Thursday, December 30, 2010

personal finance manager

Intuit-owned Mint.com is beginning its international expansion today with the launch of its personal finance platform in Canada.

Canadians can access Mint at Mint.com/Canada. The main difference between the Canadian version of Mint.com is that it connects to both Canadian banking financial institutions and U.S. banks and credit unions. Canadian users will still be able to aggregate financial accounts and transaction information, categorize spending, access personal financial data and more. Mint.com’s mobile apps for iPhone and Android will also be available on the iTunes Canada app store and Android Market.

The main barrier to Mint.com’s international expansion is bringing non-U.S. financial institutions onto the platform. But once Intuit does this, I’m fairly certain Mint.com will be able to see a significant growth in the number of users outside the U.S. Currently, Mint.com has 4.5 million users and connects to 16,000 financial institutions.

As Aaron Patzer, vice president and general manager of Intuit Personal Finance and founder of Mint states, “Our Canadian launch is just the beginning of Mint.com’s global expansion.”

CNN’s highly visual new iPad app hit the App Store on Tuesday morning, bringing many of the media company’s best-known products — including all of its articles and videos from CNN.com, as well as live breaking news video coverage and hourly radio updates — to the iPad for free.

Unlike the iPad apps of most other publications, CNN’s app [iTunes link] replicates neither the format of its website nor a newspaper layout. Instead, users are drawn to headlines laid upon enlarged thumbnails to explore different kinds of content — sports is juxtaposed against tech, which is sandwiched between stories on finance and government policy — although they also have the option to browse by section and headline in a text-only format as well.

“We’ve really worked to make this thing feel like it was meant for the iPad,” said KC Estenson, SVP and general manager of CNN.com. “It looks unlike any other thing that we’ve built. We wanted to know what sort of design and user interface would make [the content come] alive on the iPad.”

The app is also more social than any of those released by other major media properties. Comments are given prominent placement alongside articles, which are frequently refreshed. Users can also join the conversation directly from the app, and sign in to Facebookclass="blippr-nobr">Facebook and Twitterclass="blippr-nobr">Twitter to share and comment upon stories with their respective networks (e-mail is also, of course, a sharing option). Unfortunately text from the articles is not selectable, so sharing favorite clips or quotes can be a bit laborious.

Users can toggle between U.S. and international news, as well as save articles for later offline viewing. Breaking news alerts will appear as a notifications while the app is closed, which can be turned off in settings.

CNN’s app is, in my opinion, the best app from a single news source to date. The combination of access to live streaming video of breaking news and full commenting functionality ensure it will become my personal go-to resource for general world news on the iPad.

In addition to the iPad app, CNN’s iPhone app [iTunes link] has also been made free, part of the company’s decision to make their apps “available on as many devices as possible,” Estenson said. class='blippr-nobr'>Appsclass="blippr-nobr">Apps for class='blippr-nobr'>Androidclass="blippr-nobr">Android and other platforms are in the works, although no release dates have yet been named. CNN’s average monthly mobile audience is up 23% this year to 14.5 million, compared to last year’s monthly average of 11.7 million.

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

foreclosure report

"Treasury's reluctance to acknowledge HAMP's shortcomings has had real consequences," the bailout watchdog declared in its report. An "untold number of borrowers may go without help -- all because Treasury failed to acknowledge HAMP's shortcomings in time."

Housing experts have declared that the administration's botched program leaves the broader housing market and the economy susceptible to more shocks ahead, as foreclosed homes pile up, pulling down real estate values.

"Having dragged their feet through various revisions to the program, and with their ability to now redesign it shut down, they have ensured HAMP its place in the trash bin of history," said noted bond analyst Joshua Rosner, a managing director at Graham Fisher & Co. who analyzes housing.

The abundance of data in the oversight panel's report presents a picture of a flimsy government program that has been swamped by an unceasing flood of homeowners landing in trouble and houses sinking into foreclosure. Since the program began, nine new foreclosures have been initiated for every permanent loan modification that has been approved, the panel found.

Under the program, troubled homeowners who qualify are enrolled for three-month trial periods during which they make lower monthly payments. So long as they make their payments on time and document their distressed situation, borrowers are supposed to be automatically rolled into so-called permanent modification plan in which their monthly payments stay relatively flat for five years.

Some homeowners have been stuck in the trial phase for as long as 20 months, according to the Congressional Oversight Panel. The chairman of the panel, former Delaware Senator Ted Kaufman, called that "egregious," during Monday evening's call with reporters. He singled out for criticism the giant banks that collect mortgage payments--servicers, in industry parlance. He also blamed Treasury for failing to hold the mortgage companies to account.

"There is extensive anecdotal evidence servicers aren't living up to the rules," said Kaufman, a Democrat. "Treasury is not nearly being as forceful as they can."

The panel asserted that Treasury can levy penalties on mortgage companies for failing to abide by the program's rules. Treasury insists that it lacks such authority, though it clearly has the power to claw back the incentive payments it makes to servicers for enrolling homeowners in five-year modification plans. Despite heavy criticism from Congress, Treasury has withheld no payments. Treasury is now considering withholding payments for 132 modified loans, the panel's report notes.

Even those homeowners who have successfully navigated the Kafkaesque bureaucracy required to secure a loan modification have rarely received significant relief. Nearly 95 percent of such homeowners have ended up with higher principal balances after receiving a modification, according to the report. More than 76 percent of homeowners in the program owe more on their mortgage than the home is worth, a situation referred to as being "underwater."

About 10.8 million, or 22.5 percent, of all homeowners with a mortgage were underwater as of Sept. 30, according to CoreLogic, a data provider.

A range of housing experts have long argued that the foreclosure crisis can only be stemmed by a more aggressive program that shrinks the outstanding balances on mortgages. The Treasury and the financial industry has long resisted such calls on the grounds that it would cost someone money--either the banks or taxpayers.

Writing down principal balances on mortgages would give people whose are worth less than they owe greater incentive to stay current on their payments, say experts.

"Negative equity is a primary factor holding back the housing market and broader economy," Mark Fleming, CoreLogic's chief economist, said in a Monday statement.

According to the oversight panel's report, homeowners are falling further underwater after their loans are modified under Obama's plan. After their loan is restructured, the typical HAMP homeowner owes $1.25 on their mortgage for every $1.00 their home is worth.

The oversight panel zeroed in on the problem of underwater borrowers as a key challenge for the economy. With so many people underwater, many homeowners who would like to sell their properties and move to parts of the country with more abundant jobs are stuck in place. Some borrowers have opted to simply forego making payments and relinquish their homes to foreclosure.

"Negative equity can restrict the ability of homeowners to move, whether for family reasons or to pursue greater job opportunities, since home sale proceeds will not be sufficient to repay their loan," the report states. "It also provides an incentive for borrowers who can afford to pay their mortgages to stop paying intentionally and walk away."

This dynamic seems likely to worsen before it gets better, with many analysts anticipating that housing prices will continue to fall in much of the country through the end of next year. Housing prices have fallen by 30 percent nationwide since early 2006, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index.

Massad, the Treasury official overseeing the rescue program, said the department grasps that underwater borrowers are playing a significant role in exacerbating the foreclosure crisis. He emphasized that Treasury recently launched additional programs aimed at shrinking balances for people whose homes are worth less than they owe the bank.

But despite these programs, mortgage companies have reduced the principal for only three percent of the homeowners in the HAMP program, according to the the panel's report.

"Clearly, it's a big, big problem," said Kaufman.

Rosner and other experts assert that Treasury should force lenders to write down second mortgages, such as home equity lines of credit--a popular way in which homeowners turned increased real estate values into the cash during the boom. And if writing down those loans still leaves borrowers unable to make their monthly payments, primary mortgages should be written down, he added.

But that approach has been emphatically rejected by Treasury and the large banks, who are themselves on the hook for many second mortgages. While the largest four American banks generally sold off primary mortgages to investors and now merely collect fees for handling the bills, these same four banks themselves hold 43 percent of second mortgages--an amount reaching $420 billion, according to the panel.

That, say analysts, largely explains the dismal state of the administration's foreclosure program and Treasury's unwillingness to champion the only clear remedy: writing down principal balances. Indeed, the oversight panel concludes that forcing lenders to absorb losses on second mortgages could leave the four biggest banks severely crippled.

"Treasury's HAMP program has, in policy and practice, been a colossal failure," Rosner wrote in an e-mail. "Rather than working in the interests of borrowers and investors, whose interests are fundamentally aligned, HAMP appears to have been designed to shield banks and their captive servicers from the negative financial impact that a reasonable resolution to the crisis would require."

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Fox News personality and former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) recently began appearing in television commercials calling for viewers to dial a 1-800 number to sign a repeal petition against health reform called “Repeal It Now.” The ad, a “project of Restore America’s Voice” (RAV), a political action committee run by Huckabee’s friend Ken Hoagland, also directs viewers to a website that solicits donations

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Oberholtzer is well known as scam artist who has used a myriad of tricks to defraud people out of their money. In addition to 949 Media Group, he started a number of companies, including “Apply 2 Save” (A2S) and Giant Media Works. Consumer report websites are rife with complaints about Oberholtzer’s odious business practices. In one scheme, Oberholtzer paid for radio and other advertisements telling distressed homeowners to contact his company A2S to pay a flat $595 fee to receive assistance in renegotiating their loans or to block a bank foreclosure. The Federal Trade Commission has prosecuted Oberholtzer for deceptive practices. In numerous cases, Oberholtzer took the $595 payment, and never did anything to stop a foreclosure or even contact the mortgage company in question. In many instances he continued billing his customers further fees totaling nearly $1,000 without lifting a finger to actually renegotiate their mortgage or halt a foreclosure, as his “Apply 2 Save” company promised.

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Making Money on the Internet

Ok Go Explains There Are Lots Of Ways To Make Money If You Can Get Fans

from the everything's-possible dept

Over the last few years, we've covered many of the moves by the band Ok Go -- to build up a fanbase often with the help of amazingly viral videos, ditch their major record label (EMI), and explore new business model opportunities. In the last few days, two different members of Ok Go explained a bit more of the band's thinking in two separate places, and both are worth reading. First up, we have Tim Nordwind, who did an interview with Hypebot, where he explained the band's general view on file sharing:

Obviously we'd love for anyone who has our music to buy a copy. But again, we're realistic enough to know that most music can be found online for free. And trying to block people's access to it isn't good for bands or music. If music is going to be free, then musicians will simply have to find alternative methods to make a living in the music business. People are spending money on music, but it's on the technology to play it. They spend hundreds of dollars on Ipods, but then fill it with 80 gigs of free music. That's ok, but it's just a different world now, and bands must learn to adjust.

Elsewhere in the interview, he talks about the importance of making fans happy and how the band realizes that there are lots of different ways to make money, rather than just selling music directly:

Our videos have opened up many more opportunities for us to make the things we want to make, and to chase our best and wildest ideas. Yes, we need to figure out how to make a living in a world where people don't buy music anymore. But really, we've been doing that for the last ten years. Things like licensing, touring, merch, and also now making videos through corporate sponsorship have all allowed us to keep the lights on and continue making music.

Separately, last Friday, Damian Kulash wrote a nice writeup in the Wall Street Journal all about how bands can, should and will make money going forward. In many ways the piece reminds me a bit of my future of music business models post from earlier this year -- and Kulash even uses many of the same examples in his article (Corey Smith, Amanda Palmer, Josh Freese, etc.). It's a really worthwhile read as well. He starts by pointing out that for a little over half a century, the record labels had the world convinced that the "music" industry really was just the "recorded music" industry:

For a decade, analysts have been hyperventilating about the demise of the music industry. But music isn't going away. We're just moving out of the brief period--a flash in history's pan--when an artist could expect to make a living selling records alone. Music is as old as humanity itself, and just as difficult to define. It's an ephemeral, temporal and subjective experience.

For several decades, though, from about World War II until sometime in the last 10 years, the recording industry managed to successfully and profitably pin it down to a stable, if circular, definition: Music was recordings of music. Records not only made it possible for musicians to connect with listeners anywhere, at any time, but offered a discrete package for commoditization. It was the perfect bottling of lightning: A powerful experience could be packaged in plastic and then bought and sold like any other commercial product.

But, he notes, that time is now gone, thanks in large part to the internet. But that doesn't mean the music business is in trouble. Just the business of selling recorded music. But there's lots of things musicians can sell. He highlights Corey Smith and Smith's ability to make millions by giving away his music for free, and then touring. But he also points out that touring isn't for everyone. He covers how corporate licensing has become a bigger and bigger opportunity for bands that are getting popular. While he doesn't highlight the specific economics of it, what he's really talking about is that if your band is big, you can sell your fan's attention -- which is something Ok Go has done successfully by getting corporate sponsorship of their videos. As he notes, the sponsors provide more money than the record labels with many fewer strings:

These days, money coming from a record label often comes with more embedded creative restrictions than the marketing dollars of other industries. A record label typically measures success in number of records sold. Outside sponsors, by contrast, tend to take a broader view of success. The measuring stick could be mentions in the press, traffic to a website, email addresses collected or views of online videos. Artists have meaningful, direct, and emotional access to our fans, and at a time when capturing the public's attention is increasingly difficult for the army of competing marketers, that access is a big asset.

...

Now when we need funding for a large project, we look for a sponsor. A couple weeks ago, my band held an eight-mile musical street parade through Los Angeles, courtesy of Range Rover. They brought no cars, signage or branding; they just asked that we credit them in the documentation of it. A few weeks earlier, we released a music video made in partnership with Samsung, and in February, one was underwritten by State Farm.

We had complete creative control in the productions. At the end of each clip we thanked the company involved, and genuinely, because we truly are thankful. We got the money we needed to make what we want, our fans enjoyed our videos for free, and our corporate Medicis got what their marketing departments were after: millions of eyes and goodwill from our fans. While most bands struggle to wrestle modest video budgets from labels that see videos as loss leaders, ours wind up making us a profit.

Of course, that only works if you have a big enough fanbase, but that doesn't mean there aren't things that less well known bands can use to make money as well. He talks about an up-and-coming band in LA that doesn't even have a manager that was able make money:

The unsigned and unmanaged Los Angeles band Killola toured last summer and offered deluxe USB packages that included full albums, live recordings and access to two future private online concerts for $40 per piece. Killola grossed $18,000 and wound up in the black for their tour. Mr. Donnelly says, "I can't imagine they'll be ordering their yacht anytime soon, but traditionally bands at that point in their careers aren't even breaking even on tour."

The point, Kulash, notes, is that there's a lot of things a band can sell, focusing on "selling themselves." And, the thing he doesn't mention is that, when you're focusing on selling the overall experience that is "you" as a musician or a band, it's something that can't be freely copied. People can copy the music all they want, but they can't copy you. "You" are a scarce good that can't be "pirated." That's exactly what more and more musicians are figuring out these days, and it's helping to make many more artists profitable. And, no, it doesn't mean that any artist can make money. But it certainly looks like any artist that understands this can do a hell of a lot better than they would have otherwise, if they just relied on the old way of making money in the music business.

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231 Responses to “Video: Diddy-Dirty Money ft. Swizz Beatz – Ass On The Floor”

NovemberEnd Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:48 pm

this should be an entertaining read

hl Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:48 pm

I see you Tron. lol

#TeamDOOM

but also #TeamTheSouthGotSomethingToSay

Abortatron Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:49 pm

Percy can rhyme Boy with boy and boy and boy again, bit gets a pass since he really does miss his boy.

Got it.

*writes all this down in notebook titled “reality rap handbook”*

GMLLZ Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:50 pm

helluva comeback….but in typical Texan fashion I expect them to lose

Skighwalker Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:54 pm

Eskay 2012

d_Block_4_Life Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:55 pm

@ SI_JonHeyman

yankees have been told they’re out of cliff lee sweepstakes

^

Holy shit

A chick Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:56 pm

Thank Goodness Esk has a ghost-writer now.

Abortatron Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:57 pm

@ SI_JonHeyman

yankees have been told they’re out of cliff lee sweepstakes

^

Holy shit

^

*sprays champagne all over sleeping wife and kids*

GMLLZ Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:58 pm

and that’s why there are people out there who still use Internet Explorer

^^^^^^^^^^

I don’t understand these people myself.

And the Texans blow it again.

Abortatron Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:58 pm

Game over

NovemberEnd Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:58 pm

@ SI_JonHeyman

yankees have been told they’re out of cliff lee sweepstakes

^

Holy shit

^^^

i hope this kizza tears a rotator cuff

Wenzel Dashington Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:01 am

Dylon spits hot fiya!

d_Block_4_Life Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:02 am

*sprays champagne all over sleeping wife and kids*

^

LMAO.

Damn, b

This stings, especially with these recent Red Sox signings..

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StephanieIfeoma Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:02 am

you are absolutely right.. The artists need to step up and stand up for the blogs.. who had a huge hand in making them..

Desus Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:02 am

Well put homie!

d_Block_4_Life Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:02 am

Lee to Philly. Wow.

I’m out forreal..

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DDotOmen Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:04 am

I AM..Blogstradamus.

ddotomen.com/2010/04/08/warner-bros-records-files-lawsuits-against-blogs-over-gucci-mane/

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:04 am

Oh….and fuck Cliff Lee.

A chick Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:05 am

GMLLZ Says:

December 13th, 2010 at 11:58 pm

and that’s why there are people out there who still use Internet Explorer

^^^^^^^^^^

I don’t understand these people myself.

—————–

It actually still necessary to have…lots of computer softwares haven’t been upgraded work properly outside of IE.

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:07 am

whats wrong with IE explore? someone give me insight

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:07 am

“not even two weeks ago, a group of us had a meeting and discussed what would happen if we were to ever become a unified body and not put up with you motherfuckers anymore because at the end of day, WE CONTROL the flow of music related news and content, without us…what the fuck would you do?”

^^^^^^

Do it. Wait…don’t do it. No do it. Fuck it.

It’s for the greater good and the big picture. Short-term pain for music fans.

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:08 am

internet explorer>IE explore

Abortatron Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:09 am

whats wrong with IE explore? someone give me insight

^

firefox , safari , and chrome are widely regarded as better browsers.

Personal preference tho , i guess.

Kellee Maize Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:09 am

this is why blogs are now the gateway to having success in a music career. Rolling Stone, Vibe, or XXL can’t write half as well or as real as this.

A chick Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:10 am

Damn this song isss dope!

*is finally intrigued*

Did Last Train…drop yet? lol

Cashmere Cavalli aka Snowbunny Sampson Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:10 am

think back to that no mercy discussion…..the street singles should of made the album and it would have been just as good as paper trail

Im Back

Yeah U Know (Takers)

Whatcha Saying Tip *no pun intended*

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:10 am

i have firefox on my computer also, i just never really fucked with it so much to see a big difference, i usually hear its quicker?? but i got a pretty decent laptop and it seems pretty fast on internet explorer, am i losing?

MaleRose Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:10 am

Where’s Drake, J. Cole, Wiz, Kanye, B.O.B., The Cool Kids!!!!!

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:10 am

It actually still necessary to have…lots of computer softwares haven’t been upgraded work properly outside of IE.

^^^^^^^^^^^

That’s true. I’ve partnered with a programmer to create a website (not another ubiquitous rap blog or blog of any kind btw) and we were choppin it up and he told me how much of a bitch it is to have to create a website that functions properly in IE and Mozilla and Opera…etc.

Black brokaw Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:12 am

Shmeh heh meh shmeh. These artist dont have back bones. They just want fame and woildnt do anything to ruin it.

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:13 am

no fucking way, bro

Deen Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:14 am

1. The Texans are pathetic. But all their fans already knew that.

2. Is Cliff Lee about to do what I think he’s going to do? The power of the P.U.S.S.Y. is an enigma wrapped in a mystery and tied up with female pubic hair.

3. Eskay rants = Hilarity. But truth as well.

Abortatron Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:15 am

If the Phillies were able to pull off a Lee signing, he would join Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels in a dream rotation for Philadelphia

^

wow

JihaD Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:16 am

Pitcher Cliff Lee closed in on a deal with the Philadelphia Phillies late Monday night, as his agent informed the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers that they’re out of the running for the free agent left-hander.

^^

Sox Win.

Wow when Land sees this…

I know that nigga is gonna be sick.

Red Sox 10- 2011 >>>>>>

But Phillys 1-2-3 of Halladay, Lee, and Hamels???

*insert Pusha T ad-lib here*

JihaD

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:17 am

If? The Phillies pulled it off. As a baseball fan it’s an ill rotation on some mid 90′s Atlanta Braves type stuff.

As a Yankee fan, he can kiss my ass.

DDotOmen Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:17 am

What’s funny is, I remember calling Eskay earlier this year and talking to him about a certain label and majors in general. We never really came up with a plan on how to implement a blog community embargo. Mainly cause people are in this “game” for different agendas and it’d be damn near impossible to get everyone to cooperate. Besides we still got some sites that are in the back pockets of labels that wouldn’t dare rage against the machine (How else would their interns get paid?)

I’ve almost stopped paying attention to the content aggregation and just going a completely different direction. I’m not worried about the #freeonsmash movement (they’ll be fine, whaddup hof) I’m worried about what ARE WE GONNA DO AS A COMMUNITY to show the machine, we can play hardball too.

It’s time to start to creating and not rely or depend on an “exclusive new lil ___” or a world premiere JAY-__ West” –>insert canadian rapper here<– .mp3 to draw in the masses and dedicated readers of our site.

That where in lies to problem, OUR ability to create and maneuver around the machines bullshit.

Did I mention I was blogstradamus? probably means this mini rant will be ignored until it's too late. word to niggas on the corner holding "the end is near" cardboard signs.

Still_Boss Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:17 am

PROPS

djborz Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:17 am

amen

Abortatron Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:18 am

They just said on espn that Philly and lee have reached an agreement

DDotOmen Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:19 am

GMILLZ

Do it. Wait…don’t do it. No do it. Fuck it.

It’s for the greater good and the big picture. Short-term pain for music fans.

====================

It is for the greater good, but there’s been no Blogger G8 Summit to combat the powers that be. le sigh.

Deen Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:19 am

I care very little about beisbol, but Phillies rotation >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Dem niggas might as well add Lincecum somehow. Not playin’ fair at all. That’s that Yankee steez.

Yankees fell off.

XerCes Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:20 am

What’s wrong w Iexplorer?

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:22 am

>>It actually still necessary to have…lots of computer softwares haven’t been upgraded work properly outside of IE.

^this is not really true at all unless your talking about specific, custom made corporate applications. and even then, that doesn’t mean you have to use IE for anything other than that specific app that requires it.

and if you have to ask what’s wrong with IE in 2010….

Samir Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:22 am

Maybe they shut down OnSmash because they were annoying with the shitty video player?

Samir Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:23 am

annoyed > annoying

DP Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:23 am

They got Kush in the conference room?!?

*goes back to being a corporate slave*

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:24 am

dont u hate wen u get a wack as reply like…if u have to ask whats wrong with IE in 2010…..like not everyone can be up on all their shit….i dont see whats wrong with it, but then i read this, and it makes me wonder what is wrong with it, and instead of sheddin some light, u get that response

Narnian Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:25 am

this is most likely the best post ive read in a while.

entertaining as well.

wait, what is this song about again?

and Diddy has a group Dirty Money? didnt even know, I was chillin in the cave for awhile.

JihaD Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:25 am

And that is a big reason why we’re all (bloggers, artists, labels) in the fucked up situation we’re in now. You know who has some power to help though? Artists. You guys need to step up and show some nuts man. You guys talk real tough in your raps and you say you support these sites when you have an album dropping, but then I don’t see you running up on your label’s VP of Legal demanding that the threats stop. If rap blogs helped you sell records, or launched your career, or got your name back out there, then guess what? It’s time to man the fuck up and put some pressure on those labels that you claim work for you. Stand up for something before there’s nothing left to stand up for.

^^

This rant would mean a lot more if there wasn’t a complex media toolbar at the bottom of the page and all types of ads surrounding it.

When your talking about “counting your money” you make for aggregating content from the same artists you are claiming to “help” ( and seriously, are you really helping Sean Combs at this point? or Wale? or Donnis? FOH) while simulanetously showing disdain for artists who don’t wanna play by your rules such as Wasalu or Curtis, how can you be suprised at the results?

You aren’t a tastemaker anymore– if you were, you wouldn’t post half the bullshit you post.

You want the pageviews, the ad-clicks, etc, and the more you have hoared out your internet space, the more you have brought on your own situation you find yourself in now.

You wanted to be part of the industry so bad you have now become tied into the politics– and the labels have been playing the game MUCH longer than you have, with a lot more resources.

The smart thing to do would be to PROVE your power (such as it is) to said labels and stop posting ALL of their shit– NOTHING from Atlantic, Interscope, etc.

Focus on artists you actually like and wish to promote– if you actually feel that you have the ability to create an artist and sustain their buzz, PROVE IT.

But you won’t.

Because now you need the money those established artist brings via their page views.

And thats why you fail.

JihaD

hl Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:25 am

youtube.com/watch?v=hcaDG_gJaPg&feature=related

^Yo! Where is this beat from? This is bugging me that I can’t figure it out.

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:25 am

DDotOmen Says:

^^

whosentdisnigga.org

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:26 am

I Wanna Know Whats Wrong Wit IE Too… Im Not What You Would Call A Computer Geek… Excuse Me Tech Savvy… I Know How To Use The History Bar And Type And Look At What I Want… IE Allows Me To Do So… Explain Why Safari Or Firefox Is Better Put Me Up On It No Fuggin Homo…

@ILLIONAIRE Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:27 am

DDotOmen: What’s funny is, I remember calling Eskay earlier this year and talking to him about a certain label and majors in general. We never really came up with a plan on how to implement a blog community embargo. Mainly cause people are in this “game” for different agendas and it’d be damn near impossible to get everyone to cooperate. Besides we still got some sites that are in the back pockets of labels that wouldn’t dare rage against the machine (How else would their interns get paid?)

I’ve almost stopped paying attention to the content aggregation and just going a completely different direction. I’m not worried about the #freeonsmash movement (they’ll be fine, whaddup hof) I’m worried about what ARE WE GONNA DO AS A COMMUNITY to show the machine, we can play hardball too.

It’s time to start to creating and not rely or depend on an “exclusive new lil ___” or a world premiere JAY-__ West” –>insert canadian rapper here< – .mp3 to draw in the masses and dedicated readers of our site.

That where in lies to problem, OUR ability to create and maneuver around the machines bullshit.

Did I mention I was blogstradamus? probably means this mini rant will be ignored until it's too late. word to niggas on the corner holding "the end is near" cardboard signs.

Fixed.

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:28 am

don v, we too stupid it seems for a mofucka to take the time and explain something that they make seem so simple…idk why but that shit jus got me aggravated lol not really to that level, but shit…

DavidJuaquin Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:28 am

Finally, substance.

hl Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:28 am

I’m using Internet Explorer right now. It’s all good as far as I can tell. *shrugs*

XerCes Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:29 am

Well put! Jihad

And @sarjo I feel the same way? Y not just say xyz is a better browser etc. Niggas is crabs n da bucket. Eaxh one teach one man

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:30 am

Awww Man Its Bout To Be The Blogger Rennaisance In This Post Right Now… Illionaire Back, New Niggas, an Airything

JihaD Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:30 am

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:26 am

I Wanna Know Whats Wrong Wit IE Too… Im Not What You Would Call A Computer Geek… Excuse Me Tech Savvy… I Know How To Use The History Bar And Type And Look At What I Want… IE Allows Me To Do So… Explain Why Safari Or Firefox Is Better Put Me Up On It No Fuggin Homo…

^^

As far as stability, customizablity, etc– Firefox, Safari, and Chrome are MILES ahead of IE now. They are simply faster browsers with more options, especially Firefox.

JihaD

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:30 am

But you won’t.

Because now you need the money those established artist brings via their page views.

And thats why you fail.

^^^^^^^

Oh shit..

I’m never on Nah this late…but we may have decent conversation now so I can make an exception.

DDotOmen Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:31 am

I see your immaturity and raise you, truth:

nahright.com/news/2010/12/13/video-diddy-dirty-money-ft-swizz-beatz-ass-on-the-floor/comment-page-1/#comment-3677420

Samir Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:31 am

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:24 am

dont u hate wen u get a wack as reply like…if u have to ask whats wrong with IE in 2010…..like not everyone can be up on all their shit….i dont see whats wrong with it, but then i read this, and it makes me wonder what is wrong with it, and instead of sheddin some light, u get that response

^^^

IE used to be less secure than Firefox. I’ve heard it’s on par now with its security, but after installing AdBlock on FF and Chrome, I hate whenever I have to use IE for something. I also think Firefox and Chrome are faster, and their interfaces are easier to use for me. Those last couple things are just my opinion, though.

Firefox and Chrome are also easy to customize – you can put iTunes controls in your browser, block all ads (I don’t see anything on NR except the Complex bar), etc.

nation Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:31 am

>> Focus on artists you actually like and wish to promote– if you actually feel that you have the ability to create an artist and sustain their buzz, PROVE IT.

that’s some fruity music industry pipe dream, though

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:32 am

>>When your talking about “counting your money” you make for aggregating content from the same artists you are claiming to “help” ( and seriously, are you really helping Sean Combs at this point? or Wale? or Donnis? FOH)

Do you understand that Puff’s people sent me this video, asked me to post it, and then followed up when I didnt? pretty much every major label artist (and the small ones) do this. you don’t really know what goes on behind the scenes or what emails I get or from who so you can’t really add anything of any value to this conversation.

and if you think I’m gonna apologize for making money for doing something that the labels would be begging me to do (for free), then you got another thing coming. smh @ you spitting that moral superiority bullshit when you don’t have even the slightest idea of how this shit works.

and your father’s a faggot.

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:32 am

that shit that really gets me,is its the nigga who runs this site, who if it wasnt for us visitin, this blog wouldnt be shit, coming off all ignorant….like where the fuck they do that at..

A chick Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:32 am

IE is a dinosaur…..its like having dial-up internet.

Google Chrome (for example)….has built-in spell check, tabbing which make multiple page viewings easier, it’s super fast, and it has a unique way of downloading files that I’m too tired to explain.

Just make the move.

It’s also less prone to shutting down, popups and viruses.

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:33 am

*Daps JihaD*

Myyyy Nigga…

Im Sayin… I Dont Got No Mac… Ima PC Right Now… If I Switch To Any Aforementioned Browser Will I Have The Same Experience? As Dumb As That Question May Sound, I Know ALOTTA Niggas Is On The Apple Shit So…..

Selly Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:33 am

Download Google Chrome and start browsing for a couple days. You’ll never open IE ever again.

Deen Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:34 am

No, for real. Who sent these niggas.

Let’s talk about tits or 90s rap please.

Fuck all this blogging apocalypse shit. Y’all should know not to fuck with the white man’s money by now.

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:34 am

nation Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:31 am

>> Focus on artists you actually like and wish to promote– if you actually feel that you have the ability to create an artist and sustain their buzz, PROVE IT.

that’s some fruity music industry pipe dream, though

^

Doesnt Have To Be

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:35 am

furthermore, I have explained exactly why I haven’t and probably wouldn’t ban all major label artists from my site. that being said, even though I don’t want to for my own reasons, there’s still a very real possibility that it could happen.

456 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:35 am

clusterfuck by any other name.

esquire eskay with a vigorous defense of onsmash.

firefox>>>>>>

Black brokaw Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:35 am

Safari takes up too much RAM. Firefox is cool.

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:36 am

Alotta Tension Just Arose In This Motherfucka

Shellz V Esk

DDOT V Illy?

A chick Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:36 am

@Samir

“you can put iTunes controls in your browser”

Explain please…..

EnglandRepresent Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:36 am

Jihad Jihad got a good point there actually.

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:36 am

daps all my pcs running IE… will take advice tho and try chrome….prob wont see a big difference cuz fuck it im content with my IE…i dont get ne viruses, only ad i see is the wack ass complex bar with the fuckin samsung phone poppin up everytime i mistakingly scroll by it(fuckin annoying). and so on

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:37 am

Do you understand that Puff’s people sent me this video, asked me to post it, and then followed up when I didnt?

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Lol. That’s hilarious. What do they follow up with? “Yo Eskay, why didn’t you post our video up on Nah? What!?! You don’t fuck wit it or something? What’s the problem? You tryin to anger us so we can cut you out of our semi-exclusives?”

Seriously. Do they try to big boy you into posting it or what? I’m just trying to get some behind-the-scenes insight?

hl Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:37 am

@Deen

Natasha Dulce >>>

Runaway Slave >>>

JihaD Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:37 am

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:32 am

>>When your talking about “counting your money” you make for aggregating content from the same artists you are claiming to “help” ( and seriously, are you really helping Sean Combs at this point? or Wale? or Donnis? FOH)

Do you understand that Puff’s people sent me this video, asked me to post it, and then followed up when I didnt? pretty much every major label artist (and the small ones) do this. you don’t really know what goes on behind the scenes or what emails I get or from who so you can’t really add anything of any value to this conversation.

and if you think I’m gonna apologize for making money for doing something that the labels would be begging me to do (for free), then you got another thing coming. smh @ you spitting that moral superiority bullshit when you don’t have even the slightest idea of how this shit works.

and your father’s a faggot.

^^

Thanks for not responding to the entire point of what I said.

Your full of shit Ashmi.

You talk about “Oh, Artists don’t know the power they have, and the power we as blogs have”

But then cry when shit doesn’t go your way.

If you was really a Boss, act like one. SAY NO. Say, “Nah Puff, I’m not posting your shit.”

But your a worker.

And you know it.

So you posted his shit, just a like a worker… Then complained behind his back– just like a worker.

And your daughter sucks dick for crack.

JihaD

XerCes Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:37 am

that shit that really gets me,is its the nigga who

runs this site, who if it wasnt for us visitin, this

blog wouldnt be shit, coming off all ignorant….like

where the fuck they do that at..

^he’s a piece of shit who doesn’t appreciate his blessings.

@ eskay u should be more humble man! Pride comes before the fall b. Ur shit could easily get shut down as well. Niggas just simply asked what wrong w IE shit me too n u shit on dude

@ILLIONAIRE Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:37 am

>> I AM..Blogstradamus.

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:38 am

>>that’s some fruity music industry pipe dream, though

^not to mention that’s not my fucking job. create and sustain their buzz?

some of you idiots have this shit twisted b. i’m not one of those bloggers who has dreams of being an industry player. people get paid millions of dollars to create artists. I’m a blogger who wants to smoke weed, listen to rap and make a living doing it.

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:38 am

co-sign the lupe ban

hl Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:38 am

*throws a chair*

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:39 am

wale, you next. (ntpf)

456 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:40 am

Y’all should know not to fuck with the white man’s money by now.

^they been eatin long enough…

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:40 am

no co sign on lupe ban, one of the few niggas tryin to go against the machine..its pretty crazy i only been commenting two days here and i already dont liek this eskay cat

Samir Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:41 am

A chick Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:36 am

@Samir

“you can put iTunes controls in your browser”

Explain please…..

^^^

foxytunes.com

I haven’t used it a long time, but basically it puts a set of controls in your browser. Play, pause, next, previous, etc etc etc – so you can control your iTunes straight from your browser, without switching windows. I eventually just let my iTunes shuffle aimlessly, so I stopped using it.

Black brokaw Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:41 am

Who is this dude with the durag on? Competing with fred the godson

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:41 am

Y’all should know not to fuck with the white man’s money by now.

^they been eatin long enough…

^^

You guys got fat while everybody starved out on the street. It’s my turn. A song gets posted on your site…I want in.

ThatMan Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:41 am

Cliff Lee and Lebron don’t want any part of NY.

Wow.

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:41 am

Ok Esk… I Thought It Was Deeper Than Blogging Its Obviously Not…

Somebody’s Gonna Take That Job Tho… And It Will Be GLORIOUS

Shout Out Tron The Legacy

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:41 am

hol up….

so niggas still check for what e$kay be posting? LMAOOO

JihaD Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:41 am

nation Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:31 am

>> Focus on artists you actually like and wish to promote– if you actually feel that you have the ability to create an artist and sustain their buzz, PROVE IT.

that’s some fruity music industry pipe dream, though

^^

Is it really, though?

I thought you owned the blog?

Or do the labels own you?

Whats the most important thing to you?

You integrity? Or your payout?

I mean, you can have both, right?

Or are you more concerned with one than the other?

Because that’s what Ashmi’s 5,000 words at the top of this post sound like– he seems more upset that he’s realized he’s being used than anything else.

And if you truly feel like that, and you have any ounce of integrity or belief in your product, then you would simply say no.

But like I said, your survival is now tied into posting the video’s of Sean Combs, and the pictures of what CamelGOAT had for breakfast, and Kanye in his latest evening wear…

And the occasional Fred the Godson video– ya know, to keep it real and all that.

JihaD

Cashmere Cavalli aka Snowbunny Sampson Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:42 am

I’m a blogger who wants to smoke weed, listen to rap and make a living doing it.

======================

*Pimp C voice* CHUUUUUCH!

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:42 am

i only been commenting two days here and i already dont liek this eskay cat

^

LOL

Samir Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:43 am

Like this:

foxytunes.com/firefox/screenshots.html

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:43 am

Illionaire Whoever That Nigga Is He Look Like A BET Uncut Rapper…

“LEMME SEE THAT ASS DROP, LEMME SEE THAT ASS DROP”

“WIT MONEY IN THE ZIPLOCK BAG”

EnglandRepresent Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:44 am

its pretty crazy i only been commenting two days here and i already dont liek this eskay cat

^^This makes me chuckle

And Illy you Summer Jammed the Nahright Screen.

Props.

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:44 am

honestly if ne1 can explain to me, if theyre not too good u know to actually explain something to a nigga, how long has this blog been running, what made it what it is today, to where the dude that runs it feels so comftorable he can shit on his visitors? like i said im fairly new here…been coming here for about a year, dont remember how i heard about it, and only been in the c section 2 days, and it seems thats wut actually makes this shit

A chick Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:44 am

Samir Says:

foxytunes.com

I haven’t used it a long time, but basically it puts a set of controls in your browser. Play, pause, next, previous, etc etc etc – so you can control your iTunes straight from your browser, without switching windows. I eventually just let my iTunes shuffle aimlessly, so I stopped using it.

—————

Ahhhh I needed this like 3 years ago lol!!

Thanks ;)

Cashmere Cavalli aka Snowbunny Sampson Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:44 am

“WIT MONEY IN THE ZIPLOCK BAG”

========================

LOL @ This Song

aint nuthin like money in a ziplock bag

ThatMan Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:44 am

its pretty crazy i only been commenting two days here and i already dont liek this eskay cat

^

that “I’m the new guy and I don’t like the couch you let me sleep on” post

Travelin' Man Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:44 am

Funny story about this video…

*zzzzzz*

XerCes Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:45 am

ya know, to keep it real and all that.

^this made me lol

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:47 am

aint nuthin like money in a ziplock bag

^

LOL Yeah Thats It… He Dont Look Like The Nigga Tho?

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:48 am

thatman?? wut u mean by that. like this isnt the only blog i visit, but for some reason the only blog that kept me in moderation for fuckin ever cuz i didnt know u actually had to reach out to get out of purgatory….this shit isnt some exclusive, members only type shit is it? do i not got the right to complain, when u think a nigga is jus wack for the way they carryin themselves

Black brokaw Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:48 am

Eskay up here trying to eat the hand that feeds him burritos.

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:49 am

and jus to put it out there, since i am the new guy, i dont ever send shots, ima mellow dude that jus liek to twist up his tree and bang music….just tryin to get an understanding being the new guy and all

ThatMan Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:50 am

# sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:48 am

thatman?? wut u mean by that. like this isnt the only blog i visit, but for some reason the only blog that kept me in moderation for fuckin ever cuz i didnt know u actually had to reach out to get out of purgatory….this shit isnt some exclusive, members only type shit is it? do i not got the right to complain, when u think a nigga is jus wack for the way they carryin themselves

^

If anyone supports your right to complain to The Man it’s me.

Ashin' Kusher Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:50 am

something kinda fishy about all these blog niggas suddenly showing up

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:51 am

I thought you owned the blog?

Or do the labels own you?

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Seems like a reflexive relationship. Either one would have trouble existing without the other.

Then when it comes to gettin money…limiting the blog to just your own music tastes would definitely limit the visitors and hence the payout. All this integrity talk vs. earnings sounds like some ‘ol Obama vs. Wall Street crap to me.

Why go into business if not to make a profit? Otherwise the shit’s a hobby (like most aspiring rappers out there).

Either way, I don’t check Nah to see what music Eskay or Nation likes. I check to see what’s new and to see if I like it.

EnglandRepresent Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:51 am

Fuck you new guy. Prick.

Deen Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:51 am

@ hl

on 2nd thoughts, a JihaD vs. Eskay slapfest is always good entertainment…

But for the record: TITS >>>

Marv Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:52 am

Was that essay by Eskay really necessary?…

ThatMan Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:53 am

that said I still lol at you saying you dont like eskay after 2 days

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:53 am

ASS>>>>LOL jus personal preference

EnglandRepresent Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:53 am

I rarely ever listen to any music on Nahright. Fact.

Cashmere Cavalli aka Snowbunny Sampson Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:54 am

serve a bitch straight D make her face fall off >>>>>>>>>>>

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:54 am

word, I work for Puff. he pays me to shit on his music.

EnglandRepresent Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:54 am

I tune into Nahright to mock Deen’s gay ass football team

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:54 am

no doubt thatman, well the thing is, i wrote the dude an email a minute ago to get me out of moderation, then a fellow nahger yesterday said that was the problem, that did is useless and to contact nation, i sent nation an email not even 5 min later, i was able to comment…at that point i had to agree with wut ive seen posted here about the dude,

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:54 am

# EnglandRepresent Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:53 am

I rarely ever listen to any music on Nahright. Fact.

^

case BEEN closed

ThatMan Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:55 am

# EnglandRepresent Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:53 am

I rarely ever listen to any music on Nahright. Fact.

^

You telling me you didn’t click play as soon as you saw “Diddy-Dirty Money ‘s ASS ON THE FLOOR”?

Stop playing.

XerCes Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:55 am

Sarjo got dat Afra/Marv swag!

@sarjo give it a few days ull get da hang of it. Takes a while. But once ur in ur in. Best strategy is be honest, have objective xonsistent opinion, be honest bout ur stories, and up some pix of breezys ull be in n no time

007Gems

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:55 am

i visit this site a whole lot and listen to MAYBEEE one song a week

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:56 am

comments > content

serialblogger Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:56 am

great read.. very true and very sad… gone are the days when you have the hot record on radio and its all you need… at this point both the artists and labels are getting sad for example puff has numerous videos out and the album hasn’t even dropped officially so a month or so after it does the hype will cease the record sales will slow all the way down and it’ll be on to the next project… value your own shit what happened to letting each single live a little like the old days…

JihaD Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:56 am

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:51 am

I thought you owned the blog?

Or do the labels own you?

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Seems like a reflexive relationship. Either one would have trouble existing without the other.

Then when it comes to gettin money…limiting the blog to just your own music tastes would definitely limit the visitors and hence the payout. All this integrity talk vs. earnings sounds like some ‘ol Obama vs. Wall Street crap to me.

Why go into business if not to make a profit? Otherwise the shit’s a hobby (like most aspiring rappers out there).

Either way, I don’t check Nah to see what music Eskay or Nation likes. I check to see what’s new and to see if I like it.

^^

Thats the key though.

Why complain then?

The fuck this fat nigga got to be mad over? Telling artists to “take control”… For What?

Niggas know you still gonna download their song links to hulkshare and post them diligently.

And if he is saying, “Yea, I just wanna make my money,” then why is he ranting about what he would happen if he stopped posting their shit?

Its like I said– his survival is intertwined with these labels and their artists– he eats because they provide the REASON to come to his site, so what the fuck is his problem?

If you really feel some type of way, then say “No thanks” and deal with whatever consequences that arise.

Or just shut up, smoke your weed, and keep paying for loosie cigs and 50 cent bags of Doritos from the Corner Bodega with your ad money.

Simple as that.

JihaD

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:56 am

Either way, I don’t check Nah to see what music Eskay or Nation likes. I check to see what’s new and to see if I like it.

^^^^^^^^^^^

Oh yea…and then to download it for free of course. But if I can’t get it here…it’s not hard to google the song and get off of Hulkshare or some other file sharing service…for now anyways.

But in my college years I used to hit the garment district and buy fake Jordans and AF1′s to flip by the box…I know around this time every year is when the Feds crack down on illegal goods…I guess they decided to crackdown on music sharing this year too.

EnglandRepresent Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:57 am

I’ve peeped more songs through the c-section than I have through the actual posts.

Marv Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:57 am

Eskay is caught up between the industry and his integrity….

He doesn’t want to sell his soul but he wants a lot of money….

Keep fighting brah brah….

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:58 am

hahah xerces good looks on the info bro, idk about the afra/marv swag tho, no shots but dont they get mad hate? lol

Ashin' Kusher Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:58 am

# Cashmere Cavalli aka Snowbunny Sampson Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:54 am

serve a bitch straight D make her face fall off >>>>>>>>>>>

^

amazing so amazing so amazing

marcus Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:58 am

I agree 100%. I couldn’t have said it any better. Something has got to change

kevfrescura de talco Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:59 am

Your full of shit Ashmi.

>cBc

the nerve of this coward telling ANYONE to man up but failed to take a flight to a fight he provoked!

the nerve of this clown and EVERY ONE OF HIS EMPATHIZERS!

Hip Hop STAY losing with these circus ring masters.

How dare you!©RJfarveOrionJackson

JihaD Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:59 am

Seems like a reflexive relationship. Either one would have trouble existing without the other.

^^

And the label will always exist; the blog, not so much… Hell, they even started their own blogs, word to Rapradar and Em and Paul owning the site.

JihaD

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:59 am

anyway, Jihad’s such a fucking moron it makes my head hurt thinking about it. lol, at him acting like I don’t know the game I’ve been playing for the past 5 years (at a pretty high level I might add):

>>he seems more upset that he’s realized he’s being used than anything else.

^lol, say word the labels are using me? I thought they sent me music because they respected my opinion or because I’m such a talented writer. who woulda thought that they were just looking for promo. wow, what else can you teach me and can I hire you as a consultant?

Jmack Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:00 am

Firefox or Google Chrome is better because of all the useful add-ons they have and they allow you to customize how it looks, I havent used IE in years they took to long to adapt and now they’re trying to copy everything firefox and chrome is doing

Deen Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:01 am

Missing from this frame? Eng’s Mom:

cdn.nahright.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/scarface-fuck-face.gif

Marv Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:02 am

Yo whatever you nahgas do, DO NOT listen to 007/ XerCes….

There’s obviously a reason why the prick wears masks…

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:02 am

rawse >

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:03 am

if niggas tryna act like ross aint spazz on that meek millz shit

i just dont know

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:03 am

marv liek i said no shots, i jus dont get wut havin the afra/marv swag means

XerCes Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:03 am

Sarjo ur a fast learner!

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:04 am

>>then why is he ranting about what he would happen if he stopped posting their shit?

and what would happen again? since thats what you think I wrote about.

ThatMan Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:04 am

I come here for the weekly Curtain$ freestyles.

*blank stare*

JihaD Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:04 am

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:59 am

anyway, Jihad’s such a fucking moron it makes my head hurt thinking about it. lol, at him acting like I don’t know the game I’ve been playing for the past 5 years (at a pretty high level I might add):

>>he seems more upset that he’s realized he’s being used than anything else.

^lol, say word the labels are using me? I thought they sent me music because they respected my opinion or because I’m such a talented writer. who woulda thought that they were just looking for promo. wow, what else can you teach me and can I hire you as a consultant?

^^

Soooo…

Lemme get this straight Ashley-

What exactly are you complaining about?

That the labels don’t really give a fuck about you?

Or that if you don’t do what they say, you’ll lose money?

Your full of shit, B.

You have no power, b. Your not important in the grand scheme of things.

and you know it.

Your job is to promote these artists. They don’t give a fuck about your opinion, or if you shit on their work.

They just want you to post it on their site.

To promote THEM.

Your a worker Bee, not a Boss.

And trying to act like one really makes you look even stupider than your son.

I would much rather you talk gully… nah, scratch that, your a bitch.

And your flights still good til next July.

FOH.

JihaD

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:05 am

A JihaD… Loosies Is 3 Dollars At The Arabs You Cant Beat That… Newport Longs OR Shorts… Whatevers Clever

Marv Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:06 am

Sarjo it’s all good homes…

Half the time I don’t be reading what these lames be typing….

They just type my name and want attention…

I don’t play their games though…

Ashin' Kusher Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:06 am

post that new fabolous video eskay

musicman10 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:07 am

JihaD and Eskay again??? Nice.. and fuck the phillies… And Eskay as much as you hate that nigga JIhaD he has a point

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:07 am

Look At Dub And Sarjo…

The Beginnings Of An Unlikely Commradery…..

Teach Him The Way Of The e World

JihaD Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:07 am

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:05 am

A JihaD… Loosies Is 3 Dollars At The Arabs You Cant Beat That… Newport Longs OR Shorts… Whatevers Clever

^^

West Philly you can cop up for 50 cent a Loosie @ the chinese spot. Newport Longs. The Arabs round the way like to charge more on that godbody shit, like ” why you smoking?”

JihaD

Cashmere Cavalli aka Snowbunny Sampson Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:07 am

amazing so amazing so amazing

=======================

i couldn’t stand this song at first but now it’s one of my favorites

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:08 am

lotta tension up in here…twists blunt, passes around to niggas with no shit on they lip…apologizes for the quality of tree in adavance (not native to this state, and got shitty connects lol)

kevfrescura de talco Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:08 am

since when does a diddy video inspire a ‘fight the power’ rant?

4x’s the fuck boi.

musicman10 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:08 am

post that new fabolous video eskay

^^^^^

No need for another rant from eskay albeit it was semi truthful

EnglandRepresent Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:09 am

You lie Marv you lie. You take all this Nah hate to the titty.

musicman10 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:10 am

kevfrescura de talco Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:08 am

since when does a diddy video inspire a ‘fight the power’ rant?

4x’s the fuck boi.

^^^^^

Eskay Ghost write for diddy

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:11 am

LOL… I Said 3 Dollars…SMHead

I Meant 3 FOR A Dollar…

Sharp Gent Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:11 am

These companies do suck at the internet .. haha.. Very well articulated, they are watching their own demise. Just like you stated above about evolving with the times and technology. Just like they figured out a way of becoming profitable with MP3 w/ I tunes and all that. They need to react with a practice that helps them earn revenue in this blogosphere. After they deduct what they should PAY YOU for giving them access to all your thousands of readers. They are on the brink of losing major exposure. And I highly doubt anyone standing up.

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:12 am

so your stupid ass is in here popping all that shit and you don’t even know what I’m talking about? why don’t you go ask somebody to read the post for you, you fucking idiot.

and once again, you won’t do shit to me. you would fucking kiss my toes if you ever had to face me in real life, and if your nuts ever drop and you decide to come to ny you can test the theory.

if not, Paypal me $2000 and I’ll get on a plane to whereever tomorrow. because my fucking time is money Jihad. I’m not some fucking bamma commenter who gets off on talking shit to his favorite blogger.

I just turned 33 last week and so now it’s been like what? 6 or 7 years since a nigga raised his fucking voice to disrespect me to my face? you damn sure ain’t gonna be the nigga to break that streak believe me.

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:13 am

Your job is to promote these artists. They don’t give a fuck about your opinion, or if you shit on their work.

They just want you to post it on their site.

To promote THEM.

Your a worker Bee, not a Boss.

^^^^^^^^

JiHad raises a good point. I been coming to Nah ever since my homeboy B told me about this site cuz he used to work with Eskay over at XXL. I never even fucked with rap blogs before then.

The point JihaD raised…or the thought he provoked is…wtf is NahRight about?

Besides mostly not posting unknown artists (donnie goines and such…esso is my homeboy so I can’t include him), what does NahRight stand for? What’s the standard for blogposts? What should a nigga expect when they check out NahRight for an update?

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:13 am

*Pops Popcorn*

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:15 am

Kev I’ll buttfuck your grandmother b, stop it.

Ashin' Kusher Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:15 am

aw shit.

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:17 am

i kinda asked the same thing gmillz said…like wut made this blog wut it is today, to where the ppl who run the site feel comftorable shittin on their visitors. i jus dont get it, thats like shittin on the consumer when they tryin to buy a product

Black brokaw Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:17 am

The rant wasnt about promo. More about technology and getting with the times

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:17 am

If that fight ever happens….two grown man fighting over…what? Idk. But somebody needs to flipcam that shit. Matter of fact, I’m flying out for that shit. I just earned my Southwest credit too.

I’m there.

tre Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:17 am

Sounds like this has been stewing for a while. The entire media industry is full of this fuckery.

One of the biggest manifestation has been Viacom suing YouTube and then the allegations that Viacom employees were uploading their promo content to YouTube.

And just last week we learned EMI posts songs on rapidshare and yet it’s the same industry that’s trying to sue them.

Sony arguably suffered the worst loss. Sony the music label / movie studio basically sabotaged Sony the technology company. At a time when MP3 players were just starting out, Sony hit us left, right, and center with their bullshit proprietary file formats. Then came the music cd rootkit nonsense where they were basically planting viruses on our computers. In the end, Apple basically came out of nowhere and stole their mojo. And I don’t feel the least bit sorry for them.

It’s like the media industry doesn’t have a clue. Type in your favorite artists/album into Google and add “rapidshare”, “usershare”, “sendspace”, “megaupload” or what ever and you’ve got a download link for what you’re looking for. Everytime one of these goes down, more just keep popping up.

Basically, the world will keep turning. If it ain’t on nahright, it’ll be some other blog. So I don’t blame eskay for competing. Plus the division between major / indie is so blurred these days it’s silly…have your favourite “major” label artists are on Koch.

Killing OnSmash was probably one of the stupidest things I ever seen. But whatever, life goes on.

The funny thing is that embargoes basically don’t exist on blogs. Usually the consequence for violating one is that your site gets blackballed from future exclusives. But industry’s got no choice but to come back to the same blogs because of how much reach they have lol.

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:17 am

>>The point JihaD raised…or the thought he provoked is…wtf is NahRight about?

I’ve blogged and spoken at length about what this site is about to numerous people over the years. just because some of you guys pop up now and then and read a Jihad comment doesn’t mean I have to sit here and explain myself. ask yourself this question: why do you come here if you don’t know what this site is about or what we support?

NovemberEnd Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:18 am

so Blue Flame Agency sent a video to world premier but it was a raw copyright material that if uploaded to Youtube or any other video site the audio would have gotten silenced or removed altogether…

you don’t like the song…

your not getting compensation to post it…

You don’t have a video player nor do you want to sent it to ONSMASH to upload it fearing a C&D notice or even a shutdown…

why bother then w/ the labels & agencies that make you go through these obstacles?

they’ll still pay you for an 2 week album advertisement wallpaper on the front of the site. right?

if the major artist & label want to you to premier a music video require that its already been uploaded to their generic youtube or whatever video player instead of a raw video file..

problem solved no?

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:20 am

I Think Its Easy… Nah Right Is The Go To For (Most) Of Our Favorite Rappers New Shit… Its That Simple…

If Jay Or Nas Or Em Or Wayne Or *Insert Hot Rapper At The Time* Has A Premier, More Than Likely Youll Get It Here 1st… Along With A Couple Up And Comers… Rap Radar And DDOT And Them Do The Same But For Some Reason Its A Lil Bit More…On Point Here… Easier To Shift Thru… The C Section Is >>>>>

Thats What I Came To Nahright For… Along With The Clever Commentary And News Quips And All That…

And It Could Have Stayed THAT Simple

But When Bans Of Certain Artists Are Implemented And Grandstanding Is Threw Into The Mix, Then People Start To Question Motives….

Hence Whats Going On Now

XerCes Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:20 am

Oh Marv ima let ur slick talk slide tonite.

I tried to bury the hatchet

But on the other hand fuck u bitch

kevfrescura de talco Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:20 am

Kev I’ll buttfuck your grandmother b, stop it.

>take a plane flight to the A first to grow the balls that will enable you to do that.

other than that your jus oozing ya creamy bitch filling.

Marv Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:20 am

Kev I’ll buttfuck your grandmother b, stop it.

^^

Yo actual tears are falling….

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:21 am

>>i kinda asked the same thing gmillz said…like wut made this blog wut it is today, to where the ppl who run the site feel comftorable shittin on their visitors. i jus dont get it, thats like shittin on the consumer when they tryin to buy a product

^somebody explain to this guy that shit isn’t sweet in the Nah Right comments. who the fuck are you and how did I offend you? because it’s 2010 and you don’t know why IE is wack? that fucking offends me.

straight up, don’t come to this site if your looking to get your fucking dick stroked by me or anybody else. there’s plenty of other blogs out there and I been telling niggas for years that if they don’t like something i do or say then they can fucking leave and go fuck with another site.

yet and still, fuck face bitch niggas like Jihad keep coming back because these comments are the highlight of their sad miserable lives.

80sbabykp Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:22 am

Funny story about this video…

*zzzzzz*

*dead

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:22 am

I’ve blogged and spoken at length about what this site is about to numerous people over the years. just because some of you guys pop up now and then and read a Jihad comment doesn’t mean I have to sit here and explain myself.

^^^^^^

More rhetorical than anything. This shit is a business though. Not hard to create an “About Us” page or something similar.

Easy for me to know what the site is about. I been coming here for years.

Marv Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:23 am

Yo I just come here to see new songs and see new videos and talk my shit….

Every once in a while I get a good laugh from what some of these lames be typing…

That’s all…

musicman10 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:24 am

Yo I just come here to see new songs and see new videos and talk my shit….

Every once in a while I get a good laugh from what some of these lames be typing…

That’s all…

^^^^^^

Same here b

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:25 am

Merry Kicksmas Everybody

BroliC FontS Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:25 am

Regular Puff hate aside, I actually like this song and what Puff and ‘em is trying to accomplish (poz jic)

Carry on with the aggressive content

Black brokaw Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:28 am

Record companies have to find their way back into consumer pockets. Either its really hard to do or they dont want to lose more money than they can make by trying. I honestly think they dont know what to do.

Don Vincenzo Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:28 am

Why YN Get Fired From XXL?

Anybody Got That Story?

XerCes Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:29 am

Lol @ Marv callin ppl “lames”

#Irony

Upset The Setup Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:29 am

Post of the year. Break it down on these lames how these major lames aka ‘big content’ are so fucking clueless when it comes to the blog networks they need to survive. This is why you are my fav hip hop blogger. PEACE

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:29 am

seriously, what kind of delusional internet troll thinks that the owner of any even moderately successful website is gonna get on a plane to come fight them?

who would do something so stupid anyway?

I’m pretty sure Jihad is a unemployed pedophile and I still wouldn’t expect him to take time out of his schedule to come to ny and fight me.

and yet, he thinks that me, an actual person with a life, family and business to run, is going to get on a plane and go fight some nigga that might not even be a fucking man or adult for all i know.

smh @ me. this is why I try not to read comments anymore. here it is 1:30 in the morning and I’m entertaining this absurdity.

80sbabykp Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:31 am

who comes here for the music> 2dopeboyz and rapradar be servin nahright late passes on a daily basis. it’s all about the c section (no julius caesar just in case)

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:31 am

i was gonna comment back, but uk wut fuck it, obviously this nigga is a joke

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:31 am

Just give me more Vanderslice type stuff and mixtapes. I’m cool.

I don’t ask for much.

Marv Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:32 am

Merry Kicksmas Everybody

^^

Same to you Donny…

musicman10 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:32 am

Reality is Record companies are trying to do anything possible to regain those album sales they had pre internet pre mp3s and pre blogs.. but they cant… greedy motherfuckers do not want to adjust to the present… niggas stuck on the past

Black brokaw Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:34 am

Hence them shutting sites down with no effect.

Marv Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:34 am

All jokes aside, the two chicks in this video look smashable….

I wonder if Diddy smashed….

rocstar Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:34 am

yo eskay dont even bother respondin to that sucka jifag. he 40 year old tryin to be a rapper and postin links to music in the comments section of UR blog LOL he already failed. that faggot talkin about integrity. nigga u talk shit to the owner of this blog but in reality u need him to stay in touch with ur 10 friends and get their feedback on that shit u call music. i feel sorry for ur kids.

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:34 am

On that note…I’m out. Conversation…internet beef ended…Names I don’t recognize in the building.

Futures flat to down overnight. One hunnit.

kevfrescura de talco Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:34 am

this nigga turned bloggin luther king over a diddy video!

niggas priorities are bitch ass backwards.

XerCes Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:35 am

here it is 1:30 in the morning and I’m

entertaining this absurdity.

^as r we as r we

GMLLZ Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:36 am

Lol @ rocstar poppin up to get at Jihad. Shit never stops. Lol. That’s why I love the c-section here.

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:37 am

which video it is is irrelevant kev.

now where ya granny at nigga.

rocstar Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:38 am

^

lol. see what i mean tho. everytime i come on here this nigga bitchin and moaning about something. like shut the fuck up and move on to another blog.

sarjo1988 Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:39 am

this nigga still entertaining the hate, u really be takin this shit to heart, and then tryin to diss sayin other niggas aint grown men, when this nigga is the one acting like a full fledged bitch

NovemberEnd Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:39 am

Record labels are vampires resistant to adapting or even changing…

w/ mp3 & Napster first appeared they sick their RIAA dogs on 12 yr kids thinking that if they sue these kids for millions of dollars that it would deter downloading of music files…

they’ve controlled the record industry for a long time…for the better part of 10 yrs or so they’ve had very little control w/ their pockets getting lighter and lighter…with youtube, blogs, shutting down torrent & p2p sites they’re trying to regain control again…

Ashin' Kusher Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:40 am

keep this post open eskay

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:40 am

aight, i’m done, but it has just been brought to my attention that this nigga jihad has left over 5200 comments on this site since the beginning of the year:

http://i56.tinypic.com/2dmciol.png

you’re telling me this site ain’t this nigga’s life? if we were to ever get shut down, this kid is gonna hang up in his closet! wow. I don’t think I have that many comments and it’s my site.

you can’t tell me this nigga gets any type of pussy.

tre Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:41 am

yet and still, fuck face bitch niggas like Jihad keep coming back because these comments are the highlight of their sad miserable lives.

^^

Funny thing is he stays coming back for the same reason labels stay coming back – to generate buzz. People on here looking for new music so what better place than to promote your own? Jihad could easily post his music on other blogs but ain’t no one checking for it.

At the end of the day if it ain’t nah right, it’s some other blog / website. But since it just ain’t the same elsewhere, we just keep coming back nah right.

We continue to debate back and forth yet we’ll still be back. And NahRight keeps ticking until the Feds are called in. And the audience fragments and tries to flock to whatever is next.

The industry basically wants something like radio where they have more control over the content. They can try to start their own thing but it’ll just flop cause they won’t have the audience. So they stay mad cause they gotta deal with all these sites with the audience they’re after.

On the real, Hulu’s the closest I’ve seen to media companies understanding the Internet. But of course, it’s only in the US so they stay losing.

rocstar Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:42 am

lol @ 5200.

hurts.when.breathe.

Mel Kiper III Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:44 am

eskay Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:15 am

Kev I’ll buttfuck your grandmother b, stop it.

^

LMAOOOO

80sbabykp Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:44 am

you can’t tell me this nigga gets any type of pussy

*4th quarter ether

Black brokaw Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:48 am

The industry basically wants something like radio where they have more control over the content. They can try to start their own thing but it’ll just flop cause they won’t have the audience. So they stay mad cause they gotta deal with all these sites with the audience they’re after.

^true. Iwas gonna say nobody listens to the radio liek they used to. Everybodys connected to the net for the most part and get all the music they want to. For free

80sbabykp Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:49 am

why is it so hard for people to spell “like” correctly?

verses Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:51 am

Crying at some of these comments goin back and forth.

Let me just add my 2 cents and add that Fuck Wasulu, Big > Nas > Jay, Jay is illumanati, Wheelchair Jimmy is a queer, this $26 a glass whiskey is da shit, that my Louie and gucci collection is better than all you ma fukkas, that I get mad bitches when I be at da club poppin bottles, fuck wale, that my girl sometimes is the most iannoying bitch on the planet and that my boss is a cunt.

*Hits F5*

DDotOmen Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:57 am

*blank stare*

LOL @ niggas having nothing to add to intelligent discussion pertaining to their every day life. comedy.

*clicks ad to help put you through school*

*daps JiHad and Novemberend*

verses Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:58 am

Wait did Es get that idiot RNC write this post like essay?

Let me re read it and see if he talks bout how much he loves Ye Tudda to be sure.

coldBlooded Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 2:28 am

I am really feeling this KanYe-like rant you just had. LOL shouts out to Dirty Money for getting more spins just because of this brilliant rant lol *smh*

crash Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 2:37 am

Damn this is like buyin something at Walmart …then the owner open hand smacking u as u leave …thanks for coming to my site oh yeah and fuck u b

Ron Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 4:57 am

And even in my country, germany, it isn´t available…

dockevoc Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 10:19 am

tell em why you mad son

bldngblck Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 10:51 am

>and if you have to ask what’s wrong with IE in 2010….

i know i’m late to the party but…

it’s the lack of extensions, for most people

and for developers, IE8 still fails the latest Acid test (although IE9 should pass): http://acid3.acidtests.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3

“Acid3 test is a web test page which can be found at acid3.acidtests.org from the Web Standards Project that checks the performance of a web browser regarding the issue of following certain selected elements from web standards, especially relating to the Document Object Model (DOM) and JavaScript.

If the test is successful, the results of the Acid3 test will display a gradually increasing percentage counter with colored rectangles in the background. The number of subtests passed will indicate the percentage that will be displayed on the screen.”

mechanicalCancer Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 10:52 am

The machine of creating content need to move with the technology and not against it. Hip-hop music is a 21st century musical discipline, which is constantly on the cusp of technology. We are witnessing the fall of what we used to remember of the music industry. Eventually only a hand full of artist will be on majors, while the rest will be independent. It work make fiscal sense to do it any other way.

kylef Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:03 pm

this is an awesome post and as a rap blogger myself i completely agree. free onsmash! i know i dont pagerank as well as most of the sites in the nahright blogroll but it would be great if you guys could toss my link up!

YaDig Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 12:25 pm

Eskay you seem like a douchebag.. but I cosign that shit. Props.

Eighty's Baby Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 1:05 pm

5200 comments? Cot Damn niggas need to go outside and get some fresh air. I been lurking and seldomly commenting on this site for years, and I always found it funny that niggas pop shit to eskay about how lame he and his site are, but continue to come here daily.

#wheretheydothatat?

Eskobar Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 2:55 pm

Kudos to Eskay, great read!

And don’t feed the trolls; NahRight is the best rap blog world wide! Peace bro

ulyssesSon Says:

December 14th, 2010 at 7:43 pm

ESKAY FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE!!!!!!!!!!!!

#FREELUPE THO

MissInfo.tv » Things I Like: Kid Cudi x Gremlins, Complex’s Native Tongue List, Boundless x Nas remixes, the greatest cat-dog relationship ever, etc Says:

December 15th, 2010 at 5:51 pm

this (for those that still like reading…grrr…sigh): Eskay’s tale of trip down a rap-marketing-rabbit hole (thanks to Diddy and copyright fuzzy math), Sam Han’s very academic but fascinating cultural

Narnian Says:

December 16th, 2010 at 1:56 am

in the grand scheme of things.

the owners of this blog doesnt really have to explained/answer to anyone here. they can really do what the fuck they want whether for a hobby or to get paid.

who gives a shit.

i come to see whats new and i probably wont buy it,(unless its some necessary things) just like what he said, there are other blogs out there. if u dont like it u dont really have to come.

but ill be coppin that detox though.

spirit equality Says:

December 19th, 2010 at 12:31 am

Seems like a reflexive relationship. Either one would have trouble existing without the other

^ You don’t seriously think record labels, which existed for decades before nah right, would “have trouble existing without” it, do you? even if you were referring to blogs in general, i disagree. before blogs, people were on discussion boards spreading the word about music (and promo types came through to spam)

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Ok Go Explains There Are Lots Of Ways To Make Money If You Can Get Fans

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