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I like to do market studies to see what’s out there when I start a new project. I’m going to start sharing those here:

Artists

• Kanye West - http://www.kanyewest.com/
• Trick Daddy - http://www.thug.com/
• Yung Joc - http://www.yungjoc.com/ (myspace)
• 50 Cent - http://www.50cent.com/
• Busta Rhymes - http://www.bustarhymes.com/
• Ice T - http://www.icet.com/
• Mariah Carey - http://www.mariahcarey.com/
• Fat Joe - http://www.fat-joe.com/
• The Game - http://www.comptongame.com/
• Trina - http://www.trina-online.com/
• R.Kelly - http://www.r-kelly.com/
• Ciara - http://www.ciaraworld.com/
• Outkast - http://www.outkast.com/
• Jennifer Lopez - http://www.jenniferlopez.com/
• Timbaland - http://www.timbalandmusic.com/
• Snoop Dogg - http://www.snoopdogg.com/
• Nelly Furtado - http://www.nellyfurtado.com/
• D12 - http://www.d12online.com
• Eve - http://www.evefans.com/
• Young Buck - http://www.young-buck.com/
• G-Unit - http://www.g-unitsoldier.com/
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - http://www.bonethugsnharmony.com/
• Fergie - http://fergie.blackeyedpeas.com/

 

Labels

• Roc-A-Fella - http://www.rocafella.com/
• Bay Boy - http://www.badboyonline.com/
• Shady Records - http://www.shadyrecords.com/
• Interscope - http://www.interscope.com/
• Violator Management / Records - http://www.violator.com
• Def Jam Recordings - http://www.defjam.com/
• Cash Money Records - http://www.cashmoney-records.com/
• Atlantic Records - http://www.atlanticrecords.com/
• Zomba - http://www.zombalabelgroup.com/
• Geffen - http://www.geffen.com/

 

Design Firms

• Ward One Design - http://www.ward1.com/
• BKWLD - http://www.bkwld.com/
• Fearless Concepts - http://www.fearlessconcepts.com/
• HYFN - http://www.hyfn.com/
• Deep Fried Productions - http://deepfriedproductions.com/
• Backward Heroes - http://www.backwardheroes.com

 

Etc.

• Sean John - http://www.seanjohn.com/

 

Notes

• Many of these sites open up with music playing
• Splash pages are prevalent
• Flash is everywhere
• Many of the sites are not well developed
• Many artists do not have an official site other than the profile pages within record label site
• My leather’s so soft
• Wikipedia is the first search result for many of the artist name searches (poor SEO)