directed by Vitamin E
The Digital Era has arrived. You no longer need to carry around big keyboards and drum sets in order to play instruments and be a musician. Check out video of song created completely with iPad apps (MadPad, Magic Fiddle, Magic Piano, Garageband, etc.) costing a total around $100 bucks. This is by no means a substitute for the real deal or a Dr. Dre beat created on a MPC 5000, but it will open a door for maybe a Digital Music genre? Who will be the first rapper to release an iPad album? Checkout more Digital Music Videos after the jump.
All instruments recorded by iPad apps!
Used in this song: Animoog, MadPad, Magic Fiddle, Magic Piano, iSynPoly, ReBirth, GarageBand, Alchemy, iElectribe.
Vodpod videos no longer available.
In the first part of the series, we get a look at the day that TIP returns home after 11 months in prison. Episode airs on next Monday at 9pm
Google gives a short history on the evolution of search.
Title/ Weekend Gross (in millions)
General Cannabis Inc. has just announced that it’s acquired Marijuana.com. The company didn’t disclose the details of the deal, but we’ve confirmed that the acquisition price was $4.20 million.
Spotted at: TechCrunch
General Cannabis is a serious business: it’s traded on the OTCQX market, and a year ago it acquired WeedMaps, a popular ‘Yelp for Cannabis Dispensaries‘ site with a large following. WeedMaps was topping $400,000 a month in revenues at the time of the acquisition and it’s growing nicely — the site did over $1 million in gross revenues in July, and now sees 10 million page views a month.
The acquisition includes both the valuable Marijuana.com domain name and the existing site/content, which currently consists of a bulletin forum that centers on cannabis discussion and generates 3.5 million page views per month. WeedMaps Media, which is a subsidiary of General Cannabis, will be ‘bridging’ its membership database with the forum’s, allowing WeedMaps users to log into Marijuana.com with their existing accounts. The company says that it will also be expanding the amount of content and functionality available. The domain and site will be transfered early in 2012.
It’s obviously a pricey acquisition, but one that will likely pay dividends. Marijuana.com is much easier to remember than General Cannabis or WeedMaps.com, and the company is positioning itself as the go-to place for information that’s relevant to cannabis users.
In an unexpected announcement last week, Daimler AG revealed that they will be discontinuing their luxury Maybach vehicles soon due to low sales and lack of profits. Last year, there were reportedly less than 200 Maybachs sold, which carried a starting price of $375,250 — one of which Kanye West and Jay-Z happily chopped up for their music video, ‘Otis.’
To make up for the financial loss, Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche plans on expanding the company’s now three series Mercedes-Benz S-Class model to a 600 in 2013.
“We came to the strong conclusion that the sales chances for the Mercedes brand are much stronger than those for Maybach.”
The luxury vehicles have been the ride of choice for rappers over the years, making appearances in many hip hop/rap videos and being the inspiration behind the name of Miami rapper Rick Ross’ label, Maybach Music Group. Last year, Diddy’s son Justin Combs received a $350,000 Maybach for his 16th birthday during MTV’s Sweet 16 special.
More Hip Hop Maybach pics after the jump Read More
Mobile apps are extremely popular and trendy this year, Apple iPhone/iPad products accounted for 10% of Black Friday sales last week. GWOP Magazine staff has created a guide for all new Apple iPhone/iPad users as of what apps to download as soon as you step into the Mac world. (Some apps are also available on android devices) Checkout the full list after the jump.
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works”
-Steve Jobs, (1955-2011)
Performers included The Time, Joe, Robin Thicke, Common, Marsha Ambrosius, Kenny Lattimore, Dave Hollister, Freddie Jackson, Gladys Knight, Mindless Behavior, Tamar Braxton, Chrisette Michele, Anthony Hamilton, BeBe Winans, Boney James, Mary Mary, Natalie Cole, Cee Lo Green, Melanie Fiona, Lloyd, Eric Benet and Joe. Plus, there was a Heavy D tribute featuring Doug E. Fresh, Goodie M.O.B., Naughty By Nature, Whodini, Big Daddy Kane and Kurtis Blow. Here’s a look at this year’s winners
Album of the Year – Chris Brown’s ‘F.A.M.E’
Song of the Year – Kelly Rowland’s ‘Motivation (Ft. Lil Wayne)’
Record of the Year (Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award) – Marsha Ambrosius’ ‘Far Away’
Best New Artist – Miguel
Best Male R&B/Soul – Cee Lo Green
Best Female R&B/Soul Artist – Jill Scott
Best Caribbean Performance – Rihanna’s ‘Man Down’
Best Gospel Performance – Mary Mary’s ‘Walking’
Best Hip-Hop Song – Nicki Minaj’s ‘Moment For Life (Ft. Drake)’
Best Dance Performance – Beyonce’s ‘Run the World (Girls)’
Best Soul Site – NecoleBitchie.com
Best Traditional Jazz Album – Cassandra Wilson’s ‘Silver Pony’
Best Contemporary Jazz Album – Dave Koz’s ‘Hello Tomorrow’
Retail sales break records, Cyber Monday up next.
This year’s sales were up to $52 billion from $45 billion last year, the National Retail Federation said Sunday. A record 226 million shoppers visited stores and websites over Black Friday weekend, up from 212 million last year. The average holiday shopper spent about $400 over the weekend, up from $365 last year.
Big Meech (founder of B.M.F.)
Senior Editor of Hip Hop Weekly magazine & the author of Raised By Wolves, Cavario H. has a conversation with Big Meech about various elements of the streets, music & much more.
NBA owners and players have reached a tentative deal to end the 149 day lockout and open a 66 game season on Christmas Day.
NBA commissioner David Stern emerged from a 15-hour meeting between the parties last night to say they had reached a ”tentative understanding that is subject to a variety of approvals and very complex machinations. We’re optimistic that will all come to pass and that the NBA season will begin December 25.”
Any agreement must still be ratified by both NBA owners and players, with a majority needed on each side. The ratification process for the players is complicated by the fact that they disbanded their union on November 14 and launched an anti-trust lawsuit against the league in Minnesota. They must drop the lawsuit and reform the union in order to vote on the deal.
Christmas Game Schedule (tentative):
Mavericks vs. Heat
Knicks vs. Celtics
Bulls vs. Lakers
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