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There are very few women in our lifetime that have carried a comparable impact on lifestyle, music, and fashion more than Erykah Badu.  In fact, there are very few women who have been able to truly hold their own within a world of masculine raps without losing the very essence of why they became invested [...]

The mixtape game so far within the first quarter of 2010 has been a few shades of lackluster.  Nothing’s standing out, nothing’s really shining above anything else.  Were you sleeping last week?  All of a sudden, two super dope mixtapes dropped last week.  Check them out below. Dom Kennedy :: From the Westside with Love [...]

My good friends over from Field Day are quite frankly some of the most innovative and creative folks I have ever had the opportunity to work with.  Djs Amen and Sounds Supreme have kicked off their inaugural podcast earlier this week and I spent a sunny Spring afternoon yesterday rocking this joint exclusively in the [...]

Aloe Blacc is one of the most slept on, underrated independent artists around.  Shine Through, his first studio release has been in semi-constant rotation on the iPod since it dropped in 2006 (not to mention a few releases with Exile, together known as Emanon).  I truly cannot express how geeked out I get over this [...]

Texture.  It’s one of the most important elements of art.  Reebok has found a nice balance between a satin texture and looking too much like a cheesy bridesmaid shoe with their satin pack, which will be available towards the end of 2010.  The purple colorway reminds me of Grimace from the 1980s Mikey Ds crew [...]

  I can’t think of a better way to kick off the week with a 15-minute Jay-Z documentary hosted by Absolut Vodka‘s marketing team. I think watching this nice, short mini documentary may make missing the Hova show this evening in my city a bit more bearable. Ehh… maybe not.  The John Mayer appearance ruined [...]

Late last month, Red Bell brought their 2010 Thre3style Competition to my own hometown of Denver (for the record, my predictions were almost spot on with Sounds Supreme and Amen both placing within the top three).  Masked wheels of steel master Magmanimous held down first place proper, and I can’t really express how proud of [...]

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Last Friday, the Texas State Board of Education approved a measure which would leave hip hop culture out of social studies programs within their high schools – including their textbooks.  The reasoning behind this decision by the board was largely due to the “offensive” nature of rap lyrics. As a society, have we not moved [...]

It’s sad when a sneaker pack delivers a solid 33% (this figure may be debatable, I’m not 100% sold on either of these colorways except the silvery snakeskin Medusa colorway pictured left – but I’m a self-admitted snakeskin addict). However, I have to throw Reebok a bit of credit for a few reasons – but [...]

U-N-I dropped A Love Supreme 2.0 yesterday, which includes a few new tracks, remixed tracks from their 2009 release (aptly titled, A Love Supreme) as well as a feature-length documentary titled A Love Supreme: U-N-I & Ro Blvd. I can’t think of another group of artists that I’m more stoked about for 2010 – these [...]