Nice AD!

I had to repost this one.  When i first seen it on the www.oldeivory.com page i was taken aback and instantly texted Race, “Yo ad is supa dope, my ad sucks” I love the simple and impactful photo, that it actually makes me wanna skate. Raw front feebles on a ledge, wtf! feebs on a ledge is soooo Mike Carroll that you get mucho props from me and frontside, OHHHHH!

On the skate tip, In4 has opened up a new shop in Pearlridge and relocating all the skate to this shop! Whoa! Whats crazy is that means Crooks & Castles is coming to P-ridge, all my rich filipinos stand up, no fo’ real stand up, ohh you are standing up..nah joke.  They also have a in-shop pro, Darin Lee, well not pro but top 10 ever from Hawaii.  What yall know about Headside? Thats right OG son!  Congrats guys good things to come & welcome back to the Westside.

Its been almost 3 years since i was apart of Protoype in P-ridge. I believed i put together one of the best up and coming skate teams; First person was Wes aka. P-rod, then Larry Upchurch aka the Prodigy, also the OG – Bronson Gregory, and rounding off with Killer Mike G aka Prince of Kaneohe.  The Graff section was BANGING, and the artshows & writers benches were real – Pamala Young status (big up Lofa). Promotion was so money cuz Trip the Lights, Beatroot, & INERiTA was in full effect.  Things changed and Life moves on.  Learned a lot about the retail, fashion, politics, ownership, and all that Jazz.  Props to P-type and all the Blessings to you, thank you for everything…Peace.

Tro Bows.

Haven’t posted a sk8 related one in a while, but when Lofa told me about this i had to check it out.  J Webb, Mills vills finest goes for the mega ollie and while he tries to bail and kick his board out from him, i think one of his feet actually land on the board and the rest is pain history.  Hope he has a quick and onehundred recovery.

Then you got Dys Oner, with his own montage.  Stereo been showing Dyson nuthing but love since he been on that team.  We gotta find Webb a team like that.

Matt Chaffin, this kid has always been a favorite of mine. Maybe cuz he really reminds me of the hey days of skateboarding.  Baggy pants, shirts, fitted, and dope sneaks.  His style is sweet too.  Hawaiians doing it big.

KOAK.

KOAK, is one talented bugga and one of the most humblest homies.  If i could harnest a pinky of his talent i would be stoked.  He is the creator of the LS drip tag, something we been using for a while now.

Prolifik is opening a new spot within their screen printing deal.  Before the opening, they are doing a little facelift and adding a sick piece done my KOAK.  Check back for more pics…

One thing that KOAK does is draw out his tags when it come to doing it for a logo or design.  Most artists would just grab a chisel tip and rock a regular tag, scan, and tweek. Check this one out, homie did this a few years ago and i just found it recently, it looks like it could be a Halloween shirt – orange on black? Maybe would be sick. right!

Dirty Hands

I respect anyone that goes outs to bomb.  Its crazy how ditches, backyards, and legal walls have become dues paid for a “writer”.  For a while now kids been considering painting in ditches as putting in work and getting your ups.  I always considered that as a sterile environment, if you go at the write time and roll with the right people its all good.  From the ugly and sloppy to the clean and visual, this real american hero award goes to you. REEEALLLL AMMERRICANN HEROOOOO!

Things i miss…

• Going Bombing, nothing beats walking the streets and freeways while everyone sleeps and liberating the public space!
• KTUH, thursday nights were golden, 10:15 throw downs, playing the most obscure and blatant Hip-Hop.
• Making what you wear, “Street Wear”. Now, you have a category called “Street Wear” when before it was whatever you could rock and afford – Dickies, Ben Davis, Polo, Nautica, Nike, New Balance, North Face, Timberland, Bubble Jackets, Bubble vests, backpacks, Starter caps, Newera before 5950, and Champion gear.
• Skaters being skaters that skated.
• Rappers being rappers that can actually rap.
• Men dressing like a man.  Guys rocking girl pants have chilled out, but i still see guys rocking skin tight and i hear their balls screaming for air…HELPPPPP Ussssss.
• Going on trips with Omega 6, me and Sixer used to roll out.  We knew the only way we could get better and fresh is to go where the Bulls roam!  SD for B-boy Summit, LA for B-Boy Summit/RSC, SF- for Rob One show in San Jose,and NYC for RSC Reunion. Trav is Triple OG.  As much as 06 has disappeared from most Hip-Hop events, he done payed his dues and can still rip you a new one – freestyle, writtens, and on a website forum.
• New York in July.  I got to sleep on Baje Ones couch in Brooklyn.  Catch trains all over the City.  Get hoodied up and walk thru projects i only seen in rap videos.
• Touring with Nomasterbacks!  The most fun ever. Don’t count us out. We may have Ohana, but we do rock the best show!

40 KTUH!

Did you know that KTUH had a free showing of their 40th anniversary documentary?  I guess not too many people did.  Well, i don’t know if i am out of the loop but i didn’t really see a huge push for the showing.  Which is a bummer cuz i know for a fact that at we could of packed that theatre easy.  Oh well, maybe thats the way KTUH wanted it, quaint and special.

Really ill instrumental in the begin.  Overall i thought the begining and the birth of KTUH was exellent.  I love the old pictures and video.  The interviews with the OG Dj’s is priceless.  Also, the vast information was a geek fest for KTUH peeps.  There was alot of information , interviews, and events missing in the Doc, but seriously what do you expect when the producers made this in 1 semester, with borrowed equipment, and for free.  Mad respect for all the hard work they put in.  Mahalo.

There they are the brain children of this dope doc.  Respect guys, i would love to see what yall could of done with a year or so.  Peace

BR Serious.

Beatroot was the jam. One thing about BR is that it is really not about the battle.  The battle format is just there for us humans to fit into a structure, and that structure is the battle format.  Why not just have have a “come to EMC and play beats” night?  Would other producers and people that really dig Music come to a night like that, i don’t think so, well if i spin it right it could work? I usually explain to every producer that enters that its as much bout the battle as it is about the fellowship, the brain picking, the studying and learning of the beats.  That is why i encourage producers to bring out their Machines, and not play a CD and dance around like a ‘Big Tune’.  I want all the producers to geek out if someone is using the same machine or if some one actually brings out their Triton.  It saddens me when producers don’t try to make it out to BR, only because it is made for the Producers. Actually, the MC’s should come out in loads so they can meet up with new producers. Plus, its FREE! Oh well, we do it cuz we love it, i just hope the people that need BR actually come out before it runs it course, DON’T SLEEP.

Blue and Bold!

Check it out, i decided to show the back of the Super Mark Duper shirts we made to thank the Blue Scholars.

This Back is the one with the LIGHTSLEEPERS on the front, the original lyrics.  Blue Scholars got our back!

And of course this is the back of the shirt that has BLUE SCHOLARS on the front, LIGHTSLEEPERS got their back! Done. You want one? Click here!

After putting the keed to sleep, i made it down to the Loft for the first of 2 Oahu shows.  I had no idea that i was supposed to Introduce them. What an honor, thanks guys. This pic is in the Artist only room? Basically, a room that no one can be in.  Yes, VIP.

The crowd came out in droves and showed mad love.  For some reason SEA heads were in attendance. Also big ups to Bambu (pull it back, squeeze the triggah), Creed, and Taasho!  Later that weekend i went to this…

Bigs ups to my brother Kalen for marrying such a cool women, she flies refuling planes for the miliatry and she was in Hawaii for the Thunder Birds.  We got to watch the show from the cockpit of her plane.  Honestly, X-box looks more hi-tech than these massive flying machines.  I guess i expected lazers and touch screen joints, too much District 9.

The coolest thing was when one of the planes did a tail drag right above us, if i had a roman candle i could blast it, BOOM.

Hustling Scholars

As you might know or not, Beatroot 3 of 6 qualifier got moved to next week.  There was a mix up in scheduling.  All good. So we decided to set up shop outside of Easy Music and give away free CDs, stickers, & pepsi to anyone that never got the myspace, twitter, facebook, or text.  A good 20 or so people came by to chop it up and get their freebies.  Good things that came out of a disappointing evening – 1 we got to sign up a new producer, 2 – got to chop it up with new LS family, and 3 – we actually sold a few CDs.  I got a good feeling that next week BR will be major!

Blue Scholars are in Hawaii as we speak.  They will be touring all the islands promoting their OOOF CD.  We decided to make them a thank you gift in return for the shout out they have on their track “HI-808″.

So we took the lyrics from that song and scribed it on a shirt!  It took  a little brainstorming on how we were going to present it.  At first i tried to make an original font and just blast it on the front.  The fonts came out cool, but it was missing that  UGGHH factor.  So i went back to the stock fonts and decided to use a school house font,  i rarely see anyone use this font, it popped off well…

The lines create a horizontal flow and the added tag of which ever crew just drops the flavor on the shirt.  I don’t think we will be releasing this shirt unless the demand is huge, but right now just Blue Schol and a few LS heads got the shirt.  Also, the Blue Schols are getting the LS logo on the front and a BS logo hit on the back.  While the LS heads are getting the BS tag on the front and the LS tag on the back. Anyway, i hope they dig the shirt. peace.

IntheVeinsUnit

Big ups to THNK for the flick.  This was taken at a 808 Giants event @ the old Source in Pucks Alley.  These were the days when MC cyphers were HOT i mean vicious.  There were battles but it was a combination of style, cadence, punctuality, punchlines, and flow.  Now a battle is a only racial slurrs, yah momma sex jokes, and slam poetry.  The worst part is now the battles are organized writtens, talented none the less, but i love the freestyle battles.  I remember when EP and i would drive into down to go to an event or KTUH to lurk outside, we would freestyle from the Stadium to the destination.  I don’t know if any other freestyle session would consist of this, but we used to try and rhyme: only the first words, only the last words, only the middle word, one word rhymes, every other word, and a gang of other styles.  What happen to the styles. *sigh* LIVICATED TO EP! Miss you mang!