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Pop Bottles…..1 Month Celebration! 2008-03-05 05:47:34 Today marks 1 month since I launched MakingTheMogul.com!
I originally planned to just put the blog up and start writing whenever I felt like it and build up a catalog of content. I figured, this way I can take my time to get familiar with the whole blog world but also so I [...]
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My PC’s Tantrum 2008-03-04 12:32:45 Here I was last night, just doing some work and listening to some new tracks from an artist I might start working with. I noticed my Outlook was closed, so I drag my mouse over the little icon to open it up and as it begins to load up, it tells me there’s an error [...]
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Don Cannon - Anthem 1.0 The Cannon Hip-Hop Instrumentals - Download 2008-02-22 12:45:35 I don’t know about all of you, but I love listening to instrumentals by themselves sometimes. It keeps my ears happy and my mind focused. I’m not an emcee, but I’ll throw on an instrumental CD and just let it play for hours while I do my work. It gives me a beat to [...]
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Industry Talk With Bad Boy A&R Conrad Dimanche - Part 2 2008-02-20 09:37:46 Earlier this week I featured Part 1 of my interview with Bad Boy A&R, Conrad
Dimanche.
Below is the second half of the interview, where we discussed artist development, the importance of songwriting and… jerk chicken.
What do you look for when somebody pitches you a demo or somebody is trying to pitch you an artist?
Well some [...]
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Old School Video: Hip-Hop All Stars on Arsenio Hall Show 2008-03-09 15:26:35 Back when late night talk shows had a little more flavour. I remember wildin out when I saw this air.
Yo Yo, MC Lyte, Treach from Naughty By Nature, A Tribe Called Quest, Fu-Schnickens, CL Smooth, Guru from Gangstarr, DAS EFX, Wu-Tang and KRS One all perform together on The Arsenio Hall Show!
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Chris Lighty Discusses What Hip Hop Is 2008-03-13 19:22:53 In this video with hiphopis.us Mr. Violator himself, Chris
Lighty, discusses what hip-hop is to him.
By the way, this is the second time I’ve heard someone pronounce Lupe Fiasco as “Loopy Fiasco”. The first being Jay Leno during Lupe’s performance a few weeks back. What’s up with that?
Thanks to Aura for the video.
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Aspiring Producers Showcased on PMP Mixtape 2008-03-20 03:33:08 It’s not easy maintaining a blog when you’re really out there bustin your behind to live up to the title of it.
I think I’ve already written about 5 or so half-posts on my blackberry while out there doing my bids; it’s just a matter of finding the time to post. I should be getting a [...]
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Ethics And Professional Reputation 2008-04-06 18:10:54 The other day, I posted about a recent situation I had with someone who tried to steal my clients and ended up killing her reputation. I got a lot of emails from people telling me about their personal experiences with backstabbers and unprofessional associates. (Thank you for all your emails and messages, but please remember [...] Read more:Ethics
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Freestyle Blogging #1 2008-04-14 14:59:06
I was thinking about different topics to write about for the blog but after coming across this great article comparing bloggers to rappers, I decided to implement number six from their list into MakingTheMogul.com: I’m going to freestyle my blog.
You can ask me any question you want and I will answer you to my best [...] Read more:Blogging
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Talking With Konvict Muzik’s Bu Thiam 2008-04-29 04:17:53 I first met Bu Thiam a few months back in Atlanta. After speaking to him for a bit and seeing the types of moves he was making, I immediately thought of featuring him when I first lauched the site.
As co-CEO of Konvict Muzik
, Bu is definitely a mogul in the making.
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Kardinal Offishall ft. Akon - Dangerous (Video) 2008-05-06 02:02:09 When I spoke with Bu the other day, he mentioned an upcoming video for Kardi’s new single, “Dangerous” featuring Akon.
Well, here it is!
The video just dropped and it looks dope! I gotta give it up to Kardi, he’s been doing his thing for a minute and has been breaking barriers for Canadian artists for a [...] Read more:Kardinal
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Unreleased MC Hammer/Death Row Album 2008-05-07 16:23:57 I wasn’t going to post anything today, but I’ve got to share this with you guys.
My bwoy Perry from Good Friday Ent just sent me the unreleased album MC Hammer
did with Death Row
, titled “2Tight”.
I never thought I’d hear this. The album has a bunch of features too; including Kurupt, Luniz, Spice 1 and… [...] Read more:Album
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2008 Stylus DJ Awards - The MTL Party 2008-05-12 01:24:32 The Justo Mixtape Awards
went down about 2 weeks back and now, we have another event for the DJs coming up - the Stylus
DJ Awards. (Shoutout to my bwoy DJ Hotsauce for winning Best International DJ for the second year in a row at the Justos!)
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Stylus DJ [...] Read more:Party
A Mogul’s Network 2008-05-20 05:16:53 “Your network is your net worth”
I know it’s been a minute since I’ve posted but I haven’t forgotten about y’all.
I’m in the middle of 4 major projects plus I just started another one which you’ll find out about in a bit. For now all I can say is that I’m very excited to be a [...] Read more:Mogul