They call it the NEW 80'S

Do you feel gypped? Remember all the wonder that surround the 21st century when we were kids? We used to talk about “the year 2000” like it was going to coming of rise of robots and our lives were suddenly going to be more Jetson-esque. Actual 80’s Babies like me and my team can recall the days of high colored sneakers and slim denim. Instead of getting something new that shit just came back around like a boomerang.

The 1980’s vibe in the air doesn’t seem to showing signs of fading just yet so rather than complain, get with the program! REEBOK has embraced the nostalgia and the brand’s 09 looks are a revamp of 80’s styles with new millennium –dare I utter it-- SWAGGER (sigh). The 80’s babies/ 90’s kids were called Generation X, do kids these days have inherited the title Generation Y and they seem to love this fresh “new” (I use the term loosely) 80’s kick we’re on. That’s cool, they are probably responsible for its prevalence. Thanks.




Have a quick peek-a-boo at what Reebok will be doing this year
And
Go here to see the Reebok Pop-Up>>>

Wil May: College is a Trap

I didn’t go to college. I graduated from North Springs and went straight for my dreams. I never appreciated the pissing and moaning of “broke college kids”. It sounded oxymoronic to me. All the broke kids I knew couldn’t go to college. Then I met more college kids…then I met Wil May.

We piled in with the homies after some party at The Royal Friday. Flying around town looking for some random shit to fall into, we landed at Wil May’s place. A…Loft? um Apartment? Err…Bachelor pad? Nah. All that down plays the shit. He had some MTV REAL WORLD shit low key under a bridge in Castleberry Hill District of Atlanta. It was my uninformed assumption that Mr. May had come from a spoiled rotten childhood with papered up parents. It didn’t mean shit to me. I was going to drink dude's alcohol and call a chick. I was posted. I had a seat on the patio with my people and out comes him. He’s all chill with the low tops on and the signature checkered fitted. He dapped me up and introduced himself. Cool enough. We sitting around popping shit and someone asked me to spit a verse. Wil and I get the two-man cipher going. I was spitting my pimping and he was rhyming about skeeting on white girls. The shit was just fun.

I didn’t stay a lot longer... and because the guy wasn’t a dick, I felt like I shouldn’t just drink all the alcohol. I had a drink and broke out but I wondered, “What does this nigga do”

I soon found out the hustle.
Ladies and Gentlemen: IDZ 4 the K!D$ Download the song

Diddy on NOTORIOUS

NOTORIOUS in theaters FRIDAY!

Convertible Convenience

Imagine your modern day Repunsel perched atop one of these babies. Hofman Dujardin Architects brought to fruition a dream for many cityslickers. To have or not to have the balcony is a choice all your own. The concept of the convertible balcony was granted Wallpaper Magazine’s coveted Design Award 2009 for the Most life-enhancing product.

View the video to see how it works.

NEW: Kanye for Louis Vuitton

Yeah, Savage.
These are hot.

Gentleman, The David Hart Bowtie

I've learned to admire simpler things in my age.
I graduated from a class of the classless and I've become something more.

My father enstilled something in me that didn't curse around older women and
My mother showed me hold doors open and pump my lady's gas.

Chivalry died long before hip-hop but here's to hoping, kids!

David Hart & Co.
Hand-tailored in NYC>>> GO FETCH

One Hit Wonder???

They are not...
Gourmet blazed the scene when they ran with their variations of the monochromatic Jordan Silhouettes. They do a good job keeping a mystique with such limited releases. Kudos. That said, this is a sneak peak of what Gourmet is cooking up this spring… just enough to whet the palate.

Dior Homme 2009 Spring/Summer Ad Campaign

nice.

3Sixteen This Spring

3sixteen Spring 2009 Photoshoot from 3sixteen on Vimeo.

nuff said.
found on hypebeast

I Was Told There'd Be Cake

I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley from Book Videos on Vimeo.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

From accidentally despoiling an exhibit at the Museum of Natural History to siccing the cops on the wrong neighbor, Sloane Crosley can do no right, despite the best of intentions—or perhaps because of them. In a sharp, original storytelling style that confounds expectations at every turn, Crosley recounts her victories and catastrophes in an irresistible voice that is all her own, finding genuine insights in the most unpredictable places.

update: HBO Network nabs rights to collection of essays>>>

Kylie on X

Kylie Minogue's X2008 was the 10th Tour for the singer set to support her album X. Initially the tour was announced as a European Tour but was rumored to also have stops scheduled in Asia and Australia. More than just rumors surfaced in coming months. Here is footage of the show in New Zealand which was actually the first concert in New Zealand for the Aussie Songbird. Check out the videos. The visuals are bananas and needless to say, the crowd goes wild.

The World According To Soulja Boy

Start spreading the news: NAS KILLED HIP-HOP!

Who's Next?

MTV Shows

where's the other half of the Freshmen 10???

Kid Cudi

Coodie and his interview with Eighty81


Hustler Watch: Kid Cudi from Eighty81 on Vimeo.

Remember Me

This freestyle is not brand new.
Believe it or not this came out around the time of Kingdom Come
On the air with Flex. I have to say that Jay did body this one.
Just a reminder on how great the guy is.

Raf Simmons - CLEAN

RAF SIMONS 2009 Spring/Summer Sneaker



spotted on Hypebeast >>> Available online at colette.fr.>>>

Band of Outsiders

Untitled from Band of Outsiders on Vimeo.

Band of Outsiders presents its upcoming collections for 2009 via a series of high-def videos. This one in particular features the likes of Charles Hamilton and its most disturbing watching this guy dance and prance around. If you think he's weird as some gimmick you're not sane your damn self. Oh and on the boat-shoe-sperry-tip, Wil May eat your heart out!!!

Cartoon Lupe

This week in the Rumor Mill, LUPE FIASCO. Rumor has it that he is singing in a band named Japanese Cartoon under the alias Percival Fats...He's using a faux-Brit accent.

-Is it true?

-Is it Lu?

In a statement from the band, they state... "Lupe does finance the band but is NOT I REPEAT NOT THE SINGER IN JAPANESE CARTOON. He is however the producer and we value his participation very much."

Weight Training with Lil Cease???

That sounds hella random but this is real.
Can't knock the hustle especially when rappers don't endorse healthy lifestyles typically. I'm not about to go get on the hardbody program but the brief bit of this i did watch looks official. I mean 'official' as in like it looks like he is not doing some pull ups on a street sign, these cats are on some serious shit. Perhaps this was something he's always been into. Perhaps it was a recent change and he decided to get some money with it. Chase your dreams, I guess.



In related news:
- Akinyele recently opened a diner in Virgin Islands. (lol)

Beyonce: "Imma Diva" video

_________ eat your heart out! all the mannequins in the trunk was a statement.
oh and the balenciaga looking shit where she's holding the chains was bananas.
i like her.

Lightworks

VIdeo projection Monumentale 2009
by uruk

Projectors and lights is my guess?! The French firm, EasyWeb conceptualized and implemented this 3D video art display on various architectural platforms. Pretty incredible to see these things come to life. This took place in Madrid, if I'm not mistaken.

RIP Eartha Kitt: 12.26.08

NEW YORK (AP) — Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81.

Nikki Jean gets Inked

with Sony BMG/Columbia Records

Diddy's Million Dollar Bribe

i think i made that sound a lot worse than it really is. A million dollars is a big deal to get a bunch of blue light bulbs. I wonder if it will go down.

???

Notable quote, "that's like $100,000 a second...that's a good deal!"

Queens Get The Money

Queens Get The Money Music Video from ENCYCLOPEDIA on Vimeo.

*eyebrows up*
whoa!