At first I thought it was Spongebob Squarepants (or, Espongebob as they say a little further south) but then I realized it was a talking set of brass knuckles and knew only 10 Deep could be behind something so diabolical and mildly creepy. Anyway, break out the rubberband stacks and get sick at their sample sale this weekend.
CRAZY MURKO’S 10.DEEP SAMPLE SALE
Saturday 2/2-Sunday 2/3
11AM – 7PM
645 N. Martel Avenue (corner of Melrose and Martel)
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Cash and Credit Card ONLY
ALL SALES FINAL
That’s all I got. Apparently that was taken on the set of Kanye’s “Flashing Lights” video in Denmark. Direction duo Neon is made up of partners Nabil Elderkin & John Pina. They have done:
Common’s “The People”
Kanye West “Throw Some D’s remix”
Common “The Game”
Credits:
“Stereo” – John Legend
“Another Again” – John Legend
“PDA” – John Legend
“The People” – Common
“The Game” – Common
“A Dream” – Common feat. Will.I.Am
“I Know” – Drake Bell
“Throw Some D’s” – Kanye West
“The Good Left Undone” – Rise Against
“The Spaces Between” – Expatriate
I mean…really? This has happened in the history of sneakers before, as far back as PF Flyers v. Converse. Even more recently, the Bapesta went toe to toe with the Air Force 1, but at least Bape took the sneaker game to the next level. This is a straight up jack move. Like they tryna set me up for a 211, gats held sideways screaming break yo’self.
Basically, Fila took a perennial classic, the Prada America’s Cup, one of the best pair of sneakers I’ve ever worn and with a pricetag of $295 and chopped it down to an “affordable” $90 pricetag. They removed the premium leather, slapped on a Fila logo and probably removed the steel shaft from the sole of the shoe, one of the America’s Cup’s greatest features.
What’s more is that Fila enlisted the services not of a respectable artist like Pharrell or Kanye (that would almost be worse), but rather ringtone rapper Hurricane Chris. Not only did FIla not get a top tier ringtone rapper like Soulja Boy or T-Pain, but they got a dude whose hit song is called “A Bay Bay.” Not even “A Bay Say” or “Juan Too Thray”. What’s more is that the commercial is absolutely horrible. It looks like something from O-Town or something. See for yourself…
In January 2007, the global Fila brand was acquired by Fila Korea, Ltd. from Sports Brands International, becoming South Korea’s largest sportswear company. Fila Korea currently holds the rights to the worldwide use of footwear and apparel brands of the parent firm. I heard Hurricane Chris is big along the 38th parallel. Just call him Hurrikorean Chris.
Props to (thee) Mike B and his blog for putting me onto this. I love that Fabolous joint.
I had no idea this was a sample.
Why is this animated GIF one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen? I wanna add my own: BRO RLY?! and it has an owl in a visor with a case of Natty Light, a Jack Johnson CD and a tub of Muscle Milk. See Bro Rape below.
Props to Brandon Perkins over at URB for giving me the background on this
Bro Rape: An Investigative Report from Derrick Comedy
This is just wrong
Check out Wale as a guest on Mark Ronson’s Authentic Shit show on East Village Radio. Mark drops some exclusive new Wale isht and they chop it out, even revealing the label to which Wale will be signing.
I’ve watched COMING TO AMERICA twice in the past two weeks; once on the flight from LA to DC for the Nike Boots event last week and once On Demand the other night. I forgot how much this movie changed my life as a kid. So many amazing cultural references, cameos and quotables in this movie.
Nottz used the flute sample from the film’s opening in…
Diplo used the other song from the film’s opening in…
Download Clipse “Queen Bitch (Diplo remix)” from DJ Benzi’s WE GOT THE REMIX
And props to Good Bully for informing me that David Banner used the royal theme from Coming to America…
Perhaps the greatest contribution to pop culture from the movie is the Soul Glo theme song. Peep the second usage in the film…
This homemade version is pretty much amazing too
My dudes at Paper Route Recordz down in Huntsville, Alabama cooked up this banger in 2007. Peep their one page feature in the 150th issue of URB with Elitaste client Wale on the cover and their seven page feature in the 51st issue of FADER with Keri Hilson and Santogold on the cover (Download Here). Starting to get a little heat. I dropped it at the club when I was DJing at Sutra on Friday night for Abdullah’s birthday (shout out to DJ Skee, Evidence and Colby O’Donis), definitely got some love on the dancefloor. Side note: Orange County gets sick; none of that Hollywood American Apparel hipster bullshit. And I saw a dude wearing a Johnny Cupcakes shirt.
Watch for Mad Decent and DJ Benzi present: Paper Route Recordz FEAR AND LOATHING IN HUNTS VEGAS featuring a ridiculous Run DMC influenced remix of “Bama Gettng Money” from Krames, a Flosstradamus remix of “Rollin”, a DJ Sega remix of “Rollin” and a few remixes from Diplo (Pitchfork mentions the mixtape in their latest piece on Diplo)
Download Paper Route Recordz “Soul Glo
This kid’s voice is something really special. He’s 13 years old. I can’t find a myspace for him, but he has a channel on YouTube. Kinda reminds me of a young Stevie. What’s more is that this kid is sick on the drums, kinda like Stevie. I didn’t know until a couple of years ago that Stevie Wonder played drums on Minnie Riperton’s “Reasons”, one of the most amazing tracks of all time.
Ms. Riperton, who passed in 1979 at the age of 32, had a 5 and half octave vocal range. To put that in perspective, Mariah Carey’s got a 5 octave vocal range. Rumors of her posessing an 8 octave vocal range are entirely false, although it was said that around the release her second album’s single “Emotions”, listeners who were playing a CD version of the song lound in the cars with the windows opened, reported having their garage doors activated by her voice. I actually remember hearing this when I was a kid.
