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- sillygato, on 09/19/2008, -0/+38LMAO. So this means rappers will start singing about a Ford Focus if Ford pays them enough? This I'd like to see!
- soot, on 09/20/2008, -1/+18Why do you think they flash T-Mobile and Nokia phones in every rap video?
Product placement is such a prostitution of an artist's creative talent and a bastardization of music altogether, its disgusting. - aspec, on 09/20/2008, -1/+7If you were willing to pay me a half a million dollars to put the words "Ford Focus" in my single, and drive one in my video, you're damned right in assuming that I'm going to do it.
- badwithcomputer, on 09/20/2008, -0/+11[r kelly]
so i roll up to the club...
ladies love to dance, but-
i don't make romance on the dance floor like a th-uh-ug
so we go back to the car...
i'm lost and feeling hopeless, but-
i've got gps in my ford FOH-Uh-KISSS.....
(chorus:)
oh, baby kiss me in my ford focus!
it comes pre-equipped with luxury features...
oh, baby gerald my f-uh-ord in my focus!
you don't have to play with my balls 'cus i've got a seat heee-uh-ter
[/r kelly]- psaffire, on 09/20/2008, -3/+1[r kelly]
so i roll up to the club... pee
ladies love to dance, but- little
i don't make romance on the dance floor like a th-uh-ug girls
so we go back to the car...pee
i'm lost and feeling hopeless, but- little
i've got gps in my ford FOH-Uh-KISSS.....ooooh girl
(chorus:)
oh, baby kiss me in my ford focus! girl
it comes pre-equipped with luxury features... pee
oh, baby gerald my f-uh-ord in my focus! on
you don't have to play with my balls 'cus i've got a pee heee-uh-ter
[/r kelly] - Treshnell, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2[South Park]
Now I'm startin to get angry,
SO I PULL OUT MY GUN
I'm gunna give you to the count of three to just shutup one:
I'm gonna shoot you both two
I'm gonna cap some bitch three
Now I'm doin it tooo
[/South Park] - Lutremi, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1[r kelly]
now im staring out the window
dont know why there's a window
im sitting in a focus
just so you know it's a ford focus
and then some dude came up to me
i was like "why you come up to me?"
he said would you like some peanuts...
i want me a ford focus...
focus...
focus...
(focus)
[/r kelly]
- psaffire, on 09/20/2008, -3/+1[r kelly]
- HurricaneDitka1, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3Hyundai rhymes almost as well as Escalade
- BigCalhoun, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3Listen to southern rap artists, they espouse a love for Chevorolets and Dodge. Go to the same neighborhoods where these artists are listened to and I guarantee you won't be able to drive half of a block without seeing a Chevy of some kind, Dodge Magnum, or Dodge Charger.
Patron was hardly asked for in most urban clubs a few years ago. Most clubheads didn't know what Grey Goose was even before that. Thanks to various songs in the last year or two, Patron and Grey Goose are probably the most sipped on spirits at any given urban nightclub.- darkwing81, on 09/20/2008, -1/+1i think they mostly refer to classic or 70s cars when they are talking about chevys
- tech42er, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1Sounds to me more like the artist writes a song and could include a number of brands, so they hire a consultant negotiate with one of the brands to make some money off of it. Is this a good thing?? Not necessarily. But is this major corporations destroying artist integrity? No ***** way.
- soot, on 09/20/2008, -1/+18Why do you think they flash T-Mobile and Nokia phones in every rap video?
- ohnoerino, on 09/19/2008, -1/+32Yo Yo Yo, I'd like to give a shout out to the Kool-Aid Man ya'll.
- WWMD, on 09/19/2008, -0/+13Oh Yeah!!!
- zoydberg, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3You know, from the other side, that's kind of annoying
- ronaldmonster, on 09/20/2008, -1/+1That's racist!
- WWMD, on 09/19/2008, -0/+13Oh Yeah!!!
- SmileyChewtrain, on 09/19/2008, -8/+0Please remove this post from your blog.
- johnflynn50, on 09/19/2008, -8/+1Twenty Twenty Four hours ago I what....a Miller beer.
- krabat, on 09/20/2008, -0/+7Jesus man. Couldn't you have at least gotten part of it right?
- transeth, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5Giiiveeee MEEEE TWOOOO PURRRRR
- TexasShiv, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2Oh Nelly, you silly silly bitch..
- samoan27, on 09/19/2008, -0/+11"I like girls that wear Abercrombe & Fitch"
That song was popular for only one reason.- deathsquadx, on 09/20/2008, -0/+15"Chinese food makes me sick"
Is that it?- HurricaneDitka1, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3Hip Hop Marmalade spic And span,
Met you one summer and it all began
You're the best girl that I ever did see,
The great Larry Bird Jersey 33
When you take a sip you buzz like a hornet
Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets
Call me Willy Whistle cause I can't speak baby
Something in your eyes went and drove me crazy
Now I can't forget you and it makes me mad,
Left one day and never came back
Stayed all summer then went back home,
Macauly Culkin wasn't Home Alone
Fell deep in love,but now we ain't speaking
Michael J Fox was Alex P Keaton
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch - JCougar, on 09/20/2008, -0/+4Hornet and sonnet rhyme?
- MikeEnIke, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2That song is the biggest upset in lyrical history. Nothing is actually said nor is it relevant. ***** you LFO ***** you.
- tech42er, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1New kids on the block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think its fly when girls stop by for the
Summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch
Id take her if I had one wish
But she's been gone since that summer,
Since that summer
- HurricaneDitka1, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3Hip Hop Marmalade spic And span,
- AFHCO, on 09/20/2008, -1/+2We actually had that song on our playlist at abercrombie, funny.
- MacMan88, on 09/20/2008, -1/+4but girls that wear Abercombie & Fitch are hot...
(unfortunately, they're mostly egotistical spoiled bitches)
- deathsquadx, on 09/20/2008, -0/+15"Chinese food makes me sick"
- artseejodee, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5It's all over country music... I love how so many artists record different versions promoting the local radio stations, local sports teams, etc...
That's in addition to the "pack up my Ford truck", and "take a Chevy". The list goes on. It gets really annoying to listen to those songs once you identify them!- psaffire, on 09/20/2008, -1/+10If you listen to country, you deserve what you get.
- winmywii, on 09/20/2008, -1/+3It's not like it is only country that has product placement.
- DNABeast, on 09/20/2008, -0/+6"Ah had a girl bu' she let me down,
Now I'm packin' up ma Prius an a gittin' outa town"
Not quite the same feel.
- psaffire, on 09/20/2008, -1/+10If you listen to country, you deserve what you get.
- avataros, on 09/19/2008, -2/+2Coke playa hatin', I be Pepsi's bitch
- Me0wmix, on 09/20/2008, -1/+4..not surprising at all.
- moolaismyfriend, on 09/20/2008, -6/+5Capitalism is dead, Comrades.
- barfooz, on 09/20/2008, -0/+5Uh, wouldn't this be the very definition of capitalism? Making profit on everything?
- bagboyrebel, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2So big corporations profiting off of art is somehow the opposite of capitalism?
- damian7, on 09/20/2008, -3/+11Apple just buys the artist's soul
- TexasShiv, on 09/20/2008, -0/+12Jay-Z must be seriously bank rolling from this
- moolcool, on 09/20/2008, -0/+6Bank Rolling at Bank of America. And what better way to wind down from some heavy banking then an ice cold coke.
- Stavrosian, on 09/20/2008, -0/+4I thought it was pretty funny when the president of Cristal spoke out about how he was annoyed at people like Jay-Z continuing to mention their product, since it cheapened their brand and nobody who could afford it who wasn't a rapper wanted to drink it. Be careful what you brand, music business.
- writie, on 10/01/2008, -0/+1You mean this:
http://www.a-lyric.com/archives/jay-z-vs-cristal-w ...
Way back in 2006.
- writie, on 10/01/2008, -0/+1You mean this:
- JivePode, on 09/20/2008, -4/+22***** sell-outs.
- bratterscain, on 09/20/2008, -1/+10You may be indifferent to a view point I may have but if I give you something you want, eg, friendship, lots of money, a job, a hot girl, etc, you will be more accepting of me and my views. That's the way life is. Everything is a trade. If you think you're above it, you're not. You're in the soup also.
I'll be dugg down for people not liking that and wanting to admit it, but you know it's true. There's lots of hypocrisy among not just corporations and big shots, but among the financially lesser crowd. It's not what I want to hear being in that crowd, but it's the truth and speech likes to set itself free. - X9001, on 09/20/2008, -0/+11LETS ALL CONFORM TO NONCONFORMITY!
- Lunarsight, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3I want to be a non-conformist just like all of my friends.
- bratterscain, on 09/20/2008, -1/+10You may be indifferent to a view point I may have but if I give you something you want, eg, friendship, lots of money, a job, a hot girl, etc, you will be more accepting of me and my views. That's the way life is. Everything is a trade. If you think you're above it, you're not. You're in the soup also.
- Dronez, on 09/20/2008, -1/+3Disgusting sellouts...
- winmywii, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3haha... I would do it in a heart beat
- username7410, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3I don't think it's possible for the Pussy Cat Dolls to sell out.
- chickenloco, on 09/20/2008, -0/+6McDonalds pays rappers $5 each time a song with the word "Big Mac" is played on the radio
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499138/20050328/ ...- prem444, on 09/22/2008, -0/+2This news in MTV here makes the above article about Adam Kluger pale in comparison
Its all about money, even your own lyrics..
I am sure Pussy cat dolls dont write their own songs, and they would sing whtever comes there way and actually end up making a lot more money by way of including a 'big-mac' or a 'nike' or a 'chevy' in their song.
Horrifying and yet understandable cos' these are the times we live in!
- prem444, on 09/22/2008, -0/+2This news in MTV here makes the above article about Adam Kluger pale in comparison
- chickenloco, on 09/20/2008, -0/+5"Yo, rollin' in my prius with my 20 in rims..."
- badwithcomputer, on 09/20/2008, -0/+9if i was a rapper i would shamelessly namedrop video game developers, my favorite living directors and all car companies with a vehicle on the road that hits 60 in under 5 seconds. maybe give a shoutout to medical marijuana dispensaries in the outro just so i have all my bases covered.
- kponto, on 09/20/2008, -1/+3I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in this establishment!
- doingallright, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
- DeFex, on 09/20/2008, -0/+8The word "artist" is incorrectly used here. unless you call someone who paints by numbers an artist as well.
- JCougar, on 09/20/2008, -1/+1Yup... it happens, and you end up with songs like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhGO5f8gdWQ
I actually like the beat.- AeonTorpor, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1yeah, but who doesn't like vans?
- scoottie, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3with money
- GuitarHeroDenn, on 09/20/2008, -0/+7I go “no mom I'm not on drugs. I'm ok, I'm just thinking, you know? Why don't you get me a Pepsi?” She goes “No! You're on drugs!” I go “mom, I'm ok. I'm just thinking.” She goes “No! You're not thinking, you're on drugs! Normal people don't be acting that way!” I go “mom, just get me a Pepsi! Please, all I want is a Pepsi!” And she wouldn't give it to me! All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me! Just a Pepsi!
- DNABeast, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2Whoa! Flashback to the 80's
- albel65, on 09/20/2008, -0/+4Whoa! Read that as, "I go 'OM NOM I'm not on drugs...'"
- GuitarHeroDenn, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2Don't feel bad. I posted it and I still do.
- DNABeast, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2Whoa! Flashback to the 80's
- HurricaneDitka1, on 09/20/2008, -0/+7Every time I think about how a Wrigley's advertisement made it to the top of the charts, disguised as a catchy single, it makes me want to steal a truck full of doublemint gum and crash it into Chris Brown's house.
- wukillabee, on 09/20/2008, -2/+3♫ I got so much chips, I swear they call me Hewlett Packard ♫
lol lame- michaelyurechko, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2Lil' Wayne makes me want to punch babies.
- wukillabee, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2http://www.imeem.com/people/JC2jMl/music/qc7u4uOR/ ...
start 1:55 - MikeEnIke, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2Lil' Wayne has ridiculously clever lyrics at times, and I don't even like the guy. I just wanted to point that out so you can check out some of them before actually thinking they're ridiculous. Lots of word plays, double meanings, phonetic usage, etc.
- 1807, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2Dude a lot of rappers do that. Eminem did that all the time..of course i think he is an amazing lyricist.
- tech42er, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1Lil' Wayne is one of my favorite rappers for that reason. Kanye's lyrics are also fairly playful, though no where near as clever. But people like 50 Cent? The music's OK but it's not "fun" at all.
- 1807, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1Nas did a lot of word play too.
- rojano17, on 09/20/2008, -0/+5So I can get to stompin in my air force ones!
- darkwing81, on 09/20/2008, -1/+0that one wasn't a secret. it was actually commissioned by nike as an advertisement and then because a popular song.
- crazyoldman, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3Sad, the music industry really is dead.
- darkwing81, on 09/20/2008, -0/+6the industry maybe but there are still alot of really good underground/indie musicians making really good music for the love of music
- 1807, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1Rose Hill Drive, Kings of Leon, Nine inch Nails, Tool, Radiohead, The Mars Volta, The Racounters, Matisyahu, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Band of Horses, Buddy Guy, Explosions in the sky and many other artists are proof music is not dead.
- bagboyrebel, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2@1807
but you can't sound cool if you think the music industry isn't dead.
- darkwing81, on 09/20/2008, -0/+6the industry maybe but there are still alot of really good underground/indie musicians making really good music for the love of music
- cuevas4711, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1Nice picture.
- jpregulate, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2"Shout out to Seagram's Gin - cuz I'm drankin it and they payin me for it..."
FREEK-A-LEEK!!
==
Mr. Pablo's "Freek-a-leek" ended up as the No. 2 hip-hop song of 2004, according to Billboard, and played over 350,000 times on the radio. Part of the lyrics: "Now I got to give a shout out to Seagram's Gin/Cause I'm drinkin' it and they payin' me for it."
So how much did "Mr. Pablo" make from this particular name drop? The rates vary from $1 to $5 every time the song is played on the radio. So taking the median price of $3 x number of spins = over $1 million before taxes. For a name drop so far at the end of a song that it was probably cut out of radio play in the first place.
http://www.hiphop-blogs.com/hiphop/2005/09/its_off ... - connieLingus, on 09/20/2008, -2/+3this is the future of music, people.
there is no longer much money in selling cds, so bands will be forced to become corporate sponsored in order to help pay the bills and keep the groupies flowing. it's no differenent then network tv, which was TOTALLY underwritten by the advertisers to the point that you can *still* watch 4 or 5 channels for "free" with rabbit ears.
it's not selling out, its just business, and we all are part of the same machine...why disparage artists because they want a piece of the action, too.- Lunarsight, on 09/20/2008, -0/+4Connie - Some will do that. Other artists will keep their day jobs and make the music they want to make.
- vantigo, on 09/20/2008, -1/+2I completely welcome this. Only one track is worth listening to on most albums anyway, and if I don't like it, I'll pirate something else.
- bagboyrebel, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3if you only like one track on the albums you listen to you need to find some new music.
- vantigo, on 09/20/2008, -1/+0You're right. I'm in constant need of finding new music.
- Lunarsight, on 09/20/2008, -0/+4Connie - Some will do that. Other artists will keep their day jobs and make the music they want to make.
- secondfiddle, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3Same as the old boss...
- badwithcomputer, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6-wG5LLqE
- LRonaldHubbs, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner
Of course we would, we’d just eat more
And buy really expensive ketchups with it
That’s right, all the fanciest ke... dijon ketchups!
Mmmmmm, Mmmm-Hmmm - gcnaddict, on 09/20/2008, -2/+1I accidentally a product placement?
- czarr, on 09/20/2008, -1/+3[Chorus]
It’s like I waited my whole life
For this one night
Its gonna be me, you, and the dance floor
Cause we only got one night
*Double your pleasure
*Double your fun
And dance forever ever ever
Forever ever ever (x6)
Forever on the dance floor- AFHCO, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1And then he's on their commercial...
- DivisibleByZero, on 09/20/2008, -0/+3See, this is what piracy does. If they can't sell you the music itself, they'll stick ads in it.
- foolfoolz, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1Did anyone read the article? The guy who initially contacted him ws a known con artist. The guy almost got scammed and was really butthurt about it.
- superfuxxorr, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1i'm pretty sure i started drinking cherry coke around the time that promise ring song came out. however, i am completely sure the promise ring wasn't getting paychecks from coke.
- tonman605, on 09/20/2008, -0/+4The sad part is that it's true. I used to work at a liquor store and Ciroc vodka just wouldn't sell for a darn for a long time until all the sudden P'diddy is doing their commercial and we couldn't order the ***** fast enough. And I swear if i heard "the goose gets 'em loose" one more darn time i was gonna kill someone.
- Berkana, on 09/20/2008, -1/+2♫ ...I'll buy you Rogaine™, when you start loosing all your hair;
sew on patches, to all you tear... ♫
(I don't care that there's product placement in this particular song; I still love Ingrid Michaelson.) - sftrevor, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1The article actually states: "New Kids on the Blog".
- 1807, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2"Hooker with a Penis"
By: Maynard James Keenan
I met a boy wearing vans, 501s, and a
Dope beastie t, nipple rings, and
New tattoos that claimed that he
Was ogt,
From 92,
The first ep.
And in between
Sips of coke
He told me that
He thought
We were sellin out,
Layin down,
Suckin up
To the man.
Well now Ive got some
A-dvice for you, little buddy.
Before you point the finger
You should know that
Im the man,
And if Im the man,
Then youre the man, and
Hes the man as well so you can
Point that ***** finger up your ass.
All you know about me is what Ive sold you,
Dumb *****.
I sold out long before you ever heard my name.
I sold my soul to make a record,
Dip *****,
And you bought one.
So Ive got some
Advice for you, little buddy.
Before you point your finger
You should know that
Im the man,
If Im the ***** man
Then youre the ***** man as well
So you can
Point that ***** finger up your ass.
All you know about me is what Ive sold you,
Dumb *****.
I sold out long before you ever heard my name.
I sold my soul to make a record,
Dip *****,
And you bought one.
All you read and
Wear or see and
Hear on tv
Is a product
Begging for your
Fatass dirty
Dollar
So...shut up and
Buy my new record
Send more money
***** you, buddy. - GoKings, on 09/20/2008, -0/+5"How Companies Pay Artists to Include Brands in Lyrics"
"Here's $50,000... mention Chevy Impala in your song." -end - skinny01, on 09/20/2008, -1/+2That's what I try to tell my kids. It's all just leading sheep. I'm sure nobody listening to rap knew what courvoisier was until busta put the song out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTP3pO_gPVc
Then that's all I heard everybody asking for at the bar. People are very easily led, businesses know this and capitalize on it. Episodes of 24 are pretty much Ford commercials, for the season premier Ford even sponsored one with no commercial interruptions (none needed since the whole show IS the commercial). - skyz, on 09/20/2008, -0/+2i could write something about sapphires that wouldn't be selling out at all
actually i already did
i'm a girl btw
queen wrote about moet chandon in 'killer queen' - atact88, on 09/20/2008, -1/+3Product placement happens in movies, on Digg, in bars, in free software, in open source software, on social networking sites, in magazines, etc. Think music is anything different? Nothing new here, move along.
- keeneyedgirl, on 09/23/2008, -0/+1so true
- THETEH, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1It's a good thing diggers aren't paid by companies (such as Pepsi, the makers of delicious, refreshing softdrinks, now available at your local gas station!)
- NorrisOBE, on 09/21/2008, -0/+1I'm john McCain and i approved this message
Thank god that line is not used in any rap/country song for now...
- NorrisOBE, on 09/21/2008, -0/+1I'm john McCain and i approved this message
- ThePaperWall, on 09/20/2008, -1/+0Wow this is pretty amazing. A company's brand or image is basically tied to the public's emotion/perception of the product. I can totally see how Wrangler jeans would want a country singer to say "my Wranglers" instead of "my blue jeans". It's a way for the companies to associate their name with a demographic (many top shelf alcohols and luxury labels have enjoyed this for free via hip hop for years). I could see how some artists will mention whichever company pays them. For the most part though , I see many artists only mentioning brands they believe accurately represent their image. This move doesn't help the integrity of the music, but man, I think this is a brilliant marketing ploy in an era where traditional means of advertisement are becoming obsolete.
- kevyn, on 09/22/2008, -0/+1I want my MTV... I want my CD player
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