This blog contains information on the industry of Digital Media Production. It identifies many trends, some of which are now established, and others which are just beginning. We can see the start of "Digital Content" happening. Many new forms of content are starting to appear-the so called "User Generated" content.

The purpose of this blog is to record and present trends in digital media production. Ideally, we would see that the market for Digital and/or reusable content was emerging, and that no-one had managed to satisfy this niche. However the findings here will be presented in as fair and neutral way for the reader to determine his or her own conclusions. Digital media technology is still developing rapidly, with no potential end in sight.

Monday, August 5, 2013

Zo the Magnificent's Hip-Hop Favorites


In 1998, Zev Love X of the seminal rap group KMD re-emerged as a masked super villain known as MF Doom, released "Operation: Doomsday", created multiple aliases, then worked on collaborative side projects with Madlib and Dangerdoom with Danger Mouse. This long awaited follow-up to "Operation: Doomsday" was originally released in late 2004 and has since been out of print. The special dual package includes an hour long DVD of live performances and behind the scenes footage from the MM..FOOD Drive Tour.





After strolling down the cracked boulevards of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn - looking ghetto-queen lean and chocolate-wine fine - the mack momma who answers to the name Lil' Kim is rocking rugged on her Undeas/Big Beat/Atlantic debut disc, "HARD CORE."
Certified Multi-Platinum (2 times) by the RIAA. (3/01)





This single disc tour de force of uncut Kane singles out 17 of his best tracks from '88-'94. A lyrical master, Kane's influential body of work comes across as timeless on classic raps including "Raw," "Set It Off," "Ain't No Half-Steppin," the live cut "Wrath Of Kane," and the #1 single, "Smooth Operator," and more



Born Russell Jones in Brooklyn, Ol' Dirty Bastard-a name he chose because "there was no father to his style" broke out of the borough in the '90s as a founding member of East Coast rap masters Wu-Tang Clan. Blending rapping and singing, Dirt's unique delivery and outrageously personality connected big time, and he followed Method Man as the second Clansman to launch a solo career. Scrapes with the law and personal troubles mounted, though, and ODB passed away in 2004 while recording new material, but his larger-than-life impact on hip-hop is a constant.




Contains 75-plus minutes of brilliantly remastered "sheets of sounds". Favorites from their complete Elektra repertoir including the rare B-side "It's Not A Game" and the essential smath "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.). Includes cuts from the hit soundtracks Poetic Justice and Menace II Society and "Take Your Time" from Pete Rock's solo debut, Soul Survivor. Liner notes from Village Voice contributor Charlie Braxton, who deems Rock "one of hip-hop's most innovative producers ever."






Two of this generation's most respected hip-hop artists, Danger Mouse and MF Doom have come together for this album, inspired by Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's popular late-night animation network. Doom, with his near obsession with masked identities and superhero personas, and Mouse, with his murky, ethereal soundscapes that cloud men's minds like Mandrake, are the perfect partners for the project, and each has inspired the other to the finest work of their careers. "The Mouse & The Mask" contains character voices and skits from Adult Swim's most popular original shows, including "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", "Sealab 2021", and "Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law", along with guest appearances by Cee-Lo, Talib Kweli, and Ghostface Killah.




"The Wire" soundtrack features artists such as Tyree Colion, Rod Lee, Diablo and DJ Technics. It also contains four unique versions of Tom Wait's "Way Down In The Hole," which serves as the opening theme for "The Wire" and has been performed on each of the last four seasons by a different acts. "The Wire" soundtrack is as rigorously conceived as the series itself, and makes for truly compelling listening. It's essential for fans of the series as well as for anyone interested in hip hop that authentically comes from the streets. This is an alternate version to the 32-track complete edition, and focuses exclusively on the locally produced hip-hop tracks






Indie powerhouse Tommy Boy records was born in Tom Silverman's NYC apartment in 1981 when the entrepreneurial trade mag publisher began releasing the best of the demos crossing his path. He struck gold with the label's revolutionary debut, Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force's "Planet Rock." One of the only 12" singles ever to sell 600,000+ copies, it laid the foundation for the genre-defining house that Tommy built. Tommy Boy and its stable of stars led the way as the first wave of hip-hop's artistic translation of urban street culture bcame a mass-appeal phenomenon. With repeated high-charting crossover success, Tommy Boy earned almost 80 gold and platinum citations, and the label's groundbreaking grooves are essential pillars of hip-hop, as evidenced in this new collection of many of their greatest early tracks.
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