This artist and student of life really has started to leave his mark. Gaia is a young and unique artist who grew up in NYC. Over the past few years as he has been growing creatively he has truly begun to make a name for himself with in the street art community and has also stepped into the fine art community. His detail and earthy inspirations has separated him from the saturated walls of the city.Check some Art & Read The Interview
PURE FUNK MODE MIXTAPE - DJ Rhettmatic
"Day At The Races"
DJ Rhettmatic of the World Famous Beat Junkies has just released a little funky mixtape for all of your daily needs. The PURE FUNK MODE MIXTAPE is filled with funky cuts of old funk songs and classic hip-hop tracks and it’s Free! Just to give you a taste of a few classic sounds, you’ll hear a little bit of Jurassic 5, Big Daddy Kane, Queen Latifah, Quasimoto, James Brown, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and more. Download it, bump it in your ipods, and spread it around. Maybe just listen to it while you are eating your breakfast and get in the mood.
Three time World DMC Champion DJ Qbert is possibly one of the most legendary and influential turntablists to date. His innovative styles and sounds have and always will mold and shape hip hop music. Born Richard Quitevis in early October of 1969, Qbert grew up in San Francisco, California. His diverse taste in music and passion for hip-hop culture among other things led him to start spinning records at the age of fifteen.
Qbert lost his first battle ever to the Michael Schwartz, also known as Mix Master Mike. The two of them founded The Incisibl Skratch Piklz along with DJ Apollo in 1989. The Skratch Piklz were one of the first if not the first truntalist crews to create music by mixing various bass lines, drums, melodies, and layer scratches as a lead instrument. DJ Apollo left the group in the early 90’s. The remaining duo later added DJ Disk, Shortkut, DJ Flare, Yogafrog, D-Styles, A-Trak to the group. In mid 2000 the Skratch Piklz performed there last show as a group.
These custom designed Nike’s were created by young entrepreneur and designer based out of Silicon Valley by the name of Graham Phisher.
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THE TRUTH OF GAZA
For those who have had the chance to see the news and take a moment to think about how crazy the world really is I am sorry for those who feel depressed and don’t like what they see but do not take the time to think. What are we going to do about this? How can we change the future? So you can’t stop the war. We understand that you are just one person. But many of us together have the power to do great things. READ ON!
The Kings James Version
Dj House Shoes has just released The King James Version, his tribut to one of the worlds greatest hip-hop producers of all time, J. Dilla. This special project takes us on a journey through the late James Yancey’s (J. Dilla) record collection. Dilla has become possible one of the most recognized and influential producers in the game to date. The contriversy of his talent, story, and the rights of his legacy and family still struggle. The people may never truly know the extent of his work. But there are a few old friends like House Shoes that have never taken allowed the world to shame his name and breath his soul back to life through out the people. House Shoes has offered the first chapter of the mix for free download to give you a taste. The real deal is here. Support it!
“House Shoes just showed us how much of a genius Dilla was even more with this cd and how crazy Dilla’s record collection was… I’m just now finding some of these samples…He was lightyears ahead of us…” -Black Milk
Well it’s getting to be that time again. The warm weather we dream about is really not that far away. Along with that comes the festivals. The Ultra Music Festival (UMF), established in 1999, is held in Miami, Florida every year. Since the beginning this 2-day festival has created a great atmosphere and featured a solid variety of all styles of electronic music from around the world.
This year will be no different. Some of the featured acts include; Paul Van Dyk, Roni Size, Planet of the Drums, DEADMAU5, Richie Hawtin, Rabbit in the Moon and over 50 more acts from around the world.
Some of you may not agree but this is a serious issue. Over the past six months I’ve found that now and then I will pull a 2-liter of Coke out of the fridge and it’s near impossible to get the cap off. It’s very discouraging and unacceptable. My lover has tried to explain to me that this is happening to nobody else in the world but me. She’s wrong..this is one of the very few times she has been wrong but it’s true. My father has been struggling with the same issue and the other day I grabbed a 20oz. that was still warm and couldn’t get the cap off. This bottle had never been in the fridge so temperature change can not be a variable in this case. I have no explanation and I’m sick of it. So if you run into this problem and it’s important to you. If you would like to be able to open a soda when you feel the need. I urge you to discuss this with your peers and maybe send a million emails to Coca-Cola and let them know how we feel about this. It must stop!
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