It seems that as social media becomes bigger and bigger in nature, and more and more tools are made to interact and use social media, more of your favorite people are jumping on board as well, such as actors, athletes, and yup, musicians!  So exactly who are some of the musicians out there using Instagram to amplify their social media status?  This person's blog compiled a list of 50 great musicians that are using Instagram!

Now I'm not going to list all 50 musicians on here that are using Instagram.  You can check out the blog post on Squidoo on the 50 great musicians that are using it.  However, the fact that some of these stars are using Instagram gives you an idea in its own how powerful Instagram is, or social media as a whole for that matter.  If you're not using Instagram now, you can make it part of your social media experience as well. I may actually have to consider using it myself ...
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If you're anything like I am, than I'm sure that there are points where you like to ride in the whip and bang out some serious tracks, but don't have the right car audio equipment on hand.  I think I'm very particular myself, and I remember at one point, that my amplifier blew out.  Maybe it's the O.C.D. within me that I still don't know I have or not, but when my amplifier blew out, I had to try my best to get my car fixed immediately, and had to buy a new amp.  I couldn't ride around with some radio speakers without some kind of kick.  And if you're anything like I am, you value car audio equipment just as much as I do if not more.  Have you had your speaker or amp blow out and you felt lost?  Lol!

It's a troubling thing indeed, and sometimes you just don't want to shell out incredible money for a simple amplifier or pair of speakers ...
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The hip hop industry will never grow old, and it'll never die.  It's actually quite the opposite, growing every day with more and more talent putting up music, more people interviewing, more mixtapes being released, and more music videos being put together for the masses.  And with so many videos being made, especially in this day and age, you need a spot that you can sift thru the archives and watch some official hip hop videos!

With over 10,000 archived hip hop videos stored and more being added on the regular, you'll want to visit OfficialHipHopVideos.com to check out some of the videos that were put up.  There's many videos that you can check through and get your hip hop flava on, including that Gangsta Love by Prodigy featuring Esther.  You'll find videos like that one and many more there that you can bob your head to and enjoy the music.

Or, if you're looking for something entertaining, there are other hip hop videos that you can ...
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If you are a hip hop artist, or an R&B singer, or if you write, rap, or sing any genre of music for that matter, you know how difficult it can be to get your music out there and heard.  After all, just because you create music, doesn't mean that everyone will automatically hear what you have to offer.  And even more so, just because people have some access to your music, doesn't mean that they'll listen to it completely.  And as a musician, you know how important it is after all to get your music heard.  Well, luckily for you, there is a solution.

The latest website that will be tackling the issue of getting people to listen to your music and generate fans is in pre-launch now, and this website is called TuneTrade.  TuneTrade is a music website that is striving to bring more and more fans your way in the form of a stock market type platform where you will be able to ...
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A Social Media Strategy To Help Boost Your Fanbase

Okay, so we all know that in this day and age, a good social media strategy is pretty much a must in order to build your fanbase, as well as potential customers for your album sales, mixtape promotions, and more.  With more and more networking type sites being utilized, like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and others, do you really have time to catch up with every possible angle and fan you can make?

Let's face it.  If you're a rap artist or R&B singer, or a beat maker/producer, or anything in music for that matter, you're always looking for a fanbase to receive.  There's no ifs, ands, and buts about it.  You need fans, views, follows, and more in order to spread your music out and about.  And a social media strategy is no different of a need than it used to be when you'd try to promote your music via the radio airwaves and send your demo off ...
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MP3 Music Search - Why This Search Brings You More

Looking for an MP3 music search engine that brings a bit more to you than just a typical search?  Tired of looking around aimlessly for certain songs or albums by artists you enjoy?  If you feel like you search over and over, I'm sure you're not alone, but you have another option that you can use at your disposal as well.

Before you break your mind stressing on finding a song or album you were hunting for, you'll want to take a look at this mp3 music search engine to find what you need.  It's called DJHouseRemix.com, but don't let the name throw you off.  There's more to find than just house remixes or music by house artists.  For example, you can put in the search term for Kanye West, and it will find a lot of items of interest for you to scan through.  Put in your favorite song title or artist, and get more options ...
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Where Can I Find Sounds To Take My Music To The Next Level?

"Where can I find sounds to make beats?" - Where some aspire as rappers and singers to find beats that will set themselves off on their next hip hop mixtapes or rap albums, r&b albums or videos, and other projects in the works, others are out there aspiring to make beats themselves, and looking for ways, and sounds, to do so.  And then there are artists that try to find a way to make their own beats so as not to worry about having to buy them either (though this isn't always the greatest option if you have a project pressed).  With that said, the question of 'where can I find sounds' depends on what you are looking for.  Here are some ideas:

SoundsForBeats.com - If you are looking for a variety of musical instrument sounds that you can use to make beats in FL Studio, Reason, Cubase, etc. and are looking to build ...
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What Beats To Rap On Should You Choose?

What are the best beats to rap on or instrumentals to sing over when it comes to your craft?  If you are an R&B artist, should you only be limited to the styles that most R&B instrumentals tend to have?  Are you forbidden to writing on something harder?  And must all R&B music be deep and emotional or sensual and passionate?  Or what if you're more of a street rapper reppin' and spittin' about the hood?  Should you not be allowed to write some deep inspiring lyrics to something more subtle and mood setting?  What are your thoughts?  Should thug rappers stay thug rappers and R&B singers not have any emotions other than sweet or deep?

The truth is, with so many different styles out, and so many different producers, there's even more of a variety out now than ever before in terms of what beats to rap on or what you should sing to.  You have producers that ...
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What Is Rap Music - My Thoughts On This Age Old Question

What is rap music?  This question gets steamrolled over and over again, with so many different answers that one can't even begin to put together the correct answer.  Is there a correct answer?  Or is it all in the eyes, or should I say ears, of the beholder?  I guess that's what the question really is, to me anyway.

So what is it?  Some people see it as a form of expression.  If you can spit a few bars over some hot rap beats and express a particular topic, then you have the answer.  Some others feel that as long as you have a bounce to the overall track, even if the lyrics aren't all there, you still have an answer to that age old question, "what is rap music?".

So on that note, I'll probably get blasted by some for this, and maybe not so much by others, which proves my basis, that it's all ...
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Hip Hop On The Radio - Is It Helping Or Killing Hip Hop Music?

Hip hop on the radio - do you enjoy what is playing today?  Or do you find yourself looking for other hip hop and rap music to listen to because what you hear on the radio is just not what you're enjoying?  Do you wish that the radio had more lyrical hip hop being played?  Or is hip hop all about the club style dance music versus the lyrical "think" music that used to be played more so on the radio back then?

Remember when you would hear hits like "Renee" by Lost Boyz, or "You're All That I Need" by Method Man ft. Mary J Blige?  To me, hip hop on the radio was bumpin' back then, and you still had a mix of different types of hip hop music.  It wasn't all about the club bounce type music that is being played today, at least from my standpoint.  You had variety ...
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Mobb Deep Beats - Which Are Your Top 5 Beats Of All Time?

Over the years, I have had some influences from all kinds of hip hop music, rap music, r&b music, and even other types of music such as classical music, movie scores, and even video game music.  In the course of hard, gangsta street rap, the beats always stand out to me.  One of the more influential hip hop groups that has impacted my hip hop beats style has to be Mobb Deep. 

The grimey and raw style of beats that came to the table, followed up with some nice lyrical warfare really had me listening and wanting to hear more.  The earlier albums especially influenced me, such as the "Hell On Earth" rap album or the "Murda Muzik" album as well.  Even the "Infamy" album placed some influence onto my music production.  I mean, the lyrics were raw, the beats were simple but on point, and the marriage between lyrics and beats brought ...
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Dark Rap Instrumentals - Does It Provoke Death Or Is It Just Aggressive?

There's often a lot of debate about whether dark rap instrumentals are just aggressive in nature, or if they call out the beast from within, making lyrical havoc occur in reality.  I personally don't think it's so much that music causes actions to be done... though some always want to blame musicians for their suicide attempts or their murder sprees.  So do dark rap instrumentals cause the same issue?

Most horrorcore rap artists are the ones that prefer the darkest of rap beats to use in their mixtapes or albums.  Horrorcore rappers are known to have a very vulgar and descriptive array of bloodshed, mayhem, and dismemberment going on, among other topics that are brought about.  But if the case were that music such as dark hip hop music influenced others to kill people all the time, would there not be a whole lot more dead bodies that would be reported all over the ...
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The hip hop industry continues to grow more and more with new artists, new singers, and of course, new beat makers and producers.

Added to the list of new hip hop beat makers is Iggy Flow of 7 Side Strong Productions.  Iggyflow has started to put together a catalog of beats, including one more popular on Soundclick called "Iggy's Jerkbeat" where he does a spin to the known "New Boyz" track "You're A Jerk".

Iggyflow has been doing music for some time now, and is also a dedicated guitarist.

Check Iggyflow out at www.iggyflow.webs.com to find out more about this kat, and what's in store, as well as to stay tuned with more info on his upcoming album release.  Big ups from Genycis.com!

Just when you thought you heard it all... you never really have heard it all.  It's official... ANYTHING can be turned into an Autotune remix!  It never ceases to amaze me what's taken, flipped, and remixed, but this one may surprise you if you haven't already seen it especially.  So what exactly is the content that was changed up?

A few days ago, in Huntsville, Alabama, there was an incident involving an attempted rape.  The dude apparently climbed up to the 2nd floor using a garbage can to lift himself up.  The girl was not raped, but funny enough, the rape is not even the focus of the article at all.  It is on brother Antoine Dodson of the attempted victim who voiced his opinions of the whole ordeal.  He was very upset and voiced his opinion on live TV.  I can't really say too much because it still doesn't give you the feel of the video.  You may have to see the original Antoine Dodson ...
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Where there's hip hop music, especially with the new wave of today's modern hip hop feel, there's bound to be a soiree of hip hop artists and executives grinding out on the networking and connection moments.  And where there are hip hop artists, there's usually a flock of females around them, most seeming to be involved in the model industry.

So exactly where do some of these buxom, gorgeous bodies find themselves?  Where do they network and seek exposure?  One of the prominent websites that these models flock to, whether they're hip hop models, music video models, magazine models, or otherwise, is Urbancandyshop.com!  With several exclusive photos already added to the growing list of photos at Urbancandyshop, and more to come, models are pushing and networking to get their featured exclusive photos at Urbancandyshop.com as soon as they are able.  There have been several models that have built exposure into other avenues with the publicity of Urbancandyshop.com, which has also paved a way for networking to ...
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Well, it seems that 50 Cent's new album so far, is scheduled to drop on November 3rd of this 2009 year.  So what will the album cover look like?  And who is scheduled to be on this new album coming this fall / winter?  Well, though this hip hop album is set for November, the cover above may be what the new album's image will show.  Guess we'll know for sure once the rap album drops. 

Some of the known names that will be featured on this album are Eminem, Nate Dogg, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and will have more star producers hitting their hard hitting hip hop and rap beats on the album.  Some of the producers slated for this album are Dr. Dre (of course), Eminem, Swizz Beats, and Scott Storch.  Other producers will feature Red Spyda, Needlz, Don Cannon, and others.  Will this album be serious heat?  November's almost here to find out...

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