Archive for February, 2010

Wal-Mart Is Saving Detroit?!?

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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I fux with Wal-Mart just like the rest of America does. The way I see it we are tumbling headfirst into the reality where the only industrial corporations that exist will be Wal-Mart, Universal Media Corp, McDonald’s and prisons (incidentally, Air Jordans will be manufactured at Folsom and Attica). It’s hard to test Wal-Mart’s corporate steez. They have this shit figured out. They make shit. They ship shit. You buy shit. IKEA might do it with hipper promotion, but Wal-mart does it 25 hours a day.

So why the fux is everybody all pissy because Wal-Mart has partnered with Detroit public schools in teaching kids how to work in their stores? Do you realize that unemployment in Detroit is nearly at 50%? That fact alone should have people scrambling into action. How can America let one of their former manufacturing centers go fallow? That’s disgusting B. Critics want to argue that kids are being taught the ideals of being subservient but I disagree since America primarily deals in service industry labor. These kids are getting a lesson in America 101.

In ten more years if you ain’t working for Wal-Mart then who the fux is your employer gonna be? In my eyes these kids from Detroit have a leg up on their future. If they really want to position themselves for the executive suites they will learn Mandarin.

SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

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“Too hard for white linen, too straight for white denim.
You fux with white women that listen to Lyfe Jennings.
I black Nike Venom with the white stripe in ’em,
black Levi’s with the knife to strike get ’em. P!!!”

Premium Pete tells me this is the 3rd time that Nike is releasing the SB Venom shoe. It’s been one of the most popular SB’s overall at the PremiumLaces site. The shoe is all about simplicity and subtle details. Most people recognize the name and the colorway to represent the Spider-Man villain that Todd McFarlane made legendary.

What you won’t notice until you get the shoes in your hands is that the Nike ‘swoosh’ is a faux snakeskin leather, hence giving the namesake ‘Venom’ its double meaning. If God is in the details he must be working for Nike SB.

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Clash Of The Titans…

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

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The top three players in the Association were all on the floor last night and by the end of their games KEVIN DURANT was the only one who didn’t walk off the floor with a win. DURANT’s team did go against one of the league’s upper echelon squads and DURANT extended his 25+ppg scoring streak, but to be the MVP of the Association KEVIN DURANT will have to give teams like the Suns the dagger [ll] and not just bottom feeders like the Knicks.

Kobe Bryant returned to the Lakeshow lineup with dagger in hand. I still feel like DURANT is the best player in the game right now but Kobe is still the most determined. He. Will. Not. Lose. I’d like to imagine that Oklahoma City could upend Los Angeles in the tourney but that is just my folly when I root for the overmatched underdogs.

LeBron James is another closer. Not on Kobe’s level tho’, but definitely someone that the league wants to see do well. The Cavaliers finally got some production from the anxiety-ridden Antawn Jamison. I hate this compression vest the players are wearing that looks like a half a t-shirt. That shit makes Jamison look weak or injured. Cavs ain’t gonna beat the Lakers dressed like shook ones.

Late Pass: D/Will’s Cartoon Beat Emporium…

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

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I was doing my thing @ 2DBZ when I came across this post for D/Will’s Cartoon Beat Emporium. I hadn’t seen these previously so I had to take out my internets late pass. I thought this was another project from Tanya Morgan’s Don Will and his crazy Cincinnati Jamaican having six jobs ass.

Nah, it turns out that D/Will is a rapper producer from the Kansas City area (TKC stand up!). He started a project titled Cartoon Beat Emporium where he takes clips from his favorite animated shows and lays his beats over the top of the visuals. Some of his favorite cartoons are some of my favorites also.

The beats that D/Will produced for these clips have some flavor to them. I’m imagining Sean Price going in over some of these joints like the Dexter’s Lab track. These cartoon’s are making me fiend for a big ass salad bowl full of cereal. That and the fact I’m putting this post in the queue and its 2am. And I’m high.

Peep and enjoy…

The Boot Camp Clique Chronicles…

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

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Sean Price – ‘Boom Bye Yeah'(explicit)

In our last Timberland drop the Grand Master asked me if I had a pair of Timbs that I would bring to a cobbler for re-soling. I have already had a vintage pair of elephant skin Iditarod boots given a new sole. I’ll flick up that pair of boots in a few days. Timberland shoes are pretty much indestructible, but when they do fail it almost is unfeasible to repair them. I mean, some of the materials and designs that Timberland uses on their shoes can’t be reproduced by a traditional bootsmith.

I have a pair now that is getting worn down. The style number is #59053. They are a pair of classic Gore-Tex moccasin chukkas. I will definitely try to have these re-soled because the boot upper is too comfortable to give back to Timberland. I’ve been wearing these boots since 1997 and they are broken in so perfect I would hate to lose these. I did a search on the eBay system for these joints in my size and the only pair that came up was in a size 9.5 being traded from London, UK.

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timb 59053
timb 59053

You can see from the above image that the moc chukkas have a Gore-Tex lining. The Gore-Tex is actually sandwiched between the leather upper and a calfskin leather inner lining. I’ve worn these boots while camping for days without untying them because they are so comfortable. These are a pair of boots that I will be keeping forever. If I find the all-Black moc chukkas I will be extra good.