Real Music Ringtones

There is no question that T-pain, Rock Ross and Ace Hood are huge in the Hip-Hop world. The new collaboration, Cash Flow, is a huge hit that proves the prowess of each artist in one single track. The beat is strong and the overall feel has a hint of what I would call a Master P/No Limit vibe to it. Considering the fact that the song is called Cash Flow, and Master P was the head of Cash Money records, it makes perfect sense.

When it comes to film score composers, Henry Mancini has got to be number 1 or number 2 on the list of the best. He's known for doing all sorts of jazzy, fun theme songs. His most famous theme is one that, when you discover he was behind it, will make you think you should have known his name in the first place.

There is not a man, woman, or child under the age of 30 that can resist Koji Kondo’s theme for the most famous human video game character ever created. (I’d say of any species, but there is a little yellow circle that would start a flame war about that.)

Just the other day I was wondering where today’s rappers are getting their ideas for names from. Today, though, I’m just happy to say that the Get Like Me Ringtone is doing really well, because, honestly, how can you not respect a man that takes his name after the mild mannered doctor that the incredible Hulk resides in.

I’ve written about Chris Brown before because I think he’s a generally talented guy who is worth more respect than most pop/R&B singers out there. Then I hear about his stunt last week with how he man-handled Rhianna and I can’t understand how guys like manage to become so successful.

There’s a new ringtone site in town. This one doesn’t just try to sell you ringtones either. Rather DownloadYourRingtones.net is more of an educational resource. The site has twenty-five articles on ringtones giving you all the information about getting them, and their history, that you might want to know. Actually, some of it is really interesting and important stuff such as their articles on how to improve the sound quality of your ringtones and how to delete ringtones off your mobile phone when needed.

For whatever reason, people find the way Sarah Palin talks to be hilarious. After hearing GWB stumble over words for 8 years, realizing that Obama has a tendency to say things that are just... well... stupid, and the clear signs of onset senility in the living artifact known as McCain, you'd think a dialect common to many Americans would be just barely baseline in terms of comedic value.

Apparently someone at Apple made a comment about how iTunes would close if it couldn't make a profit, citing royalty hikes to be a potential culprit for causing that scenario. I would actually look forward to iTunes folding up. I buy my music elsewhere since I like to be able to listen to it on whatever device I choose (buy a music CD for $15, rip all the songs to my computer, have a hard copy and a digital copy with no DRM for roughly the same cost). DRM is a punishment for legitimate customers and a minor hinderance for pirates. If you're going to download music illegally you're not going through iTunes to do it--and it's a pretty safe bet that if you're paying for your music through iTunes you're not going to turn around and give it to everyone for free.

A few months ago people were still under the impression that the Google phone, a phone based on a technology stack named "Android" based on the Linux kernel, was nothing more than a pipe dream. The reality has finally come, and the first Android based phone is being brought to T-mobile while T-Mobile simultaneously launches their new 3G network. T-Mobile was the last of the "Top Tier" US carriers still offering "EDGE" internet as its only "high speed" mobile internet service. (If you have a phone with EDGE you already know that the term "high speed" belongs no where near it.)

Just a quick update on a topic covered earlier: the condom ringtone. Apparently the condom ringtone, which can be found at condomcondom.org, has gotten over 270,000 downloads. Thats a huge number of downloads for such a ridiculous ringtone. If you check out the site you'll notice that the sound is barely comprehensible and therefore only going to make a mild impression of the people around you when your phone rings. (Or it could be that its hard for me to understand because English is my first language and I don't speak any Indian at all and the accent makes it less effective to my ears)