Archive for October, 2007
For all you LA folk… started yesterday… will run through mid feb.
League Crew/Kanye West: Intro
Kanye West and 50 Cent: Flashing Lights (Mick Boogie Mix)
Kanye West and Nas: I Wonder (Terry Urban Mix)
Kanye West and Jay-Z: Never Let Me Down (9th Wonder Remix)
Kanye West and Jay-Z: Big Brother/Encore (live)
Kanye and Mos Def: Good Night
Kanye West: I Still Love Her
Kanye West: Stronger (Original Unreleased Verse)
Kanye and Nas: Major League (Mick Boogie Mix)
Kanye and Biggie: Kicks Open Doors (Terry Urban Mix)
Kanye West: A Million And One
Kanye West, Little Brother and Lil Wayne: Breakin’ My Heart (Mick Boogie Mix / produced by 9th Wonder)
Kanye West: Champion (live)
Kanye West and Jay-Z: Everything I am (Terry Urban Mix)
Kanye West: Freestyle
Kanye West and Common: Get ‘Em High (A-Trak Remix)
Consequence and Kanye West: Complications (Mick Boogie Mix)
Kanye West and Ludacris: Breathe In (9th Wonder Remix)
Kanye West and Talib Kweli: The Bounce/Two Words (live)
Kanye West: Two Words (9th Wonder Remix)
Kanye, Dr. Dre and Busta Rhymes: Imagine 2008 (Terry Urban Remix)
Kanye West, Consequence, & Patti Labelle: Anything
Consequence and Kanye West: Skillz (Terry Urban Mix)
Kanye West and Common: Glory (Mick Boogie Remix)
Kanye West and Termanology: Everything (The Diddy Song)
Kanye West and Consequence: Don’t Forget ‘Em
Kanye West, Common and Lupe Fiasco: Southside (Terry Urban Remix)
Kanye West and Little Brother: Naaw (9th Wonder Bonus Track)
D/L HERE. Just thought I’d throw it out there.
Tracklist:
Prèïèré - Laurence Revey
Kitty Kat - 2XL
Smash a Kangaroo
For The Unloved - Amanda Blank
Doo Wop Sh’bob - Toc ft. Rocca
Beeper - Sinden
Shake it to the Ground - Blaqstarr ft. Ry-Ry
Tamborzuda ( Rave New World Mix ) - Sinden & Count of Monte Cristal
Stayin’ Alive - DJ Tameil ft. Tim Dolla
Diplo Your Head - Diplo
Don’t Go ( KLAM Remix )
Ki Ki Ki Ss Me - DJ Creator
Sany Pitbull Tribos - Sany Pitbull feat. Dede DJ
Putcha Hands Up (Gun in the Air B.S.S. Remix) - Blaqstarr
Jerk It - Thunderheist
Quero Te Amar - Bonde Do Role
Update: and his new blacklips remix… d/l here. Good looking Neal.
Bunch of early Banksy stuff going up soon. Via Supertouch.
Picked up Conde Nast’s new business mag Portfolio the other month and was really underwhelmed. I remember Tom Wolfe’s article on hedge funds that read just like the millions of you-wont-believe-how-rich-these-guys-are, human interest stories. OK, yeah, do well in finance, get into hedge funds, and make unimaginable cash… I’ve read this article like 30 times already. (Slate mag has a great write up of it here). So, anyway, I am always looking for a cool biz mag and just figured that Portfolio won’t be it; nothing unique in writing about hedge fund managers.
But then the 3rd issue came out the other week and had this giant crazy article on Nigo’s Bape (the Brilliance beat me to it here), how free youtube-esque porn sites are ruining the online porn industry, $3 flights, and a number of other pieces that are def worth the read.
Wrote about Monocle the other month and how its minimalist design really overwhelmed its lackluster content. Portfolio is, in a way, on the other end of that spectrum. Its layout is pretty standard fare for magazines while its content, thought not always great, is at least relevant and usually interesting. Anyway, check it out, Portfolio’s Nov. 2007 issue.
And here. Love Stop Smiling.
Philly’s PEDESTRiAN turned me on to aNYthing’s new flava’. I don’t think I am as disappointed as most, but I have serious fears for the post-A-ron era of aNYthing.
It’s tough when things have to come down to this but when sales begin hitting $1 mil… well, litigation is the only way to go. So we learn that after A-Ron dropped the L-word on Sept. 11. In response the current owner, Kiernan Costello, has filed a countersuit alleging that A-Ron broke a bunch of contracts. They are asking for $5 mil. damn.
Complex mag actually went through the paperwork of the countersuit and by their explanation of its contents it sounds like it reads as a kind of who’s who of the downtown NYC streetwear scene; even going into A-Ron’s whole thing with the 205 club.
I guess if it was a cordial parting that would be one thing, but this begs so many questions; perhaps most importantly for the brand, what do the customers do? A-Ron HUSTLED to start this thing and keep it moving; how much of aNYthing is A-Ron himself? Is it something completely different now that its under new leadership? Will aNYthing hit that tipping point that brings it over into the mainstream (as in the case with BAPE right now) or will this whole thing cause the waters to recede a little? Time, friends, time.
Vid from HP.
And another HP interview here.
And that whole brand underground article from the NYT.
Recently Slate published a slideshow that gives a nice run down of the booming world of modern skyscrapers. It’s very general but gives a good sense of what’s happening in skyscraper design in the post-9/11 world.
And speaking of slide shows, concierge.com has an interesting 23 slides of “The Visionaries” of our time. Here I find Jean Nouvel’s Torre Agbar a really interesting structure. (It might also be featured in the Slate show). The idea of increasing the base of the structure could really take modern buildings into a whole new realm; specifically, as these structures come to take up more and more physical space (what other kind of space?) you start looking at communities within communities, ‘enclosed’ neighborhoods within cities. Cool, right? And how about NYC’s PATH terminal?
I have also been BIG into Geoff Manaugh’s BLDG Blog recently. It’s hard to explain, but if you have any passing interest in architecture and its wider societal implications — it’s all about connections — check it out.
Really interesting audio and article from Sasha Frere-Jones, a music critic with the New Yorker, on how indie-rock has strayed. In the audio I’m not really down with his poo-pooing the Decemberists but oh well. It’s an interesting listen (honestly, I didn’t read the article… but I’m sure it’s also good… probably).
