The aesthetic kills. What you want me to do.

I've been up and down these last 2 days thinking about this guy I never met. Something about the whole thing just really bothers me. Hearing his brother's confusion earlier today even brought tears to my eyes. I don't know. I've been hearing the name Lighty for 10+ years now. About all the deals, and the work ethic and the ethos of the man. Then you hear he put a gun to his head after a fight with his ex-wife and his kids down the street playing at the park. I'm just sad.

In L.A. this weekend you might wanna act accordingly.

RSVP

*Flyer artwork is money.

Had the pleasure of seeing a sneak peek of this late last week and knew it'd hit home when released.

Directed by Aristotle
Shout to entire BAM team.

Showing love to your boy. Honored.

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Goodness that's sexy.

Ass out here.

"No photos allowed unless you're Ricky Powell" - T.SHIRT, Goldie Freestyle, 2012

Now 50, Ricky’s lust for photography and music is still strong. Through his eccentricities such as his love for a transistor radio and feeding squirrels in the park, we gain an insight into his everyday life. Retrospective of New York City and how it has changed over his lifetime, he shows us around the city and contemplates what the future holds.

Boom. Shout to Jeff & Anna, of course.

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Love these. Whether or not they're worth the $240 pricetag is up to you.

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Jeff just has a way of explaining something to where it sounds that much more official. This is just awesome.

The camera work on this shit's crazy.

LORD$ NEVER WORRY OUT NOW.

New joint produced by the kid Eckz. Graciously premiered by XXLMag.   

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*Photo by Andy J. Scott

*Alt. Soundcloud link

Yes.

Jeff says, "This 1-2-1 will be different from other ones we have done in the past. Mike can touch on so many different subjects (often times in the same breath!) that we decided to make mini episodes based loosely by subject matter. Here’s Episode 1. Enjoy!"

Some of the shit is pretty crazy. That white on white hoodie, God damn.

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Every single one of these coveted things passed through my hands as I helped Jeff pick, package, and ship these puppies to the dessert. The items chosen are street relics if you will, some worth as much as $25,000 each. Some of them are beautiful, and some of them are ugly as fuck. This could be one of the coolest things the guy has ever done.

I've said it before, I want to be Alec Baldwin when I grow up.

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This guy is one of the best that ever did it and you know it.

I pressed play on a few of these already and I'm about to press play on the others in a second. Shit sounding eclectic and beautiful if you ask me. One of my favorite producers in the world, no lie.

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Steel, "It's hard for me to exactly call them remixes cause I don't always have original stems from songs etc. etc. but essentially I have made some dope beats out of some songs, but kept a TON of the original elements of the songs in the mix. I'm calling them "re-do's". 

Had to do it. One of my favorite records in a really long time.

Video masterfully directed by Houmam Abdallah.

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Thank you to Beirut.

Something so fucking enjoyable about this shit. Stay tuned for Terry's outtakes I'm sure are on the way.

Hits newsstands Friday, August 17th.

Came across this pic of the homie and felt like shouting her out. Her and Natalie have been on hyper mode as of late with a full promo of their new album that just dropped. Get it here. Watch them at their album release at Webster Hall here, and chatting in a new interview with Univision here.

Gotta shout my brothers one time for this. Who would have thought a couple hard working graff kids running around New York would be killing it in the collectible cigar business. I can't tell you how much I love this shit.

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The living, breathing Tity-mothafuckin-2-necklace just drop the most anticipated album of his storied career. I personally think his colorful brand of rap is strong and needed in this day and age of the carbon copy nonsense you hear on every blog. Think what you want.

COMPLEX talks to him here, ROLLING STONE here. (If you're only gonna click one link, click the Complex one. They give him an online cover and 4 pages of interesting questions.)

Maybe one of the coolest things Complex has ever done in my opinion, and they've done a lot of great stuff.

Futura has an uncanny knack for staying on the cusp. He's spent his forty-year career constantly progressing, from being represented on NYC's Broadway subway line to seeing his work fetch five-figure sums at major contemporary art auctions. Along the way he's played a pivotal role in the Downtown cool of the 1980s, the streetwear boom of the 1990s, and sowed the seeds of the street art explosion of the 2000s. Now, the 57-year-old artist is releasing his biggest project to date—a 360,000 bottle affair with the house of Hennessy.

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This looks so fucking good I can't take it, ha. Jeff sits down on a roof full of pigeons, with one of the most infamous Mike's on the planet for a special conversation "airing" August 20th.

Another episode of Seinfeld's new web show about nothing. Funnier than the Larry David episode if you ask me.

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I don't usually give posts to just the artwork of an album but I like the aesthetic of something like this on the page. Excited for this record.

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This feels a lot more close to home now that I've met the guy, and spoke with him. He's really something else. Genuine to the core.

Produced by 40. New album by babygirl in the works with Drake and 40 seemingly executive producing. So good to hear Aaliyah's voice.

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The gorgeous Supermodel in nothing but her skin and bones, for photographer Laurent Darmon.

AMERICAN EAGLE from Hot Mop Films on Vimeo.
Artistry runs rampant round these parts. Osa of Complete Technique is a fucking genius and this video, beautiful shot by my guy Ro is proof.

Ronin spends over 9 days filming Osamu Koyama, the artist behind jewelry brand Complete Technique, as he sketches, molds, and builds his masterful gold-plated design upon a blank Nike Zoom Force 1. Osa's take on the snowboarding boot was commissioned by the brand for their Shoeshine Project 2012.


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Born day shout to one of my main guys for the last 10 years. 100 more, you Brazilian bastard.

This shit is awesome. What a character.

Candice Swanepoel photographed by Collier Schorr. Drop dead smoking.

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