We have developed a rubric that estimates the education level needed to understand each rhyme as well as, rates the artistic sophistication employed through the metaphors, similes, cultural references, consonantal/vocalic alliteration and overall pattern of each rhyme. We calculate the final score by averaging the syntactic (readability measures) and semantic (artistic sophistication) scores of each rhyme. On a scale from 0 (illiterate) to 20 (post-graduate degree). Visit the Hip-Hip Word Count.
We have developed a rubric that estimates the education level needed to understand each rhyme as well as, rates the artistic sophistication employed through the metaphors, similes, cultural references, consonantal/vocalic alliteration and overall pattern of each rhyme. We calculate the final score by averaging the syntactic (readability measures) and semantic (artistic sophistication) scores of each rhyme. On a scale from 0 (illiterate) to 20 (post-graduate degree). Visit the Hip-Hip Word Count.
What happened to the time when artists spoke out political? When they used network media as a platform to express their views? When media outlets weren’t owned by one of 3 holding companies that sterilized on air performances making sure there weren’t any conflicts of interest with the sponsoring commercial breaks? Arsenio talked to the artists long enough for their intelligence to show, with a soft spot for Hip Hop artists. Check Arsenio’s YouTube resume
“Quit faking. Take the medallions off if you don’t know what they mean.” - MC Ren
I am both an Apple fanatic and a creative strategist in the advertising industry, but I still reserve the right to choose when I follow a brand blindly.
“A third of iPhone users carry a second phone. There have been anecdotal reports of iPhone users carrying a second mobile phone, either for basic voice calling, or for other functions like composing e-mail. The survey confirmed those reports. (Page 20.)”
That’s because there are no buttons on the damn thing! Humans are still tactile creatures no matter how futuristic we strive to be. The multitouch keyboard is a glimpse of the future but it should be an extra feature on the iPhone until we are able to think our email responses directly into our phones (btw cats at TI & MIT have a prototype device for that).
Microsoft is helping connect iPhone users to MS Exchange Server so Apple can get some of that corporate business, but you can’t possibly write long documents or detailed emails with that touchpad - this is why people are keeping their other phones.
Are Tweens still what’s hot in youth marketing? It’s difficult to keep up:
“One problem about a consultant-dominated field is that consultants build fame by coining and popularizing new concepts. Just at the point that a few customers might be starting to grasp the fact that they need more than pretty colours and flashy widgets to help their customers, the consultants realize that their pitch is no longer differentiated. So they need to invent a new term.“
One of the main requirements of The House’s latest higher education bill is to have each College & University
‘‘(2) develop a plan for offering alternatives to illegal downloading or peer-to-peer distribution of intellectual property as well as a plan to explore technology-based deterrents to prevent such illegal activity.”
I envision every computer in the University’s Lab with a branded interface sidebar for MP3 downloads. This law sets up a profit center for private entertainment distribution businesses in the school. Does the University get a cut of the profits? What a sweet deal!!!
What a great time it is when the technology we have access to is ahead of the laws that exist to govern our use of that technology. Enjoy this current window of opportunity. Mase on sampling: “Its not actually stealing, its like bringing back the old songs, making the old songs new again…”
Sanford Biggers‘ new commissioned piece The Something Suite plays one night only at The Box 11/12/07 and stars: Saul Williams aka Niggy Tardust, Esthero, Shae Fiol, Imani Uzuri, Martin Luther and DJs CX KiDTRONiX and Jahi Sundance. Taking the form of traditional minstrel shows 3-act structure, The Something Suite examines today’s pop music industry.
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