Archive for the ‘Straight Laced’ Category

Rob Kelly feat. Timeless Truth: These Days

Saturday, April 26th, 2014

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Oh shit! Rob Kelly is taking over the rap internets. Hot97 need to fly this man over here and give him a slot on the festival stage.

“Fresh from his appearance alongside Sean Price on “RNS” from Memphis Bleek’s “The Movement 2” Irish rapper Rob Kelly is back with Queens duo Timeless Truth for “These Days” produced by J57 from the upcoming “Kel Perro”

Cuts by DJ Mayhem

Look out for the “Black Irish Rogue” on Boston imprint Commonwealth this Summer”

God Is In The Details…

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014

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Happy orthodox Easter Internets! All praises due to Unkut dot com for bringing this website back from the dead again.

Pictured above is a vest I copped in Macy’s on a super sale Saturday for $52 after all my coupon shenanigans. Even tho’ this isn’t one of the Peak models with the detachable hood the shell on this piece is 200x better. Pictures rarely tell you the full story. You have to put a piece of clothing in your hand and on your back to truly understand how well it’s been made.

With that being said I will try to show you some acquisitions that I’m really proud of because they are well made and detailed down. I’m all about my RL pants pickups right about now. These cargos I turned inside out were from the #Str8fLOurishments of PoloG8…

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The best detail on these pants is the cinch at the ankle which is inside the hem. The pants are a slim-fit (I should have bought in w44 or w46) for that tapered look which is back in flavor right now. Do you see all the buttons for braces? These are so thigh they don’t need any braces. LOL

These next pants are some joints I was scoping with a laserbeam and I still almost lost them. They are the black version of the Defender pant but with more fiyahverkx added on.

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Drawstring waist, cargo side pockets and fancy zip pockets.

Jogger pants style jersey knit ribbing at the ankles.

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I just got wind there is a cotton cargo pant similar to this with no Union Jack flag on the side. Let me know if you see them any wear. All my spots appear to be flush out of these and those.

Kid Cudi: Balmain Jeans

Friday, March 28th, 2014

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(Unofficial Unauthorized Version)

Get Ready For Combat…

Friday, March 21st, 2014

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“You think you know the history of New York Hip Hop? You really don’t know jack until you talk to Jessica Rosenblum. Hear her talk about her role in opening the downtown NYC nightlife scene to Russell Simmons, Lyor Cohen, the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J. Listen as she shares about her role in making a then unknown Sean “Diddy” Combs into a household name. Learn as she walks us through what really happened that fateful night at the tragic CCNY event and why she wasn’t responsible. Marvel at how she decided to build Funk Master Flex into the brand that he is today. Take in her close and meaningful relationship with the late, great Chris Lighty. We only scratched the surface as to this woman’s integral role in contributing to this culture, but this episode’s lessons is an important and mostly overlooked in this thing we call rap.

PLUS: Dallas Penn shares how he single handedly broke the Internets with his ingenious execution of Pologate.”

Combat Jack

Ace Of Customs…

Thursday, March 20th, 2014

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The first ever sneaker culture webseries kicked off this week via SneakerNews and the Complex Media Network. The series is called ‘Ace Of Customs’ and it pits three sneaker customizers against each other in a timed competition to see who can create the best looking shoe around a joint theme.

The premiere episode was filmed at SneakerCON in NYC and that was also the theme to be placed on the sneakers. The sneaker all the customizers worked on was the LeBron XI ‘Gamma Blue’