Nike Air Force 1 Running Pack Hybird

A nice pack of AF1 sneakers is on the way. Here is another set of hybrid Air Force 1 x Air Max & ACG series.

Safari Air Force 1 is no longer only a pair of SBTG custom as it also included in the Running Pack that would release next year. Besides, 2 more Air Forces also inspired by ACG series, Mowabb and Air Wildwood. Air Force 1 x Air Max 97 is also available to have a full length Air Max sole.

I really like the cement design and the elephant design on the first two and the red sole on the third sneaker is pretty cool too. I'm also feelin the material and color combos on the second shoe. That blue is pretty sweet.

Nike buys Umbro for over half a billion!!

In a move that will probably interest my man Mudd, my boss Tony and DJ Rig, among others, it appears that Nike is buying UMBRO for $580 million.
I got the info over at Kix-files go over there for the full article. I can't think of a single kid who played soccer that didn't have or want a pair of Umbro shorts. The coolest pro teams all wore 'em. Nike is just takin' over everything I guess.

New Balance x AVENJ Sean D ‘Anconia M574

Finally we see a release for this awesome sneaker!! . After Josh Wisdumb and Eric Haze, New Balance continues their artist collaboration series, and gets together this time with
Sean D ‘Anconia of Her Majesty’s Secret Studios. The shoe pays homage to 70’s grindhouse cinema using a collage of the icons of the era: streets of Harlem to the skyscrapers of Hong Kong, from Yakuza to KungFu. The details on the sneaker are just incredible. My favorite is the felt on the afro. You can't get a much cooler shoe design than this!

It has been released at Atmos Tokyo.

Wu-Tang Clan Leak "Take It Back"

Looks like the Wu-Tang Clan miscommunication with Ghostface has been figured out. The Clan's latest album will be released on 12/11 one week after Ghost's newest effort. And all is well with the Clan...


Download "Take it Back"

Electronic Blog "Boards of Electronica"

I ran across a pretty cool blog last night.

Boards Of Electronica

The blog is either French or French Canadian but either way it's chock full of older electronic and techno music. Real cool stuff too. Like Aphex Twin 12"s that he dropped under a myriad of psuedonyms. Some cool Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman) stuff. The KLF ambient album. Luke Vibert, Speedy J, Venetian Snares, Spacetime Continuum... the list goes on. He obviously has the original pressings on many of these as he includes pics of the 12"s with all the production and label info. The record collector geek in me loves that kinda thing! Go over & check it out. Definitely worth a bit of your time if you're a fan of the older techno stuff. My only complaint is tht he uses rapidshare and I don't wanna join up to download tracks. I use zshare and have never been unhappy with it.

K-N-J Spotlight # 2: The Opus

Since I'm blogging about Chicago today I suppose I 'd better mention another group outta Chi-town that deserves attention. The Opus.

Mr. Echoes (f.k.a. Fanum) and The Isle of Weight, both outstanding producers in their own right have been collaborating together as The Opus since the early 90's.


The first national attention they received was as part of the seminal Chicago group Rubberoom. In '94 Rubberoom (made up of The Opus on production and Meta Mo, Lumba, and SPO on the mic) released "Gothic Architecture." In 1999 they released the apocalyptic "Architechnology." The album, and it's production was a heaving mass of dystopian revelations. While EL-P and his production on Def Jux has defined and explored turn of the century, distorted, off-kilter, paranoia, "Architechnology" had few similar contemporaries or precursors. The sounds were certainly without precedent. Unfortunately for Rubberoom, like so many groups, label problems stalled the momentum and eventually dissolved the collaboration.


The Opus, however, carried on after the breakup. Even during Rubberoom's run The Opus produced tracks for other artists, most notably delivering a stellar underground release with Thawfor "Where Thawght Is Worshipped" in '98. 2002's "First Contact" was their first full length, post-Rubberoom release on, now defunct, Ozone Music (home of Mike Ladd, Sonic Sum and others). This album featured guest emcees Aesop Rock, I Self Devine, Slug, MURS and others. In 2003 they released the criminally slept on, instrumental album, "Breathing Lessons" on Mush Records. The album continued to define their sound with bone dry drums and claustrophobic samples.

The Opus also continued to perform live. Delivering layered and mesmerizing performances all over the country, they transformed their studio production into a live affair that is well worth seeing. I saw them in Austin Texas at South By South West and was absolutely blown away!

In 2007 The Opus self released "Blending Density" a dark and abstract sound scape featuring some rare and unreleased previous work alongside the duo's latest productions. The album is available in CD or MP3 format through the group's website theopusonline.com

Here are a few tracks from throughout The Opus' career.

Download "Sector Rush Rebuilt" Architechnology
Download "Luna Landing" Blending Density
Download "Mission Control" Breathing Lessons
Download "Films" ft Sonic Sum
Download "Pedigree" The Opus Remix of Brother Ali entered for the Skribble Jam Producer's Battle 2007

Kid Sister

OK, at this point if you don't know who Kid Sister is then you're beyond sleepin'! You may need medical attention. There may be right wing TV hosts calling for your life to be preserved despite the fact that you are legally brain dead. You are in a coma from which you will never emerge. Catholics may try to make you a saint. Trent Lott may hold a prayer vigil/press conference outside your bedroom. Fox News may run a special on your plight. All this is true...

But on the heels of the Fool's Gold Tour that hit NYC for CMJ this year I feel as if it is my duty to once again try a "Grey's Anatomy/ ER" miracle and shock you back to life. It's what McDreamy would want.

Kid Sister is from Chicago. Her brother is in the DJ crew Flosstradamus. She rules dance floors and generally is at the forefront of the emerging club rap scene spearheaded by Floss, Diplo, Plastic Little, Spank Rock, A-Trak, and Tampa's own Yo Majesty.

She has a track called "Pro-Nails" that is, interestingly enough, about how her fingernails are done very nicely. Think a clubby Lil' Mama. Kanye West is on the remix and that is the track I'm gonna post here for ya. Get ready to buy this album because 2008 is the year of the Kid Sister!!

Download "Pro-Nails" ft kanye west

Killah Priest w/ Bury Your Dead & More Tonight In Tampa

Ghostface "Big Doe Rehab" drops 12/04

The first single off of Ghostface's "Big Doe Rehab," in stores December 4, is called "Celebrate."

It's produced by Sean C and LV. If "BDR" is dropping on the same day as the Wu album isn't there gonna be some drama?? Seems peculiar. Why put the two up against each other like that??

This is a Nah Right exclusive so go over there and check out what they got goin' on.

Download "Celebrate" ft Kid Capri

New Balance 574 & 576 Japanese niceness

While I was over at Mita checkin out the new MT576 25th anniversary sneaker, I ran across a few other very hot (and apparently Japan only) kicks. Here are a couple 574s that would fit well into any closet. Premium quality material and vibrant colors make these two shoes really pop. The white and green remind me of the NB Concept's Tannery 576 Collabo that dropped this Fall.


Plus this Atmos 576 "fujin" that I posted about previously has already sold out. I really loved the look of this sneaker but sadly I will probably never get my hands on a pair. :-(

Mita Sneakers x New Balance Thunder MT576V

OH MY GOD!!! THIS SHIT IS REALLY FREEESSSHHHH!!!!


New Balance and Mita Sneakers collaborate on an MT576V. The sneaker is a hybrid of the M576 and the MT580. It features velcro straps instead of laces (not really a velcro strap kinda guy but these aren't too bad), print on the tongue, glow in the dark features on the toe box and the logo, a purple outer sole with a special pattern and much more. This is really a lotta stuff going on in one sneaker but they pull it off nicely.
The sneaker is part of the New Balance 576 20th anniversary celebrations, which start officially in 2008. The New Balance x Atmos M576 Fujin collaboration is followed by this Mita Sneakers x New Balance Thunder collaboration. The sneaker has now been released at Mita Sneakers.
Click HERE for more pics

Fat Joe "The Elephant In The Room"

The beat on this track is just destructive!! I could live the rest of my life never hearing fat joe rhyme about being a drug dealer but it's hard to deny this beat.

Download "The Crack House" ft Lil Wayne

"The Message Uni Versa" Mixtape

I've posted about G & D "The Message Uni Versa" before. Shame shame if you were sleepin'!!

Now you can check this mix from Dudley and Georgia via the good folks at Audible Treats
Download The Message Uni Versa Mixtape by Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins

Track Listing:

1. GodUnit - G&D

2. Time - G&D

3. Leroy - Georgia Anne Muldrow

4. Blackman - Georgia Anne Muldrow

5. Just Think - Dudley Perkins

6. MGD feat. M.E.D. - G&D

7. Get On Up - Dudley Perkins

8. Epilogue - Georgia Anne Muldrow

9. Dollar Bill - Dudley Perkins

10. One - G&D

11. Lovelight - Georgia Anne Muldrow

12. Falling - Dudley Perkins

13. Reallytho - Pattie Blingh and the Akebulan Five

14. Testing Me - Dudley Perkins

15. Washedbrainsyndrome - Dudley Perkins

16. Nothingness - Georgia Anne Muldrow

17. West Coast Recycler - Georgia Anne Muldrow

18. Hey - Georgia Anne Muldrow

19. Funky Dudley - Dudley Perkins

20. Feet - Georgia Anne Muldrow

21. Flowers - Dudley Perkins

Mishka "Tentacle Assault" New Era

Mishka will be releasing three New Eras this week including the "Tentacle Assault" cap which has never been viewed before.

The "Tentacle Assault" New Era is fully embroidered along the crown with the Mishka tentacle pattern, which was featured on the lining of many of the brands Fall 07 pieces. For extra style, it also has a satin contrast lining.

Mishka stockists will also be receiving two other models with their New Era shipments: the navy blue rip-stop waterproof version of the “Boney M” cap and the much anticipated “Keep Watch” glow in the dark cap.

All three New Eras will debuting at the Mishka pop-up shop this Friday in NYC and available at the Mishka online shop next week.

"Streetwear" by Steven Vogel

The first and only book of its kind, Streetwear The Insider's Guide is the definitive street fashion bible – a guide to clothes created or inspired by urban living, by the key designers around the globe.

Hundreds of streetwear designs and photographs provide an encyclopedic overview of the world of streetwear, and the book offers a unique insider’s view of this highly creative field.

Find out:
• How the creative director of Burton first became involved in streetwear,
• What inspires the seminal designer and streetwear guru Hiroshi Fujiwara
• What multinational goliath Stüssy, the streetwear legend, has planned for the future of street fashion
• How to get in-depth access to leading magazines, web publishers and creative agencies.

Streetwear focuses on streetwear design, and streetwear media – magazines and website publishers. Illustrated with designs, product sketches, graphics and photographs, and complete with a full and detailed reference section, this book will be seized on by all street enthusiasts, from fashion and advertising professionals to the millions who love buying and wearing streetwear.

"Designers like Karl Lagerfield and Jean Paul Gaultier are finally given all (which is to say, none) of the (original) credit they deserve. Streetwear The Insider's Guide is a comprehensive and encyclopedic overview of the world of urban fashion that focuses exclusively on first-wave creative movements. While many fashion books credit streetwear with inspiring top designers’ couture collections, this may be the first book that focuses entirely on their roots, i.e., urban living and its resulting fashion sense."
Joshspear.com

You can check out this 352 page monster at the Thames and Hudson website.

Nike Air Force 1 Supreme Max

The Nike Air Force 1 Supreme Max is what you see it is inspired by the original colorway of Air Max 95 Neon, the most special part of the shoe is not the air but the Air Max logo on the tongues. This is a pretty ill shoe right here. I don't own a single pair o AF1s but I'm tempted by these. The release date is set to 2008 Summer as quickstrike release.

Reebok Court Force Victory Pump "Glow In The Dark"

Finally the Reebok Court Victory Pump Glow-In-The-Dark has dropped.

The sneaker comes in a very simple and subtle design, with a white/green upper. When you see it at first you cannot even imagine what it can actually do. Because they did not just cover the entire upper with Glow-In-The-Dark material, they actually made an invisible pattern on the upper that only comes out in the dark.

The idea is pretty cool and the outcome at least from these pictures also looks great. Atmos Tokyo now has them in stock. I have almost never had any interest in Reebok sneakers. I never felt they had quality materials or concepts. I still think they could use better material but this is an awesome shoe idea!

Nas Is Back!!!!

Legendary Queens rapper Nas will release his upcoming "Nas Greatest Hits" on November 6th. It will feature his hits "If I Ruled The World", "Hate Me Now", & "Street Dreams". Since it will be released on November 6th, I've decided to give you guys the advance single, which will be featured on the album. Enjoy!
Sony releases NAS GREATEST HITS In Stores & Online November 6



Download "Surviving The Times"

Tracklisting
1. Less Than An Hour (with Cee-Lo)
2. Surviving The Times
3. It Ain’t Hard To Tell
4. NY State Of Mind
5. One Love
6. If I Ruled The World (with Lauryn Hill)
7. Street Dreams (with R. Kelly)
8. Hate Me Now (with Puff Daddy)
9. Ether
10. One Mic
11. Got UR Self A….
12. Made You Look
13. Oochie Wally
14. Bridging The Gap (with Olu Dara)

The Aztext "Lettin You Know" ft One Be Lo

Burlington Vermont has hip hop?!?!?

Yep!

The Aztext drop a hot Dub Sonata produced track with former Binary Star emcee One Be Lo from Michigan.

"The Sacred Document" drops October 23rd
The album features guest appearances from One Be Lo, & Mac Lethal.

Download "Lettin You Know"

Radix MC Seek "Perspective" ft Ed OG

Boston area crew Radix emcee Seek drops a nice track with Ed OG called "Perspective."
Keep your eyes and ears open for the single dropping Nov. 11th. His full-length, solo album, "Separation" is due out in '08.

Download "Perspective"