Winter Is Fast Approaching...Palladium FEVER!

And honestly to say the least, I can't wait. This summer as a whole disappointed me except for a few things so I think the rest of the MOB & I are ready to go back to school and also ready to see the fall/winter fashions. On some real shit, I just can't wait to wear BOOTS! Not Uggs, but BOOTS - REAL BOOTS.
So that's where Palladium comes into play. We've always known about Palladium (I actually had some black & red gladiators by them that I didn't wear at all this summer, SMH) but we had never actually paid the line much attention...

UNTIL we saw these...



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Makes you want winter to come faster right? I know. :)
Get Palladium's HERE!: Palladium Boots.

Why are they doing this?

This summer three album have drop or will drop. As a result, ALL of them had leaked songs and if not only a song the whole album. Such as Loso's Way- July 28th had leaked a few songs in which he was furious, Ready Trey Songz August 31st in which his entire album leaked and Blueprint 3 Jay-Z in which four songs leaked. " Why are they doing this? " but can you blame the listeners, we anticipate the album so we listen to the songs simple!
But while I was surfing the net, I came across this picture..
"Should we be worried yet? We can't help but notice that each new track leaked from Jay-Z's upcoming Blueprint 3 (due on September 11) has been worse than the one that preceded it (see above). First Hov gave us the awesome "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)," followed by the nearly as excellent "Run This Town." But this week we got a trio of half-baked Timbaland-produced jams, leaked in ascending order of stinkiness — the so-so "Off That," the totally grating "Reminder," and the snoozy, hookless "Venus vs. Mars,"
via www.nymag.com
Personally I like all his leaked songs " Off That " was great the lyrics are great such as,
" Got a black president, got green presidents ,Blue prints in my white iPod ,Black diamonds in my,Jesus piece, my God ,We ain't tripping off that ,This is a Benetton ad, nigga betta fault that "
Ok. High "yellow" Brod, "black" pres, "white" ipod and "Blue"print = He's trynna say every race is Untied as one like Benetton -- via @Mark_MyWord . I also like Haters - ft Kanye West
Sorry to promote this "leak" but heres a link the listeners can hear these songs

P.S. just got the heads up ALL the songs leaked =[ oh well still buy the album Sept. 11th people!

I Just Want to be SUCCESSFUL..


Well this morning I woke up at 6am, I was trying to go back to sleep when I heard Successful but the radio wasn't on. I then realize it was the video on tv =] ( right away I knew I had to blog) I like this song no matter how much play it gets on the radio. It gives the listeners ,especially the young one a positive thought. Sadly, Lil'Wayne isn't feature in this version yet Trey Songz has an extended verse. I thought this was a good day to drop this video because Ready - Trey Songz album hits the stores today. Drake looked like his was giving his all in the video and really trying to send out the message.This go around the video will take it's direction by Jake Davis who had to say this:

Back in NY for a couple days from a week of prepping and directing in Toronto with October’s Very Own. Drake, Oliver and 40 are the truth. We just shot something epic! So ruff, so tuff. I’ll be back in Toronto at the end of the week for a few weeks to edit, vibe with them, and make sure this is the video. Drake and Trey Songz were amazing. Nothing like hearing “Successful” blast through the city streets at 3am on a process trailer while fans run and scream in tow.



Rhythm Guitar: 16th-Note Funk and Soca Grooves



The response from Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio to;

"I have just started playing in my first band and I feel that my rhythm guitar skills are weak. Can you offer me any suggestions for what I can practice on to help my rhythm guitar get better. I have a pretty good idea of the general rhythms in music, like; eighths, sixteenths and triplets, but I find I have trouble maintaining the groove in a really smooth way through an entire song during a band rehearsal."

Thank you,
Anthony

Andrew discusses the way guitarists can quickly improve their rhythm guitar skills by applying sixteenth-note exercises, (such as those used in Funk & the Caribbean Soca music).

Music Reading: Understanding the Music Staff



The response from Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio to;

Was hoping that you could help me with the topic of Music Reading.

I have absolutely no understanding of reading music. So, I will just go over what I have been researching so far...

- Ive learned that music is read off of the Music Staff.

- The staff is composed of 5 lines and 4 spaces.

- The lines are named from the bottom going upwards; E, G, B, D, F. (mnemonic = Every Good Boy Does Fine)

- The spaces are named again from bottom going up F, A, C, E (spelling the word FACE).

- There are 5 note durations:
Whole = 4 beats,
Half = 2 beats,
Quarter = 1 beat,
Eighth = 1/2 a beat
Sixteeth note... (but, I have no idea what it looks like or what it does).

This is all I know. Ive heard that the lines on the staff represent strings on the guitar. If so, how come there are six strings on a guitar and five lines on the staff.? And, if the lines are the guitar strings, what do the spaces on the staff represent?

I am having a very difficult time understanding this. I have been watching your videos and I am hoping that you could help me to understand all of this.

- Shane

Andrew discusses the principles of the music staff including; Clef sign, Key Signature sign, Time Signature symbol, Note layout, pitch relationship to the guitar, and fingerboard concepts involved in learning to read music notation on guitar.

Did you work your Blood Sweat & Tears out

" We don't like to commit ourselves to heaven or hell because we have friends in both place "

Blood Sweat and Tears is a clothing line that launched in 2003 by two brothers in Los Angeles. The symbol on their clothing is a dove that's represents the quote above. Through hard work and dedication these brothers made wearable clothing for men and women(coming soon). They create their own designs by hand, create their own patterns, and invent their original blends of fabric.You can purchase these items on the website shop.bloodsweatandtearsintl.com Vinnies, LA boutique shops. Personally I love these lines on our men. Its fashionable and wearable, perfect for a party, get together or just a regular day.



You may have seen this clothing line worn by Fabolous.

But not only stars can wear this...MOB's friends can too =]
@BedstuyFlyyy

@Flyestoncampus
@melondeck
@ONLYONENERO
@MrOhSoSmooth and @stillsean

The OFFICIAL Girls.

Our view from the TIP TOP ! ;-)


So much to say about this day I don't know where I should start. Hmmm. Well last week my Most Officials & myself saw a post on http://www.themobliving.com/ in search for a MOST OFFICIAL BITCHES STREET TEAM. If you know us then you know we go hard for MOB, so once we saw that we took that as our cue to get in ASAP. We wasted no time to send emails and go hard for that position. There was so much anticipation we didn't know what to expect. . Of course we all wanted the positions for not only ourself but the 4 of us as a whole. We did our individual emailing just saying why we figure we would fit the slot perfectly, YADDA YADDA YADDA !
We then recieved the BEST response from the lovely Tabatha, where & when we should meet & if we were late then dont bother coming.

The day finally came, TODAY. . We met the Bitch behind it all - LEAH, and the wonderful Most Official Team. Happy? Not the word. . We didn't know what to expect, whether we should be afraid. .or just suck it up! Lol, one thing we did do was be ourselves & they loved that to the fullest ! As soon as we met it's like we clicked & it was smooth sailing from there on...

After that we took our estactic bodies to SoHo where we saw the new & improved Nina Sky !

and the old & rusty Cam'ron =/ . . only thing FRESH about him is that "WELL-BEHAVED BITCHES SELDOM MAKE HISTORY" sticker in his hand. LOL.

Long story short today your girls became the MOST OFFICIAL BITCHES STREET TEAM ! And I cant explain how much we appreciated this ! We ♥ Leah & the MOB family.

x and o's ..

Do You Believe In Magic?

... You should believe in S.L.A.T.E.(select, lifestyle, apparel, trends, emergence)# at Magic. S.L.A.T.E. is a fashion showcase which consist of streetwear, surf , and emerging skate. This big event of electric clothing brings the names of the biggest streetwear designers. Names such as Married to th MOB, 10.Deep clothing, Fully Laced, Stussy, The Freshness, Triple 5 Soul, Crooks and Castles, and Obey. This showcase is a great way to trade and sale.
This event place August 31st - September 2 ,2009 in Las Vegas

DimePiece x Cassie .



Dimepiece Clothing has collaborated with R&B singer Cassie for the Autumn 2009 line. It's an all BLACK & WHITE collection which simply shows you there is room to play with fashion ! Featured on this line is hoodies, mesh, leggings, sweatshirts with the most audacious and feminine phrases.







"Women can do what they want, when they want, and how they want, like it or not. Meowww." -Dimepiece.

10.Deep Presents...

For the Atlanta rapper Donnis' new mixtape " Donnis Diart of an ATL Brave " 10.Deep will release (this Thursday August20th) at The Loft. Along with the Fall 09 lookbook, which drops at a store near you Wednesday August 19th. Photobucket

NYC is due for some excitement this week as we will also be marking the occasion of the mixtape release with a celebration in Brooklyn. The “Diary of an Atlanta brave” release party will be a dance floor adventure with the decks manned by the likes of Just Blaze, DJ Benzi and Million Dollar Mano. If that wasn’t enough we offer the opportunity to drown in the Open bar and partake in gift bags that will feature our exclusive 10.Deep x Donnis tee shirt collab
Via Hypebeast


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Spotted !

Amber Rose & Beau Kanye West spotted in SoHo on Wednesday!



Look closely at her "Yeezy" Bracelet!


Via Concrete Loop.

KAWS x Complex. .



Complex’s August/September Style & Design Issue is FEATURING Brian Donnelly, 34-year-old a.k.a. the man behind KAWS. Brain "Kaws" Donnelly started with his street graffiti work in the ’90s. Then evolved to clothing collaborations and toys. The Jersey-raised Brooklyn rep has managed to walk the line between art and commercialism and still be respected. Over the past year he’s created the cover for Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreak, debuted exhibitions at major NYC and L.A. galleries, and seen his clothing line, Original Fake, kill it globally. In short, the man is Style and Design.

Check out the extended online cut of the magazine interview...

You've been doing more exhibitions recently; what motivated that move?

KAWS: As far as exhibiting work, that’s newer, but I’ve been painting nonstop since the ‘90s. I started doing commissions early on for Nigo [of A Bathing Ape], and later, for Pharrell. That made it easy, because I like to sell the work to people who know what I’m doing and to people who I respect.
So you were essentially able to skip the whole exhibition step in the art hustle and work directly with collectors from the start.

KAWS: Well, I learned to be guarded with where I exhibited my stuff. I grew up under Futura and Dondi White; CRASH was one of my best friends. They were all glamorized during the ’80s in the art scene, and then it dropped them. [The art] is kind of like a kid, or like letting someone watch your pet: You want to be careful with where it winds up.

What about Clipse? You did their new album art.

KAWS: I met Clipse through Pharrell. I’m a huge fan of theirs to start, so when they wanted to work together it was like immediately, “Yes.” I didn’t really need to know the details.

It’s funny how the blogs were labeling the single, “Clipse x Kanye x KAWS.”

KAWS: For the first Clipse song that leaked ["Kind of Like a Big Deal"], I just adjusted their logo as a fun, quick thing before I got the album art done. I had no idea how much that was going to get out there. That was kind of nuts.

Do you design all of Original Fake?

KAWS: I don’t design the shapes of the clothes, but I do all of the graphics and I design and direct the line aesthetics.

Was that a new step, moving into clothing?

KAWS: Actually, no. I’ve worked with BAPE, Undercover, Supreme—all brands that gave me insight into those worlds—since I was like 16. Designing Original Fake was the next step, and it allows me to do projects that don’t have anything specific to do with one thing. If you work with another company you kind of have to fit the product within their image.

How did you wind up in Japan initially?

KAWS: I first went there in 1997 to do some street work and billboards, and there was no graf on the street. But when I went back the next time, MQ had killed it with fill-ins, and then Barry [McGee] and other guys got over there. [Bringing graffiti to Tokyo] isn’t something I’m necessarily proud of, but it’s kind of funny. Now there is stuff in the streets like any other city. I don’t think there are any more untouched cities, or will ever be anything like that again.

HERE'S SOME KAWS ARTWORK:






Where’s the new studio?

KAWS: I’m working on a studio space in Brooklyn with Masamichi Katayama [of Japanese
architecture firm Wonderwall]. More on that to come.

What influences the new work?

KAWS: I don’t really know where the new stuff is coming from. It’s super-colorful and friendly looking, but for me it’s really dark. When I paint identifiable pop stuff like the SpongeBob series, I’m not seeing SpongeBob at all, and it’s weird to have someone connect it to the TV show because I forget that that’s how the viewer relates. Now I’m abstracting it and making it more about color and shape. As far as artists influencing my work, when I get into another artist, I try to work with them—like Hajime Sorayama, who we did the figure with.

How did you put the piece together?

KAWS: I’ve become friends with him through traveling to Japan. I wanted to take the figure work to another level, to do something totally outside of what I did. So, in 2006, I asked him to paint a version of the Companion, which I then worked on turning into the figure. I didn’t want to compromise the project at all, so I let it take as long as it needed to, and let it get as expensive as it needed to.

When the MONEY GOES. .

"Digital Girl"



LOVE IT !
but why the lyric/beat change?

" RUN THIS TOWN " !

The very anticipated "Run This Town" video Jay-Z ft. Rihanna & Kanye West is finally here!

Jay-Z + Rihanna + Kanye West - "Run This Town"


Of course every one is entitled to their own opinions, whether good or bad. Maybe because there has been so much talk about the video a lot was expected. As for me? I had no expectations for it. Some say it could've been better, while others say it is the best. What do you think?

P.S ..thanks @flyestoncampus/twitter for the TWITTER let loose! lol.

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