i hope you plan to push and promote actual OkayArtists as much as youre pushing solange. especially considering she has nothing to do with the site, really.
i usually dont get emails alerting me to when OkayArtists are droppin somethin new (then again, usually i know already, but lord knows i cant keep up with everything) so to see an email from OKP about solange? meh. eh.
id like to see the same energy go into The Roots projects skillz chrisette michele leela (when she drops somethin, dammit) ledisi common mos and kweli an 'em hell. i dont think erykah got this much of a push from this site. and she supposedly has 2 other projects comin out.
i mean, yall do you you know ima support for the most part anyways but lets save all the hyping and promotion for actual Artists that are on this site or at least for someone doing something original.
OR if you cant take anything else from this please learn not to overexpose an artist early in the game. go hard to promote what you love but not TOO hard. lol.
sorry for the bitching but theres some honest feedback to be found in this.
3. "i dunno nat. i mean, nu amerykah got some HEAVY push on this site." In response to Reply # 2 Tue Aug-26-08 07:56 PM by Airbreed
granted, badu didn't get the wallpaper treatment. but she had banners, anchored links and a straight up BAN thrown at folks for talking about her album before her album dropped.
a BAN yo'.
niggas posts got deleted simply cuz they were merely TALKING about her allbum.
15. "i remember getting an erykah email for her new cd.." In response to Reply # 7
but i see what you're saying. i'd love to hear updates on OKAYartists, even though they don't have an album coming out in the next couple of months. seeing the solange email and the big ass banner kinda tripped me out
21. "damn. im on the wrong email list. but you see what im sayin." In response to Reply # 15
>but i see what you're saying. i'd love to hear updates on >OKAYartists, even though they don't have an album coming out >in the next couple of months. seeing the solange email and the >big ass banner kinda tripped me out
yes. yes it got me trippin hard right now. like...
at least make the bitch OkayOfficial or somethin lol
23. "it's not like this ad campaign's going to bring in" In response to Reply # 19
> >>$$$ talks >im sure it does >but lets not get lost in what the moneys tellin you to do. >lol. > >..
a new okplayer.com G4 or some shit...
u making it sound like they've/ or are about to sell their souls....
its just music....they're promoting music....and not bad music at that...
up top u were saying ledisi et al haven't goten the push this is getting...maybe they didn't have the money to do it....or their labels didn't see it fit... nothing is free
24. "lol. iont know. chick is on TRL shoutin us out now..." In response to Reply # 23
soooo..... lol
>u making it sound like they've/ or are about to sell their >souls.... kinda feels like it the way the front page is whored out right now its like... damn is this OKP or solange.com?
>its just music....they're promoting music....and not bad music >at that... lol. meh. thats subjective. if i wanna hear 'heatwave' ill listen to that. not 'i decided.' oop.
>up top u were saying ledisi et al haven't goten the push this >is getting...maybe they didn't have the money to do it....or >their labels didn't see it fit... >nothing is free i feel you about that everybodys gotta get paper but in the mean time if these people are already with the site theyve given you SOME kinda check. how come they cant get the same kinda push?
i mean, they got Dan postin in GD about it. that kinda shit NEEEVVVEEERRR happens. lol
29. "THANK YOU. I understand its business, but gatdammit." In response to Reply # 25
>I stand with you Natural. > >I know its business but i didn't like it one bit. > >It fell like Jay-Z told these okplayers to promote mad hard on >some she is my sister-in-law shit. > >I would have love to seen a push for an album like this for >the actual OKayartists. She hasn't done shit for this place. > >Whatever though. Economy is shot and times is hard. I won't >complain anymore, I just wanted Natural Mystic to know that I >feel the same way she does
36. "RE: Dear Okayplayer." In response to Reply # 0
i can see both sides of the issue, but i will say--tonight was the first time i came to okp in a couple of weeks. i saw the huge solange banner and thought i was on some other site at first...lol!
38. "dog.....let it go." In response to Reply # 0 Thu Aug-28-08 04:40 AM by qoolquest
if you dont like the artist? cool. she's here cause I BROUGHT HER HERE.
thank you.
out.
check the resume
organix-93 (from the ground up)-94 do you want more?!!???!-95 illadelph halflife-96 things fall apart-99 (the legendary)-99 the roots come alive-99 phrenology-2002 the tipping point-2004 (the roots present...) 2004 homegrown: the beginne
39. "?uest, thats fine. all were saying is DONT OVERDO IT." In response to Reply # 38
please realize you dont have to SHOVE someone down our throat for decent promotion. the lesson anchor and subsequent banter throughout GD was already enough. banners and emails and forcing dan to go into GD like he REALLY wanted to be in there? lol. too much son.
at this point, this is just overdoing it.
but its yo site. do whatchawanna do. i caint tell you who to sock it to.
you know i love you boy. lol.
>if you dont like the artist? cool. >she's here cause I BROUGHT HER HERE. > > >thank you. > >out.
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