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4 Comments Obey uses 100 Miles & Running cover colorway for their 100 Miles & Running hoodie…coincidence?

Posted by The Elitaste on 24 Aug 2008


Catchdubs hit me with an email today:

From: Catchdubs
Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Subject: 100 miles and running hoodie
To: Daniel Weisman

http://www.turntablelab.com/vinyl/217/1625/52514.html

wonder if the mixtape cover inspired the colorway? a bunch of people are doing black and teal this season. trendsettaaaaaa!

I am using this as a jumping off point for an open letter to Obey.

Dear Shepard Fairey,
I am a fan first and foremost so please don’t take this the wrong way. However, you and your brand Obey are, at this point, probably still “bigger” than Wale. All we ask for is some recognition if we in fact inspired this hoodie’s namesake and colorway. If it’s too late for recognition, a few size runs in the hoodie would be awesome. Maybe even like a limited edition Wale version with the lace logo on it? My contact info is on the site. Hope to hear from you soon.

Best,
Dan
elitaste.com

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August 25, 2008 4:12 am I AM SLAM! Website Reply

Dear Shepard Fairey,Dan Weisman
I am also a fan, of Wale that is but
I do respect and will Obey any demands you make for a hoodie. I mean its pretty obvious that it was inspired by the 100 Miles & Running and since I rank among the top when it comes to Wale friends and fans its only right that I have one!

August 25, 2008 5:20 am JrRoc23 Website Reply

Wow Dope

August 28, 2008 1:06 am jus Website Reply

no no no..k 1st i am a graphic artist.i do collabs with other artist worldwide.i could drop names but im not gonna do that…thats all im sayin. i have also been ripped before. plenty of times, i have no time for art theifs, its low to steel someones art right?(so you dont have any copyright music on your hardrive..you did the same then you stole art/someones hard work) if your gonna cry about people stealing colours then you should delete all your copyright mp3s)

but..what the fuck..this is teal aka bluey/green and black and white ..no one owns colours! who’d be so lame to think that a colour combo is theirs,get real. this is not a rip of the wale cover its just the same colour.. wow!. a lemon is yellow does that mean anyone else shouldnt use yellow cause a lemmon owns it. what about combos like red and blue with white thats been used on millions of items of sportswear for years.. you guys are really up your own arses if you think now somehow wale owns the rights to a color combo. thats over lame!

sounds like a cheap shot to scoop some free hoodies. or a joke? cause its a colour!!..no one can ever claim right to a color combination.

August 28, 2008 3:04 am jus Website Reply

assuming wale owns the 100 mile an runin title/lyric..and it wasnt took from nwa in the 1st place, im not sayin its ripped cause its a lyric/title, buti i dont think you shouldnt be either..not in hip hop circles where everything is recycled and reused without permission anyway..eg the whole mixtape market.. eg the 100 miles an runin lyric/title from nwa in the ist place.

if anyone should be complying about being ripped.. it should be nwa. yo props still, nuf respect.

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