Grotesk

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Grotesk
Grotesk

Brooklyn, New York

As a big fan of book diggin’‘, I am always looking for vintage sport books. This found was a gold mine! Rockin’ Steady, “A guide to basketball & Cool” by Walt “Clyde” Frazier. Frazier is one of my all time favorite basketball player. Not only Clyde was an amazing ball player (He won many NCAA distinctions, was the All-Star Game’s MVP in 1975 and won 2 championship rings with the New York Knicks in 1970 and 1973.) but he was also an amazing and charismatic dude with tons of style and swagger. He was a “street” trend setters in the 70’s with a style inspired by pimps and black spoliation movies.In case you don’t know, he is also the man behind the Puma Clyde, one of the most iconic kicks in the Hip Hop Culture. In this book with dope photos and illustration,, he tells you how to steal ball and how to be Ballin’ outside the Madison Square Garden… From dribbling, to catch flies with style, from picking girls to choose the right pants… Just amazing. Nowadays, ball players just wear ugly “Big and Tall” suits from the Men’s warehouse and just speak about their shitty cars and X-box skills…

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Posted by Grotesk on March 01, 2008 at 09:06 PM

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The latest comment was posted 1 year, 7 months ago…

bates wrote… Comment #1 posted on March 02, 2008 at 05:15 AM

that shit is truly SUPER BAD!

Geezer wrote… Comment #2 posted on March 03, 2008 at 11:53 AM

that last shot if his bedroom? thats the stuff dreams are made of. nice one.

Mike Davis wrote… Comment #3 posted on March 20, 2008 at 03:53 PM

Whaaaaaaat? This is nuts! Great find dude!

Peat wrote… Comment #4 posted on March 22, 2008 at 04:03 PM

if i remember right nike made an ad with frazier standin on the court ( that one with the super bad 138 tag )

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Grotesk is a Swiss graphic artist living in Brooklyn. In the last decade he has developed a passion for folk Art, street photography, hand painted signs, vintage sport graphics, old school hip hop and urban anthropology…

His Client list includes: Also Known As, Staple, Alife, 5 Boro, Hellz Bellz, Irak NY, Stussy, Sixpack, Goliath Harlem, 2k, Uniqlo, Fifty24SF, Carhartt Europe, Zoo York, and many more…

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