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The Lost Tribes of New York

The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London on Vimeo.

This is a pretty cool video. Found it just looking around @ Vimeo, it was on there staff picks.
" the same place you come from I come from, Were that? your mother"



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Final Home x Casio G-Shock Mini

The watch comes in a pretty sick army green/ marines desert storm color. It's some were in the middle of those colors. the strap includes a brand message "If we lose our house because...................." Can't make it all out...




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Undefeated x Converse Weapon

The shoes officially release on Saturday, May 16th at all UNDFTD Chapter and webstores with a suggested retail price of $128 USD. I love converse Weapons, there a sick pair of shoes. I had like 2 pairs back in my middle school days. the kids didn't know what was up with those shoes. Even kicked a kid in the shin when he stepped on my Weapons. Can't let some punk mess up shoe history like that, come one Magic and Bird wore them. still remember my uncles Laker color weapons he had. those were ill. I need to get me a pair of Weapons. IDK about that tote bag though









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E.8 (Gourmet)

Maestro Knows - Episode 8 (Gourmet) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

lol Boston.. love there shoes though



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(Girl) skateboards

Girl Skateboards (RED) from We Love You So on Vimeo.

this is so dope!!! support a good cause..that board looked dope


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SMH!!!!!

No heart, No effort, No ring........why must the Lakers show no damn effort. IDK why the hell they do this shit. More fuel for the haters to talk. lol The worst thing on this earth besides the "classy" Celtic organization, is LAKER HATERS!!!! scum of the earth. lol Fuck it, what can you do. You can't play for them.



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Get Bent ESPN. . .

I hate reading espn Articles there so bias isn't annoying. They hate on everyone and I've been letting all that stupidity annoy me and keep me pissed and mad @ a great player like LeBron. Ima just ignore that stupidity and injoy him play. Including stupid fans saying that kobe sucks, thats one funny joke.. lol Talked to my agent. JL haha we were talking about it, he was telling me not to let other people fuck it up for you. So you know what take , lol Random but to the point.




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Reflection Eternal take 2. . .

“We got a whole song in auto-tune, but it’s a like Kweli and Hi-Tek kind of auto-tune song,” says Talib Kweli, one half of the musical duo known as Reflection Eternal. As this statement was muttered from the lips of an MC who has contributed to underground Hip-Hop’s rebirth in the late 90’s, one could only think, “Has it really come down to this?”

But before a follow up question seeking clarification could be asked, Reflection Eternal’s leading mouth piece burst into laughter, and remarked, “Nah I’m just f**king with you.” The warm feeling of relief that shot up my spine was almost as satisfying as when Fiddy (Curly) greeted Tia at JFK airport.

“There ain’t nothing wrong with auto-tune just like there’s nothing wrong with gangsta rap, underground rap, etc. But anything that is overdone becomes corny and everybody is doing it. All these underground Hip-Hop fans getting mad at auto-tune, stop it’s not auto-tune’s fault! I’m a fan of T-Pain’s music, and I think he gives a great lesson with what he did with his career. But if you ask me if auto-tune is played out? At this point, yes!,” says Kweli as he tries to explain and reiterate his previous comical statement.

Refection Eternal fans need not worry though, after keeping the masses waiting for nearly a decade, Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek are on deck to release their sophomore LP and put some fun and true lyricism back in the scandal ridden and WWF-esque game known as Hip-Hop. “I don’t believe I’m the best rapper alive but I think I might out work and have more ambition than a lot of the dudes who came out with me,” talks Kweli from the Warner Music building. Fresh off the international “Rock The Bells” tour and after rocking two consecutive nights at NYC’s legendary Jazz club the Blue Note, Reflection Eternal took some time to give AllHipHop some insight on their new train of thought.

AllHipHop.com: It’s been nine years since the last Reflection Eternal album, what’s different about your mentalities now opposed to when y’all recorded the first album?

Hi-Tek: Musically and business wise I’ve grown a lot, but when it comes to actually going back in the studio with Kweli, it just feels like going back to right where we left off. I realized our sound is one of [the] voids in Hip-Hop right now, and the game needs Reflection Eternal.

AllHipHop.com: Some fans have the perception that you guys haven’t been working together…

Hi-Tek: It’s a difference between “kicking it” with each and actually being in the studio together versus me just sending Kweli beats through email. It’s just not the same thing.

Talib Kweli: I agree, the process is totally different with the Reflection projects, and it’s going to reflect in the sound. I’ve done plenty of records with Hi-Tek from “Back Up Off Me,” “Work it Out,” and he did the title track on Beautiful Struggle. And I heard people saying that Beautiful Struggle was a departure from my original sound, but every one doesn’t [know] Hi-Tek did the title track to the album. But really this new album is about us as Reflection Eternal.

Allhiphop: With Hip-Hop in the state that it’s in right now, what’s the agenda you guys have with this album?

Talib Kweli: My agenda for the first Reflection Eternal album was to prove that I was worthy for the position I have. We were like underground Hip-Hop royalty at the time from Rawkus and Black Star. People just acknowledged us in a certain way because of our association with Mos Def and Rawkus as a powerhouse and not because of our talent. And I think we set out to prove that we had the talent with the first album.

But things are just different now, T.I. and Lil Wayne are at the top of the game, and that’s not to disrespect them. I’m just saying the game is changed a great deal since we came out with the Black Star album. Now I‘m only interested in making timeless music. I didn’t want that early in my career, I just wanted to make you think I was the best MC.

AllHipHop.com: I heard the album is going to be self titled, why did y’all chose to do that for your 2nd album?

Talib Kweli: Actually, I don’t know about that but it might be a good idea because actually the correct name of our group on paper is Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek like on iTunes or in stores. But our fans know Reflection Eternal as what we call ourselves as a group. So that might be a great idea to do actually…

Hi-Tek: I always felt like that’s something you do for your first album.

AllHipHop.com: Is there a particular underlying theme or concept you stuck to?

Talib Kweli: I think there’s a theme in the music and sound but there isn’t one concept that we stuck with.

Hi-Tek: To be completely honest, we just letting the music create itself, and I think that our chemistry makes everything just come out so naturally between us. Even with the first album I never thought that any of those songs would have the effect on people that they did. I mean, I always put everything I got into the records, but I always second guess myself because I’m a perfectionist.

AllHipHop.com: The first song released from the album is the Bootsy Colins assisted track “Internet Connection”, and honestly the sound kind of confused a lot of fans, how’d did that record happen?

Hi-Tek: Bootsy is from my hometown of Cincinnati, and every once in a while we’ll kick it in the studio, so we have a relationship. And I always just loved that sample, shout out to my man Dave who came up with the concept, but we just wanted to show people how to have fun again on records. “Internet Connection” shows our personalities.

Talib Kweli: The sound of that record is exactly what Hi-Tek said it was, it’s not, “Oh we going to go in and make our first single,” but it was just us having fun. And I enjoy the fact that some fans were thrown off by the record because there’s a lot of pressure of having to come up with an album as great as Train of Thought. For me I just wanted to alleviate some of that pressure (laughs). I just read a 50 comment argument online about the record, so I’m happy with the response it’s receiving. It creates a discourse, and wait until you hear the next record. Then you’ll really have something to say.

AllHipHop.com: Did you guys work with Mos Def at all? Any chance we’ll ever get another Black Star album?

Talib Kweli: I would like to work with Mos on the album, but we haven’t yet…the songs decide themselves, which artists should be on them. But we don’t have a Mos Def record yet on the album, but he would be a welcome addition, and there isn’t going to be a lot of guest features.

Hi-Tek: “Yo Mos, what’s up man?” It’s your boy Hi-Tek, let’s do this man!

Talib Kweli: How about that joint he just played for us last night; Mos Def, Just Blaze, Jay Electronica, T.I., and Jay-Z on a track together. Mos got some crazy joints about to come out man, I promise you.

AllHipHop.com: How do you guys feel about the climate of the game right now, is there room for Souljah Boy and Reflection Eternal on the same 106 & Park countdown?

Hi-Tek: Well, our music is going to speak for itself, the marketing just has to be right. First and foremost, we on a major label now. Like with the last album Rawkus had major label budgets, but they still were considered an independent label and presented themselves that way.

Talib Kweli: We just need the balance with artists out now like Maino and T.I., they at the top of their game. They both have huge records with T-Pain and Rihanna, and really those records are pop records with somebody rapping on them. And more power to them, not to say I wouldn’t do it either, but I just can’t with the Reflection Eternal album because we are creating a particular sound that makes us who we are. If we are thinking like, “In order for us to compete with Souljah Boy, we got to make a record with a dance to go with it…” If we did that, that means we lost our cause and integrity as artists.

AllHipHop.com: Is Mr. Chapelle making any appearances this time around?

Talib Kweli: Dave’s going to be on the album definitely. And the reason why he was all over the first Reflection album was because Dave was in the studio sessions with us every single day. He was living in New York at the time, doing little comedy clubs in the village, and before he would go do his sets, he’d come to Electric Lady [Studios] and just sit in all our sessions. Dave is a part of that album, for real.

I remember I met Dave through this girl that I was going out with and she had just broken up with him. He used to come over to the house every once in a while, and they used to get into arguments, so I used to not like him. And then one day she left me and got back with him, then I really didn’t like this muthaf**ka! (laughs)

AllHipHop.com: What year was this?

Talib Kweli: Right after like Nutty Professor came out [1996]. But after all that I went to a De La Soul Concert in Ohio in the same town that Dave lives in. And he’s a huge De La fan and, we run into each other at the show, so we start chopping it up, and I’m like, “Me and you have history.” He didn’t even know what I meant, it ending up being a conversation like, “Oh you know her too? How?” (laughs) That goes back to making the first album, two years after meeting in Ohio, I see Dave again walking down the street in New York. I just told him to come and kick it with us, and Dave loved it he said he always wanted to see how an album was made. He ended up coming every day after that, so when you hear Nelson Mandela, Rick James; that’s Dave Chapelle.

Hi-Tek: I remember that, he was half baking us too! (laughs)

AllHipHop.com: After traveling the world, and working with an array of different artists, Kweli you’ve worked with artists who are so different than you like Fabolous and Justin Timberlake. Hi-Tek, you produced joints for Estelle, and remixed artists like Gym Class Heroes. Do you still feel the urge to half to satisfy the backpackers and your core fan base?

Hi-Tek: That’s what this album is about, in my opinion. We also want to teach through our music too though. I always been a hater of the word “backpacker” because you got people who think they are so called Hip-Hop purists that try to teach you what they think a record should sound like. With this album we are just giving you Hi-Tek and Kweli, and nothing else.

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1-1. . .

The game was physical from the start. A lot of high intensity plays. ejections, flagrant fouls, Technical fouls, etc. This game was great, and emotional one. And I wasn't even playing. Touch hard fought Playoff basketball. Here's my beef. Houston prides themselves with playing hard D. There a good Defensive team. But come on, it seems to me that there just complaining that were being physical right back(I LOVE IT). Artest bitching about kobe slapping his hand, that elbow to the neck should of been a foul. He was just getting inside position. they were both fighting for position. I don't think he should of been ejected, but they had to take control of the game. Kobe doesn't get calls either, and he's KOBE. The only difference is that KOBE doesn't act like a fool and aggressively walk up to someone and talk in there face. He didn't do it on purpose. The funny thing is they did the same thing but the lakers weren't bitching about the calls. that right there is a bitch move. It's the playoffs and that's how its played. touch and with a sense of urgency because whats at stake. I truly think they got mad that we didn't just shut up and let them punk us. FISH Loved the foul. Probably gonna get a suspension. So that's gonna happen. Playing hard is whats the playoffs are about, it makes it exciting. LA got the W, its gonna be a battle. Good luck lakers. And Houston were not gonna stand there and let you guys Push us around. Push someone enough times they eventually Bite back. GO LAKERS
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Watermelons on the feet. . .

Nike SB - Blazer Premium - Green Spark
This is a new Nike SB Blazer Premium in Green Spark and Pimento that is scheduled to be released in the Fall 2009 Season from Nike SB. The shoe features a soft suede and nubuck upper in Green Spark, a new color from the Nike SB design team. Pimento, a cherry pepper, is another new color that is used for the shoelaces, part of the outsole, and heeltab. These shoes will be released at Nike SB retailers in a few months. via mentalkicks


shoes are dope.



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Whats up buddy

Every day I put my keys on my loop of my jeans/ shorts. MY boi batman always has my back. lol Naw I just like Batman. Nothing to meaningful. I know Kinda random, just bored waiting till 11. Listening to some U-N-I. Been bumping them for a while now. heavily rotated. Damn today gonna be HOT..Stay cool y'all

its a random day for me.
working on Photoshop/ILL-ustrator all day....
"lets do like your last name, move to the UK.....I can be your Ralph Lauren"
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Maestro Knows - Episode 7 (San Francisco)

Maestro Knows - Episode 7 (San Francisco) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

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Cool Down Tuesday!!!!

HAD to go to the Home land CUBA to chill out a bit lol

CALI .... Dream on.


FLASHING Lights....Lights




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....................!!!

In a day when the Celtics lose you would think it would be a good day. Nope My throat is still hurting. I have a huge head ache. The Laker's Lost. NO fouls were being called. we played like shit. The media is now done with there MVP campaign for "the king". The media is making me hate LeBron. I don't care about your stats you still haven't won shit. So the media should chill out a bit. I don't care its not hate, its called being annoyed with every single gay sports writer shoving him into people's faces. He's good but Damn he hasn't done shit yet. Imagine if he wins a title, Fuck move over MJ. no damn woooo saaa today. I don't care what people say I'd rather watch Wade and kobe play. I can't believe the best thing in sport was that the Celtics lost. I wish I could be happy for LeBron but when nash has 2. the award has no meaning. and WEST have none. The dude is on the damn NBA logo. Finals MVP is what you look for.. West got one, on the losing team @ that...I know you can't blame him for all the D-riding but I don't care I'm a Laker fan. Ima roll out with #24 the dude with the 3 rings. LA forever. LAKESHOW Game 2. WED. LET's go.

I tried to stop the rants but I needed one. OH AND who came up with the whole "KING JAMES" shit??? BTW CALL ME Emperor Gabriel. The Titan Blogger. The Ruler of all things dope. THE Epicenter of the Blogosphere. I do what I want... smh off to bed. Lets go Hawks






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