• http://weigend.com

Ray Luv is an American rapper from the San Francisco Bay Area. Here, Ray Luv raps “Rap was like Fax Machines” and relates it to the Social Data Revolution.

Ray Luv performed with Tupac Shakur in the group Strictly Dope. Early in his career, Luv was signed to the independent labels Strictly Business and Young Black Brotha. Raised in West Ninth Street in Santa Rosa California.Ray Luv has stated that he got his name from Tupac Shakur, and that his original name was MC Roc.

His first album Who Can Be Trusted was released in 1993 by Mac Dre’s record label Strictly Business. “Get Your Money On” from Trusted was popular on local radio at the time. Forever Hustlin’, released in 1995 by Atlantic Records through the Bay Area label Young Black Brotha run by Khayree, was his major label debut; it reached #39 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. That same year, Luv was featured on the soundtrack to the film New Jersey Drive.

In 1997, Luv contributed to the Bay Area rap compilation Khayree Brings You the Blackalation from the Young Black Brotha label. In 2009, Ray Luv and partner Emcee T founded PTBTV Records, his current label.

In the last year, your location and personal medical information have become the latest streams in the river of data, joining email, clicks, searches, social networking, and buying patterns. Gathering, sharing, and storing data has become trivial. But what shall we collect, and what applications can we build that users really need?

Data mining is no longer the process of digging through data morgues to uncover scraps of still-viable information. Success in the online marketplace now hinges on people and the data they create. E-business is no longer about selling books.

Message from Andreas Weigend: “I study people and the data they create. I was the Chief Scientist at Amazon.com, where I specialized in understanding how people behave online, helping Amazon build its customer-centric, measurement-focused culture. I now advise exciting startups and consult for established firms including Alibaba, Best Buy, Lufthansa, MySpace, and Nokia, helping some of the most brilliant entrepreneurs and executives around the world leverage user data to create innovative products and business models. I also teach at Stanford and UC Berkeley, and I am often invited to speak at international events. For more information about me please visit: http://weigend.com/”

Creatives & Videos directed / edited / produced by SHAUN TAI, SHAUN TAI Films ©2009. Need a video? 415.235.8786 or hire@shauntaifilms.com

Duration : 0:1:4

[youtube ULzbLlGHO1o]

Duration : 0:0:30

[youtube vaeZzDdGKio]

Duration : 0:0:31

[youtube zwrUn0W5w2g]

1. McDonald’s
2. Diet Coke (With Demi Moore)
3. Sprint
4. Canon Personal Copiers (With Jack Klugman!)
5. Olympic Commercial Bumpers for McDonald’s, American Express, US Sprint and Coca Cola
6. Buick (Red, White and Buick!)
7. Miller Genuine Draft (Did I really just hear the phrase “happy ending” in a beer commercial?)
8. Olympic Commemorative Coins
9. Promo for “Dear John” (Judd Hirsch deserved another successful sitcom after “Taxi”)
10. Suburban Ford (With former San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker)
11. Yes On 100
12. Play Lotto (With Michael Tucker)
13. Walt Gray on Channel 3 Sports
14. Isuzu
15. Kodak Supralife Batteries (With Stevie Wonder! You can hear the final jingle in Vol. 7)
16. Minute Maid Orange (This is slightly frightening)
17. Shearson Lehman Hutton
18. George Bush For President (In retrospect not a terrible President. I just wish he hadn’t had any children)

Duration : 0:9:10

[youtube W-8VwKYmiLE]

Duration : 0:0:35

[youtube mwrX2Dm7Y8M]

Duration : 0:0:31

[youtube XdcV8TzDEvU]

Duration : 0:3:33

[youtube rN7pkFNEg5c]

1. Bud Light
2. Nissan
3. DP Gympac (“MmmHmm”)
4. Promo for “Shadow Chasers”
5. Nissan Sentra (Not even my mom’s freaking huge 80′s glasses were as big as these monstrosities)
6. NFL Super Pro Club (With John Elway, Eric Dickerson and a kid who can apparently materialize out of thin air)
7. ABC Station ID
8. Gallo Wines
9. Nissan 300ZX
10. Honda Fourtrax 4X4 (What a twist!)
11. Canon Copier (Now I want a color photocopy of Jack Klugman!)
12. Nuprin
13. Promo for “Monday Night Football”

Duration : 0:6:23

[youtube EtJAyfppq34]

Duration : 0:0:30

[youtube NjNKrRCTfPE]

Duration : 0:0:30

[youtube NjNKrRCTfPE]