3 track album Source: The Illmatics – Hip-Hop Is Dead, by Amerigo Gazaway The Illmatics – Hip-Hop Is Dead by Amerigo Gazaway Every. Single. Time. Amerigo Gazaway drops one of his remixes you should download it. I’m shutting up and letting you rock to this right now.
The picture above celebrates Rasheed Wallace and the Pistons championship. Out to deliver the Pistons their first title since 1990, Rasheed took matters into his own hands during a physical Game 4 of the 2004 Finals at the Palace. After catching a cheap elbow mid-way through the third quarter, he responded by converting his passion and…
Bacara is a lifestyle footwear brand that is all about aesthetics. We step out with style. (pictured above Bacara Blade Shadow) Source: Bacara PENSOLE is doing what sneakerheads really need to understand is important about the kicks community. The school of design founded by D’Wayne Edwards is taking concepts from the tablet to conception and…
Brandblack works to find a natural harmony between technology and humanity through our products. (pictured above the Standard – French Terry Kimono in the header is the Delta Low). Source: We Are the Exception to The Expected I originally titled this post as “BrandBlack is doper than Off-White”. Then I realized that Virgil Abloh is…
The sneakerhead community is often considered an isolated, niche market, a bunch of pimply faced, teenage boys who go to conventions to barter, buy and trade. The reality is this, sneaker culture began in the 70s when B-Boys began taking shoes created for basketball to break, or simply to get fresh. Those same boys…
My thoughts on Nike rumors of a Biggie vs. Tupac SB sneaker pack. Source: OSD: Nike, a new low (Biggie vs. Pac) REALLY?! by OSD Is BACK | Anchor – The easiest way to start a podcast Sean over at OSD dropped this podcast and it was almost perfectly aligned with what I was thinking…
Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/clearweather/clearweather-less-corporate-more-independent?ref=discovery&term=clearweather When I was introduced to Clearweather last year I immediately felt a connection to the brand. The work they were doing was admirable. I knew what they were going through as a startup brand in an environment where the big boys dominate the market because they are easily accessible and can be tried…
I’ve written about Vor as a new footwear company here on the site, but I haven’t had a chance to deliver news that places Vor in a different category than the footwear brands considered to share space with them. The Reinweiss may remind some of kicks from Common Projects or CLAE, but Vor with…
The Superior Line is our ‘innovation playground’ and represents the ways in which we are constantly pushing the boundaries: looking to the future, challenging ourselves, challenging the status quo, an Source: Welcome To The Superior Line When I write about ARKK it always makes me smile. I mean the reason is obvious and I repeat…
Alright, I don’t care if you like basketball or not, this trailer just makes you smile. I have to be the first to admit that basketball movies often fail miserably at the basketball part. The best basketball movie and possibly one of the best films of all time is Finding Forrester. The runner up…
Kith is proud to announce that this Friday, February 16, the brand will officially open doors to its first Los Angeles flagship space. This 3,500 sq ft space is designed in partnership with Snarkitec Source: Kith Los Angeles & Long Live the King, Chapter 2 By now every sneaker culture head in the country has…
3M on White – Happy accident when we ran out of black outsoles and dropped a couple of extra the black 3M uppers onto a white outsole. – DM for Details. – #ArtCraftTechnology #NoOneSystem #FollowNoOne #TrustNoOneSystem Source: Support – No.One* No.One doesn’t drop a ridiculous amount of shoes, so any “mistake” is an opportunity…
HAIRY SUEDE DECONSTRUCTED UPPER WAFFLE STRETCH UPPER DETAIL FULL GRAIN LEATHER SOCK LINER VIBRAM® HIGH TRACTION MULTI-DIRECTIONAL NON-MARKING OUTSOLE ULTRA HIGH Source: DELTA SUEDE The Delta dropped last year and earned a spot in my top 40 shoes of 2017. Making an early attempt at making sure they stay on track (after that horrible AURA…
4 track album Source: J Dilla – The Anthem (Amerigo Gazaway Remix), by Amerigo Gazaway I hate e-mail lists and I hate having to sign up for them so I do it, but I don’t like it. If I do sign up for your list that means I really want what you are going to…
Nick Foles isn’t the only one making their Big Game debut this Sunday. StockX will be making an appearance as well – or at least our logo will! Source: StockX in the Big Game I’m sharing this simply because everyone would like to win a pair of Yeezys. Besides, you might not be on the…
Stories by No.One establishes that the brand understands the importance of its platform in the greater scheme of a shifting social landscape. Source: Support – No.One* The picture above shows the creation process taken by LA footwear company No.One. The brand has been covered by fashion magazines and footwear sites in detail for the…
Source: SONRA proto (GREYGORY) You probably weren’t one of the lucky 100 to pick up the Sonra Greygory, but at last you have a chance to win a collab definitely worth a shot. The collab further cements the evidence that the lines between work and casual are blurred. The Greygory is handsome enough to pull…
While the sneakerhead community is going crazy over the eventual launch of the adidas x Dragon Ball Z collab and the recent Nike Air Max 98 Gundam, those of us who grew up on the classic Street Fighter game might be a bit more interested in Chun Li and the 30th Anniversary of one…
Pictured the AWOL Atlanta in Grey In my daily browsing I often run across kicks and typically it’s something everyone is talking about. Sometimes I’m introduced to brands by other people in the culture. Whatever and whenever I find something new I get excited… even when I discover that the brand has been around…
The Converse x Dr. Woo collection releases January 20 on converse.com and at select retailers. Source: Converse and Dr. Woo Collaborate on the Chuck 70 I have to admit that I could have easily just written that Converse is dropping a Dr. Woo collab on the Chuck and it would have been a narrative of…
Source: https://www.simisleighs.com Simi crushed it finishing 3rd in the skeleton event in Lake Placid today. Why is this important? Skeleton is a sport many people haven’t heard of, let alone watched. The Winter Olympics isn’t nearly as visible as the Summer Olympics. However, sports are often about the narratives created. Yesterday Nike shared Simi’s story…
So I set out to write something about the Westbrook Zero.1 and I made the mistake of going to check and see if Jordan Brand created an accompanying video for their Nike News post about the latest signature model from Jordan Brand. To check up on the video I went to YouTube which is quite…
