VENUE HAS CHANGED TO:
Element
1642 N Las Palmas
Los Angeles, CA 90028
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| From Labor Day 08 |
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| From Labor Day 08 |
I have no idea why I’m posting this. Nothing really happens in this clip but everyone else was posting it and Wale’s in it so…
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| From Press, Artwork, Etc |
This was back in April. Nice little performance though. Me in the background getting sick on the wheelz of steel! Video after the jump (more…)
Click HERE to read Jeff Weiss’s full article about the mixtape usage of a sample and the lawsuit that followed
Excerpt:
Dan Weisman, the manager of Washington, D.C.–based rapper Wale, whose Seinfeld-themed Mixtape About Nothingraised the bar for the genre upon its release earlier this year, thinks the case is more about a missed opportunity for Urband & Lazar. The company owned the rights to a song that saw a sudden and meteoric rise, but didn’t properly capitalize on it. Swanepoel’s “Once” was eventually released this May by Urband and Lazar’s label, U&L Records, but the window of opportunity had passed.
“I don’t think the song itself did anything for Wayne’s career other than to add to his vast, uncleared mixtape catalog,” says Weisman. “On Da Draught 3,he used the Prince sample from ‘Diamonds and Pearls,’ and who knows how much it filtered down? But Prince didn’t sue — and he’s the most aggressive copyright enforcer there is. A girl like Karma, who most people hadn’t heard of prior, shouldn’t have freaked out but rather thanked her lucky stars that the most popular rapper in the world wanted to sample her.” Weisman adds that the publishers missed the chance to turn Swanepoel into a 2007 version of Dido, who jump-started her career on the back of Eminem’s “Stan.”
Directed by Spike Jonze who I wrote about on here a few months ago.
I was reminded of this song while watching the MAN ON WIRE trailer, specifically Philippe Petit’s closing quote. “Sky’s The Limite” contains one of my favorite lyrics of all time:
“Stay far from timid, only make moves when your heart’s in it, and live the phrase ‘Sky’s The Limit’”
MAN ON WIRE reminded me of another older movie about a phenomenon in New York in the 1970s, ONCE IN A LIFETIME: THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE NEW YORK COSMOS. The movie is a documentary film about the New York Cosmos, one of the most famous football clubs ever in the United States. Founded by brothers Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegün (Ahmet was founder of Atlantic Records) as well as Warner Bros. President Steve Ross, it was one of the stronger NASL franchises, both athletically and financially. It became known around the world for signing the great Brazilian player Pelé who, though past his prime, was nonetheless one of the team’s, and the league’s, top gate draws during his tenure with the Cosmos. The documentary is incredibly entertaining and offers a glimpse of something of a pop phenomenon in the 1970s. When watching movies like this, I often wonder what are the modern day parallels.
