1986 was a good year!!!

I came across this pic of one of my boys this weekend and had to post it. I was informed that this pic was taken in 1986. Janet Jackson had released her chart topping album Control, Tom Cruise lit up the big screen with Top Gun and Michael Jordan started what would be a string of scoring titles and was influential in something that would forever change the shoe game. Peter Moore crafted the Air Jordan I for Nike and along with it ushered in the culture of hip hop fashion into basketball. This shoe single handedly made Nike the juggernaut that it is today. Many don't know, but MJ was fined $5,000 every time he wore the very shoe that my man has on in this picture (Red/Black colorway) due to violating NBA uniform rules that prohibited vibrant shoe colors. MJ and Nike paid the price for the culture and they where rewarded for it. The Air Jordan is the biggest selling basketball shoe in history. You see, my man and his homie in the pic below where what we called "Fresh". No matter what else they had on that day, they had on a pair of J's and until this day a "Fresh pair of J's" will put you in the game. (Pun intended)

I bet this is a cool place to work!

Dutch artist Darrin Umboh designed an elevator interior for Antwerp-based advertising company DuboisMeetsFugger that's anything but boring.

More pics after jump...

THIS IS CRAZY!!!!!!

Cool Iphone App. Graffiti Analysis

Graffiti Analysis (iPhone) - DustTag v1.0 from Evan Roth on Vimeo.

Nike Sportswear Air Zoom Toki ND

These are pretty cool. Looks like Nike has taken a que from Vans created a very minimalistic skating shoe. For true skaters this shoe will definitely be more popular than the Blazer but the SB is still the end all be all. 

Sade "Soldier of Love" (Official Video)

Aside from the poorly choreographed, fake S1W's, this video is okay. I would've expected something a little more epic for a song this powerful, but it will suffice. I guess being force fed the crap that labels are pawning off as artistry had me expecting way more from an artist of this caliber.

20 years of "The Simpsons" Congrats

Ron English pays homage to The Simpson's and Jackson Pollock with this piece.

Mos Def feat. Talib Kweli (Creative Control Color Edit)

Codie & Chike give this video a totally new feel with a revised version

Mos Def Feat. Talib Kweli-History (Creative Control Color Edit) from Creative Control on Vimeo.

Jay Electronica- Victory (Mixtape)

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Another great performance from the Chris Rock show...Esthero "Heaven Sent"

I actually bought this album several times because it kept mysteriously disappearing

It's funny what you notice while cleaning up...

Today while I was cleaning up, dusting to be exact, I came across two items in our home that made me stop and jump right online to share this with you.Anybody who has visited our home has more than likely seen one or both of these items. I purchase the segregation plate on eBay a couple of years ago before any of us knew that Barack Obama would be the leader of the free world. When I purchase the plate I knew that it was a very important reminder of our past but it has become an even more significant possession now. One day I will be able to literally show my daughter how far we have progressed. We all know there is still a ways to go but this definitely put things in perspective...

I need to read more....

This apartment located in Paris, France was designed by H2o Architechs for a comic book collector. See more pics after the jump....

Takashi Murakami Exhibition @ The Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles has invited leading Japanese artist Takashi Murakami for a two-month retrospective later this year. The exhibition, running from September 12th to December 12th, will be Murakami’s first major retrospective in France, following fellow pop artist Jeff Koons who showed at the palace in 2008 and Frenchman Xavier Veilhan in 2009. Murakami looks to display his sculptures and paintings in 15 rooms in the palace’s Hall of Mirrors and the apartments of the King and the Queen. Since controversy provoked by the Jeff Koons exhibition, the palace, a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy, is being careful to avoid displaying works with pornographic or morbid connotations that might offend some visitors.

Source: Hypebeast

Need to see if I've earned enough allowance to cop these!!!!

Jordan Spizike's "Mars" inspired by Spike Lee's fictional character Mars Blackmon. Release date tomorrow.

Late Night with The Roots (Mixtape)

I will admit, when I heard that The Roots where going to serve as the house band for the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show I was a little skeptic. I didn't know if it was a good move for what I and many others feel is the greatest band in hip hop. I didn't want them to be looked at as washed up or selling out to work for the man. I felt that my favorite hip hop band was too good to have to play intros and outros for guest and commercial breaks. Then I had to realize that for all of the incredible albums they have put out, they never recieved the proper fruits for their labor and most of their money was made from what seemed to be endless touring. I understood that this was a great opportunity for them to finally be able to be settled in one place, make some great money, and reach an audience that undoubtly had no idea who they where. On top of that we get to see Black Thought out shine other guest MC's repeatedly. Last night Jimmy Fallon's musical guest was The Clipse. They performed "Back by popular Demand". Since Camron wasn't their, Black Thought filled in and delivered a performance that made you wish that there was an official release.......Guess what I found today???????

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I always thought this was a dope performance......D'Angelo "Chicken Grease"

Check out a young Anthony Hamilton singing back up...

New Blu Album!

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Lil Wayne "On Fire"

The Art of the cover...

The highest form of flatery for an artist is to have one of their songs covered by another artist. That is unless it is Weird Al Yankovic. More times than not, the cover never stands up to the brilliance of the original and you're left saying "some songs are just not meant to be touched".  However there are some instances where an artist forms a bond with the music and lyrics that where written by or for somebody else and gives the song a new life. Two really great examples of this are Otis Redding's version of "Try a little Tenderness" (recorded in 1966). This song was originally recorded in 1933 and covered a number of times by several recording artists but when Otis Redding sang that song it forever became his. Another example would be Luther Vandross' cover of  "A House is not a home" which was originally recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1964. This song is and will forever be Luther's. The most recent instance of somebody completely taking  ownership of a song is The Noisettes cover of The Killers "When we where young". The Noisetts absolutely got everything right about thier version. Definitely check out the Noisettes. They are a indie rock band out of London. This is one of many dope things that my father in law turned me on to


The Killers


Noisettes

There is an app for that!!!

Unveiled at the COP15 United Nations Climate Conference, The Copenhagen Wheel transforms ordinary bicycles into hybrid e-bikes that also function as mobile sensing units. “The Copenhagen Wheel allows you to capture the energy dissipated while cycling and braking and save it for when you need a bit of a boost. Controlled through your smartphone, it also maps pollution levels, traffic congestion, and road conditions in real-time. The Copenhagen Wheel project demonstrates that small intelligent implementations can lead to major changes.” Check out the video for a full demonstration.





Source: Highsnobiety

This is really cool!

Peter Ammentorp works his magic in this awesome video of him making an avatar of his own. Inspired by James Cameron’s new film, the photoshop wizard spent a couple of hours with this new creation. Definitely a cool clip, backed by the original soundtrack from the film. Check it out!



Birth of an AVATAR from Peter Ammentorp Lund on Vimeo.