Last Drops of 2008

I dunno Buck, I dunno...

illdoctrine.com

Some good points on hip-hop beef and on the economy.
Thank you Jay Smooth

Nike Mad Jibe - The Future

Combining both boat shoes (which I detest) and the popular dunk, Nike has created something that can bring us urban fans to the center of fashion for approx. $85

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Daily Design

Stuart Karten Design has created a piece of discursive design sure to hit home during these fiscally-obsessed months. Kurrency Chandeliers are hanging lamps are made out of paper money, available in dollars, euros, and pesos.

I want my cake everyday:

This might be the tightest video I have seen for a commercial product:

Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection from MABONA ORIGAMI on Vimeo.

The Christmas Card

A collection for friends. Happy Holidays!
Defsounds hates hates hates Charles Hamilton



Gotta find where they play for kicks like these..

Nike Zoom Kobe IV iD - Mike Epps + DJ AM from Freshnessmag.com on
Mike V is my hero

Even the big fall..



Juelz Santana ft. Starr "Jingle Bellz"

The French Story

What an imagination!

co-sign

2001 Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz speaks his mind about the Big 3 Bailout. I co-sign his exact thoughts, for better or worse. Read the article at Financial Times.

As a student seeking a BA in Economics (in my final semesters at Centre College) I hope to add more econ related material to the blog.

I'm choked up

Sittin' at home for Christmas break and I just caught the end of 60 Minutes. They were featuring Pete Carroll, head football coach for USC. If you don't believe altruism truly exists please take some time and watch this clip. This is a toast to all the "failed" seasons as a pro coach and the "2,500 e-mails, faxes and phone calls from alumni (haters)" sent to the USC Athletic Department including "a number of donors (haters) asking for Carroll's removal before they would donate again".
Watch the vid here:


Thanks for exemplifying a fine human being Coach Carroll.

Nice Drops

I love this joint...

NICE Vids

Jim Jones remix to Kid Cudi classic joint "Day and Night"

Jamie Foxx feat. Wayne - "Number One"

the is hott, Keri Hilson feat. Wayne - Turnin' Me ON

Drops

Lupe ate this track... weezy kinda played out with the autotune...




Ryan Leslie again, outta thin air I guess


I'm not sure on this one:




Part two to that Internet Nerd's Revenge... clowned so hard

Prepare to be Thankful

Ryan Leslie freestylin' on the keys to "Heartless"

Sky is fallin'

Pain, Diddy, and Akon with Busta Bust on Arab Money... coming soon... listen to the end of the vid... this is gonna be hard!

Download Drought's Over 6 Here

Jay-Z and Coldplay - Lost

Check out that Viva La Hova

downloads available at website above

Rihanna - Rehab

Rihanna - New Music - More Music Videos

This struck me funny at 2:30am

Cha Cha Slide USMC Style

Consequence - Job Song

Jobsong
by videos22

Asher on Carson Daly

Daily from Ian Francis (UK)

Website

Drops feat. New Hov

some stuff, it's funny

Change, That's What's Up...this post sponsored by Obama

Some Hot Drops - GO VOTE!!!

Kanye has leaked over half the upcoming album.... here is another one


From our XXL Freshman (Mixtape in last post)


Slaughterhouse.... a four headed monsta'


(revised)

Downloads

The Freshman (XXL's top 10 up and comers) - Mixtape

Apathy - The Internet EP 2008

T-Pain speaks on the Vocoder/Autotune

Feel this... and GO HARD, I mean...
Karaoke feat. DJ Khaled

GOOD

What the president will inherit.

Drops feat. EMINEM

he's back




FIRE!!!


not an original concept but quality

R.I.P. the Economic Boom lol

Drops feat. Weird Al

Love Life
as always... thanks for tuning in

That new heat ...rofl




...Ye


glad the beef is over

I'm not done yet.....

MUST LISTEN:




Consider all the posts my apology for not having anything up in the last week or so... it's been hectic.

Mark Ecko is a beast

A nice hoodie from the current online selection...

...and some absolute piff

Catching Up - so here is more

Retro Kidz - New Era

• MTV
• Music Videos
• MTV Shows
• Entertainment News

Just an overall different flavor today.

Love Lockdown Remix - Arggg

un Drop

feelin' the swag on this track

Super Kid

I hired this kid as my full-time anti-virus protection.

Drops

Please listen to that which is listed above.... I love it.

DJ AM and Travis Barker

If you hadn't heard the news...
Travis Barker and DJ AM have been critically injured in a Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people. (Saturday Sept. 20, 2008)

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen tells the Associated Press the plane, carrying six people, was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks. It appears the plane was attempting to take off, ran off the runway through a fence and hit an embankment, according to initial reports. The plane then caught fire.

Sources tell TMZ.com that Barker and DJ AM saved their own lives by jumping out the door of the burning plane, almost immediately after the small jet came to a halt.

Barker and DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein (and who was once engaged to Nicole Richie), were at a burn center in Augusta, Georgia. Beth Frits, spokeswoman at Joseph Still Burn Center, told CNN both men had "extensive burns."

TMZ.com reports that Barker has been burned from his waist down and that DJ AM's face was severely burned.
Federal officials say two crew members and two passengers have been killed. A coroner has identified three of the victims: Pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills, Calif.; co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, Calif.; and Barker's assistant, Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City, Calif. all died in the crash.

William Owens, who was driving down the highway when he said he saw a fireball go across the road, told a local TV station that the jet was "in flames and the fuel is running across the road and I had to cross the fuel to get to the two guys that seemed to have been dumped on the highway."

Owens said the two men, believed to be Barker and Goldstein, were in the road trying to extinguish themselves.

He told the station he asked the men if there was anyone else on board the plane; they said four more were with them.

"We turned to the jet to try and see if there was anything we could do, but immediately, there was nothing anyone could do," Owens said.

Barker and Goldstein, who perform together under the name TRVSDJ-AM, played a free concert in Columbia, South Carolina's college neighborhood Friday night.

Please keep these two artists, the deceased and the respective families in your thoughts and prayers.

The Soloist

Drops

Speaking of Kanye... your boy got in some trouble in LAX for smashing a photographers camera.

If you missed it...

Supra Vaiders - Tiffany Snakeskin

What do you think? Classic

How can she slap me?

This guy goes hard.. then every guy in the audience comes to make sure he quits slippin.

Hadn't seen much else on this dude, but it's worth a listen.

New Kicks

Alife has carved its own lane as an indie sneaker brand, not just a top-tier store that has delved into a saturated footwear market. Their fall line-up leads off with this Everybody Mid Lux Tweed that’ll be reserved for high-fashion outlets like Bloomingdales (and Alife of course). Quality construction, simple materials and that downtown New York swag, other stores relax and take notes.
$152, alifenyc.com
via


The Nike Badminton Olympic Shoe, Raketa - def. worth a look - maybe we all should take up the sport.

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New Mixtape, Buck and Rich Boy Drop

Download Mixtape | Provided by DatPiff.com

Andre 3k and John Legend - Green Light

Drops and Artist Today (Photography)

First and foremost.. go get that L.A.X.!!! Game!

Will Govus

check his blog out here

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Sorry

I've been promising updates and updates and updates... but no real updates or posts or stories or art, or music (okay so I added music last week) - - but still... it's coming, I promise

Drops (including an A.Roth favorite)

I think this is the new favorite track.. so it had to go first - Asher Roth is that dude... Almost makes me love college lol


The Hot Boys are back!!! THB was my ish way back when.... happy to see the reunion, sorry about the poor sq.... "Turk almost home"






Continue with the softness from T.I. - but it sounds good




Everbody got off on this one - really feelin' it.


Killer Mike goes hard? -I guess so, just listen
[edit] this is gross.... he's ILLLLLL

Kanye, Jay - Jockin' Jay-Z off B3

Sorry I was gone for a minute... had a little vacation of sorts. Dope stuff on the way - - peep this video of Kanye and Jay in NYC. Part of the Glow in the Dark tour (which I got to see in Cinci during my time off - pics etc. up sooon!)

Asher Roth - The Greenhouse Effect (Mixtape Download)

It's always nice to share - - first of many downloadable links to come.
You're welcome.

Early August Drops

Banks going hard - respect due, why can't he get this to wax with G-Unit.


Make sure you listen to this one. It's the Wu!!!


Kinda club, kinda pop, kinda hot.


Buck got that heart - listen to the lyrics.

W

The trailer for a movie about the worst president in the history of our nation.

DJ A-Trak

Rehearsal Space: A-Trak from videos222 on Vimeo.

A-Trak speaks on his come-up.

Artist Today

Leesa Leva

I don't have much of a bio or info on Leesa, but check out the site - Leva is a talented and unique water-color artist.

My New Partner in Crime

Automat Arrest


This is nuts - - I need her for that bank heist next week.

Daily

Sorry I've been a little busy lately... more drops and design ish soon.

2008 Olympic Team - Basketball

They better show me this when they get up against some real teams.
Canada, I'm sorry y'all had to get disrespected like this.

Joell Ortiz - Good Times

Asher Roth's 1st Live performance - Cannon

Fashion and Design

I'm going to kick things off with some Fashion posts - - new kicks, new clothes, etc. - I just added one of my favorite clothing companies under "Culture" - they go by Akomplice (straight outta CO), but this post is going to share some dope Nikes I've just spotted. Also, I'm gonna start adding more design related posts - architecture, sketching, etc. Hope you enjoy!

AF1 - Bird Nest Tweed


Nike SB - Ferris Bueller

Daily from Russ Mills

Michael DiTullo - iSomething

"Kids, please try this at home. In this episode, Michael DiTullo and Rocko the Ruler sketch up an iSomething-or-Other in about 5 minutes. Check out how Michael gets multiple tones out of the same marker by varying pressure. Also notice how he starts with the overall form and then overlays layers of detail. The selected perspective is dynamic, but not at the expense of communicating the design. Remember, sketching is a communication tool, and practice makes perfect."

The Game + Lil' Wayne = My Life

This is really nice. Good vibin' music... good verses - I'm really feelin' it. Hip Hop is coming back people. Maybe Wayne will just stay doing hooks and quit droppin full vocoder verses.

Daily from JR

Drops

Already re-thinking my bracket picks thanks to the new drops.
---Might be the hottest collection of drops I've posted so far. uggg




The full version of "Who" aka all 3 parts. REAL TALK... quit sleepin.

Best Rapper Alive

I decided to give Vibe Magazines "Best Rapper Alive" bracket a try. The results.... well you can see them below. Jada came out on top as BSL Designs' Best Rapper Alive.... with ???? all around it - - I'm not really feelin' the bracket's set up - sure I'm not a hip-hop guru but I am a big listener - - I would never do a bracket style tourney... round robin maybe? And Soulja Boy made the tourney - WTF? The more important things to note on my bracket are the Top 11 - denoted with Boxes around their names - - and don't forget those who didn't make the list including Asher Roth who is a crazy up-and-comer who I featured recently and will be featuring again in the future. Jump-off Joe Budden, Bun B, Andre 3000 and Big Boi all get honorable mention votes for the Top 11 but didn't really have the full package I was lookin for.

Let me know who you choose! A blank bracket is below or you can vote online at Vibe's website.

Artist Today

Today's feature artist is

Sébastien Cannone

a French art director who is a master of his craft. He infuses animation and design with real-world events. Basketball players who literally tear up the court to airplanes that transform. Take a good look at his incredible 2008 showreel by visiting his site:

http://www.sebastiencannone.com/

Audio Equip for Sale - Pics

Having trouble getting these uploaded on other sites
so i'm putting them up here and stealing them
interested in anything let me know

Drops

Changes

I've updated some of my links... blog feeds and "Culture" section in the right hand column - take some time and enjoy the sites that I frequent.

Artist Today

Kako

An illustrator from São Paulo, Brazil who has many big name clients under his belt. He does print work as well as comics and advertisements.

KY Stand up... Nappy Roots Freestyle

Daily from Jace

Asher Roth - A Milli Remix

DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS

Big Ace vs. Serius Jones

I've been looking for this online for a minute.... its the edited version, but o well - ace gave J1S the greatest run for his money I have seen - the other versus are dope too and they have been showin back up on YouTube.

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Styles P and Busta Rhymes Drops

Styles is one of my top ten no questions - - and the beat is nuts, I will be adding the full CDQ when I get it - this is only a sample... If anyone knows the producer holla at me.



Also, some more heat from Bussa Bus - the album is going to be nuts.

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TKSH Update

TKSH is at it again... here is an exclusive for Desktopography:

N.E.R.D. - My Drive Thru (Video)

More Drops

Cassidy - Amnesia

Sorry I was out of town for a bit... Louisville, Bowling Green and Nashville all in a weekend. Hope everyone enjoyed the 4th. Here is some new heat from Cass..

A little comic here and there....

Artist Today

Kid Zoom