marvel reason

never been a pc gamer. here's a reason to get my mouse on!

all brooklyn, all day

some snaps that will appear in another project (Brooklyn Props!)...

NY state of mind

i'm a big nas fan. in the 'nas vs. jay-z' debate, nas wins everytime. one of his most celebrated albums was his debut, illmatic and and one of the best singles of that album was 'ny state of mind.' before jay-z jacked the idea, nas was putting it down on the real new york. below we see the influence has had on artists from across the us.

Let's begin with the original.

"i keeps some e&j sitting bent up in the stairway" fuckin classic new york!

Now here is Fashawn's version, Cali State of Mind of the Ode to Illmatic tape (which you should get if you haven't)

i like how he used the same cadence as the original... dope

Now we go to the northcoast, detroit. slum village alum, elzhi, kills it with Detroit State of Mind.

check out for his mixtape Elzmatic coming soon

and i'm saying. when REAL emcees are remaking your song a decade after you originally released it,you know your doing something right. it's like illmatic is hip-hoppers Kind of Blue. classic.

art in the streets

sometimes i get pissed when dope stuff happens that i'm unable to get to. like coachella (three years ago maybe). so i found out about this "art in the streets" exhibit opening in LA (moca). "what the f*ck does l.a. know about street art"... was the first thing that ran through my mind. then i remember that documentary, and it seems like something l.a. would do. besides... who needs to go to a gallery to see a neckface piece, when you can just walk to williamsburg. but seeing some futura pieces... only at toy tokyo. but alas, i live in brooklyn. and what is fresh, will come. so i just have to wait a year, and i'll get to see the exhibit when it makes its way to the brooklyn museum of art, conveniently a couple blocks away from my apartment. nice. i just ordered the book to hold me down. check the vid below for a little taste.

sometimes you just got to boogie...

and that is how you, as they used to say, "house yo body."

my first photo credit

ha-ha! the soup photo from china is all me son! i'm no dave lachappelle, but i can handle a point and shoot