GILBERE FORTE' "BUTTONS" FREESTYLE

ONCE AGAIN THE GOOD HOMIE GILBERE FORTE' MURDERS ONE OF HIS FREESTYLES. THE  FREESTYLE TITLE STANDS AT "BUTTONS". WATCHING AND BEING A TRUE WITNESS OF GILBERE FORTE' GROWING IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS AMAZING. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE  HARD WORKING IN OUR PHILADELPHIA  CITY GILBERE FORTE' IS ONE OF HOMIES HIGH UP ON THE  LADDER. NO REASON TO HATE, IT'S REAL. MAKE SURE YOU TUNE INTO THIS FREESTYLE BELOW. 

Gilbere Forte' - Buttons Freestyle by gilbereforte

THE "REALLY-DOPE" WEBSITE

THE  NEWLY "REALLY-DOPE" WEBSITE IS NO WHERE NEAR AT YOUR NORMAL BLOGGING WEBSITE RATTING. THE CREATORS OF THE REALLY-DOPE WEBSITE ARE GOING WITH A DIFFERENT CONCEPT THAN ANY OTHER SITE OUT AS OF NOW AND I CAN HIGHLY RESPECT THE CREATORS FOR THAT. THEY HAVE NUMEROUS FACTORS TO WHY THEY STAND OUT FROM EVERYONE ELSE'S DAILY ROUTINE. ONE RULE IS THAT THIS SITE SIMPLY FINDS WHAT IS DOPE IN OUR CULTURE AND NOTHING LESS. THE NEWEST, THE COOLEST, AND ALSO WHO STANDS OUT IN OUR CULTURE IS WHAT "REALLY-DOPE" ONLY SUPPORTS.

SECONDLY AND WHAT HAS CAUGHT MY EYE THE MOST WITH REALLY-DOPE  IS ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE THOUGHTS EVER. HAVING THE CREATORS TAKE PRIDE IN FINDING WHAT IS DOPE IN OUR CULTURE THE REALLY-DOPE TEAM TAKES THE TIME TO EXPRESS THEIR CREATIVITY, LOVE, AND RESPECT BY MAKING TRIBUTES TO THE INSPIRING PEOPLE WHO MOVE THIS CULTURE FORWARD. IF YOUR A TUMBLR ADDICT YOU PROBABLY  HAVE WITTNESSED REALLY-DOPE'S DEBUT WORK. BY YOON AND VERBAL BEING STRONG LEADERS IN THIS CULTURE SINCE 2008 WITH THEIR CRAFT REALLY-DOPE HAS PAID TRIBUTE CREATING ONE OF THE MOST UNTHINKABLE IDEAS.

 THEY CHOSE  FLIPPING AMBUSH'S NEWEST "SKULL AND BONES" COLLECTION SHOWING APPRICIATION AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO YOON AND VERBAL. TRANSFORMING THE "SKULL AND BONES" CRAFT OF THE COLLECTION AND CREATING AN ORIGINAL CEARAL BOX. IN MY OPINION VERBAL AND YOON SHOULD RECOMMEND THIS CERAL BOX, IT'S DOPE.WHEN I FIRST WITNESSED THE CRAFTING OF REALLY-DOPE AND AMBUSH I WENT BACK TO THE DAYS WHERE I WOULD EAT CERAL WITH  MY EYES GLUED TO THE BACK OF THE BOX ALSO HOW HYPE I WOULD BE IN THE SUPER MARKET PICKING ONLY THE BOXES OF CERAL WITH PRIZES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX. THE CREATIVITY AND THE  DETAIL ON THIS PROJECT IS GREAT. GOING FROM E-MAIL TO E-MAIL WITH THE OWNER OF THE SITE  HOMIE MIKE STATED "WE SIMPLY FLIP GRAPHICS THE WAY A PRODUCER FLIPS BEATS", WITH THAT STAMENT IT WAS CLEAR THEY WERE FRESH MINDED. WE CAN SURELY EXPECT MORE PROJECTS TO COME FROM  "REALLY-DOPE".

NEXT UP FOR THE SITE IS A LINE IN THE WORKS INVOLVING SILVER STERLING, SNAPBACKS, PINS, BALACLAVAS AND MORE. AS OF NOW THE REALLY-DOPE TEAM HAS A POWERFUL PLAN. WHEN THE LINE DROPS I WILL DEFITANLEY HAVE THE UPDATES HERE SO WE CAN WITNESS THE GROWTH OF THIS REALLY-DOPE MOVEMENT TOGETHER. UNTILL THEN TO GET A VIEW OF THE "REALLY-DOPE" WEBSITE CLICK HERE. ALSO FOLLOW REALLY-DOPE ON TWITTER TO STAY UPDATED DAILY. THIS IS A DOPE MOVEMENT IN THE WORKS. 

PICTURES CAPTURED THIS WEEK...........

LUPE!- GO TO SLEEP

Lupe Fiasco - Go To Sleep by Hypetrak

LUPE IS ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT, HANDS DOWN IN MY BOOK. LAST NIGHT CHILLING WITH MY HOIMES ONE OF THEM MENTIONED THAT LUPE WILL BECOME A FAT JOE IF HE DOESN'T RELEASE HIS ALBUM. I LOOKED AT HIM LIKE HE WAS MAD CRAZY. WELL THIS TUNE IS FROM HIS NEXT ALBUM COMING OUT, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN. THIS IS ONE MAD ILL TRACK FROM LUPE FIASCO. GOOD STUFF. THE RECORD COMPANY NEEDS TO LET LUPE DROP HIS ALBUM ASAP.

SOUL SISTER'S MINT & SUNFLOWER "MCM"

BY ME POSTING THE PHOTO ABOVE DON'T MIX UP THAT I LISTENED TO THEIR MUSIC OR LIKE THE LOGO THE SOUL SISTERS WENT WITH FOR THE COVER. BESIDES THE OLD CELL PHONES AND THE JEEP CHEROKEE THEY USE TO SUPPORT THEIR PHOTO SHOOT THE  MINT GREEN AND SUNFLOWER YELLOW "MODE CREATION MUNICH" THE TWO ARE SPORTING STANDS CRAZY DOPE. MY "OG" TOLD ME BACK IN THE DAY MCM WAS FOR THE BLACK PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE ABOUT FRESHNESS AT ALL TIMES. I'M  SURE FINESSE & SYNQUIS  HAD A CRAZY BUZZ BACK IN THE DAY ON HOW THE KILLED THIS PHOTO FOR THIS RECORD. WHILE LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE I WAS THINKING OF HOW HISTORY REPEATS IT'S SELF. WITH THE BUZZ MCM IS HAVING RIGHT NOW I THINK ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR THE EUROPEAN LUXURY BRAND. BRINGING BACK THE MINT GREEN AND SUNFLOWER YELLOW WOULD CRUSH THE GAME RIGHT NOW. HAVING A PREDICTION OF THESE TWO COLOR SCHEMES COMING BACK IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN YOU SAY "ONLY TIME CAN TELL".WE'LL SEE, IT WOULD BE DOPE TO VISION AND BE APART OF WHAT OUR PARENTS THOUGHT WAS GOOD STUFF IN THEIR COOL DAYS.

POWER REMIX KANYE WEST FT JAY-Z SWIZZ

 NOTHING NEGATIVE AS ALWAYS WHEN IT COMES TO JAY-Z  AND THE BIG HOMIE KANYE WEST. BUT INVOLVING SWIZZ BEATS IS A PROBLEM, HE MAKES THE TRACK COMPLETE. I GUESS THE WAIT AFTER THREE DAYS BEFORE THEYACTUALLY INTRODUCED A DATE FOR THE  "POWER REMIX" TO DROP WAS WORTH IT. THE TRACK IS SIMPLY DOPE AND THE HOMIES ARE GOING IN. MY BEST TUNING INTO THE TRACK IS FROM 3:27 TO THE END OF THE TRACK. MY HOMIE "SPECIAL K" GOES IN KEEPING THE TITLE AS THE BEST RAPPER AROUND HIS WAIST. I HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE FOR YEARS HOMIE IS THE BEST. IF YOU ASK ME FROM 3:27 KANYE GETS IN HIS "I GO HARD MODE". SHIT IS BUNKERS
Kanye West featuring Jay- Z and Swizz Beatz -Power (Remix) by Hypetrak

PS. MY HOMIE JAMIL SEEN SWIZZ BEATS IN THE BCC STORE LAST SATURDAY. JAMIL STATES HOMIE IS MAD SHORT. TELEVISION IS WILD

YVES SAINT LAURENT'S BEGINNING

I HAVE TO SAY BETWEEN "MODE CREATION MUNICH", GIANNI VERSACE, AND YVES SAINT-LAURENT, YVES SAINT LAURENT HAS BEEN CATCHING MY EYE THE MOST. WHEN AN LUXURY COUTURE BRAND CATCHES MY EYE I CONSTANTLY THINK ABOUT THE BRAND WANTING AN ITEM TO KEEP STASHED AWAY. OVER THE MONTHS I HAVE DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH ON YVES SAINT-LAURENT AND I AM HIGHLY IN LIKES OF HIS HISTORY AND WHAT HE HAS CREATED. FROM 1966 THE BRAND HAS BEEN ON IT'S FEET  AND I RESPECT THAT. YVES SAINT-LAURENT BORN 1936 IN ORAN, ALGERIA ON AUGUST FIRST WAS DESTINED  IN LIFE TO  HAVE A CREATIVE MIND ALSO TO EXPOSE SOME OF THE BEST COUTURE THAT OUR WORLD WOULD EVER SEE.  BEFORE HE HAS HIS OWN BOUTIQUE MR. SAINT LAURENT PUTS IN HARD WORK JUST AS ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO REACH THERE GOAL IN LIFE. MOVING TO PARIS FROM ORAN WAS A HUGE STEP FOR SAINT.

ATTENDING COLLEGE AT THE "CHAMBRE SYNDICAL DE LA HAUTE" COUTURE SCHOOL IN PARIS PUT HIM IN ONE OF THE BEST POSITIONS IN LIFE BY MEETING "CHRISTIAN DIOR". CHRISTIAN DIOR MAKING MR. LAURENT HIS ASSISTANT ON THEIR FIRST MEET WAS A WIN FOR WIN SITUATION FOR THE BOTH OF THEM. CHRISTIAN DIOR WHO WOULD PAST AWAY WITHIN THREE YEARS OF HIRING SAINT LAURENT WOULD PUT HIM HAVING  A YOUNG FRESH CREATIVE MIND TAKING OVER HIS LUXURY  BRAND. THE WIN YVES SAINT LAURENT HAD IN HIS POCKET WAS  LEARNING AND EXPERIENCING TO PREPARE FOR HIS OWN LUXURY BRAND TO COME IN 1966. BUT BEFORE YOU GET YOUR OWN YOU MUST SHOW THE WORLD YOUR OWN CRAFT.  TAKING PLACE OF CRISTIAN DIOR, SAINT LAURENT  SHOWS THE WORLD VIVIDLY HE IS ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT. RECEIVING THE "NIMAN MARCUS" OSCAR IN 1958 WAS ONE HUGE ACCOMPLISH FOR THE YOUNG GUY 3 YEARS GRADUATING FROM COUTURE SCHOOL.

 NEXT MOVE, SAINT LAURENT THINKS BIG AND GOES ONTO BUILDING HIS  OWN LUXURY BRAND WITH THE HELP OF PIERRE BERGE. THE TWO CREATE THE "YVES SAINT LAURENT COUTURE HOUSE" IN 1961 WHICH OPENS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAINT LAURENT TO CREATE HIS OWN CLOTHING FOR HIS LUXURY BRAND. IN 1962 ON JANUARY 29TH  SAINT LAURENT SHOWCASES HIS FIRST COLLECTION AT 30 BIS, RUE SPONTINTI BLOWING THE WIGS OFF OF HIS AUDIENCE. AFTER SHOWCASING HIS COLLECTION FOUR YEARS LATER YVES SAINT LAURENT HAS HIS OWN LUXURY BRAND TITLED  "YVES SAINT LAURENT". SAINT  KEEPS THE FIRST YVES SAINT LAURENT   BOUTIQUE STORE WHERE HE LEARNED EVERYTHING WHICH WAS IN PARIS.

 SO WITHIN 12 YEARS SAINT LAURENT CREATED WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT LUXURY BRANDS IN THE WORLD. THERE IS NO MAN WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED SO MANY AWARDS IN ART MUSEUMS AS MR. LAURENT HAS. TOKYO, GERMANY, LONDON AND PLENTY MORE .CREATING SOME OF THE BEST CLOTHING AND PERFUMES HAS TAKEN SAINT  TO  BEING ONE OF THE MOST LOOKED UP TO ICONS TODAY. MY BIGGEST RESPECT FOR SAINT LAURENT IS THAT HE WAS ONE OUT OF THE MANY FEW DESIGNERS TO EVER PRESENT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE ON THE RUNWAY.

THE RISK THAT WAS FOR THIS GUY AND HIS BRAND BACK IN THE DAY MUST HAVE BEEN CRUCIAL.SAINT IS AT THE TOP IN MY BOOK AS OF NOW BECAUSE OF HIS HISTORY AND WHAT HE REPRESENTED. PASSING AWAY IN 2008 WAS A PEACEFUL DEATH FOR THE LEGEND.THE WORK AND POSITIVE FEED FEED HOMIE BROUGHT TO OUR WORLD MAKES ME TRULY BELIEVE IN NO.ONE. EVER .REALLY. DIES. HE IS STILL ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE WHO LEAVES IMPRESSIONS WHO HAS PAST AWAY.

KAWS x DOS EQUIS COLLABORATION

I WAS WONDERING WHERE THE COLLABORATION WITH KAWS AND THE BEER COMPANY DOS EQUIS WAS HIDING. PICTURES WERE RELEASED LAST WEEK  BUT I FELT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR MY LIKES. THE YOUTUBE VIDEO PROVIDED IS DOPE. SHOWING HOW KAWS DESIGNS HIS IMAGE AND ALL. THE KILL PART ABOUT THIS VIDEO IS THAT THEY TAKE YOU INTO HIS LAIR OF WORKS. CHECK THE VIDEO OUT PEOPLE. GOOD STUFF

OFF THE WALL SERIES AT THE WALNUT ROOM

SEEMS LIKE SET FREE HAS ANOTHER TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE INVOLVING THE VANS AND UBIQ TEAM. THIS THURSDAY AT THE WALNUT ROOM LOCATED ON WALNUT STREET IN PHILADELPHIA SET FREE IS RELEASING A NEW SERIES OF PARTY'S TITLED " OFF THE WALL SERIES AT THE WALL NUT ROOM".THE EVENT WILL BE HOSTED BY SET FREE WITH SPECIAL GUEST DJ PRINCE PAUL. ALSO MUSIC BY DJ AMBUSH & SHORTY WOP. MAKE SURE YOU MAKE THIS EVENT IF YOUR IN PHILADELPHIA PEOPLE. IT'S GOING TO BE DOPE.

GIANNI VERSACE JEAN JACKET ON EBAY

ON EBAY YOUR ALWAYS IN THE MIST OF FINDING A RARE PIECE OF CLOTHING BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS. LAST NIGHT I WAS SEARCHING THE REGULAR EBAY WALK THROUGH AND I CAME ACROSS ONE OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE PIECES I HAVE EVER SEEN ON EBAY. THE PHOTOS PROVIDED ARE LOOKS FROM "GIANNI VERSACE" LIMITED JEAN JACKET SERIES IN 1989. BEFORE YOU GUESS A PRICE, GUESS HIGH THEN A MUG. THE PRICE FOR THIS JACKET ON EBAY IS AT 3,450 DOLLARS WITH THE THOUGHT OF NOTHING HIGH OR LESS. IN MY OPINION,  THE PRICE IS MAD HIGH BUT ON THE OTHER NOTE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE ILLMATIC VINTAGE ITEMS THAT YOU KNOW NO ONE HAS. IT'S MAD NASTY BUT IT'S WOMEN WHICH IS THE NUTTY PART ABOUT IT.NOW AND DAYS THIS JACKET CAN GO FOR BOTH GENDERS. IF YOUR THINKING ABOUT COPIN THIS UP OR JUST WANT TO GET A VIEW OF THE EBAY PAGE  FOR THIS ITEM CLICK HERE. I FEEL LIKE AFTER SEEING THIS ITEM ON THE SITE I'M NOT PUTTING DOUBT IN EBAY, NEVER DUDE. 

SWRV: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUZI ANALOGUE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUZI UZI. I KNOW YOUR PROBABLY HAVING A BLAST ON VACATION. THANKS FOR ALL THE ADVICE , DOPE VIBE SESSIONS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BLESS. FOR MANY OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW SUZI IS HALF CEO AND FOUNDER OF  SWRV. THIS YEAR THE HEAT WILL RISE AND CREATIVITY WILL BLEED. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOMIE.

MUSEUMESQUE (MuseumEsque®)

THE NEW YORK BASED BRAND "MUSEUMESQUE" IS SET TO RELEASE THIS UPCOMING SEPTEMBER. ALSO CEO AND FOUNDER OF THE BRAND "CHICQUELO SMITH" HAS A COUPLE SURPRISES TO HIT YOU GUYS WITH VERY SOON. STARTING UP AN ONLINE SHOP, GETTING THE LOOK BOOK READY , AND GEARING UP PIECES FROM THE BRAND TO DELIVER TO YOU GUYS ARE ALL IN THE WORKS WITH THE "MUSEUMESQUE" TEAM.  THE HOMIES ALSO HAVE A PRETTY DOPE TUMBLR THAT I STEAL PHOTOS FROM ON THE DAILY. (LOL). ON THE OTHER NOTE GOING FROM E-MAIL TO E-MAIL WITH CHICQUELO I GET THE VIBE THAT HE'S NOTHING BUT ABOUT BEING FOCUS ON HIS CRAFT AND  BEING A HELPFUL HUMAN BEING TO PEOPLE WANTING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN IN THIS CULTURE. REMEMBER , STARTING THIS UPCOMING SEPTEMBER THE BRAND WILL SHOWCASE TO THE WORLD. KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR "CHICQUELO SMITH" AND "MUSEUMESQUE". CLICK HERE FOR THE "MUSEUMESQUE" TUMBLER AND HERE FOR THE BRAND'S BLOGSPOT. BOTH SITES ARE DOPE.

PICTURES CAPTURED THIS WEEK

THE GOOD STUFF CLUTTERED

I NEVER FLASH OFF RANDOM PICTURES OF ITEMS I HAVE. BUT THIS MORNING  I DID WAKE UP TO MY SNEAKS AND CLOTHES WORTHY OF TAKING A PICTURE OF. IF YOU KNOW THE ITEMS CAPTURED, DOPE. THE CRAZY THING IS THAT I REMEMBER HOW THE CLOTHES ENDED UP CLUTTERED TOGETHER LIKE THIS. THE "ICE CREAMS" ARE INVOLVED BECAUSE I HAD TO TAKE THE TRASH OUT LATE A NIGHT WHICH PISSED ME OFF. THE "YEEZY'S" FOR THE DAY, "LEVI JEANS" WITH THE "BAPE BELT" WERE SPORTED WITH THE "VINTAGE  FLORIDA GATOR SHIRT". THE "COMME DES GARCON x CHUCK TAYLOR"  SHOE IS IN THE MIX ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS FRESH OUT THE DRYER MACHINE, THEY ARE NOT EVEN LACED YET. THAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS CLUTTER. GOOD ITEMS FOR A PHOTO WHEN NOT ON PURPOSE.

ARMY SENSES.2ND "CREATION" THOUGHTS

BRAIN STORMING YOUR NEXT MOVE WHEN YOUR BARELY FINISH FROM YOUR FIRST CAN BE A HUGE SIN BUT WE CAN'T HELP OURSELVES WHEN CREATIVITY KICKS IN. WHILE I'M PUTTING TOGETHER THE JEAN JACKET COLLECTION I INSTANTLY THINK OF ANOTHER PROJECT I WANT TO COOK UP.ARMY THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD SWIM THROUGH MY  BRAIN, I START TO REMEMBER 2 YEARS AGO WHEN THE JAPANESE  BRAND "SWAGGER" RELEASED AN ARMY VEST THAT I WAS IN THE LOST OF COPPING UP ON. AS THE SAYING GOES "SEARCH AND YOU SHALL FIND" , WELL I WENT RIGHT ALONG WITH THAT AND I HAVE FOUND A COUPLE VEST THAT I WILL GIVE MY ALL TO MURDER WITH CUSTOMIZING. IT'S NOT BY THE "SWAGGER" BRAND THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUT MY HANDS ON BUT THEY WILL DO. KINDA STOKED, FOR THE NEXT CREATION SAGA. FOR NOW THE JEAN CREATIONS ARE IN MY FULL INTEREST. I WILL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED. JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE NEXT "STEEZE".