Apple pulls Eminem's iPod ad

I believe that it will be a great boost for ipod! EMINEM is the one of the biggest names in hip-hop if not the biggest and if he can't sell the ipod nothing will!! Major congrats goes to whoever came up with this ad!!!

The ad is back on the air today, 10/16/05. It's, you know, more of the same. It's a bit off a much better piece done back in 2002 by psyop for LUGZ shoes. The LUGZ piece cemented this look as the de facto look for all urban mograph. But it was about 90X better--full 3D, remarkable character animation and killer camera moves. That's three years ago, and from where I sit watching basically everything that comes out in motion graphics, nothing new has occurred to people who do hip-hop graphics since then--same insipid paint-drips (not in LUGZ thank god_, same palette, same silhouettes, same semi-transparent cityscape. It's an idea-free world of posing where people can't be bothered to think up their own ideas. The old LUGZ ad is here: http://www.psyop.tv. projects LUGZ (There are two, one is older and was hugely influential in motion work. The newer LUGZ from 2003 didn't make waves.)

you no wut.. u can think n ur small fucking mind that u hate emienm and hip hop.. but keep it to youselef.. do u know how many people like hip hop and eminem?? he is the top selling artist out there right now.. he has more respect from people then any of yall will ever have.. maybe one day you need to listen to him..i am one of his biggest fans and a big hip hop fan at that.. people think all his fans are drug invested drop outta school kids.. and thats y they seem not to like him or his music or hip hop.. well im a honor roll student, want to goto colege, never will touch drugs in my life.. and u no wut eminem is my role model.. and he is one of not many rappers that may have talked about doing drugs n the past but doesnt now.. he doesnt even do them.. so if your offended by him keep it to yourselef.. i take up for him all the time to small minded people like you people.. and if u dont like him its simple doent listen to him.. dont talk about him. as a matter of fact dont read about him dont post a comment about him.. jus FORGET about him.. is that so hard? then maybe you will stop bitching and complaing about him! Eminem biggest fan, Ashleyy

found these links via the macrumors forums http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=1816501&postcount=26 LARGE: 9171096 bytes http://movies.apple.com/405/us/media/apple/itunes_detroit/apple_ipoditunes20051012_h640.mov SMALL: 7290091 bytes http://movies.apple.com/405/us/media/apple/itunes_detroit/apple_ipoditunes20051012_h480.mov

A person on .Mac has the advertisement posted on their website here: http://homepage.mac.com/michael.baran/iMovieTheater100.html

Yes, did anyone manage to download the ad before it was pulled?

I'm not a huge fan of Eminem, but am a fan of hiphop. That ad? It was INSANELY GREAT. Unbelievable. I've never seen a commercial as cool as that one. You think the iPod is popular now? If you have a campaign done in the new silhouette style (and ATTITUDE, more specifically) that's demonstrated in that ad, and Apple's cool-factor will go through the roof. It speaks to the hiphop generation, and there's a lot of people part of that generation. All about the attitude. Please don't hate that ad!

It was less of "late last night" and more of around 6 PM EST. I noticed that there was an error whenever I'd try to view the video, and now it's completely gone. Bleh, i didn't care for it. I liked the old iPod sillhouette commercials.

anyone got a downloadable version of the pulled ipod ad ? where can one download it ?

The lawsuit relevant to the first Eminem advertisment concerned usage of Eminem's music for advertising without his permission, and without royalties accreditation. The ad that was recently made was not only beneficial to Eminem as a method of advertising his new greatest hits album Curtain Call but also was made with permission from Eminem and Interscope. Apple has a good track record with musicians, especially those from Interscope, as several iPods have been featured in music videos of Interscope artists working with Eminem. Apple probably intended to return the favor, though a small child with short blonde hair probably was not the most effective way to do so. Apple settled the suit just as they do whenever the lawsuits come from attorneys representing The Beattles occur (The Beattles have a trademark on Apple Music).