“Apple has apparently pulled its new iPod commercial featuring rap star Eminem [from its website]. No reason was given for the withdrawl. The 30-second spot premiered today during Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote speech at an Apple special event. The ad features Eminem performing his hit single ‘Lose Yourself’ and was expected to begin airing on television in a week,” iPodNN reports.
Full article here.
During his presentation earlier today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs played the ad for the assembled audience not once, but twice.
Earlier today, the ad could be found at http://www.apple.com/itunes/ads
That URL now redirects users to http://www.apple.com/itunes
I thought it was a bad ad anyway.
Bad ad? I’m not a huge Eminem fan or anything, but I felt the concept was executed incredibly well. It’s a huge step up from the usual silhouettes.
rays a fag
Eminem is an idiot. Too bad Apple felt a need to hook their wagon on to that trash in order to promote the product.
I thought the ad was amazing. You don’t have to like Eminem to recognize that.
That ad is super cool!!!!
eminem is stupid. he doesn’t know who he is. he is now in jail because of drug addiction. it doesn’t matter he was popular before. he is not under situation to demand such things. what an idiot!
Enema M has issues with women, perhaps his potty training was too much for him. No deadbeat-dad to blame.
He hates women and girlymen, YET he’s always ‘hanging’ wit da ‘boys’!
the ad wasn’t anything special, I didn’t think.. just the same ol’ silhouettes with different backgrounds. certainly didn’t suggest the new features. so who cares?
He hates women and girlymen, YET he’s always ‘hanging’ wit da ‘boys’!
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Uh, I doubt he hates women.. he probably nails like 10 a day..
I hate the ad, but had to air it today to full fill the contract and get this 2 year old lawsuit behind me.
good riddance. he’s a waste of space in the universe.
I can’t believe that didn’t do a Black & White version of the silouette ad, with the tagline “iPod now in Black & White”
Guess that’s why I make the big bucks.
I’m not a fan of hip-hop but I think Eminem is an extraordinary talent, and I don’t think anyone who understands music or the industry can doubt that. I personally thought the ad was great, and it has nothing to do with whether or not you like the performer. The task was to create a new campaign that kept what was memorable about the super successful campaign that preceded it, and added enough to give it a new look and feel. To that end, I thought it was successful. I’d be interested to know how Eminem became involved with this new campaign, given his history with Apple — was it part of the settlement or did he have a genuine change of heart? He’s not someone who needs the money, nor does he spend much time trying to please others…
Rap is crap. Kenya and Eminen are both god awful. O talent there. U2 was a good choice and so was Winton Marsalis.
Apple pleeease stop using rap artists to promote your products
…Uh, I doubt he hates women.. he probably nails like 10 a day…
If you mean with his fist, then you’d probably be right.
Anyway, hopefully the lawsuit is gone, and that he’s at 0h:14m:58s!
Why are all white Mac people racists and hate Eminem?
Some of you guys so the stupidest things, there is no reason to want to disrespect a whole music genre just because of you closeminded preference. Please try harder not to take life so seriously, it choke your growth
Actually, the only thing worse than – and even MORE boring than rap ‘music’ – is country music. Same ignant jerks, different neighborhoods.
If you’re interested in ‘black music’, try those that are worthy:
Louis Armstrong
Chuck Berry
James Brown
Tracy Chapman *
Ray Charles *
Jimmy Cliff *
George Clinton
Nat “King” Cole
John Coltrane
Commodores
Bo Diddley *
“Fats” Domino
Earth, Wind and Fire
Aretha Franklin *
Marvin Gaye
Jimi Hendrix *
Janet Jackson
Michael Jackson
B. B. King **
Lenny Kravitz *
Living Color *
Bob Marley
Thelonious Monk (I’ll bet someone at these forums knows this dude!)
Johnny Nash
Aaron Neville
Prince *
Otis Redding *
Lionel Richie
Smokey Robinson
Sly & the Family Stone *
Statler Sisters *
The Supremes
Tina Turner
Luther Vandross
Muddy Waters
Stevie Wonder *
War *
Oh, and…
Billy Preston
Sam Cooke
Seal *
Stanley Jordan
Don’t tell me Apple DIDN’T get Eminems permission again.
Apple doesn’t choose musicians to honor. The only goal is to make money.
..but since music is so dear to me:
– Staple Singers
– Motown (yep… the bandmembers too… especially having done some gigs with Martha Reeves myself)
– Branford Marsalis (check out his A Love Supreme Live concert)
– Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins, and much more…..too many to mention.
Apple doesn’t choose musicians to honor. The only goal is to make money.
..but since music is so dear to me:
– Staple Singers
– Motown (yep… the bandmembers too… especially having done some gigs with Martha Reeves myself)
– Branford Marsalis (check out his A Love Supreme Live concert)
– Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins, and much more…..too many to mention.
Apple doesn’t choose musicians to honor. The only goal is to make money.
..but since music is so dear to me:
– Staple Singers
– Motown (yep… the bandmembers too… especially having done some gigs with Martha Reeves myself)
– Branford Marsalis (check out his A Love Supreme Live concert)
– Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins, and much more…..too many to mention.
This is the second adcampaign apple has pulled recently (the other one being the new ‘switch’campaign) Does anyone know more about the backgound(s) for this ??