Category Archives: Urban Marketing

dead prez featuring Malcolm X – “Politrikkks”

October 26, 2008 – 8:29 pm

Shout out to D. Prosper for this leak. The RBG’z, dead prez are back, and just in time to make their voices heard about the upcoming 2008 Presidential Election with their latest song – “Politrikkks.” The track, which appears to be the first single off of their forthcoming album, Information Age, is a cautionary, radical [...]

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Change…True

October 26, 2008 – 10:06 am

Shout out to Jycorri and the big homie, Ryan for this one. Filmmaker Charles Stone III (Paid In Full, Drumline and Mr. 3000), most notably known for the Budweiser True ad campaign, a.k.a. “Whasssuuuppp” TV commercials in 2000, is back with a redux of that classic spoof – just in time for Election Day.
Stone is [...]

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Shrinking ‘Play Dough’

October 13, 2008 – 2:28 pm

When we say everything has or will be affected, we mean everything. Yesterday morning, I watched an intriguing segment on ESPN’s Outside The Lines, which examined the impact on the failing economy on the sports – and the prognosis is not good. Sports and entertainment have long been seen as industries that seem not [...]

By Kenyatta Blue | Also posted in Business, Economic Development, Economy, Finance, Media, NASDAQ, New Media, S&P 500, Urban Development, Wall Street | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Custom Change, Part 2

October 3, 2008 – 12:11 am

Here’s the conclusion of the interview Phiscal Matters had with the designer of the famous Obama sneaker, Van Taylor Monroe.
Phiscal Matters: So have you heard from another customizer in the business about your work? Has cats tried to holla at you?
Van Taylor: The funny thing about customizers is that a lot of them don’t [...]

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Custom Change

October 1, 2008 – 1:17 pm

In any major metropolitan city across the U.S. and abroad, you see them – probably on a daily basis. You know those new breed of young fashion consumers – hipster men and women, inspired by hip-hop – who make up the “in-crowd” of apparel trendsetters that must have the latest wears. They’re not hard to [...]

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