My good friend Dj Myles hook me up with one of the best blog for the late 80’s early 90’s hip hop heads like me. Hours of videos, music & hip hop relics. Big Up to this crew from Toronto to put this together! Here is what they have to say:
During a time where immediate answers can be found at a glance on Google or search on Wikipedia, digging is downloadable and footage is as findable as a peruse on YouTube, it’s difficult to find an active Hip-Hop head who cares to be a fan of this culture for their own reasons outside of past times and popularity.
The Meaning Of Dope looks to stand as a respectable ground hosting some of this culture’s past prize moments and memories, spanning from videotaped classics to street team S.W.A.G., and from personal stories as active fans experiencing Hip-Hop’s “Golden Era”, to posting mix-tapes from a time when they needed to meet two criteria - mixing, and being on tape.
We pride ourselves on putting young cats onto shit they’re guaranteed to have never seen live, and giving some nostalgic sparks to the older heads who feel that time has spoiled their art.
We Welcome Ya’ll to The Meaning Of Dope. “Now let’s take a sec to think back…
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When They Reminisce Over You
Grand Puba Maxwell…Mary J…Yo! MTV Raps…
Big Poppa!
Black Moon live with Evil D on the 1&2.
Dope Leader of the new school freestyle
Gang Starr bringin’ the Mass Appeal
Cypress Hill smoking weed on SNL
Posted on October 30, 2008 at 08:30 PM | Comment (1 comments)
Few weeks ago I went for a walk in Red Hook with my family. Getting closer to the Red Hook Ball Fields, we smell some amazing food fumes. Arriving at the corner of Clinton Street and Bay Street, we discovered about 10 trucks set up to sell some real authentic latin food and juice. Each truck represent a country of South America or Central America. You can get dope cheap food from Columbia, Honduras, Mexico, El Salvador,etc… My wife got some blazing Mexican steak tacos and I got some Salvadoran shrimp pupusas accompanied with a nice variety of veggie pickles. I discovered that the New York Times did a nice review about it. You can take the free shuttle bus or Boat to Ikea Brooklyn and just walk 3 blocks. You won’t regret it.
Posted on October 27, 2008 at 07:42 PM | Comment (4 comments)
Interesting show at Kemistry Gallery in London.
Get your portrait written.
5 writers, all totally different: a teenage rapper, a psychic, a romance novelist, comedian and an erotic horror writer all write their first impression of you, and they don’t hold back. They’are there for the next week and then the exhibition of all the portraits go up for the following 3 weeks. Go and get served!
Kemistry Gallery
43 Charlotte Road, Shoreditch
London EC2A 3PD
Posted on October 24, 2008 at 10:36 PM | Comment (6 comments)
JOHN VARVATOS vs KR, CHINO, AMAZE AND MORE…
The other day I was walking with few friends on the Bowery when we passed in front of what used to be CBGB’s. The mythic place turned into a semi high fashion clothing store by John Varvatos. It reminded me of a Hard Rock Café with slightly more tatse. So sad to see another super prolific NY spot turning into an hygienic spotless museum window. The only good surprise was to see tags from fellow bloggers and other good writers still up against the unique preserved wall. If you swing by, there is plenty of wall to catch up tags. Just go and spread the love.
Posted on October 23, 2008 at 07:50 PM | Comment (2 comments)
It took me years to quit my cigarettes addiction and I am still fighting it every time I am going out to drink… I found today those amazing ads to remind you that not so long ago cigarettes was all good for you. Light a ciggy for me!
Posted on October 18, 2008 at 05:31 PM | Comment (2 comments)
RIDE OR DIE (BROADWAY EDITION) FOR 5K
Big Up to the Zoo York & Skavenger crews for throwing that crazy race last summer. Shout out to Vinnie, Nardog, Seamus, Edwin & Blackman.
Posted on October 14, 2008 at 10:39 PM | Comment (3 comments)
Few weeks ago my friend Brian Mackin was running around the office like a chicken with no head. The reason? He had a show few days later in Chicago and he was in the middle of a style book, a shooting for an ad campaign and whatever our lovely brand director Nardelli gave him to do. Brian Mackin is our art director at Zoo York for all the print material we need. On the top of doing his job mad tight, he is an incredible artist, calligrapher and human being. I was lucky to witness in few days and late nights his art coming together. The show was curated by the Fire Belly Design Studio at the Within (REASON) gallery in Chicago. Here is his motivation to do these pieces for the group show: “ The theme of the show was “change”. I wanted to stay away from the obvious, since in this election cycle the word is thrown around to the point that I’m almost numb to it. Topic of my work centered around labor struggles over time. It’s always been an interesting topic to me. While reading a portion of A Peoples History about many the numerous and massive labor uprisings around the 1870’s, it intrigued me how people were more willing to take action back then if they were getting shit on. Figuratively speaking of course. They stood up and took action to give us what we take for granted today. Everything from working conditions to the 40 hr. work week. My work was inspired by the battles between the have’s and the have not’s, the laborers and the masters, distribution of wealth and power, and simply taking advantage of the opportunity to live and make a difference before you check out.”
All photos are copyright of Brian Mackin:
Work in progress 1
Work in progress part 2
Installation
Rise & Shine
Magic Number
People Over Profit
Start Today Detail
Posted on October 10, 2008 at 07:36 PM | Comment (1 comments)
My friend Gorey did some great illustration for us at Zoo York. While working in the office, he brought an amazing black book from few years ago full of dope pieces. Gorey was born and raised in Paris, France in the mid seventies. He grew up while tags and pieces started to be all over subway cars and streets and started writing in his teenage years. He joined his first crew in 95, along with parisian writers such as: Astre, Mrn, Tkal and Tense: the Irie’s. He met O’clock in 98 and paired with him for a couple of years, couldn’t really stay on the same beat. Found pairs amongst the Cf, and enlarged the crew with Us and Swedish writers (Jeloe, Eksact). He used to spent a lot of time in his blackbook until he started illustration work. Here’s a bunch of pages from 05’ and 06’. Enjoy!
Posted on October 07, 2008 at 08:42 PM | Comment (12 comments)
10 Deep has been around for over a decade and kills it every season. The crew has been steady putting out dope stuff always smelling what’s gonna be next. Here is another dope example taken from their Veni Vidi Vici collection. Big up to Scott, Josh, Dante and the rest of the crew. The bad economy won’t get you boys!!!!
Posted on October 06, 2008 at 10:18 PM | Comment (3 comments)
My friend Earsnot swung by the office and was kind enough to leave a message for the 12Oz fans.
Posted on October 03, 2008 at 03:39 PM | Comment (10 comments)
Today was a hell of a rainy day. We rented a car with the family and drove trough Brooklyn all the way down to amazing Bay Ridge to have an amazing Greek Lunch with my home girl Maru. I kept my camera on my hand the all drive and ad few more shots walking around Bay Ridge.
Posted on September 28, 2008 at 07:36 PM | Comment (4 comments)
