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Topic: Hip Hop and Crystal

  1. Jun 8, 2006 06:15pm by DjShad
    here is a post i saw in another website In a special edition of The Economist Magazine, the managing director of Louis Roderer Cristal addressed the popularity of the brand amongst Hip-Hop artists. In an article titled "Bubbles & Bling" in the March 2006 issue, Frédéric Rouzaud, the managing director of Cristal, stated that the company observes its association with the rap world with "curiosity and serenity." Despite importing over 50,000 cases of the champagne per year, Rouzaud was less than thrilled at rappers' fondness for the posh drink. "What can we do?" Rouzaud told The Economist. "We can't forbid people from buying it. I'm sure Dom Perignon or Krug would be delighted to have their business." The article further labeled the constant Cristal patronage by rappers as "unwelcome attention." The article contains pictures of Sean "Diddy" Combs, one of the drink's most popular enthusiasts and quotes Jay-Z's No. 1 hit "Hard Knock Life," which name-checked the brand. According to AmericanBrandstand.com, the pricey champagne was the 8th most mentioned brand on Billboard's Top 100 chart in 2005 with 35 mentions, being promoted by the likes of Kanye West, Trina, Lloyd Banks, The Game, Mariah Carey, and others.
  2. Jun 8, 2006 06:29pm by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    It's Hilfiger all over again. Don't people usually pay for marketing? 🙄 I liked the Gin & Juice Snoop better anyway.
  3. Jun 8, 2006 06:45pm by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own. Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
    Any publicity is good publicity....and even better when they endorse it for free. He is probably pissed because most rappers don't pronounce the name correctly.
  4. Jun 8, 2006 07:10pm by Reach. - Peace and oneness, www.emceereach.com www.myspace.com/reach www.twitter.com/emceereach www.youtube.com/reachtv www.cdbaby.com/cd/reachmusic2 www.cdbaby.com/cd/reachmusic Location: Kansas City
    [quote:1d5aba23ed="JDFlow"]It's Hilfiger all over again. Don't people usually pay for marketing? 🙄 I liked the Gin & Juice Snoop better anyway.[/quote:1d5aba23ed] Hilfiger all over again? That was a myth. Hilfiger never made those comments. Oprah has said a number of times she's never even met the man.
  5. Jun 8, 2006 07:21pm by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    [quote:a3a20a6085="Distorted_Mastermind"]He is probably pissed because most rappers don't pronounce the name correctly.[/quote:a3a20a6085] Yeah, thats not what he's pissed about. His pissed because it's probably affecting his sales to "preferred" clientelle (not rich black people). The last thing you worry about in sales product is pronunciation. C'mon, if you sell 50,000 cases of expensive shit successfully do you really care about what people are calling it?
  6. Jun 8, 2006 09:06pm by Lucidialect
    The only reason Frredereek Rooozaaddd(roll the r's and the d's) would think unfavorably of such product attention and heavy endorsement from rappers would have to be a fear of it losing it's distinction and class by being so associated with the riff-raff and dregs that make up this culture. I mean, unless he distincly doesn't like its association more with violence, drugs and derogotory classifications of females and it's not a race/class thing at all. But I think he would have said that. I personally don't like champagne.
  7. Jun 8, 2006 09:07pm by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own. Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
    [quote:a70dde0a26="JDFlow"][quote:a70dde0a26="Distorted_Mastermind"]He is probably pissed because most rappers don't pronounce the name correctly.[/quote:a70dde0a26] Yeah, thats not what he's pissed about. His pissed because it's probably affecting his sales to "preferred" clientelle (not rich black people). The last thing you worry about in sales product is pronunciation. C'mon, if you sell 50,000 cases of expensive shit successfully do you really care about what people are calling it?[/quote:a70dde0a26] If you sell 50,000 cases of expensive shit should you really care who buys it? It really doesn't make any sense. All the larger than their life rappers that rep the cristal are actually making the guy money anyway you look at it. If they drink it, then someone is buying it. If they endorse it as the best shit ever (last I checked champagne is kind of a puss drink, but that's beside the point) other people will follow like a heard of sheep. From a business side of things Mr Cristal made a real stupid comment, but the chances are pretty good it won't hurt sales any (especially if larger publications pick up the story).
  8. Jun 8, 2006 09:20pm by NRG - livin the art that is life ! www.64111clinic.com fam www.nrginmotion.com massage www.myspace.com/nrginmotion world community Location: havenhouse KCK/ 64111 Clinic 4 Life
    guerilla marketing hiphop style. the last person you think would buy something is the person buying it! hiphop put cristal on the market to a whole new demographic now they have customers from both generational and nuvo rich new money folks. only problem with that is one of their clients doesn't like being associated with the other bfd
  9. Jun 8, 2006 09:55pm by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own. Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
    Guess those bigtime rappers are too good for Andre'. In reality promoting the use of alcohol and drugs is not a good thing regardless if it's a 5 dollar bottle or a 5000 dollar bottle. It is a message that contains no good at all imo.
  10. Jun 8, 2006 10:03pm by lastrekrute
    I'll drink to that!!
  11. Jun 8, 2006 10:21pm by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    [quote:e7ffc1a110="lastrekrute"]I'll drink to that!![/quote:e7ffc1a110] Think of how funny it would be if all the major players were rhymin bout MD 20/20. toast to fuck the snobs 😀 cheers
  12. Jun 9, 2006 03:48am by Distorted_Mastermind - I reject your reality and substitute my own. Adam Savage Location: Olathe, KS
    Actually in the 90's it was all about the O.E. and St Ides or any other cheap malt liquor for some. That's pretty much in the MD 20/20 range. If they are going to be going on about wine and champagne then someone needs to do a song called "Spacebag".
  13. Jun 9, 2006 07:27am by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    [quote:0aed640ac6="Distorted_Mastermind"]cheap malt liquor. That's pretty much in the MD 20/20 range.[/quote:0aed640ac6] Obviously you've never experienced Mad Dog. As far as the whole discussion goes, yeah blame it on hiphop or culture or whatever. At the end of the day I see exactly what's goin on. "look at my cars, they stay gettin pulled over"
  14. Jun 9, 2006 03:09pm by Adru
    fuck this axl rose kicked tommy hillfiggers ass last week well tried to and got pulled off him after being locked in a basement for 4 years you dont like the owner of crystal? whoop his ass with a broke bottle or rape him with its jagged tips fuck it no need to get all intellectualspective about the shit jd.-i grew up on strawberry bananna m.d. and i'd still rather drink a blue bull than a gay ass import in a beer cozy signed by roger linn theres a good promotion yall beer cosies with your names and faces all over them think how much white pussy you could get vert
  15. Jun 9, 2006 03:12pm by Adru
    and i'll suffacate a fag with a space bag patience yea
  16. Jun 9, 2006 03:27pm by JDFlow - [url=http://www.my.rawkus.com/profile/jdflow]JDFlow on Rawkus[/url] [url=http://www.myspace.com/jdflow]JDFlow on Myspace[/url] [url=http://ccedistribution.blogspot.com/]Distribution & Marketing[/url] Location: Seattle
    [quote:d6bd0f7388="Adru"]jd.-i grew up on strawberry bananna m.d.[/quote:d6bd0f7388] word, I used to have a taste for the Bananna Red too. Good seein you on sunday too.