Wednesday, September 08, 2004
More mp3's | M.I.T. goes hip hop? | Great magazine covers | Guantanamo - the play
B-boying in Harvard Square!
So I saw a dude at West 4th Street subway this past weekend rockin' an ill pair of crazy-looking patchwork quilt style Tims that seemed legit (I saw what looked liked the official Tim logo on 'em) but looked like the joints you see on those bootleg, factory variant, hoodtsyle sneaker websites. On top of that I couldn't find them anywhere in Fulton Mall or on the Timberland website. But on the website they did have the Boot Studio, a cool page where you can custom design your own pair of boots Nike style. This is why I need to walk around town with my digital camera to capture these moments, but then I'd be one sad blogger who's let this site completely take over his life.
My second favorite "spotted-in-the-village-while-out-DJ-ing" story from two weeks ago: heading home one night and seeing a fully-kitted out, hoodstyle 3-series BMW sittin' on some chromed-out dubs with the license plate "TRPLBEAM" parked on West 3rd near 6th Ave. Hmm, so "not a lawyer then" I'm thinking (unless that the scales of justice they're referring to). But who's sittting inside the whip? Two Indian kids, one of whom is rockin' a turban, eating pizza listening to some hip hop (I forget what now), WTF! This hip hop ish has gotten way out of control.
The Times on Diddy's new flagship Sean John store on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manahattan.
It's A 'Cane Thing: the story of the rise of "Miami Vice", the University of Miami football program, and their transformational influence on how the college game is played today. (The New York Times)
The woman behind my new favorite R&B record "I Changed My Mind" Keyshia Cole's official website which has her video real | win. Shout to my peoples Mac & AK who had old girl singing on their Bay Area street album Money Rhymes on the track " U Can't Break Me" long before she got down with Kanye.
I've been turning into a serious Ma$e booster but I can't front, I really do like his album. Here's his official website while CNN interveiws him here. My man Nick ain't feelin "Breathe Stretch" which is probably the hottest club record in the country right now. But he did put me up on "Go Dumb" (nice title!), a track I'd never heard of, that's his preferred uptempo banger by producer Rick Rok's crew The Federation. It's actually not a bad record too. (Peep the track here: win | real via the Power 105 New York website)
Diddy's really trying to get heavy into this Dirty South hip hop ish... a year after everyone else done got with it: Dem Boyz - Boyz in Da Hood.
Game gets Illmatic....
and wrecks a hot Dre beat with an assist by 50 on "Westside Story"
and another w. Lil' Flip & Cassidy "State Your Name Gangsta"
De La Soul's new single "Shopping Bags"
Freddie Foxxx's remix of "Why"
Mannie Fresh - Real Big feat. a great look for the 2004 hood classic, the Chrysler 300C (video: real | win)
(mp3's via hiphophavoc.com, Ballerstatus, Bad Boy (but not via the site), allhiphop.com and hiphopgame.com)
Damn, Guerilla Black not only rhymes but talks like (The Black) Frank White too. (via hiphophavoc.com)
BTW, now I'm crazy in love with the girl from the new Outkast "Prototype" video who is super smokin'.
But I guess I'll have to settle for looking at Ki-Toy Johnson on the cover of this month's Black Men or Stacy Dash on the cover of Smooth until I meet her. I can't even believe I was so-so on Ms. Dash until this year when she blew my mind in that Kanye video.
Speaking of which, get a beautiful hip hop mind at M.I.T. (spotted via Hip Hop Logic)
Then Holla at a Scholar with your Lyrical Swords (via allhiphop.com)
And finally: art imitates life: Guantanamo - the play.
