A Story Behind Every Image

(all these phrases are all Sony Trademarks)
shouts to travis

rap+the internet
{a vague starting point}

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low entry point + parody + white people

mainstream:
remember dynamite hack? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMlPVpXtkJY
weird al - Amish Paradise (his whole career?)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY
(Natalie portman rap) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc7q5_nathalie-portman-rap_fun
Lazy Sunday - Dec 15th 2007 - http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/#mea=2921

white folks DIY parody rap:
Splash Mountain the Rap - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV8Q_Ma4n3E
Fast Food Freestlye - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLn45-7Pn2Y (10.2mil views, most viewed result in a search for "rap" on youtube)
Harry Potter in the Hood - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuBm0dvIzcc 3.2 mil views
White Chicks + Gang Signs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKTDRqQtPO8)2.2mil views - calling out the obvious
Hustlin in Middle Class suburbia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU3Z-6Zbooo
Late 60s sports history project rap - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6K-Sz9c2NM

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user remixes case studies:
Case 1: Rich Boy - Throw Some D's
-original (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMFj0sWpIAI)
-kanye remix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgg3_0oUe0) 1.5 mil views
-Po Boy - Throw some cheese. MS paint version, from the makers of Crank Dat Army Boy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRwz65vKHiU) over 1 mil views
-(sand)Wich Boy - Throw some Cheese (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ2yvL9E4R8)700k views, genius use of Kraft Singles as money, also grating cheese onto a bunch of girls (instead of pouring alcohol)
-Hollywood Holt - Throw a Kit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_kIUSr7-is) points for speceficity, specific subculture

Case 2:
Soulja boy - see Kevin Driscoll's work (here's yo shine)
http://kevindriscoll.info/docs/presentations/souljaboy/
laffy taffy + lean wit it rock wit it
gets signed:


Soulja Boy Signs Deal!
Current mood: cheerful
Category: Music

YEAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! I'm signed nigga! Mr.Collipark showed up at a nigga house in a stretch limo i'm like what da fuck! I looks out da window its him! I'm like oh shit! We go out to eat talk bizness I show him all da shows a nigga been doin all my hits. And da nigga understands me! So u already kno he signs me. It wuz like 4 niggaz in bizness suits in my living room with paperwork and checks and laptops and shit.. I'm like is dis a dream! I'm riding through my hood in a stretch like yeahh nigga! It's me! He also signed "Hurricane Chris" aka Da nigga who sing ay bay bay! So yeah iz goin down big. And 4 all u weak ass niggaz who wuz hatin and said I couldn't make it. IN YA FACE BITCH! AAAHHHHHHH YUUUAAAA!!!!! So when yall see a nigga on TV don't 4get iz dat same nigga from myspace Money aint gone change me! But shit im bout to cop me a new whip asap! lol HOLLA! Oh yeah when My cd drop buy dat shit PLEASE! i still need yall support all da fans yall da ones who helped a nigga get signed! I LUV YALL! REAL FUCKIN TALK! How much did I sign 4 u ask? Juss kno U can call me a Yung Millionaire.. YAHHH BITCH!

who bought the most albums:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&FriendID=56782768&blogMonth=10&blogDay=2&blogYear=2007

user remix content:
white boys version - http://youtube.com/watch?v=7ZE2OzguWHo - 6.4 mil views! 22k comments

crank dat barney (original taken down via copyright) - http://youtube.com/watch?v=gC7juTcMcrk

(... meanwhile, childrens tv + rap = technique - Teletubbies Lean Wit It - http://youtube.com/watch?v=gbD2gXtNX94)

more recent adds:
ballet class: http://youtube.com/watch?v=1whKQBcnLiQ&feature=related
african remix: http://youtube.com/watch?v=wxfEC6RfueE
texas longhorns sidelines: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4US7L6ypRk4&feature=related

- posse on trendwatch: crank dat everything - http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=12509

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soulja boy is the only rapper really ralking abot the internet:
From the song Don't Get Mad on his album SouljaBoyTellem.com:

"everybody know i got the kidz yellling
dont- get- mad cause the kids like soulja boy tell em
and they parents they can't see it - they blind
they wonder why they kids talking bout soulja boy all the time
they can't understand they ways
they wonder why they son and they daughter got they name on they shades
or why they only wear bathing APES
or why they sit at they computer watching soulja boy all day
if you dont get it it's a movement
i aint saying that you stupid you just need improvement
they say the records they aint selling no more
jus cuzz errbody on the internet on download
now it's my turn to hit (my turn to hit it)
if you don't get it by the end of the song you won't get
real talk i spit it
i got the kidz on lock and it's jus the beginning, let's go!"

"super-man i started that
but the biggest mam flattery is jus a lotta copy cats
its all good cuz am on deck
its amazing what i did with a mic in the internet
new rappers every day worldwide
no deals just the fans, and the fans they on my side"


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rap trendspotting/microtrends:

The Pack - Vans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhGO5f8gdWQ Aug06
Pole Boys - Cereal Backpacks http://profile.myspace.com/sneakymikebeats

bikes -
Cool Kids - Black Mags http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b34U3-CutuU
Scraper Bikes (bay area rap + trends + green technology + DIY + youtube) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQGLNPJ9VCE - 1.8mil views

BAPES - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEn3_kMAIrI

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meta:
rappers embracing cheap production values/resolution of the proletariat:
Snoop - Sexual Seduction http://youtube.com/watch?v=qSS_DY_z-Dc

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SITES:
-nahright (myspace hack) - http://www.nahright.com/news/index.php?s=myspace+page+hack
- Rap samples FAQ/search (http://www.the-breaks.com/)

songs/videos about Myspace
mistah fab top 8 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/08-top-8-mp3.html
Internet goin nutz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbk7Auzge8g)
- companion video (paul wall myspace demonstration video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swa4FRX6rHE) this is the attitude that you should always have when checking myspace.
Jazze Pha - Myspace Freak - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2WuZYKNCkw)

(precedence - Three Six Mafia - Two Way Freak - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrQi0QQ4oZA)


x-tras
Denny Blaze - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXb6bjCCtuY
Brad Neely - George Washington (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBnMg1aiAEA) not the orginal
YTMND vs. sega - http://ytmndsega.ytmnd.com/



bonus:
on the fine art tip - Oliver Laric - 5050 (http://oliverlaric.com/5050.htm)
reh dogg - why must I cry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mWW6kRITEY)1.1mil views for being really fucking weird, but also very genuine

Flea Market Montgomery - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ3oHpup-pk) 2mil views

Notorious B.U.M. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENAbFBQxZVw

jet skis + life vests http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvNDimHIfws

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shoutouts-
Kevin Driscoll's work "You can use this data but give me some shine"
http://kevindriscoll.info/docs/presentations/souljaboy/

Nation of Thizzlam for the hot tips + latest internet rap trends:
http://nationofthizzlam.blogspot.com

via the "best ebay comments ever"

watch out all you paper writing new media students

from wikipedia:

words on Basquiat

something I wrote for class.

TV PARTY WITH BASQUIAT


Though he didn't say much, I enjoyed seeing Basquiat on TV Party talking about writing graffiti. As we often say, "less is more," and it’s a phrase that a lot of contemporary graffiti writers could utilize in videos and DVDs today. There are those that deny graffiti the label of an art form, but when it comes to talking about the work or action, those same writers have a lot in common with the artists the seek to distance themselves from: they aren't eloquent, they have big egos, and they talk a lot of shit. At the time he was doing it, graffiti was young enough that Basquiat did not feel the weight of history that is a sticky point for writers today. Many of them are real conservatives, trying to emulate styles past and bemoaning the fact that things ain't like they used to be, as if it was just yesterday that they were bombing whole cars with DONDI.
So I almost expected to hear Basquiat recite today's familiar rhyme about going bombing and keeping it real, and was instead refreshed to hear him talk instead about improvisation and reaction. The graffiti writers who I like the most are those who weave their tags into the physical framework of the city, not just slap throw-ups around like this was a white canvas. Certainly there is something to be said for both saturation and going big, but the immediate environment in which you do your work and attention to details can make it shine.

It's not immediately apparent with Basquiat's work, but its there. SAMO was just writing text, kind of wherever, with seemingly random content. But his words reflected the city and times around him, if not the quality of the bricks that they were on. On TV Party a caller asked him if he was interested in political graffiti, and he just maintained that "its just whatever I feel at the time." If, like most writers, your only content is always your own name, style goes a long way. But only so far - Basquiat's sans-serif anti style became just as much of a signature as any tag in the early 80s in New York.
The style of graffiti is the code, the hieroglyphs that need to be deciphered to get to the words, the supposed "meaning" that lies underneath. I think it was precisely this anti-style that allowed people view his work as art, as it fell more neatly into the notion of artists-as-creator/genius. Even in the 80s and supposedly long after the "death of the author," this role of the artist seems the most accessible to the public, and certainly a good way to sell paintings. I have mixed feelings about Basqiuat because he opened that door for graffiti writers to enter the gallery, where they would get kind of pimped to their logical conclusion and then quickly co-opted into kitsch culture where now kids can get sold back their youth culture. Graffiti in galleries to me is just graffiti inside. It loses its power and interest to me when its taken off the street; it becomes a product for consumption instead of a document of an action.

I'm probably the one sounding conservative at this point. But I do see hope in the street-art movement that has gathered steam in the past five years, with good innovations in terms of materials, tools, and content. There are new anti-styles out there today that are mystifying people in ways besides complex letter-forms. Digital cameras and the internet have become invaluable tools in documenting work on the street as well as spreading ideas and creating a global dialogue. The MTA won their battle with graffiti, but the new enemy are advertisers, clamoring for space in the public eye and getting paid to think of new ways to go big. One thing doesn't change - work on the street is ephemeral. But hopefully there will be more of those like Basqiuat who's work reflects the city back onto itself and writes a history into the minds of those who see it.