JAY-Z and ALICIA KEYS
BOO TO YOUTUBE AND MUSIC PUBLISHER EMI FOR HAVING THE BEST THING ON THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE FOR YEARS REMOVED.NEWPORT STATE OF MIND WAS A HILARIOUS SPOOF OF JAY-Z and ALICIA KEYS' HIT SINGLE__NEW YORK STATE OF MIND, EXCEPT INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON LIFE IN THE BIG APPLE IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SMALL WELSH TOWN OF NEWPORT { THE BIG LEEK }.
IT WAS HILARIOUS.THE RAPPER AND SINGER WERE NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL STARS BUT THEY DID SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB THAT THE VIDEO GOT TWO MILLION YOUTUBE HITS IN JUST TWO WEEKS.BUT EMI HAD TO GO AND SPOIL THE FUN BY ENFORCING THEIR COPYRIGHT.
FOR GOODNESS SAKE,COULDN'T THEY HAVE COME TO SOME ARRANGEMENT ABOUT THE ROYALTY FEES,AS ANY PUBLISHER WOUL? OR WERE EMI OR OTHERS AFRAID THAT THEIR BIG STARS WOULD NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AGAIN.THIS IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY THE CASE. YOU CAN'T TAKE THE MICKEY OUT OF POP STARS WITHOUT THEM GETTING THE HUMP AND USING THE LAW AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO HIT OUT.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO.NOW THAT IT'S BEEN BANNED AND GONE UNDERGROUND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE NET TO FIND IT.
