All this baseball talk has me excited for my trip to Atlanta in August to see BARRY BONDS at Turner Field. It will be my first visit to that ballpark too so I decided to make sure that I styled on them Georgian fools. And for $36 dollars on eBay?!? Y’all already know…
These Dunks are part of the Untold Truth series dedicated to memorializing some of the great baseball players from the Negro Leagues. They were fashioned in honor of JOSHUA GIBSON, the man whom some baseball experts claim is the greatest home run hitter of all time. I remember discussing with y’all the Latin legacy within the Negro Leagues. This circuit of teams enabled Black professional ball players to compete against their white American counterparts during the off season (read: kick they azz). From Cuba to Mexico, Black ballplayers received the same respect accorded with any other man wearing a ballcap and pinstripes.
Peep the premium leather on these jawnts. Shits is cocoa butter soft like a Fonzerelli jacket. That shit has me from the gate. The stitching details are effing crazy too. Do you see the baseball stitches all around? And then NIKE freaks it by giving me a printed insole!?! These shits are mighty fly. Shouts to 40 and the Mighty Healthy gang. See you biatches in the ATL 8/15 – 8/20.
cRap music’s biggest story this week on the internets was the proposed rescheduling of KANYE WEST’s third studio album tentatively titled ‘Graduation’. Instead of pushing the album backwards due to productions delays (read: no buzz) it was reported that the album would be delivered to retail outlets several weeks forward. The date also coincides with the scheduled release of the latest 50 Cent project, aptly named ‘Curtis’. The date falls on the second Tuesday in September. This year that would be September 11th.
Think of the history that date has for Hip-Hop from Public Enemy’s ‘911 Is A Joke’ to Jay-Z’s release of the ‘Blueprint’ on the same day that terrorists attacked New York City. The Twin Towers were like a beacon for me when I was driving north on I-95. They let me know I was almost home. They also represented the height of commerce. When FISTY say that he put quarter water in a bottle and sold it for two bucks he wasn’t lying. There’s is prah’lee some place on the internets where people are discussing the mystic ramifications of releasing these records on that fateful day. Then again, prahlee not. One thing is for sure, ‘Clash Of The Titans’ is a teh ghey film classic, and so is this battle.
Let’s look at a tale of the tape and see if we can predict the winner of this mega-star matchup…
FISTY SCENT is a record selling monster and he represents himself mostly as the MIKE TYSON of rap music. Ornery and unpredictable. The public persona that always wears the du-rag, even when conducting an orchestra, is so popular in the red states you would think it’s the sequel to ‘Birth Of A Nation’. What else would you expect for a guy that has sold a billion million records? KANYE, not so much. KANYE WEST though, has skills on the microphone. In a few years he has upgraded his flow from pedestrian to McClaren S55. That’s like going from Polo bear sweaters to R.L. Purple Label suede car coats.
KANYE has transformed himself into a compelling artist. FISTY appears headed in the reverse direction. Until he saved his ‘Curtis’ album with the summer street anthem ‘I Get Money’, FISTY SCENT was scrambling from the effects of the unfavored early singles. I liked the ‘Amusement Park’ video, but ultimately it was too formulaic and therefore it couldn’t push the single. Meanwhile, KANGHEY has been killing shit on the internets and the television. The ‘Stronger’ video is the joint and ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’ is another winner.
I never forget the time I went to see Def Poetry Jam at the Supper Club and MOS DEF introduced KANGAYE as the savior of Hip-Hop music. I thought MOS was shooting hyperbole like a basketball and he was giving this dude props like MAGIC JOHNSON *pause*. Here I am six years later looking through that past prism and seeing what he meant. There is a balance that Hip-Hop must employ to be it’s best. It has to match it’s own desire for conspicuous consumption with a conscious consideration for all the people that don’t have the means. It has to have a witty ignorance. More than anything else, Hip-Hop has to make you inspired to dream about a better life.
I give this matchup to YE TUDDA because he makes the freshest music, and because these ‘College Dropout’ Air Max 180’s are fucking chuuuurch!
Let’s keep riding out with these movies that I dig. With my folks HBO account back in the days I might have watched ‘Flash Gordon’ about fifty eleven times. Actually, I watched ‘Flash Gordon’, ‘Annie’ and ‘Oliver’ every time they were broadcast. I know the entire score to ‘Oliver’ too. Nullus to that true confession.
‘Flash Gordon’ is a fun flick to watch. This joint might be fifty percent greenscreen with totally campy, bootleg special effects, but it’s obvious that the actors in this film enjoyed themselves. The costuming was designed to be a throwback to the O.G. Flash Gordon televison series and the great MAX VON SYDOW plays a ruthless and comical Ming The Merciless. The chick who played the role of his daughter Princess Aura was smoking hot and she seemed somewhat Persian come to think of it.
The best part of this film though is the score which was done by Queen. Yes! The balls out teh ghey glam rock band who created such classics as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Under Pressure’ and ‘Another One Bites The Dust’. Listen to some of these joints from the movie and tell me that Queen didn’t rock the effin’ house.
I haven’t done an Adidas drop in like forever. There was a moment that I was really going to go all in for the trey striped brand until those dudes fronted on me like I was brand new. I may not have ALL of the most expensive shoes evar, but my pedigree is unquestionable. When those Adidas folks acted like my name was Lenny Lampshade – Always in the dark, I knew I had to break north like your boy OLIVER.
While on my daily tours around New York City my eyes were struck by a blast of summer colors. Upon fiurther investigation I discovered that the trey stripes were attempting another comeback by swagger jacking NIKE I.D.’s out of control colorways. I’m not saying that I will buy these yet, but if I can come across a reasonable offer for both pairs together then you should already know. I decided to name these joints StarBurst ZX 750.
Adidas makes some tougher than leather trainers there’s no doubt about it, but or my money they have always been a premiere tennis SHOE company. You already know the STAN SMITH’s are classic. The have the ROD LAVER’s, The Forest Hills, and my favorites which are the impossible to find Grand Prix joints.
Another tour pro that Adidas created a shoe for was this cat from Romania named ILIE NASTASE. He was one of the top tennis pros in the 1970’s and his signature shoe from Adidas has carried on the tradition of styling on motherfuckers. Ask C.S. about our trip to Paris a couple of years ago and my hunt through some of the Parisian ghettos for some navy/burgundy NASTASE’s. Good times party people, good times.
After getting two separate shouts from BOL on the prolific and prophylactic (nullus, but you already knew) nature of my shoe game I was inspired to do a drop for all the folks down with SFU.
This drop isn’t exactly about sneakers though, but it is based on the sneaker culture that has gripped even the sartorially challenged, red state bloggers. For those of you carrying an iPod nano you may now customize your device with one of these four sleeves that bear a print of your favorite Air Jordan shoe. Free DP Dot Com shit for the first person to tell me the model #’s to each of the Jordans featured.
The artist name is DAVE WHITE and he rolls with the Sneaker Pimps crew. I’ve used DAVE’s work at this site previously. How sick is the S.P. spaceship gonna be when they touch down in L.A. on August 3rd? It’s gonna be time to party like a rock star. The Funk Doc Spock was a rock star from the starting blocks.
