Samsung again has teamed up with Armani with a stylish phone. It wont be as Hi end as their first one and will carry the Emporio Armani brand instead of the higher premium name of Giorgio Armani. Do not expect top of the line features as it is mainly a fashion phone (cool led light effects) with couture branding.
Nokia E66
Dipped as a business phone but the build quality of this specific model from Nokia seems to be as hard as diamonds it looks like bling too. Full flegged 3G device it only has a 3MP camera but everything else is top notch. Personally I would prefer this model against it’s brother the E71 that has full qwerty keypads but is not Balckberry capable out of the box.
HTC Touch Pro
A revelation and a top contender against the IPhone, HTC has developed this piece of kit for those who wants functionality but with all the graphic bang and whistles. It looks the part and supports Blackberry Connect. Or if you be a bit more patient then you may wait for the HTC HD which has a better digital camera.
Sony E Xperia
Controversial name… the SE Xperia (see the controversy?) might just be the freshest mobile design out there that does not sacrifice function. Unlike the HTC Diamond with the qwirky pointy platics that is uncomfortable to hold. Hold on~ it might not support Blackberry out of the box but for the looks alone it is to die for. Tipped to replace Sony E’s own P1 which was a bit of a let down for the tiny screen size.
Blackberry Bold 9000
This is the shit~ if you hip hop heads want to trade texts at lightning speed and e-mails to your producers and manager this has got to be the dopest kit around. Expect it to enter the local market in a month’s time. I heard you can already pre-order this baby from selected Celcom agents. Otherwise you may always resort to the Curve. Pfftt~ but who wants that when you have laid eyes on this baby??!!!
Apple IPhone 3G
Yeah sure~ so obviously your producers are Apple heads. For music production and intense graphics work for your marketing efforts nothing beats a system from Apple. Well apparently their first phone was not that bad either~ just that it lacked a certain 3G feature so you can video call your boo while on the road~ Fret no more as IPhone 3G is finally out~ unfortunately it wont be officially brought in. So do eye out for your local grey mobile importers.
It came of the top of my head. If consumers tend to jack off songs from the net (illegally downloaded) what makes you think that producers don’t do the same? In Hip Hop that is how it started…. but it is called sampling. But those days are far from how it is now. Worldwide, the business is astonishing. Hip Hop stars can make millions in a year but that is in the US. What about here?
Simple… the market is just too small. 25 odd million people and an even smaller minority of them dig Hip Hop let alone listen to local ones. However I do think local producers are able to match their US counterparts just if they had the resources. In the age where technology rules we are pretty far behind. Cost is always the issue. But what about the artistic aspect?
That is what I feel we don’t lack. But is sampling an overdone habit? If it is done in the proper way then it is not. But then again the best samples costs a fortune to buy the rights to use them. But there is an aspect that plagues not only Hip Hop but other genres as well. That is stealing beats or lyrics / material of others and claim that it is your own.
There are cases… and most go unnoticed or kept down to a low. Honestly why should the listeners and fans be denied the information of where the original came from? In which case this brings forward that plagiarism are practiced by the unscrupulous few for their sole benefit. Is it immature? Yes it is. Is it selfish? Yes it is. But most importantly does it justify the person as a Producer? No. What merely makes them to be are just robbers.
I have info that a certain someone from a certain group who did a song for a female vocal group called “Luscious” which coincidentally that particular song made it on one episode of a pretty popular drama series on local TV jacked a poem done by Pashionate and claimed it as his own. Hmmm… from what I understood he refuses to simply add the original writer of the Poem in the credits for the song.
Yes yes this is a defamatory post as you have guessed it. Two can play that game. Well if the person in question happens to read this do give this blog owner a call. Because I am really contemplating if it is such a worthwhile effort to assist Pashionate in taking legal action against you. Yes, you may be a Gangstarz alumni and have a minute experience of acting in plays (as an extra) but unless you do not know the saying… what goes around comes around. In the music business that is all so true.
Malaysian. Apparently from KL. But above all else…. the voice is simply outstanding. She writes her own songs too. Imagine Lily Allen were to be singing in the 60’s. Naahhhh….no where close to that. Don’t believe me? Watch!
Rauff
