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Father figure.

On March 1st.. (I Think) .. our boy (@FARA1) Faraone is releasing his big “99 Nights w/ the 99%” book.

We all know that the occupy movement will be nothing more than a vague memory by March, so we figured we would step up and help the god sell a couple copies. (His adderral and ritalin addiction needs to be supported somehow)

To raise awareness, (and to shame his undeserved giant fucking ego), we have decided to hold a Faraone themed art show the night of the release party.

We are not expecting many entries – we are not expecting any to be good. So yes, much like the party (and the book itself) we are keep the expectations low. Don’t feel you need to spend a ton of time on these, but don’t turn in bullshit.

His parents will be there. Not sure what that means in any direction.. but just keep that knowledge close to the heart and mind when designing your works.

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Happy Birthday to the great Ricky Powell!

The Rickster celebrated his 5 decade long journey of life experience by rocking a slideshow at Il Bagatto in NYC this past weekend. Peep the recap via Frank 151:

The party was everything you’d expect for an ode to the man who conceived, developed and maintained the “bummy sophisticate” lifestyle with supermodels mixing with living legends over endless red wine and Heineken and a specially prepared vegetarian feast from Beatrice Tosti di Valminuta. As the special red velvet birthday cake kicked in, Ricky treated guests like Alek Wek, Ashley Smith, Kimmy Matulova, Stretch Armstrong, Bobbito Garcia, Edan Portnoy, Brandee Brown, Mel D. Cole, Aviva Klein, Noah Ritter, DJ Jasmine Solano, Jason Goldwatch, Kaves, 13th Witness, and Jose Parla to a one of a kind rendition of his slideshow that showcased not only his humor and deep involvement in everything from hip hop to art to sports culture but also displayed the photographer’s heart – his tribute to Jam Master Jay delivered directly to Jay’s son TJ Mizell nearly brought the house down.

Ricky also dropped a new mix with the dudes from Good Life. No, not the legendary Boston venue where we throw our Boston Music Award winning Fresh Produce party (BMA has gone to my head), but with a collective of creative types from NYC. The new mix has been in constant play in the Rubicon for the last few hours. Feelin’ the fuck out of this. Anything Ricky does is fresh. Shouts to the legend and friend of JTTS.. Rickstahhhh!

TheGoodLife! presents by DJ SMOKE L.E.S.

There’s an endless philosophical showdown in the rap community. Some have fallen in the struggle. Others have just wasted countless hours bullshitting on stoops and in barbershops, debating whether hip-hop is for dancing, or for revolution.

Obviously the truth lies somewhere in the middle. But while Furious Force of Rhymes director Joshua Atesh Litle acknowledges boom bap’s park jam roots, his focus leans decidedly toward the genre’s more rebellious side. (more…)

^^ “CherChez La Chepe” by Mark Quintanilla (Chepe Lena) ^^

I will admit; we are predictable as fuck. Find me something with a Wu-Tang logo on it and 99.9% of the time I’m down. This show should be dope. Rumor is Tekitha will be in the house…don’t miss out.

Check the DigBoston preview

WU-TANG @ THE GALLERY

FEATURING AMUSE, CHEPELENA
BECKY SMALL, ACOMA,
HANS 1, RAODEEREKLOOS,
BARRINGTON EDWARDS AND H.R.O

OPENING SAT 6.18.11
8PM-10PM
UNTIL MON 7.18.11
ACOMA ART GALLERY
24 SPICE ST.
CHARLESTOWN
8PM/21+/$10; $5 WITH WU-TANG APPAREL

So, after Sade told the LA Times that she’d turned down the chance to collaborate with Jay-Z, this track, from the upcoming Ultimate Collection album, leaks on the net. In fact, to the best of my knowledge, this is the first time Sade has collaborated with anyone, which makes this kind of a big deal. And on top of that, it’s not half-bad either. Still, I would have rather seen her let Raekwon get on this, considering she was an admitted Cuban Linx II fan, to which Rae responded with this.

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DOWNLOAD: Sade x Jay-Z – The Moon and the Sky (Remix)

Boston has a special place in graffiti history — and not just because one of our early marquee vandals, Popeye, was Jordan Knight of the New Kids on the Block.

While absolutely influenced by New York, the exalted bombers of Bay State renown have always been a breed unto themselves and products of the landscape here. Thirty years ago, Boston’s first-generation writers took to trains and walls to fight out the latent race war still brewing from the school busing crisis. Years later, their protégés were skateboarders, hardcore kids, and anarcho-punks — in contrast to taggers in other spots who were shaking paint cans to boom-bap bass lines.

Boston’s storied years of beautiful decay are colorfully highlighted in the new street-art masterpiece, The History of American Graffiti. It’s no wonder; co-author Caleb Neelon is a Boston-born, Cambridge-based globetrotter who has splashed walls across the world as Sonik. In the process of curating two of the most exhaustive accounts of concrete décor ever produced — the epic international guerilla-art survey Street World, and now American Graffiti — he’s amassed a wealth of insight on the region he calls home.

MORE On The History of American Graffiti HERE

PICS from The History of American Graffiti HERE

I’m not even sure if there are any left, but this is too dope to ignore.

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I know I’m a little late on this one (Dec 16th) especially since it now has over 1m views.. but..

I’m digging this shit right here. So simple. So hypnotic. It’s like creating your own mushroom trip that you can sell after..

Also .. haven’t got laid in the last 72 hours, my balls weigh a ton right now and all I can think about is fucking plowing this girl from behind as she pours a cup of paint over a cube. I mean really fucking raging into her at full speed and hate fucking the shit out of her on some Nazi / Jew shit. I mean really just degrading her, choking her out and gouging her eyes with my thumbs as squeezes that fucking paint cup on that cube. That shady gay looking dude and the lady with the mom jeans can watch too.. fuck it.

Being outraged/fascinated by Charlie Sheen is quickly reaching it’s sell-by date, but this is a piece of news worth writing about. Inspired by the god Carlos Estevez, Alex Pardee has produced this limited edition Giclee Print–on Archival Inks on Acid Free Velvet Cotton Rag.–as 17″ x 22″ ($10) or 8″ x 10″ ($25) pieces now on sale. If you buy any print from the Zerofriends.com webstore, you’ll also be entered to win the original drawing (seen in picture below) of Tiger Charlie. This is the opposite of losing.

So, Charlie Sheen is all hopped up on an 8-ball of uncut Charlie Sheen and his tiger-blood seems to be pumping so angrily that he has gone a little MAD!

Well guess what?! I love a little friendly competition between warlocks, so I decided to go a little crazy too!!

In addition to stirring up a bloody (and 100% accurate) little homage to the only thing that has been able to unite us and distract us from Libya, Wisconsin & Egypt, I am also GIVING AWAY THE HUGE-ISH ORIGINAL DRAWING that I created for this print FOR ABSOLUTELY FREE! In honor of WINNING!!!

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one last video…

Get with it. The movement.

why is there no nudes of rosa acosta in existence? tell me what i am doing wrong?