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Tasick's new funked up tune. It's what you wanna listen to while you're getting ready for a big night out.
Lick it Breath and Stop by Tasick

Bright light, dark blue, inky red..

One to Lose One to Rock One to Store

Now if you're a sneakerhead, this movie is for you...Just for kicks is a documentary film which features interviews by various individuals who are part of the sneaker culture whether they are famous collectors, hip hop artists, brand marketeers or just plain sneakers addicts narrating the story of the Nike Air Force One's and the Air Jordans. The concept behind the film is based on the evolution of sneakers from just an item of athletes to a symbol of status in the urban community and culture after the 1970's when they first escaped the boundaries of New York City playgrounds and got introduced to a wider audience to become a global phenomenon. Today the sneakers market has grown to a 26 billion dollars industry and Just For Kicks is the first film to show how its done by interviewing all kinds of people who share a passion for kicks from New York to Paris and London to Los Angeles, people like Grandmaster Caz & JDL of the Cold Crush Brothers, Rev. Run, DMC & Russell Simmons, graffiti artist Futura 2000 and Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon, share their opinion on the reasons why sneakers have managed to become one of the key elements of today's urban fashion

A Tribute to J Dilla

James Yancey, Dilla Dawg, Jay Dee or J Dilla as most people know him by till today, was one of the most influential producers and hip hop artists of our time. Unfortunately in 2006 he passed away at the age of 36 from a rare blood condition. I discovered him at random when I first heard the album Champion Sound in which he collaborated with the sometimes hard to get yet undoubtely innovative persona of Madlib, and as I started to dig further into his work it was only then when i realized how big his contribution was to the genre, as the list of people that have either used his material or have cited him as a musical influence is literally endless. He is probably one of the few figures in hip hop that has influenced bands and artists of totally different musical backgrounds from pop and house to electronic and shoegaze, not to mention how many hip hop and rnb artists have sampled his material in their own work especially after his death. The effect of his work was so massive there is a current discussion of installing a plaque in his honor at his hometown of Detroit where Dilla initiated as an artist. Throughout his career as a producer Dilla worked with a series of artists from De La Soul and Common to Busta Rhymes and Erykah Badu, and was also a member and producer of hip hop group Slum Village which he formed with two of his schoolmates. Aside all the material that Slum Village put out, Dilla also did alot of work as a solo artist both under the name J Dilla and Jay Dee resulting in a total of 8 albums,3 of which were released after his death. Last February as a tribute to the 3rd anniversary of Dilla's passing, Stones Throw records and Stussy produced a collector's tshirt with a graphic taken from Ralph Rashid's 2005 book "The Beat: Hip Hop Home Studios" a photographic archive of hip hop producers.

James Yancey aka J Dilla
RIP 1974-2006

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The Superflat Sensei

"I Express Hopelessness" is the famous quote by one of the most prolific and thought-provoking Japanese artists of the 90s,Takashi Murakami,who was born in Tokyo in 1963. Murakami works in both fine arts as well as digital and commercial media. His work ranges from cartoon paintings and minimalist sculptures to factory-produced watches and tshirts. Most of his work comes along with his signature character, Mr. DOB. Murakami has the tendency to draw popular themes from mass media and japanese pop culture, and then turn them into thirty-foot sculptures, his trademark Superflat paintings and different kinds of commercial goods. The idea of creating art in non-fine arts media was spawned by Murakami's personal opinion about his own country's low status when it comes to art, as he thought that the japanese market was nothing more than a western appropriation. Murakami is an avid supporter of the otaku culture, a term used to describe people in Japan that have an obssession with video games,manga and anime, which according to Murakami himself is more representative of modern day Japanese life. His passion about otaku led to the creation of Superflat, a concept that came to life from Poku, a combination of pop and otaku, and is highly characterized by flat planes of color and graphic images involving a character style derived from anime and manga. The main theme of Superflat is to promote the otaku lifestyle and subculture. Murakami's work's connection with themes of the underground and alternative cultures is shown in one of the most popular examples of his Superflat paintings called "Smooth Nightmare", a piece which exhibits the mushroom being one of his recurring motifs. Murakami is also a sculptor and a graphic designer himself creating life size or even taller figures made out of fiberglass such as the famous "Miss ko2" and "Tongari Kun" pieces that were sold in overwelmingly high prices in auctions in 2009 and 2010 respectively,as well as creating the artwork for Kanye West's album Graduation. His work has been exhibited in museums all over the world, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Bard College Museum of Art, and he had the honor of being the only visual artist included in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" list in 2008.

Everybody is a DJ. Wise words.

Futura 2000 x Never Never Land

Some years ago while killing time inside a record store in downtown Athens, i was looking at the artwork on one of the albums by one of my favourite projects, James Lavelle's UNKLE. The album was Never Never Land, and it portrayed the pointy head aliens that later on became the project's trademark. I later on discovered that the front cover's artwork was created by one of the most acclaimed graffiti artists of all time, Leonard McGurr who worked under the alias of Futura 2000. McGurr kicked off his artistic journey in the 70's painting trains in New York city and ended up being the live on-stage backdrop painter for The Clash's 1981 European tour which was his first work of his career as a legal artist. After an extensive collaboration with the Clash Futura 2000 withdrew from the spotlight until Lavelle gave him the incentive to work again bringing him alongside his own label's art director Ben Drury, to create the artwork for several releases on Mo' Wax records. This also led to Futura producing the imagery which has largely defined the UNKLE project. The entire package of the Never neverland album was a collaboration between the two and Mo Wax's photographer Barney Bankhead. Today Futura designs his own clothing label FUTURA LABORATORIES with a store located in Fukuoka, Japan and his art has been exhibited at V1 Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark

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Here's a great musical blend, which has the ability to make such a Psychotic tune, so Relaxing.

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Shoubilicious presents..

A meeting with nature in B&W.

The man behind A Bathing Ape

Starting from scratch at his hometown of Maebashi Japan, Tomoaki Nagao's or Nigo's involvement with the fashion industry came out of his personal desire for clothes that were cool in a way he was only able to see. Clothes that he and some his close friends could not find anywhere. That desire was the driving force behind the creation of his urban fashion line known as A Bathing Ape or BAPE, a common Japanese expression for “bathing in lukewarm water”, a term describing the comfy and well-off lifestyle of today’s youngsters in Tokyo . Evolving to a fashion student, magazine stylist and a DJ in 90s Tokyo Nigo started in a small store selling a few Bape t-shirts and camouflage print hoodies, which quickly became very popular and were selling like hot cakes at parties and DJ shows as well. The main theme and idea for his shirts was based on the 1968 sci-fi classic movie Planet of the Apes. The shirts were produced only in limited numbers and the street credibility that came along with them was beyond any competition at the time. What made A Bathing Ape succesfull in a very short period of time was the brand's philosophy of keeping a fine balance between being exclusive but also going for bigger markets. Although the brand's logo and camo patterns have appeared on everything from action figures and trucker hats to condoms and Pepsi bottles, the core fashion lines still come in tightly controlled production runs and are sold almost exclusively in Bathing Ape's own hard-to-find, frequently unmarked stores. Nigo's clothes and accessories have been popular among some of the West's coolest celebrities, ranging from New York City graffiti artist Futura 2000 to British electronica artist James Lavelle to hip hop legends the Beastie Boys. The twenty five outlets, a hair salon, a café, a members-only store in Hong Kong, a boutique in London and New York are the undisputed witness that the ape heads have dominated not only the densely populated streets of Tokyo, but also Europe and the US. Except A Bathing Ape and some other clothing lines he's been involved with such as Ice Cream and Billionaire Boys Club working alongside with Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D, Nigo plays an active part in the music business as well being the DJ of the Japanese hip hop group Teriyaki Boyz and also the owner of BAPE sounds record label

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Shoubilicious X Zaza

Shoubilicious X Hannah.

A Place for Sneakerheads Run by Sneakerheads

This is a video my friend Alexandra showed me a couple of days ago so I definitely have to give some props to her. So in case you are a sneakerhead this might become your new favorite site. This is a project powered by Footlocker and the idea behind it is to create a huge online archive about sneakers in order to give people the opportunity to visually share their sneaker collection with the rest of the world plus provide some extra knowledge on the subject such as rare collectibles etc. Pretty much like an encyclopedia for sneakers. Those who love their kicks are encouraged to photograph their collections, upload the photos, and then tag the sneakers so the archive can be easily searched. Attempting to be the greatest sneaker archive collection in history, Sneakerpedia gives the chance to share the trial and tribulations of your sneaker collection story. Check it out

Sneakerpedia Trailer from Sneakerpedia on Vimeo.

The History of the BOOMBOX.

As the collector quoted "We're living in a culture now where everything has gone inwards."
It's kinda weird -to my eyes- to see people hiding in their own shells. Not sharing as much as before. For my point of view the word "evolution" itself has no actual meaning. Materialistic evolution exists but not sure how inward-ity actually causes the spiritual/intellectual evolution of human beings. It's really interesting to look at the deeper existence of BOOMBOX rather than just a toy to piss off your parents or people around you. We're born to live in groups and Boombox was the way people (in sub-cultures of the time) used to express their personal feelings in the chaotic world of America.

She's got the steeze!

 

Lyndsey Knight is 20 year old lady from Rutland, UK. She studies Publishing and when we first met she looked at me in the eyes and with a classy face she said "Blogging is the lowest form of literature". I guess it can be the lowest yet the highest. Anyway. She loves classy clothes, gin & tonic and running in the countryside. She didn't want to give a clear answer about her clothing inspiration in life. She believes everyone gets influenced unconsciously by everyone and everything around them. (I like that. Simple and Realistic)
Classy and Gorgeous. Let the photos speak!



Any plans you had back in the innocent good old days of 90's but not anymore?
When I was young I wanted to be a lady farmer and live in my wellies. I then grew to realize this career would not fund my excessive shopping habits so quickly changed my ambition.

"A tribe call quest" The Movie.

more at http://www.atribecalledquestmovie.com/

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