First single off the “Watch the Throne” album and it doesn’t disappoint. At least that’s the case for me. I know there has been a lot of talk on the blogosphere regarding whether or not a track which relies so heavily on the words/lyrics/beat from a previous track should be your leading single off of a new album. Me? I don’t care as long as I like the music – that’s all that matters to me.
Just FYI the artowrk for the track is by the creative director of Givenchy, Riccardo Tisci.
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A lot of hype coming before this video dropped. Was it worthy of it? I’ll let you be the judge of that.
Pusha T has been around for a minute and this is much of the same from him. I’m still impressed with Tyler the Creator though, always brings something different to each of the projects he gets involved in. I’ve heard excellent things about the Big Smoke shows from a few weeks back, the Odd Future gang seem to have the world at their feet – let’s see if that continues.
I’m a huge fan of Shepard and his Obey brand of clothing. Hard to belive it all strated with a newspaper cutting of Andre the Giant back in the 1980’s.
Thanks to Shephard and two of his street artist friends Kenny Scharf and RETNA, the West Hollywood Library is enjoying a much needed facelift. Curated by MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Arts), the building will eventually become the one Library that I would actually like to visit on the West Coast (closely followed by the imaginary Library that hands out $100 bills).
Check the jump for more photos and I’ll post some more once they’re finished.
Having waited a good number of months to get my hands on Jay-Z and the One Who Shall Not Be Named Kanye’s collab album, “Watch the Throne”, a nice little documentary comes out showing the creative process.
How things have changed for the East Coast duo. Instead of dingey little studios and hired female companions, they now have entire Sydney estates and Beyonce on hand.
Oh well, I wouldn’t complain.
Now don’t get me wrong, Tom Ford is obviously a good designer and his brand is pretty good – but he’s been let down by a piss poor commercial, high street showing. When Debenhams is stocking your goods you know you’ve gone too far and sold out to the almight dollar.
But he knows how to be a top geezer:
1. You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.
2. A gentleman today has to work. People who do not work are so boring and are usually bored. You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.
3. Manners are very important and actually knowing when things are appropriate. I always open doors for women, I carry their coat, I make sure that they’re walking on the inside of the street. Stand up when people arrive at and leave the dinner table.
4. Don’t be pretentious or racist or sexist or judge people by their background.
5. A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.
The only one I kind of disagree with is number 5, it gets hot in the city Mr Ford and the sweatiness of my balls is quite a high priority.
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Not a bad little summer tune from The Cool Kids and co. Pharrell always seems to be around when the sun comes out, does he hibernate or something?
Still love Skateboard P’s work on Despicable Me – its soooo flllluuuffffyyyy! Anyway, getting sidetracked.
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You’ve probably heard some of these tracks before and most likely wouldn’t pick up or download them seperately – but this is Tyler. Missed out seeing him and the Odd Future crew at Camden Crawl – something to do with £7.99 cases of Stella, can’t really remember.
Download with the downwards arrow.
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Now this is the kind of innovation that makes Britain great. From the simple alluminium soda can to the crazy pressurised foam machine, its the obvious way forward – isn’t it? I just hope the guys at Hawaiian Punch get the memo for my next trip to the US of A.
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Always nice to see local spots on video, especially when its the Stussy guys larking about. This is the life isn’t it, BBQ’s, tagging and drinking – perfect combination for a night in the cells.
What a coincidence that a day after I purchase some new selvedge, I nice little video appears showing me where they were stitched together. Thankfully there’s no Vietnamese children making a starring role.
Applaud and AddJuice 