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Marketing

#138: Mind Playing Tricks on Me

I sit alone in my four-cornered room/Starin’ at candles…

#126, The Death of Cultural Icons

Nicole Wray – Can’t Get Out The Game (feat. Beanie Siegel). Huge thanks to The Honorable Archibald Bonkers for putting me on to this one. Listen while you read!

#120, Influencers Are Dead

It’s Monday! It’s Monday.

Culture

Shaqfork Forever, July 2020

Fridays = Music!!!

There Are No Conspiracies, June 2020

It makes more sense to assume that leaders act for their usual reasons, such as profit-seeking motives and institutionalized roles as elected officials.
G. William Domhoff, March 2005

The New Kanye West Song

July 2020

I thought I told you that we won’t stop,
I thought I told you that we won’t stop…

Interviews

ASAP Yams, from 2012

BRONX, NEW YORK – JANUARY 8: Rapper and founding member of rap collective A$AP Mob, Steven Rodriguez aka A$AP Yams, is photographed near his office in the Bronx for the New York Times on January 8, 2013. (Photo by Chad Batka/Getty Images)

Trapital Podcast, from 2020

The Atlanta record label gained traction by staying loyal to one of hip-hop’s best markets.

Tyga, from 2020

The rap superstar reflects on building his empire around good times

Aug 19

#181: I.P.R.E.A.M.
In which we consider @revolttv, black media, and the power of intellectual property. Also: brainstorming meetings suck. Link in bio—click This Week’s Newsletter!

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Aug 4

#180: The Bag, Mail Bag, and Baggies In which we check our mail, give advice, ask for your patronage, and catch you up. Want to be the most interesting person on your department's zoom weekly? Read the newsletter now. Link in our bio, email in your inbox.

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Jul 28

ICYMI! #179: How To Save Print Media In which we tell you—traditional media conglomerates that be—how YOU can survive in this hyper-connected, hyper-stratified world of ours. Please take our advice. Please. Really, we want you to succeed. Link in bio (slash in your inbox, in the most recent newsletter).

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Jul 14

#177: What If...? Cultural Industry Edition In which we imagine a parallel universe in which Complex Media remained an indie powerhouse, Joe Budden became the Howard Stern of hip-hop radio, and the great 'pivot to video' went the way of Qwikster. Link in bio, as they say.

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Jul 9

Do you read @nymag? If so, check out our mention in this weeks print issue! Can’t grab a copy? Read via link in bio!

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Jul 7

We’re baaaaack. Issue #175 is now live, link in bio.

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Jun 3

“Coast to Coast, LA to Chicago…”Office Hours Live returns for 2021 w/another engaging conversation between the big thinkers in the cultural industries. We missed you, #Chicago.
See you tomorrow. 😉

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May 27

“All Gone documents the most sought after street culture items, every year, since 2006.”⚡️ “I found (this image) was particularly symbolic of the past year: I can't resist thinking of Mobb Deep’s classics "Hell on Earth" and "Survival of the Fittest" when I see Michael navigating his way through the difficulty among the demons” - All Gone founder @michael_lamjc #readmorebooks

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May 18

Newsletter returns this week.

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