LOST & FOUND

Head down to the Ayden Gallery tonight, some time between 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM, and buy this guy’s shit. One of the most prominent artists featured, among a slew of other equally talented individuals, Tim Barnard’s work will be hard to miss. As he puts it, his “focus on the infinite extremities inherent in the possibilities of high contrast black and white automatic drawing,” has given him a very distinct and original style. Equipped with nothing but a black marker a lot of the time and filling up entire eight foot canvases, the dude definitely has some skills.

(Tim working on ‘The Immaculate Hope Grenade,’ Private residence, 2007)

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Speaking on everything from the history of The Roots and his take on Barack Obama, to being pulled over by the D.E.A.

WATCH IT:
?UESTLOVE ON FLOW TV

BONUS MATERIAL:
NARDWUAR INTERVIEW WITH ?UESTLOVE
BLACK THOUGHT ON FLOW TV

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BUY THE NEW ALBUM, YOU’RE MAKING ?UESTO SAD
IF YOU’VE BEEN SLEEPING: THE ROOTS- RISING DOWN

A few months ago, when I invited a random graffiti writer from San Francisco to sleep on my floor, it took a few days before I realized he was the tour manager for, none other than, Del tha Funkee Homosapien. The result, besides me accidentally messing up his external harddrive (sorry, bro!), was this interview:

- J. Beso

By Douglas Haddow: (Originally published by The Aesthetic Poetic - Slight modifications by J. Beso in this version.)

“Next to Arctic crab fishing, Hip-Hop is probably the most difficult industry to stay afloat in. All the cutthroat competition, government pressure, fickle consumers, corporate greed and street-level violence make it easy for successful rappers to easily drop into obscurity. Not many artists are able to last longer than a decade, but bay-area lyricism magnate Del tha Funkee Homosapien has managed to stay in the game for 16 years now, a feat that has seen him outlast numerous pop fads from grunge to grime and everything in between. I hooked up with him prior to his show at Richards on Richards and we spent an hour chatting it up and smoking Beedis in his hotel room.”

- with photos by Jordan Todd

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This interview with Hell Rell (of Dipset) by Ignore Magazine is just too hilarious to put to waste:

http://www.ignoremagazine.com/discourse/discourse/brushing_bullets/index.php

Scott Mosher, good job dude. Keep up the good work.

P.S.
Dre, that water colour (below) is amazing, bro. I’m sure I speak for everyone here when I say I look forward to the next one.

- Jesse