Friday's Too Good Not to Share: 8.25.23

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How one company owns color

Were you ever curious how PANTONE came to own and define all things color?

Me too.

This video gives some background on how this company came to be and why they get to present the color of the year, every year (spoiler: it's just marketing).

Watch the full video here. [11 mins.]

Source: Digg


Lupe Fiasco - Glass of Water - My first song co-written with AI

Some think AI will take over the world. I believe it'll make up all better humans. Exhibit A: Lupe Fiasco. He's an accomplished wordsmith already but seeing his writing process enhanced by AI was a sight to behold.

This video gives a look into the power of LLMs and how we might use them to improve our processes to unlock more of our natural talents.

Watch his process unfold in full here. [10 mins.]

Source: YouTube


Pusha T on New Clipse Music, Settling Beefs, and Why Pharrell Is the Iverson of Fashion

In the 21 years since Clipse released “Grindin’”—a definitive snapshot of 2000s coke rap—brothers Pusha T and No Malice have lived a thousand lives. After they spent decades mastering their particular brand of surgically precise lyricism, Clipse went on an indefinite hiatus in 2010. Pusha T got busy cementing his place in the pantheon; No Malice initially renounced rap altogether, before releasing a couple of underrated albums of his own. And all the while fans clamored for a reunion, setting the internet aflame with every hint of the duo’s return.

757 stand up! We need a new Clipse album, but in the meantime, this interview will suffice as it gives insight into the mind of Pusha T today and his view of the fashion world.

Read the full story here. [13 mins.]

Source: GQ


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