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Snowboarding looks like fun, but its something that I haven’t tried surprisingly – being that I hail from Canada; you know, home of the igloos, mounties, snow, and subtle racism. But after checking some of these great snowboarding digital images, I may have to visit a ski mountain or two and see if I can ‘get down’ by getting ‘up’ on these snow hills (yes, that pun was that witty).
Sonic Gets Live
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The Retro Snowboarder
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Local Toronto Graphic Designer/Artist/Wizard Hasani showcases some of his illustrations. Full Portfolio at http://www.krop.com/hasani/. After looking at some of his work, you realize that composition & retouching is an artform; reserved for purely for artists – and Hasani IS that artist that teaches and shames your favorite graphic artist.
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2010 can probably be seen as the year of the ‘teaser’, where hip-hop got a little sugary taste of euro flavor. And the equivalent to the creepy guy that delivered the sugary snack was none other than Euro house star producer David Guetta. With chart-topping tracks for Kid Cudi, Estelle, Flo Rida, and Black Eyed Peas, other hip-hop and urban artists are taking note and realizing a new potential and opportunity. Some absolute truths exist with the euro market;
A) it is a big-ass market,
B) most Europeans already embrace the hip-hop culture
Thus, as hip-hop grows and continues its syntheses, 2011 will be the year of more and more songs embracing the Euro flava’. Rihanna just dropped a literal euro album, and everyone from Usher to Ne-Yo has singles in the works.
However, some of the hip-hop purists abd your general haters, have voiced some of their dis-taste for this evolution – citing it as ‘pop’, ‘euro trash’, and turning hip-hop into shit. What I think it is actually doing is tapping into a sub-genre that for some reaspn took very long for artists to explore. Hip-Hop has many Flavors, and this particular one will be somewhat on the pop tip; with mindless lyrics about club life, e-popping, and alcohol drinking rhymes, but isn’t it better than the current ‘club hip-hop’ trash of Wocka Flocka and other ‘hits’ that only talk about shooting and drug dealing? I guess I am referring to deciding between picking on one of the lesser evils, but from a societal standpoint, music laced with heavy degradation and negativity can’t be good. We are probably a long way off for clubs to be playing Talib Kweli or Immortal, but give me a euro-pop track with layering instrumental compositions with mindless lyrics, over bass-heavy coke-laced raps.
And really, life is all about innovation & progression, and that is what hip-hop has always done – I’m not saying that this sub-genre should dominate the artform, but it should be a viable repertoire in an artist’s weaponary and should be similied to ‘dirty South’, ‘west coast’ hip-hop style.
Flo Rida – Club Can’t Handle Me ft. David Guetta
The weather outside is definitely frightful, and inside is more than delightful; though some people’s insides are as cold as the terrain in the Yukon, but thats another analysis for another post. Here are some great designs that captures the essence of ‘Winter’ and ‘beauty’ from the Interwebs
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Prophet – Z Well Sharp from Chelios Films on Vimeo.
Track from NYC artist Prophet-Z, staying Well Sharp. Beat is over Kanye’s ‘Runaway’. Prophet-Z displays his lyrical skills on this track as the video is a reflection of his daily grind out in NYC.
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This video has high levels of profanity, but equally, has high levels of humor. Essentially some Internet nerds with too much time on their hands have been prank calling a ‘Gangsta’, they recorded his voice over several occasions, and in this call, they prank call him with his own voice … the rest writes itself.
The funniest thing I have seen in awhile.
When you have a song stuck in your head, for a couple of years, it really sucks; especially if you consider yourself a music snob/connoisseur. Today however, via the wonderful app ‘Shazam’ for Blackberry, I was able to come across this gem from the 80’s; Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers in ‘Sweet Freedom’. This song was part of the soundtrack from one of those formulaic black cop/white cop movies of the 80’s ‘Running Scared’ featuring a young Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines (where did he go?). I’m a fan of music with heavy synthesizers and variations, so I recall hearing this song a couple years ago, and said it had to be a part of my collection; when I saw the music video however, it really deviated from my perception of the artist – which is cool. I thought it was gonna be a gheri-curled out brother in tight jean clothing, not a Doobie brother. C’est la vie.
One thing that is always funny about the 80’s is that all the music videos and party scenes look very gay; it seems it was ga ay ‘ol time or something (check what G Hines is wearing and the close face dance sequence with B Crystal) – not for me. Anyhow, enjoy a gem from the 80’s.
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Track by Dot City feat. J Barnaby ‘Pressure’. Check out Dot City on JustFeelingsPlease.com
Video Produced by d dot b (me!) and many filters.
Looks like Lupe’s album ‘Lasers’ may finally be seeing the light with the release of this music video. Lupe had a very nasty & public fight with his label over the album material, but his fans rallied behind him, and I guess know we are seeing the fruits of their labors.
A rant by UFC announcer, ex-Fear Factor host, comedian Joe Rogan off of his podcast; an interesting take on life, religion, politics, and such. Don’t really get why they autotuned Joe Rogan’s voice, and added Daft Punk’s ‘Around the world’, but that mix, and the visuals makes for a good 5 minutes of engaging content.
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