“After months of preparation it finally touches down. Freebass 808 and Battalion Armour along with illRoots.com and Android Homme bring to you a very unique MixFilm with a completely interactive player. The visuals are courtesy of Battalion Armour’s very own Tishaun Dawson along with a soundtrack provided by Suede (Camp Lo) and Apple Juice Kid comprised as Freebass 808.”
From what I understand Battalion Armour is a clothing company, and they collaborated with Freebass 808 to make this. It’s a video/mixtape that uses footage from 2001 A Space Odyssey and other space movies that I can’t begin to identify. The “interactive player” is frustrating but this is worth checking if you like space or Camp Lo. I’d recommend skipping to “Sky Ocean” or “Many Moons” (track 5/6) which gets pretty live about halfway through. For one of these Freebass samples “You Get What You Give” by the New Radicals which is a horrifying choice but I’m guessing it’s suppoesed to be appropriate given the visuals. That’s probably me being too nice but we always try to post innovative stuff, and this is definitely a more interesting approach than leaking a mixtape.
“Featuring forty of the most exciting and prolific graffiti artists to have lived and painted in London, Crack & Shine is the only London graffiti book ever to be published. Also presenting the work of London-based photographer Will Robson-Scott, Crack & Shine includes a series of over 50 beautifully-composed photographs, created exclusively for the book; giving articulate and vivid insight into the awkward moments of waiting, the apprehension of hiding and the calm and stillness that comes with seeing the world from an altered perspective.”
To buy the book and read more click HERE. Make sure to check their blog, linked on the left.
Anthony Marshall of The Lyricist Lounge got Big Daddy Kane to shoot a documentary last year and honestly, I think it’s really well executed. The first few minutes got me feeling all nostalgic about Brooklyn and I’ve never even been there (nor am I old enough to truly relate) so you know they did a good job.
Whether you grew up at the right time, had to learn your hip hop history later, or even, don’t know shit, this is well worth checking out.
(Gotta love the cameo by E-Dollaz, who looks like he’s about 9 years old: “… I’m in the studio every weekend with my father… it ain’t nothin’..”)
I know this guy isn’t the first to showcase this type of HDR cityscape photography (and that’s not all he does) but who cares? These shots are ill and I really enjoyed browsing through his Flickr. Click here to do the same.
This film comes highly recommended by a friend of mine and after watching the trailer (above) I can see why. Hopefully I’ll be able to rent it at a local independent video store asap. (No description of the film included because isn’t hitting play easier?)
Edit: Just realized that given the message of the film it must be viewable online…. Links included below…
It’s not like you can’t find this video on a lot of other blogs right now but no one should really be deprived the chance to behold these sights. Above is a tasteful (at least by my standards, but I grew up with “jiggy era” music videos…) unofficial video for ‘Super Boo’ by Kid Cudi.
Sneeze N°4 is out now and is their strongest issue to date. It’s available now at Sneeze street boxes in New York, Vancouver, and Hawaii and in select shops worldwide.
The new issue includes: Javier Nunez & Alex Olson cover photographed by Mike O’Meally, Javier Nunez interview, DJ Krush photographed by Taro Hirano and a Dj Krush interview, Naomi Campbell, Kim, Lady Liberty, Lego, Stussy surf, Oahu, original artwork by Kami, and more…. (Also check: www.sneezemag.com)
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