Ride Or Die ... Brooklyn ...

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As you may know Brooklyn Machine Works is now owned by Pharell ... and the brand is currently celebrating its 10th birthday . For this special event , the brand has designed a bike that glows in the dark .... spooky haha , but in the same time a really cool idea .

Peep this .


Stronger ...

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Harder , Better , Faster , Stronger ... good to see Daft Punk's Discovery has reached classic status .

Pour Quelques Dollars De Plus ...

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For A Few Dollars More ... young brands keep on biting the Jordan legacy, and honestly as a sneaker freak and a basketball aficionados , I can't criticize that . Hard to ignore the Jordan phenom after 22 years of success ...

Gotta recognize !

Johnny Cupcakes , the best cakes in Boston , is releasing a limited edition of the Air Johnny tee this Saturday . The design takes inspiration from the Air Jordan logo circa 1991-1994 , that was featured on all boxes produced during this lapse of times and on many other products . It's not the first brand to use that logo , but the Miami Vice blue and pink looks good . Hungry ? check their website for more flavours :

Johnny Cupcakes

Source : slamxhype

Young Folks ...

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... and older ones too , the iphone is not out yet but there are already fans of the upcoming Apple device . Some in NYC had the idea to create the following advertisment . Prepare your wallets ...

State of Clarity ...

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Fritz the Cat is back from the 60's , thanks to Guru , in the first single of Jazzmatazz Vol.4 .

Learn the story of the og gangsta kitty cat : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_The_Cat

What's A Girl To Do ...

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" Bat For Lashes is the work of British singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Natasha Khan. Born in 1979 , yet combining influences that span decades , Natasha’s work dwells in the elementa l, emerging in timeless forms .
Bat For Lashes’ music is bold and vivid . Her live shows , with accomplices Ginger Lee, Abi Fry and Lizzy Carey , are made up of thunderous marching band drums, desert guitar , ballet school piano , harpsichord , sub-bass snarls , hand-claps and naive beats , with the women fluidly switching and swapping their instruments between songs . There are also interludes of exquisite heartbreak ; the piano ballad 'Sad Eyes' has on more than one occasion left audience members in tears . Her debut album Fur and Gold is a very special record , a cohesive collection of songs so haunting and mesmerizing it makes a striking impression on all who hear it . "

Thanks to Mrik

Info Bat For Lashes

Geto Heaven ...

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"Converse announces today that Common , Grammy award winning hip-hop artist and actor , will be the face of Converse (PRODUCT) RED . Common will appear in Converse’s first national print campaign to further support Converse’s partnership with (PRODUCT) RED . The Fall 2007 advertising campaign is entitled “Weapon of Change” featuring irreverent messages and bold illustrations encouraging consumers to be optimistic rebels and become agents of change . "

Source : HighSnobiety
Info about (PRODUCT) RED : Join(Red)

But above all do not forget Africa .

Interlude ...

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. Puma Clyde x Solebox , another good and simple collaboration coming soon . Shoutouts to Hikmet ( solebox owner ) .

. E-Celebrity by Cobra Snake

. Smelling good Last man standing story ... Mrik has great expectations after this trailer . He's not the only one !

We Run New York ...

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I was pretty sure it would happen one day or another . Some folks in Canada have just bought the rights of Ewing shoes ... yeah remember , Patrick Ewing , number 33 of the New York Knicks , the Beast Of The East , one of the best centers in NBA history .... yeah his shoes are coming back .

I bet they will stay on sales racks if they are not sold in limited numbers , but we'll see if those canucks know business . Whatever it's good news for the sneaker enthusiasts .
Source : nimnim via slamxhype

Do U Wanna Ride ...

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Mash is the upcoming visual bible of the fixed gear culture . A new phenom ? not really ... those bikes are based on the ones used by new york city delivery guys since a long time . It's also the same type of bikes used in pursuit cycling like japanese keirin . No brakes ... one speed ...

The best way to get from point A to point B in NYC , Tokyo , or San Francisco .


Peep this : MASH SF


Ride free or die hard !

Money , Power , Respect ...

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The following model was especially made for HBO's series Entourage by designer Mark Smith , number 2 at nike headquarters , recognised for his work on laser technology .

In Episode 33 , the shoe was said to be designed by "Fukijama" , and was released at the real Undefeated store in LA .


There are 3 versions of the shoes ( blue one , white outsole and black outsole ) , that are all ridiculously rare . One was recently sold through auction on ebay . I let you envy the seller ...

NIKE AIR FORCE 1 LOW FUKIJAMA X TURTLE X MARK SMITH

Freshness'Glamorous Photos

... and question yourself who is the real winner of this auction ... DJ Clerk Kent ? Fat Joe ? Jigga ? or Nike ? guess beaverton's firm has surely won something with the advertisement made by this auction in the sneakers community during a week .


You can't compete with Nike when it comes to advertising .

Emotion ...

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Tonight is the beginning of the NBA Finals , and it's with nostalgy that I think about the past . Ten years ago , you showed Karl Malone the way back to home , after he stole your MVP title .

Thank you Michael .

PS : loose the pant and forget the cigar !

History

Love Is ...

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Australian magazine Sneaker Freaker has decided to show us what sneaker love is through subtle ads , all courtesy of DDB advertising agency .

Source Mash via Air Charlo Snkrs.fr




3 feet high and rising ...

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The infamous KAWS Companion figure , the revisited version of Mickey , will be once again available in the next days for toys conoisseurs . Here are the details :

4 feet tall (1.21 meters )

20 pieces

4000 dollars

available at Original Fake Tokyo Store on June 8th

Optional : a diamond , so your girl can forgive you the 4000 bucks

Interlude ...

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more than meets the eye - trailer

My Adidas ...

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Coming this month , the Adidas x Undercrown collaboration is the most interesting new school release made by the german brand since the Adidas Mutombo . To underline this , the young Undercrown brand has chosen to use the Mutombo Pattern on three out of five shoes of the pack , with an incredible look as a result .



Prepare your high top cut , your afrocentrist tees , your zebra shades , and your gold chains to hit the playground , we are back in 1992 people .





Personally I am not a big fan of the models created for the Big Five , but those colors schemes are pretty cool , and the Undercrown Gil Zero looks hella good .

One Blood ...

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If you are into hip hop and urban culture , you have to check the quick feature recently made by Slamxhype on the origins of the Bloods and Crips gangs , the two most notorious gangs in the streets of Los Angeles . They share some interesting links showing the OGs talking the real shiznit .

Read this : Origins Of The Bloods & Crips Street Gangs

One love .