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POST WTH happened @ AJ EL BARBERO & KIELO57's BDAY MADNESS!

Overall it was a wonderful night, all promised performances by Be, Ron Verbal, Prophit, Memberz Only, & Strictly Busine$$ did amazing. DJ Schoolboy kept the crowd moving the whole night with yet another fabulous set. & Additional performance by Ninjasonik, of course, the set was nothing average with moshes, additional guess Jonny Nelson, & Ease Da Man. Much of what we expected for a Ninja set& something unexpected, in true JahJah style, he jumped off the balcony (Vid & pics blow). If you missed it, my condolences, it was truly a fun night, spent with friends, & liquor to wish our great friends, AJ the Barber & Kielo57 a VERY Happy Birthday. 

-<3, Nicki Nahmeanez 

The NEW School of Concept Hip Hop

Ignorant rap; Hip hop's nemisis. Ignorant rap came out of just freestyling & just having fun, but some artists allow that to come they're whole career, which causes a downfall in our music. There will always be someone out there to rap about money, cars,& hoes just like there will always be $5.99,V.I.M clothing, its not for everyone, but someone in this world enjoys it.

 

Recently, I have began to realize the pick up hip hop has taken since all the bad music we've been hearing, post Nas' album "HipHop is dead". Due to all the losers that come out claiming their music is true hip hop when in all actuality they just had a catchy chorus, and a decent beat.

 

Those such as Drake, J.Cole, & Prophit are making a name for themselves not only as rappers, but as rappers releasing hip hop tracks with steady concepts & creating imagery through great storylines, to keep listeners engaged. Something that has not often been seen since the late 90's  with songs such as Biggie's "I got a story to tell", and in recent years Binary Star's "Glen Close" with twisted concepts one is not sure what the story will do next.

I'm sure you have all heard of Jay-z's new RocNation artist, J. Cole. His new song off his mixtape, The Warm Up, "Lights Please" is an amazing track I heard at the end of June. My new fav track comes off the mixtape is "Dreams", my brother put me on to this track a few days ago, and I've played it like 1,000 times since I heard it. His concepts are amazing, I'd compare them to that of the Pharcyde or to Souls of Mischief. East meets West. He's done it again on the same mixtape. Check it out.

 

Prophit is also another artist on the come up straight from Queens, making big noise. His mixtape "Cause When you Stop Dreaming its Time to Die" features a list of tracks with amazing concepts, such as, "Baroness", and newer songs, not on the mixtape such as, "Pain is Love" & "Devil wears Prada" (Proph x Alex Goose) which all have great concepts. His understanding of the women along with his ablity to analyze a sitation and tell it for what it is, is amazing.  Def an artists to check out.

 

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-Nicki Nahmeanez

LA Finds! Grown & Sexy...can I say that without sounding like a club promoter?

I spent 2 of the greatest summer weeks in California in early August, and I found some of the most amazing/ interesting fashion, artwork, music & artists. But I'll start out with the greatest vintage shop out there I found, Catwalk. Ladies, (&i say ladies because most of the clothing in this shop was women's wear. Some men's stuff but nothing serious.) if you've got the money then most deff make this a stop when you're out in LA. Most of the stuff in here is designer, dresses are killer, if your looking for an expensive gorg piece this is the spot for you...

& Fellas that like to keep it Grown & Sexy, I didn’t forget out about you. On my way out of Estevan Oriol’s Last Laugh store, I stumbled upon Soulful Commandoe, a clothing line started by Nicholas Mayfield, a fellow New Yorker. When I met Nicholas he told me that he was originally from Queens, and started his line out in LA, because he didn’t feel New York was ready for it yet. His designs are different from a lot of things I have seen on the East Coast, with amazing denim, accessories, sweaters & button down shirts, I’d say this line is very unique. Def peep the site. All around a really nice guy & you'll see why when you peep the bio. http://www.soulfulcommandoe.com/

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TIGHTEST Nike SB Commercial- Today was a Good Day

Its my 1st post...It took me long enough. The homie Aj has been asking me to do it for a min, but I'm finally here. Let's go!! This is something that I peeped 2 weeks ago while I was in Cali & getting to know the great state of California better, I feel in love with this commercial & the sense it made. For those of you that don't know me I'm an Advertising and Marketing major at FIT. I have spent many classes analyzing and criticing commercials, predicting the predictable and knotting our head in shame to the just plain meaningless ones. Does the Burger King commercial really make you wanna eat a burger? IF it does then my condolenses, my friend. THIS NIKE COMMERCIAL IS BY FAR THE GREATEST I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR. For those that follow Nike's skate team P.Rod kills it in this video. The extended version (which is posted below) includes some of Cali's finest Theotis (Nike AM) and Koston (Nike Pro), Kobe Bryant, and of course, Ice Cube. All of these fools are amazing at what they do, especially, Koston, Kobe, and Ice Cube who have been getting busy in the public eye for over a decade now. PLEASE WATCH, its well worth the 2 mins. -Nicki Nahmeanez

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