Still Dreamin'

MOTM2

2010-11-15T11:30:00.001-08:00

Kid Cudi RSVP Gallery In-Store from RSVP Gallery on Vimeo.

Friday Night Lights Trailer

2010-11-15T10:32:00.000-08:00

J Cole - Friday Night Lights (shot by BBGUN) from bbgun on Vimeo.

Michael Knight; Curren$y

2010-11-07T16:37:00.000-08:00

The Underbelly Project

2010-11-07T16:32:00.000-08:00

The Underbelly Project has gained an immense amount of traction over the course of the last few weeks. The whole art initiative hinges on an eclectic mix of artists both established and up and coming who each took one night to make their mark on an abandoned New York City subway station. The show spans 103 different artists and took 18 months to complete and poses some discussion as to its illegal nature and the commentary it’s posing to the art world.

Slowin But Surely Becomin a Fan of His...

2010-10-13T10:09:00.001-07:00

Erase Me

2010-10-13T09:55:00.001-07:00

Audio Dope 2

2010-10-13T09:53:00.000-07:00

Curren$y - Audio Dope 2 from Creative Control on Vimeo.

Derick G. 'Light Up'

2010-09-19T23:35:00.000-07:00

DERICK G's PORTRAYAL OF "LIGHT UP" from DERICK G on Vimeo.

Bruno Mars x Lupe Fiasco

2010-09-19T23:13:00.000-07:00

Bruno Mars Feat. Lupe Fiasco - Just the Way You Are by rhymestyle

The Sonia G: You"re amazing, trust the way you are

2010-09-19T23:09:00.000-07:00

The Sonia G: You"re amazing, trust the way you are

'The Catalyst' Linkin Park

2010-08-25T22:40:00.000-07:00

Linkin Park - New Music - More Music Videos

For The Love Of The Game

2010-08-24T00:08:00.000-07:00

For The Love of The Game from Nice Kicks on Vimeo.

Sid Ashford and team Nice Kicks were on hand at the World Basketball Festival to speak candidly with some Nike and Jordan brand athletes about their obsession with the game. Dwayne Wade, Carmello Anthony, and Christ Paul sat down at the re-fashioned Rucker Playground to talk about what basketball means to them, and the solace offered to them each time they step on the court. Michael Jordan, coach Mike Krzyzewski, and director of USA Basketball Jerry Colangelo were also on hand to speak on the galvanization of team USA, and what it means to represent one’s country on the global stage.

POWER

2010-08-12T15:57:00.000-07:00

& The Makin Off 'POWER'

CoolRain x MINDstyle x NBA Mini Figure Series 1

2010-08-12T14:41:00.000-07:00

Having earned notoriety for his custom toys in the past, Korean designer CoolRain teams up with a full-on toy brand in MINDstyle to release an upcoming NBA-based mini figure series. Just recently, we’ve seen a number of collaborative projects involving MINDstyle, however this is arguably one of their projects with the greatest reach. Series 1 incorporates a star-studded cast including Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, Derrick Rose, Dirk Nowitzki, Brandon Roy, Steve Nash, Manu Ginobili, Amare Stoudemire and Dwayne Wade.

K'Naan 'Hard Knock Life' Meets 'Stuck in The Moment'

2010-08-11T10:01:00.000-07:00

MeLo-X & Mickey Factz Cypher To Rapity Rap

2010-08-09T22:50:00.000-07:00

The Dream Action Week

2010-08-09T22:26:00.001-07:00

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Inception Vs Uncle $crooge

2010-08-09T21:41:00.000-07:00

Did inception rip off Ducktales? I recently did an interview which will be out next week where I listed Ducktales as one of my favorite tv shows. So naturally I found this interesting and not far fetched at all. Click the link and you let me know your thoughts. Uncle Scrooge Living A Dream or Living in One?!

ViaF.Luxury.B

Love The Way You Lie

2010-08-06T05:15:00.000-07:00

High Times

2010-08-03T21:04:00.001-07:00

The Boondocks Season 3 Episode 13 : The Fried Chicken Flu

2010-08-02T11:44:00.000-07:00

Matti Roots

2010-08-02T11:39:00.000-07:00

See You Again by MattiRoots

“Sometimes I wish I could condense every bit of music that excites me into one thing and create it. Maybe that’s what I’m on a quest to do at the moment. I get different things from different types of music. If I’m listening to a particular composer or artist – their emphasis might be on harmonies, on rhythm, instrumentation or lyrical content. There are many aspects to feed on which is why I’m so interested in different types of music. I hope to evolve gradually and be able to express those influences at some point.”

<a href="http://mattiroots.bandcamp.com/album/raw">Raw (Original) by Matti Roots</a>

Acapella @ FB

2010-07-27T20:00:00.000-07:00

Melo Again

2010-07-27T15:56:00.000-07:00

Melo Pre Wedding Party

2010-07-27T15:38:00.000-07:00

Coke Burn Ride

2010-07-27T15:14:00.000-07:00

Green Lantern 2011

2010-07-27T10:40:00.000-07:00

Green Lantern Character Posters featuring Ryan Reynolds (Hal Jordan/Green Lantern), Blake Lively (Carol Ferris), Mark Strong (Sinestro) & Peter Sarsgaard (Hector Hammond)

GL is scheduled to hit theaters June 17, 2011.

Since 1986 II

2010-07-27T10:19:00.000-07:00

Air Max 97... I Want In!

2010-07-27T09:23:00.000-07:00

Kid Cudi Performs REVOFEV @ BAPE Store NYC

2010-07-27T09:08:00.000-07:00

eS x Atiba Jefferson Square 2 Sneakers

2010-07-27T09:04:00.000-07:00

B.M.F. (Building Minds Fast)

2010-07-27T08:58:00.000-07:00

Lupe Fiasco - B.M.F. (Building Minds Faster) by Hypetrak

'Fall In Love' Estelle x Nas

2010-07-27T08:39:00.000-07:00

Skytop II | Burgundy TUF

2010-07-27T08:36:00.000-07:00

Now Available @ The Shop

Fabolous – Tonight (ft. Red Cafe & Lore’l) + Love Come Down

2010-07-27T08:33:00.000-07:00

All Summer

2010-07-25T13:21:00.001-07:00

Difficult Shit

2010-07-23T22:32:00.000-07:00

If

2010-07-21T01:46:00.000-07:00

If you can dream–and not make dreams your master,
If you can think–and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools...
Rudyard Kipling

Ballad Of The Black Gold

2010-07-21T01:04:00.000-07:00

Reflection Eternal "Ballad of the Black Gold" from Sam Ellison on Vimeo.

Fire&Brimstone

Truth

2010-07-21T00:27:00.000-07:00

Niceee

2010-07-21T00:12:00.000-07:00

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Perfect Week!

2010-07-20T01:34:00.000-07:00

'The Blast' #ClassicHipHop

2010-07-19T02:15:00.000-07:00

On My Top Ten Fav Song List! List Coming Soon

Since 86

2010-07-19T02:01:00.000-07:00

Homeboy Sandman at SOBs

2010-07-19T00:07:00.000-07:00

FIRE&BRIMSTONE

'Premeditated Murder'

2010-07-18T22:26:00.000-07:00

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Kris Van Assche Sneaker... Buying!

2010-07-18T22:10:00.000-07:00

Queen Sheba & I

2010-07-18T21:50:00.000-07:00

Married On JULY 14th... Simply Beautiful!

AmazN

2010-07-18T18:41:00.000-07:00

ViaKanyeWest

KAWS RETROSPECTIVE Via Ye

2010-07-18T17:31:00.000-07:00

Interview with KAWS Retrospective Curator Mónica Ramírez-Montagut

With such an eclectic body of both fine art and commercial projects to draw upon from the last 15 or so years, can you talk about the process of selecting work for the very first retrospective look at KAWS? For example, some things were absent, like the phone booth/bus stop ads that many consider the beginning of KAWS’ recognition by a public audience.

We are showing two phone booth ads, the Calvin Klein ones from 1999 with the skull, x-ed eyes and crossbones. We did want to focus on his new work, since the past work is very well known among his collectors. However, as many visitors will be looking at his work for the first time, we wanted to provide a small peek into his vast output, including design and street art, so as to show the creativity that permeates everything. KAWS has so much work that we could have organized an exhibition four times this size, so we really had to narrow it down to what would give an overall view and also look good.

The exhibition was able to provide a broad survey, drawing almost exclusively from the artist’s own collection. Was there a decision early on not to incorporate works from private collections? I imagine that could present a whole other set of challenges.

For the artwork (paintings and sculptures), we wanted to show exclusively new work. For design objects, since KAWS keeps copies of everything, we decided to consolidate our loan and have everything come from him. Borrowing objects from all over the world would have been too complicated and wasn’t necessary. We are showing work, like the collaboration with photographer David Sims, that KAWS has retained for himself because it is a unique series; it has never before been exhibited*. That is also the case with some of the ink drawings—he is the only one who owns that type of work.

*Note: The Sims collaborations have never been seen in the U.S. and were only shown once, in 2001 at the KAWS – Tokyo First exhibit, Parco Gallery, Japan.

The show is divided into two rooms with works spanning a multiple of distinct mediums including painting, drawing, large scale sculpture, a site-specific installation, various commercial products, and collaborative projects. What was the approach and what challenges were there to incorporating all this into the Museum and show?

We wanted to mix the disciplines somewhat, so in the gallery with the paintings and the sculptures we included the prototype toy of Pinocchio, to enter into dialogue with the large-scale work with which it has a lot in common. In the other room, where we placed more design objects, we included packaged paintings and the David Sims series that are also unique works. We tried to have them be in dialogue, showing what they have in common as opposed to what they do not.

Resident Evil; Afterlife

2010-07-13T15:12:00.000-07:00

I Got High Expectations For This Film, The Last Film Of A Saga Should Always Be The Best! In 3D Too! Im Hype!

IF MODE.... Im Buying!

2010-07-13T13:55:00.000-07:00

IF Mode avoids oily chains, complex tubes with hidden dirt traps, and the clutter of traditional bike features. Meant for city commuters, it looks at home folded up on a subway or in an office. It also performs on the street like any lightweight, well-balanced full size bike.

By Designer Team Ryan Carroll, Michael Lin & Mark Sanders.

Summer In the City! Dope Shit!

2010-07-13T13:53:00.001-07:00

Capone n Noreaga 'Pain'

2010-07-13T13:49:00.000-07:00

Fire x Brimstone

DAISY LOWE FOR UK ESQUIRE

2010-07-13T13:47:00.000-07:00

Teachers 'Gold'

2010-07-13T13:44:00.000-07:00

Download Gold @ teachersoftheworldunite.com/

I See Kanye Sampling This... Would Be Big!

Ye x Rose

2010-07-13T13:30:00.000-07:00

Free Mason

2010-07-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

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J.Cole In Paris

2010-07-13T13:20:00.000-07:00

J. Cole Showcase @ VIP Room Paris 5/07/10 from Adrien Picard on Vimeo.

'The Day' The Roots, Blu, Phonte x Patt Y Cash

2010-06-27T18:09:00.000-07:00

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I Gotta Cop 'How I Got Over'!

Donnis 'Outta Here'

2010-06-27T18:05:00.000-07:00

Heard This x Became Somewhat Of A Fan... Joint is Short x Sweet!
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Big Sean 'High Rise'

2010-06-27T18:01:00.001-07:00

AFewStalleyVids

2010-06-27T17:46:00.000-07:00

One of My Top Ten Up & Coming MC's... Ill Display My List Soon Enough

Nipsey Hussle 'Killers'

2010-06-27T17:17:00.000-07:00

The Westsides Best Kept Secret

'Who Dat' J.Cole

2010-06-27T17:15:00.001-07:00

Crazy Track, Not A Single Tho... Good Video!

The Good Sun

2010-06-27T16:57:00.000-07:00

The Good Sun Tracklist:

1.) Core Rhythm (produced by Core Rhythm)
2.) The Carpenter (produced by 2 Hungry Bros)
3.) Not Pop (produced by Core Rhythm)
4.) Yeah But I Can Rhyme Though (produced by Ski Beatz)
5.) Table Cloth f/Fresh Daily (produced by M Slago)
6.) Low Co. (produced by Pyscho Les)
7.) Mean Mug (produced by Ben Grymm)
8.) The Essence (produced by 2 Hungry Bros)
9.) Strange Planet (produced by KO Beatz)
10.) Being Haved (produced by DJ Spinna)
11.) The Things They Carried f/John Robinson & Daniel Joseph (produced by Core Rhythm)
12.) Calm Tornado (produced by Thieven' Steven)
13.) Listen (produced by Kentron The Mastadon)
14.) Angels With Dirty Faces (produced by J57)

Homeboy Sandman doesn’t reinvent the wheel per se, but he certainly puts his unique spin on it. The progressive marriage between beats and rhymes reaches well beyond modern convention, cementing the most important measure of any album: replay value. There is nothing overtly mainstream here. This is not Pop. “These are not your typical plain old Average Joe verses.”

Solo Dolo

2010-05-09T21:52:00.001-07:00

Soundtrack To My Life

2010-04-22T00:28:00.000-07:00

Stalley @ Chelsea

2010-04-22T00:01:00.000-07:00

Michelle Trachtenberg

2010-04-21T23:56:00.000-07:00

Via, Amajanese

3:16 w/ J.Cole

2010-04-21T23:43:00.000-07:00

The Smoking Section and Yours Truly teamed up to bring us the 3:16 video series in which rappers recite their favorite verses of other rappers and explain what they mean to them and how they influenced them.

This time they talked to J.Cole. In part one (above), J. shares how Canibus’ “Buckingham Palace” transformed his own rhyme style, helping him rearrange his whole approach to rhyming.

And in part two (below), Cole breaks down his affinity for Nas’ “Undying Love” and its influence on one of his first songs, “The Storm,” as well as his smash, “Lights Please.”

Man On The Moon II; The Legend Of Mr Rager

2010-04-21T23:36:00.001-07:00

www.kidcudi.com

Ok Cudi I See You

Mansions On The Moon 'She Makes Me Feel'

2010-04-21T23:30:00.000-07:00

Track off Manison on the Moon's soon to be released mixtape with Diplo x DJ Benzi. Video directred by Illusive Media.

Fire & Brimstone

Video: N.E.R.D - Party People x Hot & Fun [Live @ Levi’s Relaunch Party]

2010-04-21T23:26:00.000-07:00

Once again N*E*R*D perform 2 new cuts off their new album "Nothing" which is due out June 15th.

T.I.T.S. x Rosa Acosta

2010-04-21T23:22:00.000-07:00

I Want a Pair or 2

2010-04-21T23:14:00.000-07:00

Available from today at New York’s Nike Sportswear store 21 Mercer are these two new colorways of Nike’s All Court model. Golden Harvest & Dark Sage are the latest editions, featuring matching laces and a plain white sole and toe. Also Available @ Proper

Via, Hypebeast

'Possibility' Lykke Li

2010-03-22T11:26:00.000-07:00

24KMilkCrate x J.Cole @ URB SXSNext 2010

2010-03-22T11:25:00.000-07:00

ROCKIE FRESH ”DO THE DANCE”

2010-03-19T18:17:00.000-07:00

Do The Dance by The Coolest Out

The Lost Art Of Inglourious Basterds

2010-03-19T18:09:00.000-07:00

Ok, so what happened was The Weinstein Co. was all like, “we should so somethin’!” and then the SA Studios marketing division was like, “yea fo’ sho!” and then Upper Playground was all up in it with like, “hell yea, lets get it ya’ll!” and then Quentin Tarantino was all like, “helllll yeaaaa!” then 13 hand-selected artists were probably like “stop callin’ me.” So… now we have ‘The Lost Art of Inglourious Basterds‘. It’s pretty much the best story I’ve ever heard, but believe it or not, the art is a lot better. Suck it all in folks. Six copies of each, priced at 300 per, only available in person in downtown L.A., guaranteed gone.

http://vividunderground.com For More Lost Art!

Money Mayweather & DD172

2010-03-19T18:05:00.000-07:00

Prowler 2

2010-03-19T17:53:00.000-07:00

Prowler 2 (ft. Jean Grae, Jay Electronica, Joell Ortiz & Mos Def) by The Coolest Out

Diggy Simmons

2010-03-14T17:19:00.000-07:00

Karin + Raoul; Dawn

2010-03-13T22:22:00.001-08:00

Blu 'Untitled (LovedU) 2'

2010-03-13T22:10:00.000-08:00

Blu-Untitled(LovedU)2 x GodArt from www.loveonthebeat.net on Vimeo.

Hellz Bellz: Xian Mikol x S 2010 Collection [Delivery 1]

2010-03-11T14:26:00.000-08:00

Hellz shares their new Spring 2010 collection, ‘Obsessed With You’. The collection “reflects an obscure view of modern fashion and the obsession that it becomes. A minimal color story reflects the theme of obsession with the main focus on the unique and simplistic details of each silhouette. [...] Hellz continues to cross boundaries with well thought-out design and carefully crafted details as well as demonstrating that fashion may be work to some and it may be a hobby for others, but for popular culture it will forever be an obsession.”

Take a leap to explore the Hellz Spring 2010 Collection.

Via Highsnobiety

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JAY-Z X J. COLE: THE BP3 TOUR | GREENSBORO, NC

2010-03-11T14:22:00.000-08:00

MGMT 'Flash Delirium'

2010-03-11T13:57:00.000-08:00

Download 'Flash Delirium' By MGMT

Follow MGMT On Twitter @whereisMGMT

S.T.A.L.L.E.Y.

2010-03-09T10:06:00.001-08:00

Drop The World

2010-03-09T09:59:00.001-08:00

Blu 'Amensia'

2010-03-09T09:38:00.000-08:00

J.Cole n ATL

2010-02-28T19:31:00.000-08:00

J.Cole @ The Loft, Atlanta. from Benjamin Styles on Vimeo.

Big Sean x Mr.Hudson 'Way Out'

2010-02-28T19:27:00.001-08:00

Way Out (ft. Mr. Hudson) Via The Coolest Out

FIRE & BRiMSTONE

Good Wood!

2010-02-25T18:52:00.000-08:00

Dope Jewelry! Check Out GoodWoodNYC.com

'Address' Currensy & Stalley

2010-02-25T18:51:00.000-08:00

One More From Common... Testify!

2010-02-23T15:39:00.000-08:00

'Testify' Common

Orion Nebula

2010-02-23T15:34:00.000-08:00

Great picture of the Orion Nebula captured by a 67-megapixel, infrared-sensitive VISTA telescope

Via Wired

I Wish I Could Give You This Feelin...

2010-02-23T15:26:00.000-08:00

'The People' Common

'The Corner' Common, Kanye West & The Last Poets

2 Amazing tracks Off the Classic 'BE' Album...*Fire & Brimstone*

I Wanna Buy This

2010-02-23T15:12:00.000-08:00

The mechanical digital display on this de Grisogono Meccanico watch is a great idea well executed.

via BBC

'Wake Up Call' 88-keys & Colin Munroe

2010-02-23T15:03:00.000-08:00

Imma Big Colin Munroe Fan, & 88-Keys Is Starting to Impress Me Darely...

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