By Jay | November 24, 2014 at 10:53 pm | No comments
If you haven't heard of PartyNextDoor (AKA PND), you're behind. Signed to Drake's OVO label, PND first came out with his self titled project in 2013. His sexual ballads with a hip hop sound blew up so quick there didn't seem to be a time where PND was not poppin. After his...
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By Jay | November 24, 2014 at 12:48 pm | No comments
I have to say I am kind of obsessed with this weeks Words To Live By artist, Marco Mazzoni, who's words feel absolutely true but there is something about his colored pencil depictions of this female flowering fauna that has made me so unsure. She has caught and captured me...
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By Jay | November 20, 2014 at 9:20 pm | No comments
On November 16 we were looking forward to covering the Red Bull Sound Select 30 Days in LA 2015 with Chance The Rapper, Azizi Gibson and New Zealand-based DJ/producer/beatmaker Kamandi. Unfortunately the universe didn't feel the same way as it through us curve ball. Our car...
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By Jay | November 19, 2014 at 12:23 pm | No comments
A few weeks ago we attended the Trash Talk X Converse launch event for the CONS Pro Leather Skate Collection. The pop up shop was pretty simple but artsy and dope at the same time because of how the whole setup was approached by LA based hardcore band, Trash Talk. One of...
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By Jay | November 18, 2014 at 11:33 pm | No comments
On Saturday November 15th 2014, HVW8 Gallery & Adidas joined forces to release some new designs from two respected artists; Kevin Lyons from Brooklyn, New York and Jean Andre of Paris, France. Dubbed "All Day I Dream About Stripes", the event showcased works inspired by...
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By Jay | November 10, 2014 at 11:33 pm | No comments
The staff pro was mad agro when I pulled up to VIP. It's all good tho, they must have just been upset everyone else was having a Day Off, courtesy of Fool's Gold, except them.
Once I got my clearance through the KGB like security, I skated straight in to the Shrine...
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By Jay | November 9, 2014 at 9:57 pm | No comments
The Fonda Theater set the stage for Ab-Soul's These Days Tour as it lit off its final date in the greater Los Angeles area.
EarthGang was rocking the crowd on some hippy trill wave shxt as I hit the scene. They flipped a classic Common line on some:
Ticka ticka...
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By Jay | November 3, 2014 at 12:29 pm | No comments
We are so stoked to resurrect our Words To Live By and couldn't be happier that we are kicking it off with one of LA's very own, Young Chun. Showing at C.A.V.E. Gallery this November, if you get a chance you've got to check out his work in person. The female he portrays...
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