"The correspondents" - culture spies discovering cool  

the advertising agency  "Look-Look"

former cool kids

culture spies - penetrate the regions of the teen landscape

street-culture website

an early adopter - a kid who's very forward in their thinking

they look outside their own backyard for inspiration

to identify the trend-setting kids

they send all that stuff in

to compile

the mass consumer picks up on it

eventually

 
Under-the-radar marketing  

former record executives

under-the-radar marketing

to log into chat rooms and pose as just another fan of one of the clients

they recruit incoming freshmen to throw parties

they pass out promotional material to their classmates

a bunch of promo Busta Rhymes CDs

tap a network of radio DJs

to smuggle

to get involved in sth.   /     a kick-off party

to show up and revel in the sounds and styles of urban authenticity

to associate      /    baggy jeans and sneakers