Pop 'Africana

Is a new magazine/ website venture started by Oroma Elewa and D∆nFodio - it is a new visually captivating project that has just been launched by a few, fellow creatives. Pop'Africana is a collaborative effort which aims to re-introduce and re-define all aspects of “Art Africano”

Not only will the magazine aim to re-educate the globe on African ideas of style and individualism it also aims to serve as a robust, visual guide for understanding the “Africano pshyce” from an all inclusive perspective. Pop'Africana sets thestandard for iconic style and individualism and we are steering to the limits of the stars.

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Lego
Gulp

WHEN WILL....

Vans stop killing it?!!?



Long for the black ones dropping next week.. 100% certified coppage. Thanks to Craig for the discount.

ALSO in consumption news.. £4.99 from Uniqlo for esential winter head gear.. Don't watch face, the wind changed direction and I've been stuck like this ever since -

WHY NOT?

After the road block at Ministry in April Rinse FM come again with another Whynot? at Scala.

ROGUE x ADDICT LAUNCH

Following on from Kesh's post...

Let's get high!

High aperture I mean, Leica introduce the F'0.95 50mm Lens. Will you ever need to use the flash again?

This is the worlds fastest aspherical lens, giving you an extremely shallow depth of field and incredible low light capability. Coming in at a reasonable £6290, shallow depth of field right? but you need deep pockets to afford one!



Due for release in February next year, check out the full info on DPreview

My birthday is in March anyone care to buy me one?

Opiate November Dubstep Mix

Latest mix from the Birmingham based dubstep and drum n bass DJ.

Tracklist is fiyyyyyah, bangers all the way!

1. Benny Page + Zero G – Pan Pipes
   
2. 2562 – Circulate
   
3. Skream – Filth
   
4. Uncle Sam – Around the World Girls (Tes La Rok VIP)
   
5. Skream – Rimz
   
6. The Others – Champagne Cocktails
   
7. Jakes + Joker – 3K Lane
   
8. Kromestar – Pissed Off
   
9. Rusko – Hammertime
   
10. Caspa – The Terminator
    
11. Sub Scape - Transaction
    
12. Benny Page – Step Out
    
13. TC – Where's My Money (Caspa Remix)
    
14. Rob Sparx – Trooper (Bar 9 Remix)
    
15. Ruf – What Are We Doing?
    
16. Sub Scape – Tomahawk
    
17. Santori – Time To Kill
    
18. Caspa – Big Headed Slags
    
19. Skream – Make Me
    
20. Goth Trad – The Clown
    
21. Biome – State of Emergency
    
22. Caspa + Rusko – Rock Bottom
    
23. 12th Planet feat. Emu – Control (Skreamix)
    
24. Chase + Status – Eastern Jam
    
25. Babylon System + Noah D – Examination of Time VIP
    
26. Caspa – Rubber Chicken
    
27. Tech Itch – Syn
    
28. Goth Trad – Cut End
    

Running time is around 1hr.

Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YXFJJ98M

Enjoy

Get me get me!

"ILL KILL YOU ALL KINDS OF DEATH"

IHMDJ x Styleslut "Unisex Baggage" collab

Styleslut joins forces with New York brand IHMDJ to produce this limited edition pendant.

There were only 50 of these made so get over to the Styleslut blog for more info!

DJ Maseo (De La Soul) at Fidgit

Press Release...

In the last few years FIDGIT has welcomed everyone such as Mark Ronson, Cash Money, DJ Yoda and KRS1 through their front doors. Other guests notable guests include Tony Touch, Crazy Legs (Rocksteady Crew), A Skillz, Mr Thing, Norman Jay and Jazzie B (Soul II Soul), keeping Brixton on the map and giving South Londoners a decent night out pretty much every Friday. To celebrate Plan B's 6th birthday, we are throwing a weekend long party (slightly delayed due to extensive and ridiculously over long work on the local transport systems), with FIDGIT presenting De La Soul extraordinaire and the most cuddly man in Hip Hop DJ Maseo, throwing it down on the Friday.

Fresh off of the Rock The Bells 2008 tour alongside the likes of Nas, Mos Def, The Pharcyde and EPMD, Maseo leaves the rest of De La Soul at the hotel and brings his legendary record collection to Plan B. The brains behind the distinctive De La sound (well him and Prince Paul)… it has been a few years since the Daisy Age, but Maseo has still got the skills to pay the bills! Support on the night comes from the likes of D Boogie, J Bold, The Dixon Bros and Kid Who.

Size? Birmingham & Faux Real present...

A whole load of birthday's to celebrate, get down to Kings Heath!

Get yourself confirmed and for more info check the facebook page

Bridge To Bridge.

Hang tight Joshua, back for a 2 night London residency.

Out of the Light and into the Dark...

I left multi-cultural London for narrow minded Nuneation yesterday for a few days at the parentals. Back in 2003 I spent about 3 years living in Nuneaton, I can't say much about my experiance here because i never really socialised. But what I can say is it was obvious I wasn't welcome by the majority.

So as i arrive to my parents house yesterday with that excited feeling in my belly and step over the threshold. I wasn't greeted with the amazing smell of home cooked food but instead was greeted with this....






I read the paper from front to back and the best story was this one. The headline read 'Make a Stand Against this Cruel Practice'...The story was about how a man was disgusted when he went to his local supermarket to buy a frozen chicken and found it had a 'Halal Assured' label on it. It wasn't that the chicken had gone up in price or that is was out of date, it still tasted the same as the last time he enjoyed the succulant farmfoods chicken or even wasn't the fact it was a battery reared chicken. It was because it had a label which enabled it to be enjoyed by Muslims as well as anyone else choosing this product.

I'm all for opinions and free speech but this BNP party are bringing nothing but contradictions. I agree the immigration in this country is confusing to say the least but at the same time we need to look at the bigger picture, not choose to ignore certain facts and believe the ones that suit our policies.

Feel free to try and convince me to vote BNP.

Ancient Memories

For this post I wish to continue along the same wistful vein as I have for the last few days. As is perhaps customary around the latter part of the year one tends to reflect on some of the old times.

So in this manner I have decided to do this by selecting some of my favourite UK Hip-Hop records. Yes, that genre that sadly passed away a couple of years ago. I am talking about the era of exceptional UK lyricists from every corner of the British Isles who released many outstanding albums and mixtapes. The era of Itch FM, The Hemp Trading Company, Undercover Magazine, Deal Real Open Mic on Friday evenings and everything else that characterised the best moments of the scene.

Often the discussion of who was the best lyricist of this golden era is one of many disputes. So I have tried to come up with a selection of those who I deemed to be some of the leaders. I have increased the amount to six instead of five as I felt it was necessary to include one more. However there are heaps I haven’t been able to include. But still require a mention. For example; Lewis Parker, TaskForce, Phi Life Cypher, Braintax and Yungun to name but a few.

On with the top six in no particular order. I shan't comment on the videos as I believe the songs say enough on their own. First choice is a persey! In fact they all are.

1) Jehst - Run Hard



2) Foreign Beggars feat Skinnyman - Hold On



3) Ty feat Roots Manuva - Oh You Want More? (Refix)



4) Klashnekoff - Parrowdice



5) Fallacy feat Tubby T – Big ‘N’ Bashy



6) Black Twang – So Rotten



"The system is a Vampire!"

ROGUE STATUS X ADDICT

a fine collab between 2 well established brands.

I love the rogue status boys so much that i gave them a whole tribute on my website..

http://inaworldofherown.com/photos.html

it's super exclusive as expected and will be available in stores soon.

kisses.
kesh.

x

FOR PHOTOSHOP USERS ONLY.

i rather enjoyed this seeing as i'm a frequent photoshop user.
good stuff yah.

unfortunately i don't know who put together this wonderful creation and if anybody knows feel free to post the artists name and i will amend my post.

tata

kesh (3rd time lucky)