3pm Overdose

3pm Turns 3 Years Old

2009-04-16T04:35:00.000-04:00

Three years ago an idea was born around bringing music to the web in a free, organized, and easy way. 3pm is that idea, and it is still alive. I learned a lot from working on the 3pm project from the very beginning. How much work was involved in keeping links up to date, how not to tangle certain legal business practices with certain "illegal" creative works, and most importantly how much I love music as an art form.

I made a few cool friends along the way, but tons of enemies also. At first, the adversity of what 3pm brought to my very door drove me even harder and I accepted the challenge with a passion I had never known. It suddenly somehow grew into more of a chore that I made myself do. I think that's when I needed to take a step back from things to see that my new passion for the 3pm movement had clouded my ability to enjoy and appreciate music as an art form. I let 3pm to itself for awhile and started just doing 3pm Injections and it seemed a lot easier for me to work with, but recently the "haters" caught up with me again. This time I couldn't fight what was happening. Entire blog posts were being removed by Google themselves.

Here we are once again. My love for music is stronger than ever, and the 3pm legacy will continue. I will breath life into 3pm so long as I am able to breathe. I've been itching to do an update to the 3pm site lately, and a lot of links are in need of repair. So as we journey into the third year of 3pm's existence on the web, I just want to say thanks for everyone's interest in the idea and Happy Birthday 3pm.

3pm Injection 02.12.2009

2009-02-12T16:43:00.000-05:00

This weeks selection of mp3s were chosen with some input from my wife Keita... "With Valentines Day right around the corner we are taking you to the zone. From being unpredictable to catering to your man, to recognizing that you got a bad lady on your side from feeling it coming in the air at night taking you so high. And then just some other random songs that could not wait to be posted. Over and out. Have a Happy Valentines Day!!" ~ Keita Coleman

Jamie Foxx Feat. Ludacris - Unpredictable

Destiny's Child - Cater 2 U

Stevie Wonder - She's A Bad Mamma Jamma

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

John Legend - So High

Tupac - So Many Tears

NERD - Everyone Knows [Remix]

Common Feat. Pharell - Universal Mind Control

Aerosmith - Cryin'

3pm Injection 01.31.2009

2009-01-31T05:34:00.000-05:00

Welcome back. We've got a pretty lengthy list of music this week for you all. There's no telling how long these links will stay live, so get'em or forget'em. Our selection so far has been pretty random, and we'd like to know what you want to hear in future 3pm Injections, so please feel free to post any thoughts, suggestions, ideas, etc. in the comments. See you next week with more mp3 links.

Update: I have no idea how this post got removed before, but I don't like it. Let's try this again...

Portal - Still Alive

Jay-Z Feat. Santogold - Brooklyn We Go Hard

Young Jeezy Feat. Pharrell - Rumor Has It

Mims - This Is Why I'm Hot

Kanye West - Stronger

M.I.A. - Paper Planes

Abba - The Name Of The Game

Kanye West - Love Lockdown

Young Jeezy Feat. Nas - My President Is Black

Ludacris Feat. T-Pain - One More Drink

Busta Rhymes Feat. Ron Brownz - Arab Money [2]

Chrisette Michele - Be OK

Overdub - Come As The Starlight

Overdub - Funky Town

BB King - The Thrill Is Gone

Lipps Inc. - Funky Town [2]

Beastie Boys - Shazam!

The Quantic Soul Orchestra - Assassin

William S. Burroughs - Things To Think About

3pm Injection 01.25.2009

2009-01-25T00:35:00.002-05:00

Okay everyone, this is a music mix you'll never see anywhere else. This one is dedicated to my cousin out in Louisiana somewhere. He knows who he is. Thanks for introducing me to Asha Bhosle. Enjoy these tracks while they're still fresh. See you next week with a new Injection.

Chabi Kho Jaye

Asha Bhosle - Dum Maro Dum

Requiem For A Dream - Theme

The Chemical Brothers - Shake Break Bounce

Cheb Khaled - Alech Taadi

Batman Begins - Myotis

MI2 - Injection

Wu Tang Clan - Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nothin' To Fuck Wit

Young Berg - Sexy Lady

2007-06-17T21:30:00.000-04:00

Withdrawal

2007-06-15T04:42:00.000-04:00

There won't be a 3pm Injection tomorrow and I'm not sure if we'll have one next Saturday either. I've been so busy recently I may have to put a pause on future Injections for a while. But don't worry, a 3pm update is coming soon, and I'm sure that that's what matters to you most.

Rihanna - Umbrella

2007-06-12T07:40:00.001-04:00

3pm Injection [63]

2007-06-09T09:56:00.001-04:00

Got a new Samsung YP-U2J recently to store and play some tunes "acquired" at 3pm. I have to say, this is one of the best little mp3 players I've had in quite a while. Lots of great features in such a small device.

Anyways, there's some new music on 3pm, and we're still working hard to bring even more. Enjoy.

3pm: "The cure for what's ailing your soul"
Chris Brown feat. Lil' Wayne And Juelz Santana - Poppin'
Diddy feat. Keyshia Cole - Last Night
Ludacris - Slap
Nas feat. Uness - One More Day
Rich Boy - Throw Some Ds

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3pm Injection [62]

2007-06-02T06:47:00.000-04:00

Time for your weekly dose of music medicine again. We have some cool new music coming your way soon. And remember, you can request music and artists as well, and we'll do our best to find what your ears crave. Thanks a million to everyone that's been showing interest in the site lately, and keep on buying that gear from our store. Enjoy the tunes.

3pm: "The cure for what's ailing your soul"
Akon - Don't Matter
Beastie Boys - Now Get Busy
Carlos Santana - Oye Como Va
DJ Food - The Crow
DJ Sammy - Long Way To Go

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3pm Injection [61]

2007-05-26T07:04:00.000-04:00

We hope you enjoy our latest 3pm update and have a safe and great Memorial Day weekend. I know there's a lot of people like myself working today, but just do your best, work hard, and party like a rockstar.

3pm: "Only the part that matters"
Shop Boyz - Party Like A Rockstar
Rihanna feat. Jay-Z - Umbrella
Common feat. Will.I.Am - I Have A Dream
Dune - Rainbow To The Stars
Unknown - Iko Iko

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3pm Injection [60]

2007-05-19T06:34:00.000-04:00

We made it! This is our 60th 3pm Injection, and we're still fully stocked with plenty of medicine for the future. Take a look back with us at how we've grown since our first 3pm Injection:

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3pm: "So far, so good"
Barcode Brothers - Flute
Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
Cassidy - I'm A Hustla
Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai
DeVotchka - How It Ends

Shop Boyz - Party Like A Rockstar

2007-05-18T16:16:00.000-04:00

3pm Injection [59]

2007-05-12T06:22:00.001-04:00

After the next 3pm update we'll be moving to smaller updates and focusing more on fixing broken links and supplemental links as well. We know that there's a lot of new music out there that you all want to see on 3pm, and of course we will keep an eye out for music requested from all our fans, but we think it's about time for us to make sure as many links work for you all as possible. Enjoy the tunes. See you all next week. Same time, same place.

3pm: "Cool music for those hot days"
DMX - In The Air Tonite
E-40 - Block Boi
Earth Wind And Fire - Let's Groove Tonight
James Bond - The World Is Not Enough
Joe Budden - Calm Down

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3pm Injection [58]

2007-05-05T07:27:00.001-04:00

Wow, my brain is scrambled at the amount of work I've got these days, but fear not! For I am working on getting more music links as you all read this. Gotta really tighten up my time to be more efficient these days, and I'm open to any tips you all might have for doing so. I'm always rocking to music while working on the web, so hit me with some tricks that aren't so obvious as that one. Check you all next 3pm Injection, and look for new tunes very soon.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

3pm: "Time to open your ears"
DMX - Slippin'
Fat Joe - My Fofo
Groove Armada - Hands Of Time
Snow - Informer
Unknown - Untitled

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3pm Injection [57]

2007-04-28T07:38:00.001-04:00

Yes, yes, I know. There's a lot of dead/broken/incorrect links on 3pm these days. Been extremely busy working on some other projects lately, and haven't had much time to find new music. Oh, how I wish there were 3 of me. Anyways, I did manage to find some stuff in the little time I could steal away from my busy schedule. Heck, I barely remembered to do this weeks 3pm Injection! I'm going to hopefully find some more time next week to gather some fresh mp3 links for the site. It's just been a really hectic week, and i need to rest a little this weekend ... everyone else, chill to the music of 3pm.

3pm: "Music was reborn at 3pm"
Aaliyah - One In A Million
DJ Shadow - Hardcore Instrumental Hip-Hop
KRS One - Me Man
Bubba Sparxxx - Ugly
Busta Rhymes - So Hardcore

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3pm Injection [56]

2007-04-21T07:44:00.001-04:00

While we're working on changing the dynamics of the site for optimized navigation, we hope you are all enjoying great selection of music here at 3pm. Don't forget try out 3pm LITE when you get a chance. It loads quicker, and you can add the "3pm Play" buttons with a single click. We've got some cool items at the 3pm Store to check out too. We really appreciate the donations we've gotten so far, it still amazes me how much you 3pm fans love us. Keep the comments, requests, and support coming.

Stay tuned for more great music at 3pm. Enjoy.

3pm: "Where music rains"
Chic - Good Times
CunninLynguists - Rain
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Jay-Z - Change Clothes
Puff Daddy feat. Jimmy Page - Come With Me

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Animusic

2007-04-17T16:19:00.001-04:00

Pipe Dream

Pipe Dream Two

3pm Injection [55]

2007-04-14T07:15:00.000-04:00

3pm is getting a bit long in the tooth these days, and it's looking to be about that time to break up the single site into multiple pages. It may not happen in the next update, but we're working on the concept of a multi-page 3pm as you read this. The reason we've decided to make the change is due to the growing number of people telling us that the site takes too long to load on slower connections. Of course we've had some concern about this issue early on, and for a while, the size of 3pm wasn't really large enough to distribute it over multiple pages. My how 3pm has grown since then!

So, look for the new version to launch soon, but for those that don't like change, we're keeping 3pm LITE just the way it is but with a little something special added as a bonus. ;)

3pm: "Free Music FTW!"
Aural Planet - French Connection
Common - So Cool
Cut Chemist - The Audience Is Listening
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Metal Gear Solid 3 - Main Theme

Bonus!
Nightmares On Wax - Bless My Soul

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3pm Injection [54]

2007-04-07T07:35:00.001-04:00

Wow, this past week has been a crazy one. Updated the site a bit, got some pretty nasty email, and lost my AdSense account (for good). So now, 3pm is going strictly donation supported and ad free. It's pretty sad when some mouse clicking monkey can still cause trouble for people these days. I still think Google AdSense is the best, and hope anyone using the service never has to go through what I went through.

Anyways, we added a ton of music this week, and as always, there's more where that came from. Enjoy.

3pm: "Hate the game, not the player"
Andre 3000 - Prototype
BB King - The Thrill Is Gone
DJ Shadow - Six Days
Edwin Starr - War
P.O.D - Whatever It Takes

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Audiophile

2007-04-05T20:26:00.001-04:00

audiophile
Originally uploaded by f4r4i.

We're all fans of music. Any way we can get it, we'll take it. :)

More Friends, More Enemies

2007-04-04T08:20:00.000-04:00

3pm has made a few people out there quite angry these days. Apparently angry enough to get my Google AdSense account disabled. Shortly after I get the email notice from Google about my account, I get two emails from two (different?) people claiming responsibility for the act. I'd present the messages here, but there's about as much non-vulgar content in them as there are ads on my sites at the moment.

Never the less, the reasoning I got out of the pretty nasty emails is that the person(s) racked up a pretty hefty web host bill because of 3pm's direct linking to mp3 files on their company's site. However, it was the second email that raised a bit of suspicion about who I was dealing with. I got the feeling that this was more of a competitor that was frustrated that they were loosing revenue due to our apparent popularity.

Now, I don't have a problem with individuals requesting links removed from 3pm, and we've been quite responsive in taking down unwanted links to mp3 files in the past. But when it comes to being bullied by competing services, through malicious attacks on our modes earning a little change now and then, we draw the line. Needless to say, we're moving to a donation-based system for 3pm and 3pm Overdose from here on out, and we'll give Google all the information necessary to settle the AdSense situation.

So on a more humble note, I'd like to thank everyone for all the support you've given us as we've grown. We can't thank you all enough for the submitted links, suggestions, and comments we have received. Keep them coming. We hope you continue to enjoy the 3pm experience...

...There's more music on the way.

[Digg it]

Pay 30% More For Apple And EMI To Trust You

2007-04-02T17:34:00.000-04:00

Now before everyone comes down on me about how "great" a deal this actually is, I have one simple question about this new "deal" Apple and EMI have to offer. Would you really give your trust to a company that's planning to sell you its trust?

Aside from being of higher quality sounding music, you'll get to listen to your music on more of your devices (which you should be able to do anyway), and that's cool. But something seems pretty fishy about the way Apple and EMI is going about this whole thing, but maybe I'm just paranoid.

The best part about this new is that you won't get completely screwed over immediately.
From the EMI Press release:

"Complete albums from EMI Music artists purchased on the iTunes Store will automatically be sold at the higher sound quality and DRM-free, with no change in the price."

But...

"Consumers who have already purchased standard tracks or albums with DRM will be able to upgrade their digital music for $0.30/€0.30/£0.20 per track."

So you had better have bought that whole album, or you're getting the short end of the stick on this "deal" anyways. Over all, this new offering is definitely a step up in terms of the user's freedom to actually use what they pay for, and will most certainly shake things up on the DRM battlefront.

Google Buys 3pm For $36.5 Million!!!

2007-04-01T07:32:00.000-04:00

Check out the press release!

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2007-03-31T07:54:00.000-04:00

We've started adding a new dimension to the 3pm universe with what we call "Redundancy". It will provide backup links to certain songs in the list that are popular out on the web or just happen to be located in multiple locations. We'll also be doing a bit of Spring cleaning, fixing a lot of broken/incorrect links to make room for the hot new music we happen to come across this season. Stay tuned and enjoy!

3pm: "Don't be fooled...by the RIAA"
Lil' Scrappy - No Problems
Ludacris - Saturday
Mase feat. P. Diddy - Breathe, Stretch, Shake
Nelly - Hot In Here
Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean

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Coming Soon! 3pm Redundancy

2007-03-28T17:56:00.000-04:00

Introducing 3pm Redundancy, for popular links that may take a big hit and to insure there's always* a link that works. We'll be incorporating the feature starting with our next update. Please let us know what you think about this new feature, and any of the other pieces that make up 3pm.

Here's how it will look:

*Note: There's no way we can be 100% certain all links in a particular set work every time, but we'll do all we can to keep them up to date.