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SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

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Even the awesome superhero power of my ‘Batman’ Dunks couldn’t help me copp a pair of the red ?uestlove Dunks at the release party in the Nike Sportswear store in SoHo.

Still and all I had a good time chatting up some of the folks that come out for these hyped up releases. Without hypebeasts sneaker culture wouldn’t be as fun as it is for me.

I’m not even mad I didn’t get to copp because I’m way more into the comeup anyhoo. Speaking of comeups, there’s a Sneaker Fiends Unite! tour scheduled for Saturday March 19th which will conclude at SneakerCon. If you’re interested in joining the crew just holler.

The Boot Camp Clique Chronicles…

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

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The boots above are part of the World Hiker series. They are super boots. Meaning they are some of the most intensive shoes you can wear. They are Gore-Tex lined and capable of withstanding temperatures down to 60 degrees below zero celsius. These boots don’t bullshit. I don’t wear mine too often because I’ve grown out of them, but I have several World Hikers that I still rock and two pairs that were handmade in Italy.

The following video features one of those Italian made Timberland World Hikers. This will be the final Boot Camp Clique Chronicles video for the winter season. I’d like to pick the series up again for the spring and summer if you folks are still interested. Let me know and keep sending me pics of your favorite boots.

ShadyHouse 2.0…

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

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Eminem, SlaughterHouse and Yelawolf – ‘2.0 Boys’

This collective is what those Dr.Dre headphones were made for.

Rap nerds unite! Six uber lyrical rappers in a pissing contest on tape. Elliott Wilson was right when he TWitted that this song here would have raps fans shitting on their keyboards. Rockabye Review stays on they grizzly. They transcribed the entire song for review by the internets. Let’s do some math and see who built the sickest verse.

Understand that each rapper’s verse is like a jigsaw puzzle and the complexity of each puzzle rises with the addition of polysyllabic words. These words have to be inserted into the rapper’s bars properly for the puzzle to fit. We’ll crunch the numbers and see if our ears tell us the same thing that the arithmetic does.

royce Royce da 5’9″
Total word count = 170
Polysyllabic words = 10
Longest word = hieroglyphics

Avg. = 17.0


eminem Eminem
Total word count = 223
Polysyllabic words = 9
Longest word = Illuminati

Avg. = 24.75


joell ortiz Joell Ortiz
Total word count = 200
Polysyllabic words = 5
Longest word = definitively

Avg. = 40.0


Budden Joe Budden
Total word count = 194
Polysyllabic words = 7
Longest word = cesspoolers

Avg. = 27.7


crooked Crooked I
Total word count = 157
Polysyllabic words = 8
Longest word = psychotic

Avg. = 19.625


yela Yelawolf
Total word count = 291
Polysyllabic words = 9
Longest word = Illuminati
Avg. = 32.33

Royce pwned this track by his average score and Joell Ortiz came in last average wise, but the Joell Ortiz verse was the more sonically creative and the Yelawolf verse was just a ginormous feast off the track. In terms of impact I would score the song like this…
1. Royce
2. Crooked
3. Yela
4. Ortiz
5. Em
6. Budden

Ski Rescue Lifestyle…

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

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Polo.com is offering an additional 30% off on selected lifestyle apparel which includes these awesome hooded rugby jerseys.

Have an I.T. or two ready to splash off for winter 2011-2012

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SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

fruitzy

One day I’m gonna ID a series of kicks after my all-time favorite breakfast cereals. I hated that Fruity Pebbles would get soft as soon as milk touched them but I did like drinking the colored milk. LOL.

I was playing around on the ID site as I am wont to do when I dream about what I am gonna do with all my lottery winnings. The new Air max 2011 is currently the apple of my eye. Nike is taking their Air Max 2009 platform and riding that joint until the wheels fall off (or metaphorically speaking, until the air escapes). I liked the Air Max 2010 enough to pick up a pair from the Air Max Attack pack but when I put them on my feet I felt a kind of ways because they didn’t look as futuristic as I hoped they would.

I’m hoping the 2011 version works out better for me. It’s an incredibly lightweight shoe. Even lighter than the Air Max 2009. The upper is Nike’s ‘Hyperfuse’ technology which is a just a combination of durable synthetic materials. The Hyerfuse upper acts like a shell over the mesh sockliner. Of course the key to the current crop of Air Max shoes is the full foot length air bag cushion.

I’m not sure how Nike is going to evolve the technology of the 360° airbag but I’m sure they are working on it. And when they have it figured out I will be all over it.

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I colorblocked this mock up for clarity’s sake. The mesh sockliner is blue. The Hyperfuse cage is red and purple and the 360° airbag is green.

No Boutros Boutros BOOOOOUTROS to the ID that I put on these kicks. LOL

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