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Four New Camcorders from Sony - PC Magazine


Four New Camcorders from Sony
PC Magazine
Sony transforms its pocket videocam from 'Webbie' to 'Bloggie' and intros a couple of new Handycams. by PJ Jacobowitz LAS VEGAS?Sony rolled out its first ...
Sony Bloggie MP4 Camera MHS-PM5UberGizmo (blog)
Sony Comes Back For More With the MHS-PM5 and MHS-CM5 Ultracompact BloggieCamcorder Info
Sony Bloggie Camcorders Have A Crap Name But Great SpecsGizmodo Australia
Crave -Sony Insider -Gizmodo Australia
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Posted on January 6, 2010, 5:57 pm

Ted Raimi is Playing Dead, webseries - Monsters and Critics.com


Monsters and Critics.com

Ted Raimi is Playing Dead, webseries
Monsters and Critics.com
Based on a short play written by Keilly, the webbie follows Grace, an out-of-work actress that lands a part-time job as Death. To pay the bills, ...

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Posted on January 25, 2010, 10:58 am

Souls of Mischief - SFStation.com


Souls of Mischief
SFStation.com
Tajai: To me, when he said ?I helped out Webbie? and then says ?I helped your boy Beeda Weeda? ? and that's an artist I put out ? basically, he's talking ...

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Posted on January 21, 2010, 8:05 pm

First Impressions of Sony's Bloggie CM5 and PM5 Mini HD Camcorders - Digitaltrends.com


Digitaltrends.com

First Impressions of Sony's Bloggie CM5 and PM5 Mini HD Camcorders
Digitaltrends.com
After a lukewarm entry into the mini HD camcorder market with last year's Webbie, Sony returned to CES this year with a batch of cams ready to roll with the ...

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Posted on January 19, 2010, 1:25 pm

Shoot it, record it, upload it - Business Standard


Shoot it, record it, upload it
Business Standard
With the Webbie, you can upload videos directly to YouTube and Picasa. You can also choose other websites to set as favourites ? the MHS-PM1 will remember ...

Posted on January 15, 2010, 11:33 am

Round Up: Pocket HD Camcorder Guide - Digital Camera Reviews


Round Up: Pocket HD Camcorder Guide
Digital Camera Reviews
Sony unveiled their first pocket HD camcorder at CES 2009, calling it the Webbie. At CES 2010, they re-unveiled their pocket HD camcorder, ...

Posted on January 22, 2010, 7:20 am

Delta, American Express expand SkyMiles uses - Dallas Morning News (blog)


Delta, American Express expand SkyMiles uses
Dallas Morning News (blog)
Next item: a Sony Webbie HD camera, which I think is the Sony MHS-CM1. Beach Camera sells it for $178. SkyMiles offers it for 26900 miles. ...

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Posted on January 22, 2010, 5:50 pm

New release from the Oklahoma artist Hollywood - BigNews.biz (press release)


BigNews.biz (press release)

New release from the Oklahoma artist Hollywood
BigNews.biz (press release)
Rapping since the 3rd grade Hollywood, a graduate of North East Academy in Oklahoma City, lists Andre 3000, Pimp C, Nas, Bootsie, and Webbie as some of his ...

Posted on January 8, 2010, 9:13 am

Five UCSD students receive technology packages as part of scholarship - La Jolla Light


La Jolla Light

Five UCSD students receive technology packages as part of scholarship
La Jolla Light
The each received a Sony VAIO notebook with an Intel Centrino 2 Processor, Webbie high-definition camera with 16-gigabyte memory card and Walkman® MP3 ...

Posted on January 26, 2010, 6:29 pm

CES 2010 Day 3: LG's 'Magic Wand', the Sony Bloggy, and the rise of Tablet PCs - Digit


Digit

CES 2010 Day 3: LG's 'Magic Wand', the Sony Bloggy, and the rise of Tablet PCs
Digit
Sony launched the Webbie last year, which provided direct competition to Cisco's Flip. The company has launched its successor which has quite a groovy ...

Posted on January 12, 2010, 2:34 am

Webbie Biography

Webbie
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Webbie
Background information
Birth name Webster Gradney, Jr.
Born September 6, 1985 (age 24)
Origin Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Genres Hip hop
Years active 2000–present
Labels Asylum/Trill/Atlantic/Warner Bros.
Associated acts UGK, Lil Boosie, 3 Deep
Website www.webbiemuzik.com

Webster Gradney, Jr., who performs under the mononym Webbie, is an American rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was signed to the independent Trill Entertainment label from 2003 to 2005.1 In 2005 he came into the hip hop scene in with "Gimme That" featuring Bun B. His songs "Bad Bitch" and "Swerve" were featured on Gangsta Musik, his 2003 group album with Lil' Boosie, and in the 2005 movie Hustle & Flow. Both songs are also on Webbie's debut album Savage Life which was released in the summer of 2005 under Atlantic Records.1 He is currently planning an independent biography movie called Ghetto Stories: The Movie with Lil' Boosie, based on their lives and lyrical themes.2

Contents

Early life

Webbie was born September 6, 1985 as Webster Gradney, Jr. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.1 His mother Joycelyn died of cancer when he was eight years old, so his parental care was split between his father and grandmother.3 Ever since he was five years old, he had been writing rhymes, and throughout his childhood he had become an avid fan of hardcore rap artists including Southern hip hop performers Master P, Eightball & MJG, the Geto Boys, and UGK, as well as West Coast rap such as 2Pac, Eazy-E, and Snoop Dogg. His admiration for hip-hop is attributed to his cousin from California.3 He attended Broadmoor Middle School, where he played quarterback for the football team the Buccaneers. 7th grade math teacher Sean Fluharty described Gradney as a "quiet, mild-mannered student" and said "he was actually pretty good at math."3

Things changed for him one day in the fall of 2001 after he made a freestyle rap about his late mother.4 Thus, he was signed to independent label Trill Entertainment by rapper Pimp C of UGK.1

Music career

Under Trill, he recorded two albums in collaboration with fellow Baton Rouge-based rapper Lil' Boosie, Ghetto Stories in 2003 and Gangsta Musik in 2004. As Webbie's solo tracks "Gimme Dat" " were frequently featured in mixtapes, Trill began a deal to sign Webbie to the Warner Bros. Records subsidiary label Atlantic Records. He was signed there, and his major-label debut Savage Life was released in 20051, debuting at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.5 In 2007, he wrote and performed on the track "Wipe Me Down" by rapper and began work on his follow-up album Savage Life 2 which was released February 26, 2008.6 It debuted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, selling 72,000 copies its debut week.7 Singles from Savage Life 2 include "Independent"

Discography

Albums

Year Title Chart positions8
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap
2005 Savage Life
  • Released: June 21, 2005
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Format: CD, digital download
8 4 4
2008 Savage Life 2
  • Released: February 26, 2008
  • Label: Asylum
  • Format: CD, digital download
4 1 1

Collaboration

Year Title Chart positions91011
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap U.S. Heatseekers
2003 Ghetto Stories (with Lil Boosie)
  • Released: July 22, 2003
  • Label: Trill
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download
— 56 — —
2004 Gangsta Musik (with Lil Boosie)
  • Released: May 25, 2004
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: CD, digital download
— 35 14 11
2007 Trill Entertainment Presents: Survival of the Fittest (with Lil Boosie, Foxx & Trill Fam)
  • Released: May 15, 2007
  • Label: Trill
  • Format: CD, digital download
14 3 2 —

Singles

Solo

Year Title Chart positions12 RIAA certification Album
U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Rap U.S. Pop
2005 "Give Me That" (featuring Bun B) 29 8 4 72 Gold Savage Life
"Bad Bitch [Remix]" (featuring Trina) 120 48 — — —
"How U Ridin'" — 91 — — —
2007 "Independent" (featuring Lil Phat & Lil Boosie) 9 5 1 27 — Savage Life 2
2008 "I Miss You" (featuring LeToya) — 64 — — —
Other charted songs
Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S. R&B
2005 "What Is It" 10913 Savage Life
"Like That" 6812

Guest appearances

Year Song U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Rap Album
2007 "Wipe Me Down [Remix]" (Foxx featuring Lil Boosie & Webbie) 38 8 4 Trill Entertainment Presents: Survival of the Fittest
2008 "Bizzy Body " (Paul Wall featuring Webbie & Mouse) 67 8 13 Fast Life
2009 "Better Believe It" (Lil Boosie featuring Webbie & Young Jeezy) 106 40 23 Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz
"Lil Freak (Ugh, Ugh, Ugh)" (Three 6 Mafia featuring Webbie) — — — Laws of Power

Mixtapes

References

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  2. ^ "Trill Fam - Survival of the Fittest". Asylum Records. 2007. http://www.asylumrecords.com/new/bio.php?bio=30. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  3. ^ a b c "Webbie - Biography". Yahoo! Music. Atlantic Records. 2005. http://music.yahoo.com/ar-17973444-bio--Webbie. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  4. ^ "Webbie - Full Biography". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/webbie/artist.jhtml#bio. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  5. ^ Whitmire, Margo (2005-07-13). "R. Kelly "Reloads" at No. 1". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000978160. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  6. ^ Crosley, Hillary (2008-01-07). "Webbie's Next "Life" Due In Late February77". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003693408. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  7. ^ Harris, Chris (2008-03-05). "Janet Jackson Teaches Jack Johnson Discipline, Claims Sixth #1 Debut". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1582799/20080305/jackson_janet.jhtml. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  8. ^ "Webbie - Billboard Albums". Allmusic. 2008. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:apftxqesldhe~T5. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  9. ^ "Ghetto Stories > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dcfpxqwaldte~T3. Retrieved December 7, 2009. 
  10. ^ "Gangsta Musik > Charts & Awards". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wjfyxqealdhe~T30. Retrieved 2008-12-07. 
  11. ^ ""Survival of the Fittest" - Charts & Awards". Allmusic. 2007. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3pfixzl5ld6e~T3. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  12. ^ a b "Webbie - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. 2008. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:apftxqesldhe~T51. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  13. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=345&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Bubbling+Under+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Singles&ci=3063817&cdi=8529842&cid=01%2F21%2F2006

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