Saturday 29 November 2008

Old Skool Fever : Soul II Soul


This was the shit. Had the whole UK bumpin it.




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Mita Sneakers x New Balance

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The toe on these sneaks reminds me of some of the best shoes I ever owned (Puma Majesty Special Edition Mid tops). That's where the similarities end though. However I still like these because there's not many shoes that follow a winter festive theme. There's even fewer sneaks that keep your feet warm. So yeah even these may look kinda weird they serve a good purpose. If you like this purpose they'll be available sometime in December.




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Nooka 2008 Fall/Winter Watches

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Do you dislike second,minute and hour hands? Digital number displays not your thing ? Well don't worry their still is a watch out there for you. The creator of the Nooka brand decided he didn't like the way time was told and decided to do something about it. The result some of the funkiest watches available in the world today. When it comes to creativity and innovation, the design of these time pieces completely shits on established funky watch makers such as Casio and Swatch. If you like the concept and fancy one check out Caliroots.

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Suprise !!!!

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I really hate Lyle & Scott and that's not because loads of chavs and lames wear it either. I actually dislike it because they charge you a fortune for something that seems like it belongs in Primark but it's worth it because of that gold eagle. However they have surprised me and actually bought out something that look awesome. These jumpers are very dope in my opinion but the only problem is they're only available from Dover street market in London. Due to exclusivity factor they'll probably be a fortune as well. They still know how to rip you off but this time it seems worth it.




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Wednesday 26 November 2008

My Two Cent on some music.

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This is an album review. You might be thinking okay but this isn't any ordinary album review. It's an album review for the most important album of the year. Yes, you guessed it. This is an album review for 808's & heartbreak. Mind you the album cover probably gave it away. However I don't believe it is an exaggeration, 808's may not be the best album of the year but it is probably the most important. Why ? you ask. Well it's simple really, we all want to know how Kanye West follows up the magnum opus known as "Graduation". Not only that you want to know, what the hell is Kanye West doing ? Can he really make a good album with auto tune ? Who does he think he is ? Well if you care enough all these questions can be answered, all you have to do is press play.

But back to the review. I'll start off track by track like I usually do and as soon as you press play, you get what this whole album is going to be like. Say you will sets the mood and it's probably not what you expected from the leaks. The passion and direction Kanye is putting in is very blatant. However I believe this song is way too long, I actually got bored 3 minutes in and I really couldn't care less how it ended.

The next song is the whole album in one track. It has one of the best beats Kanye's ever produced ( up their but not quite touching flashing lights). It really stays true to the theme as well as giving you a proper introduction to the album.

I love heartless. The song is great, it's a story which fits almost every relationship. Anyone can listen to this song and relate.

Now what do I say about this one. I like it, Kanye sounds good to me with the auto tune aka vocal steroids. Turn your base up and this beat sounds beasty. It's possibly the most hip hop feely track on the whole album, even though in my opinion this hip hop feel ruins the track. Or maybe I'm just hating on Jeezy. This tracks aight.

Love Lockdown is okay I guess. I say that because at first I hated it, but this song is so catchy you actually can't hate it. I still don't like it but it's bearable.

The next two tracks are shit. I have nothing more to say about them maybe I'll grow to like them but some how I doubt it. They really don't fit the rest of the album once you listen to it, you'll understand what I mean.

This song to me displays how versatile this guy is. Street Lights is nice point blank .

And I'm gonna end the track by track there. You can comment on the other tracks if you wish. I'm gonna use this space to conclude my feelings about this album. I really didn't want to like this album, I really prefer Kanye rapping. So it comes off like I really like this album but I do believe it has it's weaknesses. It's really boring at times because Kanye isn't the best song writer. He repeats a lot of verses and lines or drops in a repetitive manner making the album very boring at times. Also it's by no means a hip hop album. To me it really felt like an RnB album. Kanye is new to everything he is doing artistically on this album and it really shows except in the production because he isn't new to that. It's actually a really really good album production wise. It's still not by any means Kanye's best though, I'd take the other 3 over this any day.

But due to his high standards I still have to give this album a 7/10. Guess this album wasn't that heartbreaking after all.





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Tuesday 25 November 2008

Bramford's Watch Department Bespoke Wrist Watches.

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Imagine going to your local Rolex dealer and ordering a submariner. However before you receive your brand new Rolex the sales assistant hands you an options list allowing you to choose what you want on your new watch. Sounds awesome right ? Well Bramford's watch department have made this a possibility. By visiting their website you are able to customize features on your Rolex watch. From the colour of the dial to the colour of text used all for a modest price of £7,500. That is pretty decent when we take in to account that non customized submariners cost around 3 grand nowadays.




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Monday 24 November 2008

Shiny Things

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It's Coco Chanel's 125th Birthday (some time soon I don't care enough about her to actually know when).To commemorate her birthday, Karl Lagerfeld has helped design two coins. Their will be 99 peices of the gold coin and they'll be retailing at a nice and friendky 5 and a half grand. The silver coin is much more affordable and available, their will be 11,900 peices selling for 45 euros. The coin hits the stores on the 1st.




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The Real - Gym Class Superheroes

The Real are at it again, I'm not going to write much this time, so just go ahead and watch it already






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Sunday 23 November 2008

Drake - Little Bit remix

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This is very much a Drake post (by that I mean a "the fan in me" post) ,because I honestly believe this guy is the best artist out. I love all the music he puts out and I post a great deal of his music here. But with this post I thought I'd give you a little insight in to who this guy actually is (you're probably just thinking he's some rapper no one has ever heard of). Aubrey Graham (more commonly referred to by his middle name "Drake") is an actor who played a disable character in the Canadian high school drama Degrassi. Some where along the line he concluded he liked music and started rapping. He released two mixtapes between 06 and 07, the first modestly named "room for improvement". The second is when my love affair with his music began. "Comeback Season" to me was the best mixtape of 07 and just a great collection of music. Ever since then I've been paying attention to Drakes music and he has quite a bit going for him. He started singing (not tpain auto tune stuff either) and received a lot of praise for it, he even managed to get Lil Wayne to perform his song "Money to blow" at the VMA's. That's basically his life in a nut shell and here's his new song, he's singing on it. It's pretty dope.
I've also added another track he did called "Get over it" and his second mixtape, if you get the chance you should definetly check out both. Enjoy and fan boy Dizzuh signing out once again.





Drake - Get over it

Click herer to download Drake - Comeback Season the mixtape.


Also Drake recently did a photoshoot for the Too Black Guys Holiday 08 line. Too Black Guys is a street wear label originating in Toronto, which has also had the likes of Mos Def modelling their ultra cool gear.
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Saturday 22 November 2008

YouTube's Finest - Man Booty

I'm going to behave now, this guy is scary, they should show this video in high schools to keep the kids in check.

There is no shame in his game, ladies & gentlemen, I bring to you Mr. Fleece "Booty Warrior" Johnson!






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Old School Fever - It was a good day

Another Saturday, another hip hop classic. It goes with my mood as well, because Friday was a good day.






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A Prada watch for your Prada phone ?

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As if having a designer phone wasn't enough, now you need a designer watch to go with it. Wait a second that first sentence sounds quite absurd, so allow me to elaborate. Designer watches have been all the rage since the watch was invented but designer phones ? Well in recent times designers have started to collaborate with anyone, it has gotten so crazy that if you really wanted you could have designer finger nails. Designers such as Dolce & Gabbana and Armani have also done phones in recent times. But Prada have taken it a step forward by releasing a collection to match your designer phone. Well maybe not a collection but they have bought out a watch which has the soul purpose of being an accessory to your new mobile phone. The watch (which costs £250) can be synced using bluetooth to your phone allowing you to see who's calling and read text messages by just looking at your wrist rather than reaching in to your pocket. I personally think the idea is a genius example of cross marketing.

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Thursday 20 November 2008

Gucci Tattoo Heart Collection

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Gucci is releasing a new line of accessories. The tattoo heart collection consists of white bags, purses and other small accessories with tattoo style roses, love hearts and stars to make things look a tad more interesting. Something even more interesting is that Rihanna is modelling for this new collection. However the most interesting thing about this collection is that 25% of every sale will go to UNICEF, so it can be used to help orphans and children affected by HIV & Aids. This is pretty noble of Gucci who have helped UNICEF in the past to. So if you want a high fashion accessory but still want to feel good about yourself, this is the line for you.
To purchase visit Gucci.

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Wednesday 19 November 2008

Yeezy - 808's and Heartbreak itunes cover by KAWS

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Brooklyn based artist KAWS has helped spice up the 808's and heartbreak cover art. Kaws famour for his work with original fake nike bape and stuff, is a damn good artist. This cover proves it. Much better than the actual cover in my opinion. Album hits stores Monday btw.

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Tuesday 18 November 2008

Takashi Murakami is tearing up the collaboration scene

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First the collaboration with fenom and levi's (which was like awesome like omg), now this. Takashi Murakami is working his ass off, making everything he touches as fly as it can be. This time it's with Los Angeles street wear brand XLarge (known for it's skate and urbanwear an interesting fact it Mike D from the Beastie Boys was an original partner of this brand so its 'Hip-Hop') and Japanese watch maker Citizen (so you know it ain't gon break on your ass). Put these 3 design giants together and the result is infront of you, a brilliantly unique looking watch, which also tells the time. It's in a pretty fly colour too and even the pakaging is hot.

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Evidence - Don’t Hate f. Defari

This is the last video for today, I promise. It was good, so I could not resist posting it. Don't hate on my post and enjoy the video.

Evidence - "Don't Hate" ft. Defari


Shake is the man again.




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Johnson&Jonson - Up All Night

One of my favourite 2008 albums' single gets the video treatment. Blu and Mainframe are in the house and they are Up All Night getting drunk



Hats off to shake for the video.




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Coldplay & Hova

I'll admit it, I have always had a crush on Chris Martin (No Homo) His voice -& music- is just too good.

Anyway, Jay-Z teamed up with Coldplay for the remix of one of the best songs from Viva la Vida, 'Lost', it is off their upcoming Prospekt’s March EP.




Thanks to the Dope Boyz again for the link.
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Monday 17 November 2008

Gym Class Heroes - Guilty As Charged f. Estelle

New video from the gym class heroes, pretty fresh. Watch Travis and co. do their thing.






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The Real - Evolution 101 With Mr. West

Survival of the fittest is today's topic from the guys at the Real. Enjoy the clip kids:






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Sunday 16 November 2008

Dr. Romanelli x Tetsuzo Okubo “Dr. Love” Vests

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Theres a whole collection of these vests but I only chose to post this one, care to take a guess as to why I chose this one over the rest ? Well look at it. It looks so 60's hippy movement, it basically captures the "Dr Love" image perfectly in my opinion, where as the rest of the collection even though not trying to still has an army/war type feel.It's also better looking than the rest,which just look pretty plain with badges on.
To find out more about this check out Dr.LovesYou.com




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Nike Air Max 1/Structure triax/Max Bw New releases x Air force 1 Hi special pack

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So nike just got a few new release which are pretty interesting. All of the new releases look great and come in materials that are used usually by Nike but never like this.Check em out.

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Saturday 15 November 2008

Real Hip-Hop at your doorstep

Nasty Nas, Mighty Mos, De La Soul, KanYe, Cudi and will.i.am at The G.O.O.D music after-party in London.

The Manchester leg of the 'Glow In the Dark' tour is in two days, guess who got no tickets? It is yours truly and the fam. Guess who missed out on a 'Mos Def, the pharcyde & Nas' show last Wednesday? It is us again. Damn, we suck!

Never mind me complaining and enjoy some real Hip-Hop Y'all! Snatched from the guys at 2dopeboyz.




Osman edit: I love how the star packed stage turns to stans when Mr. Nasir Jones grabs the mic. *watches video for the nth time*

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Pac Div & Carter & Dom Kennedy - Everybody Knows Us


This is the video you know where everyone kitted out in hundreds gear. Check it out.




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Old School Fever : Killin Me Softly


6 Months damn <---- That's a random tribute. Back to the point a classic by the fugees you all know it listen and sing along.




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Friday 14 November 2008

Pac Div and The Hundreds

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So for those of you who don't know Pac Div are a hiphop group coming out of LA. They're pretty nice with it, their past two singles "Women Problems" and "Paper" were nothing short of amazing in my opinion. For those who also don't know The Hundreds is a street wear brand with a new line out,so what better way to promote it then have an up and coming hip hop group be fully kitted out with your gear at their video shoot. Check out the pictures some of the stuff looks pretty decent.
Props to Highsnobiety for the heads up.

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Atmos x Levi’s LX503 X-Mas Special Jawnts

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Atmos hooked up with Levi's to create an awesome pair of jeans. I've already admitted I'm not the biggest fan of flannel and plaid shirts but if you rock these jawnts right here with a plaid shirt and some fly sneaks, you're okay by me. They're just freagin hot, everything about them from the colour of the denim to the pink stitching.
They drop today but I dunno where to cop and how much, so if someone does Warner brother.

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Wednesday 12 November 2008

Head Porter Stitch

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Those of ya'll that know me, know I'm a pretty simple guy. I'm easy to please and head porter has managed to do that. These might look like ordinary hoodies and scarves to an extent but to me they're revolutionary. They look simple and plain but quite clever.I'm going to stop typing there because a picture is worth a thousand words. Just check em out!

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The Goyards so Hard

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Really if you're doing it big with your luggage you got one of these. They completly shit on Louis. Now they have gotten together with Institut Curie and a few french celebs to raise money for cancer research. The french celebs( all of which I don't know) have designed their own bags. The bags will be auctioned off at Christies in Paris on the 17th of November, so if you're in town that day keep that in mind. You might grab yourself a cheap Goyard bag and have the satisfaction of someone who has just helped in finding a cure for cancer. All proceeds go to Institut Curie btw.

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