Saturday, October 10, 2009
Solebox x Saucony Shadow 90
Solebox reveals their latest collaborative sneaker, this time with Saucony on the what they’re calling the Shadow 90. What’s a Shadow 90 you ask? As Hikmit from Solebox puts it “Shadow 6000 upper with Shadow 5000 sole unit = Shadow 90.” Black suede and mesh with orange highlights on a white midsole. Release date is estimated for November/December.
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Mustache Bandages
You can sport these Mustache Bandages on your upper-lip if your follicely challenged, or add a little humor to your next paper cut. Cover your body in Mustaches and feel the healing power of natures oldest remedy. via.
JuiceBar Portable Solar Charger
Your stuck in the woods, you’ve gone abroad without an adapter, you forgot to pay your electric bill, there’s a world-wide blackout, before the JuiceBar Portable Solar Charger all these occurrences would mean no power for your portable devices. Now all you need are the suns rays to juice up your essentials. With adapters for almost any portable device, the JuiceBar is your new favorite power source.
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Nike SB Brain Wreck T-Shirt & 5-Panel Cap
To accompany the forthcoming Brain Wreck Dunk High Premium, designed by artist Todd Bratrud, Nike SB produced a matching t-shirt and 5-panel cap. The hat comes in black canvas and is embroidered with a small pink Nike SB logo up front and a large BRAIN WRECK across the back. Inside you’ll find a satin lining that corresponds with the brain pattern seen inside the shoe. Releasing Sunday, October 11th at Premier.
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Maestro Knows Season 2 Finale | The Dream Team
In the Season 2 Finale, Maestro makes his way back to Tokyo to skate around and take part in Eric Koston’s global launch of “The Life Of Koston” shot by Atiba Jefferson and Keiichi Nitta. Joined by special guests Atiba Jefferson, Ty Evans, Giovanni Reda and Rip Zinger. Levi says it’s the best one he’s ever made. Enjoy.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Nike x Cassette Playa Rivalry Collection
The complete Nike x Cassette Playa Rivalry Collection consisting of the Dunk Hi, three t-shirts, a premium Varsity Jacket, as well as more light-weight versions of the Varsity Jacket, the collection combines classic Nike styles with the fashion forward and colorful designs of Carrie Munden’s Cassette Playa style.
ViA: HiGHSNOBiETY
BBC/Ice Cream Fall/Winter 2009 “Space Beach” Collection | 3rd Delivery
The 3rd delivery of the BBC/Ice Cream Fall/Winter 2009 “Space Beach” Collection has been released. The drop consists of new blazers, t-shirts, shirts, denim, as well as some nice accessories, such as a New Era cap, tie and scarf.
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Stussy x Samurai Magazine 10th Anniversary | T-Shirt and Freestyle Shark Classic Watch
Stussy gets together with Samurai Magazine to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the magazine. For the occasion they worked on a t-shirt and also with Shark on the Freestyle Shark Classic Watch. Both pieces are now available in the Samurai Webshop.
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Undefeated 3G iPhone Covers
A while back we already showed you the new silver and gold 3G iPhone covers when they released in Japan. Now that they will arrive in the US Chapter Stores, we give you another look, including the added blue colorway. The cases will be in Undefeated stores from this coming weekend, October 10th.
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OAKLAND iSH: Oscar Grant Hearing & New Kev Choice Song
It has been 10 months since the Oscar Grant killing, but today is a big day for Officer Mehserle and the murder charges that are being brought against him. At noon there was a press conference a lot of local leaders and community members attended and at 2pm there is a hearing to determine whether the case should be held in another county.
Mehserle's attorney claims that the former Bart officer cannot receive a fair trial in Alameda County due to the outrage many Oaklanders feel about the situation. The main reason that Mehserle's camp wants the trial moved is because they believe the racial divide in the community is too big, and the relationship between the police and the locals too strained. I agree that a lot of people already have their mind made up, but you're telling me you can't find anyone in Alameda County without an anti-police bias? I don't believe that.
My biggest opposition to the location change is that the murder happened in Oakland, why should they move it some where else? This murder impacted our people and our community, not Contra Costa or any other county. He should have to answer to a group of peers in the location where he fatally shot Mr. Grant.
Coinciding with this press conference and the potential venue change, Kev Choice has released a song called "Hopefully" that speaks directly to the Oscar Grant killing. I am glad to see that artists have not forgotten about the killing and the social problems that are going on in our city. After the killing on New Years Day, everybody and their mama wanted to release a tribute song, but as time passed, silence took over. Now with the trial quickly approaching, we must stand up together and let everyone know that we have not forgotten. Food for thought and a song for dessert.
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DL: "Hopefully"- Kev Choice
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The Making of Lupe Fiasco’s HP “Hands” Ad
HP is dedicating a “hands” ad to help promote the fact that Lupe Fiasco, Kenna and Alexandra Cousteau are climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in January 2010 to raise awareness for the global water crisis. HP and Intel are also powering their “Summit on the Summit” website.
ViA: NAHRiGHT
NEW MUSIC: JANELLE MONáE - “COME ALIVE (THE WAR OF THE ROSES)“
Rock ‘n roll sensation Janelle Monáe has finally graced us with some new material after the release of her first EP, Metropolis, Suite I: The Chase.
The new track is “Come Alive (The War of Roses).” The funky tune was produced Nate “Rocket” Wonder and written by Monáe, herself and Chuck Lightning of the Wondaland Arts Society. This is just a taste of what’s to come on her full length album, Metropolis, which is expected to drop at the top next year.
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♫ Janelle Monáe - Come Alive (The War of the Roses)
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NEW MUSIC: SNOOP DOGG FEAT. THE DREAM - “GANGSTA LUV“
Check out the brand new single from Snoop Dogg featuring The Dream, “Gangsta Luv,” produced by Tricky Stewart. The new track comes from Snoop’s tenth studio album, Malice N Wonderland, due out December 8th.
You can’t say that Snoop doesn’t slightly reinvent himself every time to keep himself in the game. This track still encompasses Snoop’s “rhythm and gangsta,” but still has that catchy hook from The Dream that the radio needs.
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♫ Snoop Dogg feat. The Dream - Gangsta Luv
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Curren$y - Jet Files Bonus Webisode: Living The Life
Here it is folks. The bonus edition of the Jet Files v-log series finds Spitta commemorating the closing of a body of work by leaking portions of one of the bonus tracks taken from Jet Files. In this webisode Curren$y unveils the top secret blue print for a new street anthem entitled Living The Life. We get A-M-A-L-G-A-M- MONEY!
Def Jam Covers XXL (Nov. 2009)
In celebration of Def Jam’s quarter century in the music business, XXL has selected a handful of the label’s roster, past and present, to grace the cover of the November issue.
XXL’s new issue will include memorable tales from the MCs about the famed label, along with a complete discography of Def Jam releases and a comprehensive timeline of the brand’s biggest moments. Behind the scenes masterminds, Russell Simmons, Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles sit for the first time to share their memories and Rick Rubin also takes a look back at the legacy of Def Jam.
Other features in the issue include stories on Clipse, Kid Cudi, Birdman, Juvenile and B.G.
XXL’s November issue hits stand on October 27.
ViA: NAHRiGHT
Kid Cudi Interview w/ PinBoardBlog
Talks about the pressure of early fame, how he no longer speaks with his mother, upsetting his fans, the love/hate relationship he has with blogs and more.
The Foreign Exchange - I Wanna Know
Here’s the latet video from Phonte and Nicolay’s Leave It All Behind project. The Foreign Exchange is one of my favorite groups out right.They are really underrated and you all should download some of their music.I promise you won't be let down!
Shyne Remains In Custody Due To Immigration Status
It looks like Shyne’s homecoming is on hold for the moment.
The former Bad Boy rapper (born Jamal Barrow) was scheduled to be released from prison Tuesday (October 6) after serving more than nine years of a 10-year sentence in connection with the 2001 Club New York shooting involving Diddy and Jennifer Lopez.
But his release is now under review, as representatives for the rapper revealed to MTV News that the Brooklyn MC is being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at an unspecified facility in Western New York State. Officials are determining whether or not to deport the rapper, who was born in Belize, a rep explained.
“Shyne is currently in federal custody while his future immigration status is determined,” the rep said in a message to MTV News. Shyne attorney Oscar Michelen emphasized to MTV News on Tuesday afternoon that Shyne has not been released, contrary to media reports.
In August, a lawyer for Shyne said the rapper was “90 percent of the way home” after a judge ruled on his post-release supervision. The rapper received two and a half years of post-release supervision (probation, essentially) stemming from his conviction on first-degree assault and a host of other lesser charges. At the time of his sentencing, an official with the Department of Correction confirmed to MTV News that Shyne would have to complete at least eight years and seven months of his prison sentence.
For years, though, Shyne’s release date has been the subject of much confusion. Michelen acknowledged the subject had become urban legend, as the rumors started yearly that his client would be released. Michelen told MTV News in August that he believed a clerical error led to the incorrect assumptions.
“I think [the basis for the rumor] was created by a computer,” he explained, “because the Department of Corrections has a Web site where you can do an inmate lookup. And if you have the information, it will show you that [Shyne's] earlier release date was originally April [of this year] and then June. And we don’t now how that was in there. But it showed that. And then what would happen is before a release date, [an inmate] would get produced before a parole board, and in the institution, there would be rumors that [Shyne] was up for parole. I guess inmates or guards would spread the rumor.”
At press time, the status of Shyne’s release from prison remained unclear.
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SOLANGE KNOWLES FEATURED IN HONEY MAG
Singer/songwriter Solange Knowles was featured in a dope new Honey Magazine shoot and she spills on the new hairstyle, the new album she’s working on and of course fashion.
♫ NEW MUSIC: MARIO - “STRANDED”
Check out this new track from Mario entitled “Stranded”. The ballad was written by Sean Garrett and produced by Eric Hudson. “Stranded” is rumored to be Mario’s 2nd single from the new album, D.N.A. (available on October 13th).
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♫ Mario - Stranded
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NEW MUSIC: USHER - “PAPERS” + ALBUM NEWS
♫ Usher - Papers
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R&B crooner Usher just released his last album, Here I Stand last year but is already ready to put on his sixth studio album. The first to leak of the material is the much anticipated, “Papers,” written and produced by Sean Garrett and Zaytoven.
The new album, tentatively titled Raymond vs. Raymond (it was originally announced that the new album would be titled Monster), is set to release December 8th, via LaFace/Jive Records. On the album, Usher is collaborating with Jermaine Dupri, Ester Dean, Jay-Z, Anthony Hamilton, Pharrell Williams and Adam Levine, just to name a few.
Very much different from Usher’s last effort, he’s told People Mag that the forthcoming album will be “racy, risky and edgy and sometimes about personal experiences.” And it’s no wonder, “Papers” was written months before Usher announced that he was filing for divorce.
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