I’ll upload real images once I get back to Amsterdam and can upload the photos and video from my camera
Capping off an incredible homecoming weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the second stop of the Watch the Throne tour at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Even with the high ticket prices, pretty much everyone I talked to this past week was buzzing about the concert, by bringing together two of music’s living legends on one stage, “The Throne” had created a “be there” moment; either you were talking about what you hoped to see, or what you expected to miss out on.
I wasn’t overwhelmed by Watch the Throne the album, I think it will come to represent a significant change in how hip-hop music is produced, recorded and arranged in years to come, however at times I–like many others–was alienated by the number of luxury rap references and toasts to opulence. That said, I was excited to see how two of rap’s best performers, could bring their deep catalogues and enormous production budgets into a single show.
Tokyo is a special city. Exhausted from our whirlwind week in Kobe, I slept most of the 3-hour train ride. When our train arrived at Shibuya station, overwhelmed by bright lights and loud sounds, I felt like I had awoken on an alien planet. Read the rest of this entry »
I definitely underestimated Donnis when I first heard him, but the quality of the product has made me a believer and a fan. Look out for big things this summer…#spoileralert
Even if converse is one of our competitors you couldn’t get me to pretend that they didn’t knock this out of the park. I think this is a really great example of a brand understanding and owning the concept of Authenticity. In a lifestyle space it’s something that everyone is searching for but it’s such a delicate virtue that the search for authenticity can often leave a brand looking foolish and out of touch. (See: Talking Medallions saying BOOM!) Read the rest of this entry »
Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama releases a retrospective of his best works. Available here
For fans of sex, robots, women and sexy robot women. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve been listening to theDistant Relatives album, and I honestly think it’s Nas’ best work since God’s Son. The partnership with “Junior Gong” has him sharper and more revitalized than he has with recent albums and I think having a creative foil to work with has reigned in his often-loose lyrical content to create an album that is sonically and thematically tight and coherent. With that said, I’d like to propose some more collaborations that could bring the best out of Mr. Jones: Read the rest of this entry »
