Tuesday, August 31, 2010
ABLE ABE Clothing: FILM REVIEW: DONKEY PUNCH
FILM REVIEW: DONKEY PUNCH
Monday, August 30, 2010
A HIP HOP CLASSIC REINVENTED
juicy-r [the notorious b.i.g.'s juicy vs. the xx's vcr] - wait what (mashup) from wait what on Vimeo.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
EASY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Friday, August 27, 2010
THREAD MAGAZINE LAUNCH PARTY
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
CONTINUED INSPIRATION
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
IN THE NEWS: Dr. Laura and the N-word
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
INSPIRATION
Another day full of meetings and planning for new projects and collaborations I was able to cut out some chill time before things got too hectic to get turned on to a mixtape that is pure FIRE. Courtesy of Hypetrak.com, This Electronic trio teamed up with Mishka NYC to bring a superb mixtape titled Drink The Sea Part 2. The project features the energetic music from their current Drink The Sea-album combined with the vocals from MCs like Nas, Jay-Z, Wayne and divas such as M.I.A. and La Roux. Find the tracklist and the dates of their “Drink The Sea”-tour.
And I am telling you this joint is incredible, I can't wait to turn this one up back at the studio and get creative. Check it out and leave a comment and better yet if you feel it too follow us and we'll keep you on it for new music, style, and lifestyle. LETS GET IT!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
HIP HOP'S TOP EARNERS
5. Andre "Dr. Dre" Young - $17M
Legendary rapper-producer is also one of hip-hop's savviest--unlike many who sell away the rights to their songs, Dr. Dre hangs on to most of his. Still collects royalties on multiplatinum albums like 1992 classic The Chronic, which sold nearly 10 million copies worldwide. Also rakes in cash from his headphone line Beats by Dre, a partnership with Interscope Records. Served as executive producer for Eminem's "Recovery," which sold over 1 million U.S. copies in its first two weeks; solo album Detox is slated for release this fall.
4. Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter - $20M
Not even jail could stop Lil Wayne from cracking the top five on our list. Sentenced in March to a year in the pen for weapons possession, the rapper managed to earn his hefty total from new album Rebirth, proceeds from guest appearances and a healthy dose of touring, where he grossed over $500,000 per show. Already making plans for a new album, Tha Carter IV, upon his release.
3. Aliuane "Akon" Thiam - $21M
Senegalese-American hip-hop singer/songwriter/producer has been profiting from a range of business ventures this year. There's his Konvict Clothing, his Pepsi soccer ad campaign and Kon Live, his Interscope-backed imprint that's home to Lady Gaga and others. Still has time for traditional musical ventures, including an international tour and a new album, Stadium Music.
2. Sean "Diddy" Combs - $30M
Ageless hip-hop impresario has changed name from Puff Daddy to P. Diddy to Diddy. Now, he occasionally goes by "Ciroc Obama," after his lucrative vodka joint venture with Diageo. Still shills Sean John clothing, Bad Boy Records, and more; released Last Train to Paris, his first album since 2006. Acting career on the rise after appearance in 2010 flick Get Him to the Greek, where he plays a record executive.
1. Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter - $63 Million
Says he's not a businessman; he's a business, man--and it's not idle boasting. Rapper-turned-mogul retains his crown as hip-hop's cash king thanks to a new album and investments in 40/40 nightclub chain, Broadway show "Fela!" and New Jersey Nets basketball team. Biggest boost comes from Blueprint 3 Tour, which grossed over $1 million per concert this year. Still makes less than wife Beyoncé (Source: Forbes.com)
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
FILM REVIEW: THE BABYSITTERS
Today we have another Netflix film selection The Babysitters. This film, well, how should I say isn’t about your typical babysitter tale of obnoxious, ill mannered kids that a young female high school student takes on to make a few extra dollars over the summer. This film is definitely different it takes on a life that we all suspect could happen in real life, but maybe not to this level.
The Babysitters is a film of a 17, high-school junior Shirley Lyner who is thinking about college and running a babysitting service that provides teen call girls to the dads of young children. In a long flashback, we see what brought her from being a babysitter to organizing and running the service. It starts with Michael, the father of children she baby-sits. A cup of coffee on the way home from his house, a night visit to a train yard, and one thing leads to another. Shirley can be ruthless, and tension builds when some of the clients take the girls to a mountain cabin and bring drugs. Then, one of the girls tries to freelance. Can this end well: is it a tragedy in the making? Don’t we all have secrets? Written by jhailey@hotmail.com
The Babysitters was written and directed by David Ross, produced by Kathy DeMarco, Jason Dublin, Jennifer Dublin, John Leguizamo, and Cora Olson. The cast has John Leguizamo, Katherine Waterston, Cynthia Nixon from Forensic Films 2007. (imdb)
I’m not afraid to say I enjoyed this film. And I’d have to say it was probably for its scandalous situations its characters were in, which kept the films tension alive. That “Oh shit, they’re so going to get caught” feeling you get in your gut as you watch is huge part of why this film works. And much like anything in life it goes for a time good or bad just let it ride. Morally, this film well... I didn’t watch it to be moral I watched it to be entertained. The pace of the film held up through to the end and the main characters progression stayed true as well. The ending... well who is to say how any film should end? I believe we as people go through instances in life where there is only one other person who was there and shared the experience. In the case of The Babysitters I give it 4 stars.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
ARTIST/ DESIGNER PROFILE: TAZ ARNOLD a.k.a. TISA
I know a few of you out there may be familiar with artist, producer, trend setter, turned fashion designer through his work with the hip hop/R&B group Sa-Ra. Yet even more may be familiar with him for his daring, exotic fashion sense. This is Taz Arnold a.k.a. TISA.
Raised in the streets of L.A. Taz Arnold, as he says, "I grew up at the beach. Watts is like 10 minutes from the beach’ people don't know that. I lived like west of Watts, like Imperial and Crenshaw’ that’s literally 10 minutes from the beach on the street. I used to boogie board, go snorkeling in the ocean. My dad was a scuba diver; my mom ran on the beach everyday, like 4 miles to the marine and back and she would take me. That was a part of my growing up too, not just the hood. I'm from the hood, but muthafuckas in the hood go to the beach too…it doesn’t cost anything’ it’s free! [Laughs.]"
Growing up so close to the beach yet still in the "hood" Taz was a part of a surf and skate gang called the Nerdz who were up on their fashion game with brands like Maui and sons, Gothca, and T&C, to name a few. The gang was also into petty crimes like selling weed and shoplifting, but Taz was always on his fashion game. He never really got too involved, but he always found the time to procure luxury labels as Gucci, Polo, or MCM. For many as Taz says,” Growing up, MCM was how Gucci and Louis is at the top now. For people with money and young professionals like black lawyers, hip lawyers in LA, MCM rivaled Gucci and Louis Vuitton and it was something that was celebrated as an equal. Way over GUESS, Fila and everything. This is a luxury brand, a bonafide, real, authentic luxury brand when I was growing up."
As time past Taz was able to travel and get a better perspective of this fashion thing as he says, "Cats don't travel! They got to go to like Japan and see…there's killers in this world with this style shit…muthafuckin’ ninjas that will slice your neck quick. You think you fresh rolling up with your little Gucci, and muthafuckas up there wearing dresses and shit with beards. But they not gay, they just wearing a kilt and their shit is fresh! They sitting there hanging out with fucking Karl Lagerfeld. He’s worked with me, how the fuck are you gonna call him wack? Muthafuckas don't have their minds right. This is art, man. This shit ain't about fucking like “hip-hop rules” or no shit like that. This shit is Basquiat and Andy Warhol."
The time came when through his trend setting efforts he says, "I started seeing people in Japan dress like me with the bow ties, the MCM jackets with the rope chains. That’s my original style. My friends in Tokyo were looking to help me develop my brand and my aesthetic 'cause they just really appreciated the demonstration. I was designing my new line, and then my buddy Big O said, “Yo, do you wanna do MCM?” So that opportunity just came to me through Big O and a couple other cats. Cats basically presented me with that. So I started designing pieces."
Now this TISA movement is beginning to take hold 3 years deep as another fashion icon and artist Kanye West has been taking part as Taz continues, Fuck yeah, I feel vindicated that my boy Kanye could be influenced by this style that's original and it's free, and be brave enough to take that style on for himself and run with that ball too. To join up on that team and be like, “Yo, I'm with this too.” Like, “Yeah, I'm taking these blows with you 'cause I'm early on this with you. I've been around the world too and now I see this shit. This shit is right.”…and you know if we can get Pharrell to swag out…it's a system for dudes and chicks. It's called TI$A."
To understand this TISA movement check out the video below all in Taz's own words.
As an artist/designer I look to these bold and outspoken trend setters not to copy, but I embrace the freedom they partake in to do what you feel and go at it with all you got. So as this ARTIST/DESIGNER PROFILE: comes to a close check out more Taz TISA Arnold photos that I've posted this cat is amazing, leave comments, we love that, tell us we you think, and follow us so you can be updated on future posts. And as TAZ says your own fashion sense and style is within, you just gotta go for it and not try to be someone else.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
THE DENIM PROJECT: IN STORES NOW!!!
THE DENIM PROJECT:
Nothing says summer like cut off shorts and denim skirts. No matter how you wear them, be it with high heels or flip flops, dressed up or dressed for comfort, every girl during the summer months needs her “go-to pair” to beat the heat and still look fashionable.
Able Abe Clothing is the progressive brand that has heard you ladies and is introducing the DENIM PROJECT: a limited edition, hand crafted, one of a kind collaboration with name brand denim. These pieces are put through an additional list of processes to create a unique vintage and worn in to perfection look that will get you noticed, making you the trendsetter you already are.
Being that these sets are sold on a limited edition basis with limited sizes and washes each set will be numbered to show the quantity in each set as well as its position. There are three batches scheduled to go off, so it is imperative that you get your pair now before the word gets out on this exclusive series.
The DENIM PROJECT can be found at 112 located next to Naked Lounge, eleMENts by Beaute salon across from In Motion Fitness, and at the Able Abe Clothing pop-up store. These unique pop-up store locations, dates, and times will be posted very soon on our blogspot.
And no DENIM PROJECT skirt or cut-off short pair would be complete without an Able Abe summer T or the more fashionable yet edgy off the shoulder style tops, also available at listed locations and pop up stores. With many styles and colors to choose from you definitely will find a top that fits you, your personality, and your limited edition DENIM PROJECT selection.
LETS GET IT!!!
Usher feat. Jay-Z & Ester Dean - Hot Toddy (CDQ) by Hypetrak
Saturday, August 7, 2010
INSPIRATION
Behind REBEL8: Joshy D from hypebeast.tv on Vimeo.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
FILM REVIEW: INCEPTION
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
MORE LEAKED PHOTOS FROM The DENIM PROJECT: Shoots
Monday, August 2, 2010
KANYE WEST PERFORMS NEW SONGS AT FACEBOOK HEADQUARTERS
RATATAT DRUGS video
Drugs
RATATAT | MySpace Music Videos
Sunday, August 1, 2010
The DENIM PROJECT:
THE DENIM PROJECT:
Nothing says summer like cut off shorts and denim skirts. No matter how you wear them, be it with high heels or flip flops, dressed up or dressed for comfort, every girl during the summer months needs her “go-to pair” to beat the heat and still look fashionable.
Able Abe Clothing is the progressive brand that has heard you ladies and is introducing the DENIM PROJECT: a limited edition, hand crafted, one of a kind collaboration with name brand denim. These pieces are put through an additional list of processes to create a unique vintage and worn in to perfection look that will get you noticed, making you the trendsetter you already are.
Being that these sets are sold on a limited edition basis with limited sizes and washes each set will be numbered to show the quantity in each set as well as its position. There are three batches scheduled to go off, so it is imperative that you get your pair now before the word gets out on this exclusive series.
The DENIM PROJECT can be found at 112 located next to Naked Lounge, eleMENts by Beaute salon across from In Motion Fitness, and at the Able Abe Clothing pop-up store. These unique pop-up store locations, dates, and times will be posted very soon on our blogspot.
And no DENIM PROJECT skirt or cut-off short pair would be complete without an Able Abe summer T or the more fashionable yet edgy off the shoulder style tops, also available at listed locations and pop up stores. With many styles and colors to choose from you definitely will find a top that fits you, your personality, and your limited edition DENIM PROJECT selection.
LETS GET IT!!!