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Craig Wetherby x Manik Gallery Show Seattle

My good homey Craig Wetherby is kicking off his gallery tour with a show this Saturday at Goods in Seattle. This shit is not to be missed. There is also an afterparty at War Room. Craig's gonna send me some pics so stay tuned this weekend for a peep at how it all went down.

Hustlin Son

This opened tonight with a lot of good people involved. If you missed the party, try to get down there before July 13. Thanks to powerHouse for always coming with that good shit.

powerHouse and Juxtapoz Present:
The Hustle

Exhibition runs May 22–July 13, 2008
Gallery Hours:
Weekdays: 10am–7pm, Weekends: 11am–7pm

A tribute to capitalism in action, The Hustle, is about the art of selling—anything. Selling sex, selling drugs, selling clothes, selling souls, selling dreams, selling schemes, selling anything ‘cause this is America, baby. Held in conjunction with the publication of powerHouse Magazine Issue 3, The powerHouse Arena will be transformed into a Hustler Wall of Fame, with a broad selection of artists contributing their vision of this iconic figure in America culture.

To preview the show please visit
http://powerhousearena.com/thehustle/

Neal Santos on High Snobiety

I just did a piece on my homie Neal Santos from TeamWorks for High Snobiety. Peep the link here. Let me know what you think...

Tour de Brooklyn

Taking advantage of the ill weather this weekend, a bunch of us bumrushed the Tour de Brooklyn. We didn't bother to register, which would have been a colossal waste of time, and in all honesty, with all the holdups we bounced on that shit in Bushwick and went to Noah's crib in Crown Hizzle before going big at Christies and hitting Prospect Park. It was a dope ass day though. To everyone who pussied out on the ride - ya snoozed kidz!



Muitas pessoas ne? Shuttin down Nostrand!



Sarah!

Jayceeoh

Crizzle



Chillinest dude of the ride.

He had a system and was bumping lean back at this point.

We went through a cemetery...

which was weird.

But with this dude holding us down with the freestyle, all was good.

TTR hits NYC

The Swatch TTR (which stands for Ticket To Ride) grand assembly hit NYC last week to politik on the state of competitive snowboarding's future. Led by the snowboarding legend Terje Haakonsen, TTR is a global series of contests that crown a male and female winner each year and blesses them with a boatload of cash. This year it was Kevin Pearce and Jamie Anderson taking the dough for the men and women respectively. To cap the whole thing off, TTR held a suare at the Swatch flagship store in Times Square. Why the hell do it there, you ask, well Swatch happens to be the major sponsor of the whole thing, so let them live a little. It was a good time. Peep the pics below.



The Dingo with Kevin Pearce and TTR's Matt Johnson

Paper Mag's Michelle Lindsay with some designer dudes and Jamie Anderson

Hawaii Mike seeing a ghost or something.

Dingo, Swatch dude and TTR President Reto Lamm getting ready to give away some money.

Kevin and Jamie ready to get that money.

Vodka Redbulls everywhere.

Don't forget the cheese, not Swiss though, which was odd.

Uber agent Sue Izzo and the man himself Terje Haakonsen. Always good to see a homie.

Living Legend Tricia Byrnes

Majors what's good?

Michael and friend

Frank151 in the house

Fredi Kalbermatten and Kukoo da Baga Bones - Kukoo big up my dude!

Girls with berries, the only way to go.

My New Website Coming Soon!

You gotta love Bushwick! (before the hipsters)

One Minute of Dope

Living in the Cobble Hill Towers has its perks, like running over to my neighbor Jayceeoh's crib to roll something and getting hit with the ill mini set. Jayceeoh is going to Brasil this week for an 11 day tour with Akrobatik. More on that this week!

Alpine Sliding the Great Wall of China!

My homey Jeff Carvalho just got back from China...look what he got to do!

Happy 125th Brooklyn Bridge!

I got the last minute call from Uncle Craig that the Nike Bridge Runners 125th anniversary run over the Brooklyn Bridge was going down, which was a good thing because I had totally spaced it. But after a mad dash to BK to grab my running shit, me and Craig were in Chinatown ready to rip. After copping our special edition Dry Fits with 125 on the back and an image of the bridge on the front, we were off. Even though it poured halfway through, the 100 or so of us had a sick ass time. After routing through Park Row to the bridge to DUMBO and up through Brooklyn Heights, we finished off at Cadman Plaza with some Grimaldi's pizza and the ill custom cake. Following an enlightening history of the Brooklyn Bridge by someone from the Parks Deptartment we dispersed all better off for having made the effort. Photos by David Perez Shadi. Thanks Shadi!




Mike Saes Master Bridge Runner

Kai and Shadi

Timbo, Chris and Craig feeling it afterwards.

NYC Parks Department dropping knowledge.

Happy B Day Brooklyn Bridge!

Ataque do Mecha-Caranguejo!

Iz We!

Last week I linked up with Lucas Penido of TheHypeBR to talk about his domination of the Brasilian hype site scene. This week I'd like to present his newest project: Iz We. Teaming with his longtime parceiro Gabriel Menezes, who just so happens to be the son of legendary Brasilian singer Jorge Ben, Iz We is a multimedia musical experiment designed to combine Baile Funk, Electro, Rock, and Hip Hop as well as number of other sonic influences to form an international movement all its own. Performing under the monikers Luke Skywalker and Gabezzz Boy, the duo will formally introduce Iz We this summer. However, there is a sneak peek available now on their myspace page. For a listen click here.

While there are no limits to the sound Iz We will produce, the group is operating under one unique guiding principal - they never plan to sell their music - it will always be available for free. Given their legacy as well as their online reach, they could easily attempt to exploit their notoriety for monetary gain, making it all the more impressive that they've chosen not to. Peep the pics below as well as hear Luke speaking about Iz We in both English and Portugues. Ironically the record Gabezzz is holding is a DJ Edgar release! E Noi$$!!!



English

Portugues

DJ Edgar Ao Vivo Na Suecia!!!

Meu grande amigo DJ Edgar from Rio is on a Scandinavian tour right now. A true godfather of the baile funk scene, Edgar started DJing with the Furacao 2000 sound system when he was 16. After building for years as the DJ for pioneering funk MC Mr. Catra, Edgar is now killing it as a solo artist. Watch him rip it up in Stockholm below. DJ Edgar will be in Vienna, Austria this Thursday and in Copenhagen, Denmark this Friday and Saturday. Interview coming soon! E Noi$$ Parceiro!!

Cachorrada!

Explosao!

Raphael na Rua

Acabei de chegar em casa uma noite recentemente e vi isso.

One of the strangest visuals I have come across on my block.
It was sitting there exactly like this.

Brooklyn Academy

During the tail end of the Golden Era of hip hop, the Lyricist Lounge Vol 1 double disc was released. Featuring everyone from the Liks to Common to Mos Def to Company Flow it was among the last releases to feature dope hip hop for hip hop's sake, and matched artists together that would never again be seen within the same context due to the impending divide between mainstream and underground hip hop. It's been ten years since true hip hop got lost in the shuffle and backpack and bling were positioned as polar opposites. However, all may not have been lost as there seems to be a recent shift back to originality and creativity in hip hop.

Marking the occasion is the long, long, long overdue debut album from Brooklyn Academy, Bored of Education. Since being featured on that fateful Lyricist Lounge album, Mr Metaphor, Pumpkinhead and Block McCloud have stayed true to their original sound and refused, perhaps even to their own person detriment, to conform to formulaic standards. But on July 22 2008, they'll finally have the chance to shine.

I lived in Park Slope for a long time and got to know Brooklyn Ac so to celebrate the upcoming release, which is being distributed through Caroline via a joint deal with K7 and Gold Dust Media, the homies invited me down to their listening party. It was a necessary breath of fresh air for someone struggling to stay in love with hip hop. Check some pics below.

Gully Sign = Real Hip Hop Inside

Greeted by my homie Marc Bars mean muggin it.

Brooklyn Academy: Mr. Metaphor, Pumpkinhead, Block McCloud

First look at the cover art.

Brooklyn Ac with Michael Bull, SVP Caroline Distribution and Dave Watkins of Gold Dust Media.

A lot of love in the room including Danny Castro (Lyricist Lounge), Fiona Bloom, DJ Bizarro (Jean Grae), Dantana (Okayplayer), and Poison Pen. Big up Brooklyn AC!