Blackberry Diaries 0.1 T - 8000

0.1 T-8000 I know ur wondering what does that mean? The answer is I have no idea! I have no idea about a lot of things. One thing is why are Black people such consumers? 2 Why can't we come together as a unit and produce our on jobs? (Not WE as in Black people, WE as in my generation) This stems from a conversation I had with my brother earlier today. He was hiring for 2 positions @ his job. He asked me if I could post it on my Facebook and Twitter to see how many takers we could conjure up. With in minutes of me posting he had received 7 to 8 calls. I was getting swamped with questions about the position it was crazy! He asked me an hour later to please remove the # because the phone calls were becoming overwhelming. We texted each other shortly after both saying how crazy that was and how bad it is in the job market. Us being entrepreneurs we thought if there was a way that we could create jobs with and through small business we could make a fortune and become a major factor in bringing revenue back into the community. In the back of my mind I think but know one here wants to support someone who supports change. Risk taking has all but disappeared dream seeking is not far behind it seems people are content with just getting by. If I were to post on my Facebook let's create an investment group and invest in small business I would get little to no replies. I would get no takers. I know what ur thinking it takes money to make money but if we were taking our money to make more money when we had money we would not be in the shape we are in now. People are always wanting to blame. I am going to take a note from Michael Jackson on this one, start with the man in the mirror and make a change. Let's not be a generation and a culture of people who just consume. We consume to much when we eat now our population is over weight. We consume to much when we spend money now our population is broke. I could really bend the barriers of your brain right now but I won't. It's just that people just seem like they are waiting on Obama and Jesus to come to them and save them just sitting around waiting. Guess what Obama is a man just like me and though he is the leader I wanted in office he is still a man. You can pray to Jesus but even we are starting to consume him what I mean by that is we are getting fat on the word taking it all in and not getting outside of the 4 walls of. the church to help someone else. We have to self educate and come together us as a culture has let whatever divide us to self destruction we are to smart to allow this to happen. Let's do something different. Let's come together on some things 2 or 3 minds is better than sitting around waiting on Jesus to come back. He is coming back don't worry but in the mean time let's pray and worship him so that he can lead us and point us in the right direction. Let's get focused on creating operating and managing our on small businesses like we used to do. You will hear me say this time and time again people are going to have to change there way of thinking or there eating habits and bad money skills. I will end on this note I have changed. I have changed my way of thinking about my lifestyle in conjunction with money. Let's preserve and not consume people. From the diaries of the Blackberry I send you yet another something to put on your mind I plan on continuing this one. Good Night bloggervile!! Again Excuses my typo's people I'm dosing off while writing this one (sigh). Good night again peeps!
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Blackberry Diaries: Late Night Thoughts Of What's Real and What's Fake

Good night gentlemen, to the ladies good morning! Yes I am up @ 4:30am on a Friday Night Saturday Morning with one thought on my mind as I just got through driving through East Memphis. In this city filled with hole in the walls disguised as high profile night clubs what and where is the real Entertainment? Where can I go to get a nice meal hear some great music and not be bullied by over sized out of shape fake security guards? Where is the establishment that is not centered around the self gratification of the owner? Where can I got to see something different not of the normal Memphis Entertainment? In a city that is the birthplace of blues and rock and roll two major forms of entertainment and artistry that our culture is partly founded on what happened in the gap between the flourish of that era and now? This is just to put something on your mind to give you a little perspective as of to what my thoughts were on my way home a few minutes ago. It just seems that everything in this city is at a halt a stand still. It seems in my mind the things that are not are cons or a front for something else or something hidden the one thing in my mind that we do have to stand on is University Of Memphis basketball but even that has been recently tainted by a con artist himself. You know now that I think about it Rock and Roll and Mr.King E.P. Himself is all based on a con a front. It just seems like there is some kind of hold over Memphis that won't let it become the city that I used to think it could be I must say I am loyal to this City and loyal to East Memphis but the clock is ticking me as a individual can only do so much. Sigh just some thoughts for the Blackberry Diaries, more to come soon people,holla back. Excuse my typos people it is 4:53am and I am on the BB. Peace
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News: Kia Shine Stands By His Word,

Written by Cyrus Langhorne

Friday, September 18, 2009 11:30:00

Kia Shine has maintained his claims of helping pen and create Drake's mega hit "Best I Ever Had" by releasing a point-by-point breakdown of the song's creation.

Writing via a blog, the Memphis, Tennessee-based producer explained how the hit record landed in Drizzy's hands.

"Basically I did a record for Lil Wayne called 'Do It For The Boy', which was on The Leak mixtape back in October," he wrote. "My dude DJ [Absolut] & Enuff was spinning the joint in NY. I gave Wayne the joint back in March of '08 and I had yet to hear the completed version until Absolute hit me. Actually, he was in the office with my man Daralle Jones at Atlantic. He wanted buy the song from me to use for Jahiem. I tried to contact Young Money to get paid for the original track before I made a move, but couldn't get anyone to hit me back. Producer note, as a producer, it's tough with mixtapes these days...It's really impossible for Wayne to do a mixtape track, because if the song is a hit, it's going to touch radio. That's why whenever I produce or perform on a record I immediately send it to my guy, Maani, on the publishing side to handle all the paperwork, etc...I get a call from Absolute and he's like, 'Yo, you sold the song to Drake.' I'm like who's Drake??? Absolute sent me the joint in January and I'm like...wooooow! Drake sampled the melody, some of the words, cadence, etc. So because I had already registered the original record, my business was in order. I sent in the Drake record and let my legal team handle it from there. We were able to settle at 25% of the 'Best I Ever Had' publishing. It's a blessing, but the moral of the story is to 'follow up to get your dollars up' and always be prepared and on top of your business. People should really read my discography and they would understand that this in no surprise. They will respect my mind and my grind soon enough." (Global Grind)

Drizzy, however, said the accusations of 25 percent publishing rights are false.

"There have been questions posed to me the last few days about the writing of 'Best I Ever Had' and I figured I'd take the time to clear the air directly," he wrote Thursday (September 17) night. "I have never met Kia Shine or worked with him. I wrote the entire composition in Toronto and I borrowed one line from a Lil Wayne song that he produced the BEAT for. The claims of 25% ownership are false and for a artist to brag about splits on a song is distasteful to begin with." (October's Very Own)

Writing via Twitter, Shine initially posted images of himself being awarded with Billboard plaques in recognition of the song.

"maan i am not a hater, if someone is blessed with something i commed them and encourage, not discourage," he wrote earlier this week. "for all the nob believers here is the pic taken from Sept.10th's Bm1 awards in NY where I won 3 awards for my publishing share of 'BEST I EVER HAD'...this message is for all the non-believers YES kia shine OWNS 25% OF THE DRAKE SONG 'THE BEST I EVER HAD' 3 BMI AWARDS FOR THE SONG GOING #1 ON 3 BILLBOARD CHARTS. GO BUY HIS EP TODAY! MY FAMILY APPRECIATES IT! ... its all there! can't make sh*t like this up (Kia Shine's Twitter)

He also took credit for a portion of the song's verbal bars.

"They sampled a record that I did for Lil Wayne, called 'Do it for the Boy.' I wrote the hook and the beat for that track," he said in an interview today. "After they heard that and made the Drake song, they settled out for 25 percent." It was also reported in the new Billboard Magazine that Nakia Coleman aka Kia Shine was indeed the writer of the hit song, "Best I Ever Had". Kia Shine who has been on top of the charts with his own song, "Krispy" which peaked at number 66 on the Billboard charts, is also credited with signing and promoting hip hop artist, Yo Gotti. (Examiner)

The views that you see in the news is propaganda

*steps to the mic* Ahem is this thing on? With this being my first official post just thought I would throw up a little disclaimer. I have a lot on this heart and mind of mine and I wish to share it with the masses. The views you see are mine and mine alone. They are just opinions. Feel free to say whatever you think is on your heart in the comments. Just know that a words smith I can be, so if you really want to go there, we good. Other than that, hope I'm able to shine the light into the darkness and in the process not take myself too seriously you dig? So here we go.

"You can't fool all the people all of the time
But if you fool the right ones, then the rest will fall behind
Tell me who's got control of your mind?"

These are some lyrics from Dead Prez. You might be wondering why did I post them, and what is the thing with propaganda in the news? Well bear with me and hopefully by the end of this post all will be clear. I recently had a conversation via the new hot thing in the streets, TWITTER, about this whole H1N1 scare. And yes its a scare. I find it rather amusing that when something pretty major on the political front is going on, something else, that happens to pull at the emotional nerve of the people, pops up. And the news media bandwagons this new topic and it becomes the "BREAKING NEWS STORY" of the day.

Dont get me wrong, if you believe you have H1N1 please by all means go to the doctor ASAP. Do not pass go, do not stop and collect $200. Just saying, the the disease is just that serious. However with that said, H1N1 is not the new AIDS or the killer from the movie Outbreak. People are not going to start catching it and dying off like flies. Well at least the ones with good health insurance will not. And here is the root of the problem.

First, the FLU has always been a killer. There is nothing new here to see. Who does it kill the most, the young and the elderly. And more importantly, it kills a higher number of people with little to no health coverage. If you dont have access to good medical services, then you are going to treat the sniffles and the shakes as a cold. Its no coincidence that the countries who were hit first with H1N1 were in "poor developing nations" where the masses do not have access to adequate health care. Second, more people are dying from complications of obesity, cancer, and HIV/AIDS than from influenza. In addition more people are contracting HIV/AIDs, and developing diabetes than are contracting H1N1 or any other form of the flu.

Instead of informing the masses about the reality of health care in our country and offering the facts on the health care reformation, by engaging us in some form of intelligent discussion, the media has instead decided to incite a riot. They are helping to fuel the fire of the lynch mob so that any sound attempt at any type of intelligent dialogue or discourse, as with those health care town hall meetings, will be as futile as covering a knife wound with a band-aid.

I truly hope that on some level people will begin deplugging their minds from then media. Stop believing everything you here or read as the gospel. Make some intelligent decisions for yourself. Educate yourself on what is being spoon feed to you. Now please don't think I'm saying disregard everything you hear or read. Everything is not false advertisement. The media is not your enemy, but it also is not your friend. Using those lyrics I posted at the beginning of this post, answer this question, "Who are you following?"

"Under the Influence" Traces the Hip-Hop Generation's Impact on Brands, Sports and Pop Culture

Former Nike Executive and SMU Cox Marketing Adjunct Lecturer Pens New Book

Dallas (SMU) –Erin O. Patton, renowned marketer and Adjunct Lecturer at SMU's Cox School of Business, has published a book titled Under the Influence – Tracing the Hip-Hop Generation's Impact on Brands, Sports & Pop Culture. The cultural marketing book traces the transformation of the Hip-Hop music and culture into a lifestyle, attitude and distinct set of brand preferences emulated and adopted by the masses through the mediums of music, television and film. It serves as a practical guide for marketers and media practitioners looking to define this transcultural audience and translate its $300 billion market opportunity in a new consumer paradigm and digital age.

In "Under the Influence," Patton's exploration begins with his youth in Pittsburgh in the 1980s when Hip-Hop was evolving from just music to a broader movement that influenced everything from which brands and products were relevant to the currency of vernacular and social issues, and continues through his award-winning marketing career.

Patton has spearheaded two of the most notable footwear product launches on record. Handpicked by Michael Jordan in 1997 to launch the Jordan brand, Patton takes us exclusively behind the scenes of Nike – one of the most recognizable brands in the world – to the launch of the Starbury – a $15 sneaker endorsed by NBA star Stephon Marbury. In addition to addressing start-up brands that have grown virally throughout the Hip-Hop market, Patton also delves into the strategic decision making process of advertisers that have successfully captured the urban audience, such as McDonalds, Sprite, Pepsi and Heineken. Patton cites examples of Hip-Hopreneurs and pop culture icons such as P. Diddy, Venus Williams, Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z who have had the Midas touch when it comes to product design and development. He also shares lessons learned from brands that missed the mark when trying to target the urban market.

"While many books have been written about Hip-Hop as a music and cultural phenomenon, I was compelled to produce a work that contributed new dimension and captured the historical cause and effect relationship Hip-Hop has had on the very fabric of industry and American consumer culture," said Patton. "While I wrote the book within the context of my unique set of personal experiences as a product of the Hip-Hop generation and catalyst in this remarkable evolution, this story belongs to everyone who has influenced or been influenced by an art form and urban renaissance born out of sheer necessity which has connected brands, consumers and cultures around the world," said Patton.

Wikipedia defines "Hip-Hop" as a music genre and cultural movement which developed in New York City in the early 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans. Today, this urban mindset transcends race, age and gender. In addition to Patton's front-row perspective as a marketer during the culture's dynamic growth, "Under The Influence" offers market-tested solutions to guide companies looking to target this often elusive audience. Patton also introduces readers to his groundbreaking 7 Ciphers framework which segments the urban market into seven distinct clusters that have formed as a result of the proliferation of Hip-Hop culture and lifestyle into the mainstream.

The 7 Ciphers segmentation framework allows companies to identify specific, niche audiences within the emerging urban market to ensure precise, efficient marketing, ROI, and profit maximization. It also reveals insights into their brand preferences, product attributes, and potential disruptive innovations. Never before has this precise level of segmentation been defined. Patton's work on the 7 Ciphers was supported by Bill Dillon, Associate Dean of the SMU Cox School of Business and expert on latent class segmentation.

As today's "raceless" generation continues to blend, the traditional marketing paradigm has changed. The urban culture has become mainstream culture, and smart companies and are looking for the most effective and efficient marketing techniques to reach this emerging audience.

"If there are any marketers out there that still think they can ignore the urban market they'd better think again. As Hip Hop culture and its influence has poured out of the cities and spread around the world, the "urban market" has become "the market," said Adam Graves, senior vice president of Deutsch Advertising. "This isn't just a book for so-called urban marketers, this should be mandatory reading for every marketer in the country."

"Under The Influence: Tracing The Hip-Hop Generation's Impact on Brands, Sports & Pop Culture."

Chapter Listing
- I Am Hip Hop
- Diary of an Urban Consumer Scientist
- The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create it
- The 7 Ciphers™
- Hip-Hop's Midas Touch
- The Intersection of Hip-Hop, Madison Avenue, and Vine
- Inside The Starbury Movement
- Changing The Game: Hip Hop's Impact on Sports
- Corporate America & The Hip Hop Innovator's Dilemma

About Erin O. Patton
Erin Patton is widely regarded as one of the nation's foremost experts on branding, sports marketing and Hip-Hop culture. Under his leadership, The Mastermind Group (TMG) emerged as a recognized leader for brand management consulting and strategic partnerships, providing counsel to an exclusive roster of Fortune 500 brands and pop culture icons.

Patton has been widely acclaimed for "cracking the code on the urban market" with his breakthrough 7 Ciphers™ segmentation study that attracted flagship sponsors including Pepsi and The Brookings Institution. He has also been instrumental in the most notable footwear product launches in recent memory. During his tenure with Nike, Inc, he served as the original architect for the Jordan brand, engineering its successful launch in 1997. He later spearheaded NBA-star Stephon Marbury's award-winning Starbury brand launch that revolutionized the sneaker industry and earned launch of the year honors from Footwear News and Advertising Age in 2006.

Patton has been recognized with awards from distinguished organizations including the coveted Edison Award from the American Marketing Association, United Nations Honorable Mention, International Public Relations Association, The Network Journal's "Forty Under Forty Award" and the Innovator Award from the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF).

Gifted as a dynamic public speaker with extraordinary communications skills, Patton is sought as a speaker for conferences, workshops, universities and corporations. He has also appeared as an expert on ESPN, CNN, VH1 and BET and has been quoted in USA Today, Time, Inc., BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal and Fortune.

As a staunch advocate for higher education, Patton serves as Adjunct Professor of Sports Marketing at SMU's Cox School of Business where he also directs its Sports Management Consortium targeting front-office executives and athletes with innovative executive education programs.

As a civic leader, Patton devotes his time, talent and treasure to various national non-profit organizations and causes, including Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), which uses sports to teach life lessons and character development. He is also a board member of the Texas Leadership Forum, SMU Athletic Forum, and Hispanic Youth Symposium, a program of the Hispanic College Fund. Patton is a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He earned his MBA from SMU Cox. He currently resides in Frisco, Texas, which his wife Nicole and two young sons.

Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 #1 Puts Him Ahead of Elvis

Albums: Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 #1 Puts Him Ahead of Elvis

Blueprint 3's no. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 album chart puts him behind only the Beatles for most no. 1 albums:

"Jay-Z's No. 1 achievement with "Blueprint 3" will push him ahead of Elvis Presley as the solo act with the most No. 1 albums in the more-than 50-year history of the Billboard 200. And Jay will now have the second-most No. 1 albums among all acts. Fittingly, only the Beatles, with 19 No. 1s, have more."

Tell that to baby boomers that still don't get hip hop. They might not like it but they won't forget it!

On a very different note, though there seem to have been some distribution snags for Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II, it still makes the top 10 at no. 4.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
2. Miley Cyrus - The Time of Our Lives
3. Whitney Houston - I Look To You
4. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
5. Brooks and Dunn - #1s ... And Then Some
6. Trey Songz - Ready
7. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D.
8. Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk
9. Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
10. Taylor Swift - Fearless