Maestro Knows: Episode 2

Maestro Knows - Episode 2 (Anthony Hamilton) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

Los Angeles personality Levi Maestro continues his new online show, Maestro Knows, with Episode 2. In this episode, Maestro talks music with Grammy Award-winning musician Anthony Hamilton, chows down on some In-N-Out Burger, and bumps more Kanye tunes.

Style Recon: Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Williams sits down with Playboy for a chat in their latest Style Recon feature. The brief sitting shines a light on the N.E.R.D. frontman’s latest fashion likes and essential items while on tour. SpongeBob, Tom Ford, and Gatorade are all included. Check it out at Playboy.

Nike Bruin for Supreme

The New York-based brand Supreme set forth on a sneaker venture utilizing the lesser known Bruin model done up in an SB platform, for it's latest Nike collabo. Steering towards a more low-profile sneaker, Supreme hooked the kicks up with simple suede/leather metallic colorways featuring white midsoles and old school nylon tongues.



A release is scheduled for April 16th, 2009 at Supreme NY and LA. MSRP is set at $98 USD a pop so all you hype beasts go buy them all up!!!

Top Five Dead or Alive Pt. 2

As we continue on with this Top 5 series of mine...

The late great Mr. Shakur...Enjoy!!!

Fiberops

Fiberops is a dope company owned and operated by Alayasha Moore. Alayasha has been in the fashion industry for dumb long and helped spearhead popular labels like Phat Farm, Mecca, and Akademiks. Fiberops is mighty hard to come by being that its primarily sold in Japan so, if you can get your hands on some of these wears I highly suggest you take advantage.

Tough Times: A Look Into the Current State of Streetwear

Photo Credit: Alyasha Moore

I came upon this article the other day while I was skimming thru Hypebeast. Although the majority of society could give 2 shits about streetwear or the latest Dunk release, I am somehow intertwined in the culture.

I should drop some science about my personal take on the state of the "streetwear" industry but I'mma just hit ya'll with the link to the article.

ENJOY!!!

Nineteen Ninety-Now!!!!

10 Deep has releaased their 2009 Spring line titled Nineteen Ninety-Now. With a nod to the 90's as the prevalent theme, the majority of the collection is quite clean while bolder designs are left to the sweatshirts and tees. Check your local 10 Deep retailer for more details on availability.

More L&D X DC Shoe Company Collabs!!!

Already holding various footwear design credits under their belt, Brooklyn-based Lemar and Dauley look towards their signature aesthetic of throwback sports-inspired culture for a new project alongside DC Shoes.



The streetwear label have "spiced" up DC’s Xander model with a tonal suede effort, reminiscent of the Sea Crystal SB Dunks. A release is slated to drop at select DC accounts soon, so stay on the lookout!!! MSRP of $130.oo USD.

Top 5 Dead or Alive Series

Continuing with the flashback Friday tradition, this Friday marks the first in my "Top 5 Dead or Alive" series featuring videos from my personal top 5 emcees. Kicking things off will be the boy Jadakiss. Kiss is one of the best lyricists out. Not too many can get with this kid when it comes to representing on a microphone. Hope you all enjoy.

Stussy Great MInds Collection

Stussy unveils their “Great Minds” collection to pay homage to some of the most influential and noteworthy intellects who have institutionalized and presented various schools of thought.

Some familiar faces of politics, science, economics, philosophy and psychology are included such as Albert Einstein, Henry David Thoreau, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud and William Shakespeare. Each t-shirt features a re-appropriated portrait with little bits of commentary pertaining to their life’s work. The t-shirts will release this Saturday, March 21st only at Stussy Chapter stores.

Morgan State Advances to 2009 NCAA Tournament

March Madness is upon us once again and I am very proud to say that my Alma Mart er Morgan State University will be making an appearance in this year's NCAA tournament. By winning the Middle Eastern Atlantic Confereance (The MEAC) Morgan automatically gained an invitation to this year's NCAA Basketball tournament.



This is the first time Morgan will have attended the tournament so I just want to send a shout out to all my Morgan alumnus and present attendees. Even tho Morgan is a 15th seed I wish them the best of luck and hopefully by some miracle of the Lord they can advance to the second round.

LETS GO BEARS!!!!

Adidas Superstar Vintage “Sole”

With massive ongoing celebrations for Adidas and its 60th anniversary, we have seen a bunch of different items release from the iconic German sportswear brand. Among the most notables in recent memory are these Superstar Vintages out of Adidas Originals. The metallic silver upper features three different stripes and the embossing of the Superstar out sole over the back quarter.

Killer Season is upon us

Time to let Spacely Sprockets get some shine!!!

Crime Pays this May!!

Nixon Blue Rubber Player

Re-inventing one of the brand’s popular trademark models the Player, Nixon looks to create a special campaign around the Rubber Player. Starting this month, the intricately molded watch features a 3-hand Japanese quartz movement, custom molded silicone case and band and diamond.

The watch will also see a special release complete with collector’s kit stand and packaging. In subsequent months the watch’s color will not be known until they hit retailers. Only a select stores will get the watch in limited quantities starting on the 15th including NixonNow.com. The price is set at $170 USD.

This Guy!!!

Hands down one of my all time favorite skaters. Guy just has it. He is a living legend. Not many skaters can do what he does.

ALIFE SS ‘09 Everybody High | Public Outrage

ALIFE features three new designs over two models. The Everybody High comes decked out in two versions, the America Leather and the Cross Canvas. Some nice bright colors are utilized throughout with some strong branding.

The Public Outrage is a low-top deck shoe with a tumbled leather upper and a huge ALIFE logo plastered over the heel. These sneaks are available now at select ALIFE dealers.

Tommy Woods (1980-2009)

Lets take a trip back to this year's Superbowl Sunday. One of my closest friends just bought a house and wanted to christen the new spot by hosting a Superbowl party. All the usual suspects were present except for my man Tommy. The rumor of the night was that T had been felling depressed because he had recently been laid off and was having trouble coping. After the game heads made an effort to track my man down so we could take him out and try and get his mind off of things. Unfortunately no one could find homie. Tommy wasn't answering his phone and everyone from his girl to his parents was trying to find him. At first we thought my man was suffering a nervous breakdown and went into a state of panic.

A few days later it was made known that the homie was missing and his parents had issued a missing persons report. A few more days passed and Tommy's car was found in Baltimore, MD. A few days after that my man was picked up by the cops in Pennsylvania. When he was found Tommy had no recollection of how he made it to his destination.

Come to find out, Tommy was suffering from a brain tumor. The doctors diagnosed him with a low chance for survival, even if he underwent successful surgery. His parents opted for the surgery anyways and the doctors successfully removed 90% of the tumor from his brain. With the surgery a success Tommy's outlook was looking much brighter. A few days after the surgery some friends went to visit him and he was doing a lot better and his chances for recovery looked very promising.

Sadly, this morning a mutual friend hit me up and let me know that Tommy was no longer with us. I am in utter disbelief right now. I've never been to Boston but now I get the chance to go to mourn the death of my friend. Life is precious and way too short.

Rest In Power Tommy. I know you're in a better place. Hopefully I'll catch you on the other side. You are loved and will be greatly missed.

More Fat Albert in the Hood

Here goes a re-up of Fat Albert in the Hood.

Enjoy

Episode 8


Epsiode 7



Episode 6


Episode 5

RIGHT AMERICA: FEELING WRONGED - SOME VOICES FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

I was listening to the Michael Baisden Show the other day and he and George Wilborn were discussing a documentary HBO is airing about America's views on last year's presidential race. Mike and George were so adamant about how mislead and deranged the people in the documentary sounded that I had to go home and look for it on ON DEMAND. The documentary was filmed before President Obama won the election and it definitely reminded me that even though America has made a very progressive move, it still has a long way to go.

RIGHT AMERICA: FEELING WRONGED - SOME VOICES FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL is a snapshot of some of the most enthusiastic conservative Americans, once labeled "the silent majority" of the voting American public. Many of them feel so alienated over cultural and political issues that they say they will never trust the new president, the Congress or the media.



The views of these people are so mind boggling that you feel like laughing your ass off or saying what the fuck is wrong with these people. If you have HBO be sure to check out this documentary.

Anthony Lister | The Pain of Feeling

Anthony Lister kicks off his second solo show of the year entitled The Pain of Feeling. Showcasing Lister’s unique artwork capturing the effect on social commentary, the exhibition will see an opening tonight at K Gallery in Italy. The Pain of Feeling will remain open until April 11th, 2009.

Flashback Fridays

It's actually Saturday but...I'm gonna give myself a pass this time around.

Kanye West X Louis Vuitton

New leaks of Kanye West’s upcoming collection with Louis Vuitton are seen here as the previously shown styles are seen in new colorways. The Velcro’d up mid is seen with ankle and mid-foot straps with tassel’d laces. The Velcro-joints also share the thick cushioned heel. These will be available this June.

Crime Pays May 5th

The homie Cam is back!!!

Lil' Penny's 1/2 Cents

These are one of the illest "fusion" sneakers to ever drop. I'm still trying to come-up on a second pair.

Big Ups to Lil' Penny!!!

Live for the Lo!!!

I've been going back and forth about doing a chronicle on the Lo Lifes.

Well, just to let you know...it' coming.

BIG UPS to all the OFFICIAL LO HEADS WORLDWIDE!!

Ask Cam

Killer has all the answers!!!


Letters To Cam from jeff on Vimeo.