Sunday, March 29, 2009

Finna Bust... Enoch!!







Enoch is a bay area native finna bust in a major way. comin form south city the dude got ill lyrics with a swag and confidence on the mic of a vet doin this his whole life. i seen him on last weeks distortion to static and he already dmakin moves in 08 doin bay area patries and shows. his mysapce page is blowin up and with singles like "live it" and " look around " it is apparent why. keep an eye out for this cat
.you can even get his mixtape "Strugle to Rhyme" on itunes
the link-
http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/download/?artistName=Enoch&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fa1.phobos.apple.com%2Fus%2Fr1000%2F051%2FMusic%2F69%2F05%2F18%2Fmzi.iogiagcr.100x100-75.jpg&itmsUrl=itms%3A%2F%2Fax.itunes.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewAlbum%3Fid%3D296376962%26ign-mscache%3D1&albumName=Enoch%20%26%20Jeff%20Jabz%20Present...The%20Struggle%20to%20Rhyme


http://www.myspace.com/problemcausingsolution

up coming shows:Apr 3 2009 10:00P
LIVE @ THE JUKEBOX @ MILK SAN FRANCISCO, California
Apr 8 2009 10:00P
STASH MAGAZINE’S OPEN MIC @ 330 RICH SAN FRANCISCO, California
May 16 2009 3:00P
Asian American Heritage Festival TBA, California
May 24 2009 2:00P
111 Minna TBA, California
May 30 2009 10:00P
HOSTING FRESH OUT! @ 111 MINNA W/ DJ ILLEFECT SAN FRANCISCO, California

OJ Da Juiceman - Make Da Trap Say Ay (feat. Gucci Mane)

OJ the juice man s the shit one of my favorite new cats

Young Jeezy - Don't Do It




Rick Ross - Jumpin' Out The Window

Paul Wall - Bizzy Body (feat. Webbie)

T.V. johnny dang is the hardest dude in houston shot out to t.v. johnny. paul wall is comin back h- town is still hard i wanna hear a screwed up version

Ginuwine - Last Chance

ginuwine finna come back. butwith this single can fuck with a r&B environment that ney the dream ran leslie and tpain created?? god luck bruh

sexy ass jaime hammer






Jaime Hammer.

Yonehara Yasumasa x Fujifilm Instax Mini Cheki 25 Camera

Hooking up with famous Japanese photographer Yonehara Yasumasa, Fujifilm work up two different versions of their Instax Mini Cheki 25 camera. Along with a simple white rendition, YONE works up a Hello Kitty-infused joint featuring the lovable character in a white/red makeup. Both cameras will go on sale at then end of June 2009 and each including a small book by YONE on how to take Checki snaps.

NOWHERE Last Orgy 2 New T-shirt Colors


NOWHERE was once a shop in Harajuku started by Nigo (A Bathing Ape) and Jun Takahashi (Undercover) approximately 15 years ago. The shop does not exist anymore today but since January of this year, a concept shop was created in the basement of Dover Street Market to sell some exclusive products. Here’s the latest t-shirts from the store dubbed Last Orgy 2 which is a reference to a tv series which featured personalities such as Nigo, Jun Takahashi and Hiroshi Fujiwara.

Supreme x Nike SB Shoes Master Vol. 11


Following-up with their recent book publication Sneaker Tokyo, Shoes Master continues onward with their regularly scheduled programming as we see a preview of their upcoming Vol. 11 issue. The front cover includes an initial glimpse into an upcoming Supreme x Nike SB collaboration. The table of contents also includes things such highlights revolving around Nike Sportswear 2009 Summer, adidas Originals by Originals, What is MADFOOT? and the 2009 collection from Lacoste Stealth. These go alongside usual magazine materials such as shop reviews and interviews. Available now at Gettry, but check your local import book store if you’re outside of Japan.

obiediant ass dog

funny shit

OriginalFake x NEIGHBORHOOD 2009 Spring/Summer Collection


In one of the most highly anticipated collection releases this season, the ultra-popular KAWS and his OriginalFake label team-up with Japanese cult-brand Neighborhood on a collection of products. With the use of dark tones reflective of NEIGHBORHOOD’s own style, leave it to OriginalFake to heighten the collection via some subtle signature touches including the ‘X X’ eyes and Chomper pattern. Select retailers such as Taipei’s Invincible will release the collection this Saturday, March 28th.

THE HUNDREDS SAN FRANCISCO.

i dont think ive ever put the hundreds store on here and it is honestly one of the most creative retail stores ambiance and design i have ever seen. the san francisco store just celebrated theri one year anniversery this month and they threw an off the hook little pary. i just wanted to show the store because its an ill concept executed perfectly they try not to let people take pictures in there but i always sneak some on my iphone because everytime you go there you see smething in the walls youve never seen before. and its alot sicker than their rosewood store.

Roc Star x Ato Matsumoto Hi Strap Sneakers


Following up on a pink colorway seen near the end of January, Roc Star unveils a second blue colorup in their collaboration with footwear brand Ato Matsumoto. The kicks, doneup in Ato’s signature hi-tops, feature neon accenting over a primarily black backdrop and dark grey patent leather paneling. Available now via Japan’s Big Ol’ Store with a price tag of ¥30,450 (Approx. $337 USD) a pop.

Hanshin Tigers x A Bathing Ape Limited Collection


Showing its diversity across popular Japanese culture, A Bathing Ape recently created a special capsule of products with the Hanshin Tigers. The professional baseball team sees its aesthetic and theme applied over numerous items ranging from both fashion to accessories such as keychains. Seen here are some of the apparel offerings and accessories which include the incorporation of both the Tigers’ mascot and Baby Milo. The items which were only available via a special Osaka exhibition are available now at Anytime.
Anytime
Shop B, Ground Floor
59 Granville Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
p: 852.2311.7068

"Where The Wild Things Are" Trailer

N.A.S.A. - "GIFTED" VIDEO (FEAT. ME x SANTIGOLD x LYKKE LI

this shit go lyyke lie santi and yizzle go hard as hell

GLC - Big Screen (feat. Kanye West)

Rick Ross - Valley of Death

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Russ co signing Dame.. why Dame lose all credibility??


Russell Simmons is sticking up for his boy Dame:

Ain’t No Nigga Like..Dame Dash
Hip-Hop Chronicles: A Blog by Russell Simmons

Sitting in the audience last night at the crowded 37th Street Arts
Theater in NYC, I witnessed another great Damon Dash contribution, one
that takes hip-hop culture to another significant level of
accomplishment.

Sony Entertainment and Damon Dash produced the “Hip-Hop Monologues:
Inside the Life and Mind of Jim Jones.” It’s a fantastic show that
portrays the evolution of hip-hop through the life of Jim Jones.

I have to say: Damon Dash is a hip-hop genius who should never be……underestimated. I have watched Dame’s growth, development and
entrepreneurship over the years, not from a distance, but through
first hand observation. He was one of the creative forces behind
Roc-A-Fella Records, the architect of Rocawear Fashions, he made
significant, culturally relevant movies with Dash Films and has made
other creative cultural statements through Dash Enterprises. And
another great note… He spent a small fortune developing a major
talent and women’s brand through supporting his wife to the hilt !!

In our early days, Lyor Cohen and I used to shout at Damon. And Damon
would shout back. Then we would hug and go handle our business That
was our way of communicating. Eventually, Lyor got older and I did
more yoga and we both stopped shouting so much . Dame eventually made
a few bad choices and a few things went sour. We know haters love a
man who’s been hot to catch a lil cold. Hate spreads. But like Tony
Montana said “Two Quaaludes ….. And they gonna love him again.”

So haters, it really doesn’t matter about your blogs from the
sidelines. Dame’s gonna help heat the economy again!! But if he
got hit by a truck today remember this: Dame’s a giver by nature.
That’s why he has already received so much. He was the business
leader, the Architect, and one of the creative forces that built
Roc-A-Fella Records into an empire. I remember that it was Damon who
came to my office, after we signed Jay-Z to be on The Nutty Professor
soundtrack, with a bag of cash ready to put his money where his mouth
was. :-). But the record “Ain’t No Nigga…” didn’t need his cash
(hit from The Nutty Professor). It was a masterpiece and so was his
artist. Jay-Z: the greatest rapper of all time. I saw countless
displays of vision and faith all the way up to and beyond his struggle
to convince everyone, when no one else believed him, of the artistry
and the genius of Kanye West.

In order to succeed in this business you need to have both a business
sense and great creative instincts (The latter is intuitive and
cannot be learned). Damon has, once again, proven that he is a great
innovator with amazing vision.
So now he is helping Jim Jones in a powerful manner that combines
their collective experiences around being born and raised in Harlem by
taking the culture to the 37th Street Theater, off-Broadway in New
York City, with a live hip-hop band, dance, multimedia and the
dynamics of theatrical stage presentations focusing on the struggles
of life through the lens of hip-hop. I have two pieces of advice: 1)
respect Dame’s gangster 2) go see the play immediately.

MERCEDES-BENZ F-CELL ROADSTER


Via: yankodesign

guuci sloaney


Gucci Sloaney Luggage

Via: broccolicity

How Much Remorse is Enough for Michael Vick???


The NFL’s Commissioner, Roger Goodell, isn’t letting Michael Vick out of the doghouse that easy. There’s some tough sledding ahead if he wants to earn a living in the league again:

Michael Vick, in the final stages of serving a 23-month sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting ring, will apparently have to pass another standard before he is cleared to return to the NFL. He must show remorse.

That’s the opinion of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who suspended Vick indefinitely in August 2007 after the Atlanta Falcons quarterback pled guilty and who will eventually rule if Vick applies for reinstatement after his July 20 release date.

“I’m not going to make a judgment until I know all the facts on Michael Vick,” Goodell said Wednesday, as the league wrapped up its annual meetings. “I think it’s clear he’s paid a price, but to a large extent he’s going to have to demonstrate to the larger community — not just to the NFL community and to me — that he has remorse for what he did and that he recognizes mistakes that he made.

“Everyone makes mistakes, but he has to show that genuine remorse in his ability to be a positive influence to correct the things that he did wrong publicly.”

Goodell did not specify how Vick must show remorse, and said he is unsure of how he will weigh various factors. On Wednesday, Vick was in transit from a Leavenworth, Kan., federal prison to an unknown facility closer to Newport News, Va., where he will testify in an April 2 bankruptcy hearing.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Labor filed complaints in federal district and bankruptcy courts alleging that Vick illegally withdrew $1.3 million from a pension plan to help pay for restitution ordered as part of his conviction — allegations that add complexity to his future.

Goodell acknowledged that Vick, suspended roughly four months before beginning his prison term, has been partially disciplined. But he gave no hint on how much of a bearing that might have on potential reinstatement.

Asked if Vick will be reinstated for the 2009 season, Goodell said: “I haven’t sat down and looked at his case. I haven’t met with him. I haven’t understood where he is. I’m not going to try to guess.”

The Falcons own Vick’s contract rights, but have ruled out a return and are attempting to trade their erstwhile face of the franchise.

Any takers? Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith said that while he is committed to Kyle Orton as his quarterback, he believes Vick deserves a chance to compete for a job.

“I would look at Michael like I look at every other prospect that’s available: He goes back into the pool,” Smith said. “That’s what everyone in society does. Martha Stewart went to prison. She paid her time. Now she’s back in society.

“Mike made a mistake, and he’s paying the price for that mistake. Once you’ve paid your debt to society, you have to say, ‘OK, let’s go on from there.’ “

Michael Vick has shown all the calculated remorse he can possibly show. What more do people want from the man?

More pics below.

COMME DES GARCONS X LOUIS VUITTON LEATHER CARD CASE


Via: broccolicity

DEE AND RICKY WEBSITE RE-LAUNCH


Via: hypebeast

DeeandRicky.com

Levi Maestro MaestroxKnows episode 1


Maestro Knows - Episode 1 (Nike Air Yeezy) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.this is some real l.a. shit. it goes hough. im gonna do a bay area version of this show

air yizzles!!!





WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BIGGEST NAME IN POP CULTURE MEETS THE BIGGEST NAME IN SNEAKERS? SECRECY, RUMORS AND AN INEVITABLE DROP-DAY MASSACRE. IT’S FINALLY TIME TO MEET THE AIR YEEZY

Kanye West: MC, Producer, Hypebeast: I’ve always stressed my passion for design—and not just, “Oh, let me throw my name on this,” but to use my celebrity as an opportunity to jump into the design world—and in this case, to design my own shoe.

Mark Smith: Creative Dir. of Special Projects, Nike: I don’t really put my life in dates in a normal way. [Laughs.] So I couldn’t even say when everything went down, but one day I got a call asking me if I would work with Kanye on the project.

Kanye West: It was after the Air Force 1 “1 Night Only” event [in December 2006]. I sat there and drew countless forms of shoes, and a lot of them were inspired by Back to the Future, by the McFlys or whatever people call them—I just call them the Mags. All kinds of different ideas that stemmed from that and Robotech and all my other anime influences.

Mark Smith: What we wanted to do was really create something that was specific and unique to the two of us working together, so it wasn’t an entourage full of people on either side.

Kanye West: Nike is the No. 1 sneaker lifestyle brand, right? And I’m the No. 1 most influential cutural pop art brand: scarves, beards, plastic glasses, whatever. So you take those two things and you mesh that—it’s very exciting. I’m the Nike of culture.

Mark Smith: He showed me what he was into. I asked him about sneakers that he liked, what he was wearing and why he was wearing them; he’s very up to the minute on what he likes.


Kanye West: I grabbed all these Jordans from their archives, and I’m sitting in the office next to Tinker [Hatfield, Jordan designer] and Mark, just pulling out shit and putting it in front of him like, “I like this element.” We just vibed it out.

Mark Smith: He started just dumping stuff out, and I did the same thing. We did it in the Innovation Kitchen—Nike’s underground innovation center where tomorrow’s technologies are kind of getting bubbled up, so he actually was seeing a bunch of stuff that nobody else would see.

Kanye West: The types of shit Nike can do? I say, “Hey, use this sole,” and they have it? The possibilities are just endless.

Mark Smith: I always try to look at things through an athlete’s eyes—if you look at a basketball player, his or her performance is on-court in the middle of a game. The equivalent for Kanye would be to get onstage and rock it for a couple of hours. And he goes through a pretty athletic show, so we wanted to make sure these were super-comfortable performance shoes.

Kanye West: Every guy drew Nikes in fourth grade, so to really do it is a dream come true.

Kanye West: I’m aesthetics-first on anything. Even when I make music, I think about the aesthetics: Where will you be when you’re listening to this? Visuals first. I wanted to take the concept of the future pop colors and all this ’80s influence and make it wearable.

Mark Smith: I remember him saying originally that he wanted to create something that looked and felt like it had come from the past. I thought, That’s actually really cool, because back then it was very, very simple. There weren’t a lot of extras on the older stuff. So that kind of pushed that edge a little bit; instead of adding a whole bunch of today’s stuff onto it and super-technology or anything like that, it was more about keeping things simple. And if you look at it at a glance, it might look like it was a little retro.Kanye West: The original shoes were battery-operated, and they lit up. I have a version of the first shoe that has a push-button on the side, and it lights up and stays lit.

Mark Smith: We had a very futuristic-looking product for a long time. Then Kanye said, “Can we use something that’s recognizable?” So I think the elephant tooling, which was directly pulled from the Jordan 3, really rooted the shoe in that time period.

Kanye West: A lot of that patent stuff Mark came up with, like the strap—that’s when I was happy to be able to work with an O.G. designer like that.
Mark Smith: You have to make sure the lines, the materials, the direction are all intact—and then once you get those broad strokes in, then you really start applying the storytelling, the textures and the unique aspects that make it something for Kanye specifically.

Mark Smith: If we did our job right, we could take this shoe and put it in the line or a catalog from back in the day, and it would just feel like it was part of the lineup. But when you bring that shoe forward into today, it should also feel a little timeless; it’s yesterday and today slammed together.

Kanye West: Conceptually, it was made for a person that was walking on another planet. So it’s like almost a shoe-like space boot.

Mark Smith: There was never a design brief or a color brief; it was very fluid. He had some really great ideas coming into it with neutral browns and tans and keeping it a very monotone color and then letting the interior have a little bit more pop to it.

Kanye West: I wanted to give the Yeezys their own colorway. You wouldn’t have a whole fuchsia wall in your house, but you might have a little Jeff Koons piece of art that’s fuchsia and small. So I do it small, on the inside of the tongue.

Mark Smith: Throughout the process we probably did a couple hundred color studies, and I think we only showed him a couple; it was more like he was giving us his insights into color and then we’d play with it. Like, “What if this black was a suede,” or “What if this black was patent leather?”

Kanye West: I got like 12 different colors at my house, just colorway samples we were trying. I’ve worn them at certain events—the all-black ones I wore at the Grammys.

Mark Smith: I think we really started hitting our stride when we had real samples to look at.

Kanye West: It expresses my sensibility of design: what I want to do with clothing, with hotels eventually. The type of colors that I live in.

Mark Smith: We agreed that any time we wanted to add something to the product, we had to take something else away so that it wasn’t just adding, adding, adding—it was just one of those things where it can get down to as little as possible but make it as functional and comfortable and cool as possible.

Kanye West: We had a lot of conversations like, “We wanna just put it on eBay,” and I’m like, “No! People need to be able to get this shoe!” At first they were only gonna do 3,000 pairs. Now they’re doing 9,000, which is still limited. It’s not like it’s 200,000.

Mark Smith: We’re real happy with the result.

Kanye West: Oh my god, they’re gonna be out of there! Toot! [Laughs.] They’re not even gonna hit the ground. The boxes from the truck will literally not hit the ground.

tia and tamara are dope

Pharrell REALLY Wanted a Big Mac

this shit is hillarious

Chrihanna: “What Really Happened”

this is retarted. so someone decided it was time they started making money off of chris brown and rhianna. genis idea. "i'll re-enact it" as a psa but really im benefiting from these people disfunctional life. this is gay and i just put it up because other people are looking at this. but breezy did beat that ass

As Complex as They Come




Kanye’s Complex cover above is freaky as sh*t, but original, nonetheless. Become informed about gayness and K. West as a brand when you…

Why do you think there’s such a fixation on your sexuality?
Kanye West: I really think it’s because society tries to dictate the way a guy is supposed to dress and the way a guy is supposed to act, and I refuse to conform. A lot of these dudes would never be accused of being gay just because they all look exactly alike. If people could just realize the amount of mundaneness and followers that lack creativity… I think people’s mentality is like, Only gay people are that creative. And it’s true there are a lot of gay people who are incredible creative minds, but there are straight people who are incredible creative minds—and there’s gay people who can’t dress or create at all, too. Closed-minded gay people probably say they dress “straight.”

What does the brand Kanye West mean?
Kanye West: Pop but Luxury. Edgy but Comfortable. I’m about clashing worlds that you think don’t belong together. This is our world and everything belongs together. That’s the ill thing about our president. Our president is black, but our president is white, too. And the original struggle of America is racism, and to have someone in office that represents both of those sides is what I think this world is about. Segregation and snobbery and elitism should be the wack words. That should be what people use to dis people.

Whether you dig, detest, or are indifferent towards him, one thing’s for damn sure: Yeezy is on his sh*t right about now. And that’s real.

via Complex

Hope For A.M. is the shit

this is a rock band i co signed a couple months back. their form the bay and their sound and live performance go so hard. this blog is strictly hip hop but this band is one of the illest bands ive seen ever. they have some off the hook loyal fans that spaz out and make their show just that much more wild. if you have never been to a rock show go to one of theirs. youll be sucked into a mosh pit and might end up hurt. but its all fun. if you thought you have nver seen anyone spaz out as much as a cat going hyphy you are missing something. the song "overdrive" "kep the night alive" and the hot and cold cover by katy perry got everyone hyped up and people were crashing into eachother people getting hit and thrown on the ground, but but was all in good fun.talk about going dumb. at a hip hop show with this magnitude you could expect a shooting but over here if you havent been hit then you just werent having fun. the group hope for a.m. is having an upcoming most anticipated california tour. i will post all the dates later




Monday, March 23, 2009

Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo - Knock You Down

i love mis kheri baby.

Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake - Love Sex Magic

ciara is the shit. one of the best videos out this year

Sexy Ass Carolina Alverez






Colombiana Carolina Alvarez.

The snug Wow !!! best invention ever

Karl Lagerfeld x Barbie “BarbieKen” 50th Anniversary Doll


With a style that rarely deviates, Chanel frontman Karl Lagerfeld sees himself immortalized in “Ken” form as Barbie unveils a special version of the iconic Ken doll in Lagerfeld form. The doll is based on Lagerfeld’s trademark attire black suit. The doll was presented to him at colette’s recent celebrations for Mattel Barbie’s 50th Anniversary.