Kerin Rose Of A-Morir
Posted by Steve-O | Filed under Art, Style & Fashion, Video/Film
Tone sat down with Kerin Rose of A-Morir to talk about where she was and where she is. Click HERE for more info on Kerin.
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Words From Jay Fresh Kicks- A Random Continuous Thought On “Success”
Posted by Steve-O | Filed under Words From
So… its about 4:37 am… have not slept all night. I just had a great time out in the city (NYC). Great friends, drinks, food and conversation. I was among some of my closest friends and some of their friends. Some I knew, some I didn’t. Each on the rise in their respective professions. From the group I could feel a sense of closeness and fellowship. I myself had just had a very productive day (no pun) planning out some career goals. Some distant and some very near. Among all of us, ages ranging from 21-24 there was one common thread, among others. We all want to achieve something that to most seems unattainable…. Success.
Merriam-Webster’s definition of the word “success” reads as follows…
2 a : degree or measure of succeeding b : favorable or desired outcome; also : the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence
Stay with me here…
Well… what if one attains “wealth, favor or eminence” and it turns out to be unfavorable or desirable in hindsight? And furthermore, to what degree does one measure success? It seems as the common mistake that is made is when people get lost in the pursuit of happiness and find themselves measuring their success and happiness by what other people or society deems as “successful”. Does wealth equal success? How about popularity and overwhelming influence? It seems to me that people get a false sense of what “success” truly is and what is relative to them and their lives. You might see a garbage man picking up trash at 5 am and think “Damn, that must suck! Picking up trash? At 5 am? In all weather conditions? Who would want to do that? He wasn’t successful in life”… smh. In all actuality, that very same “sanitation engineer” may have never had a job in life or may have never been able to support himself or family. If he is able to now consistantly provide food and shelter for his family as a garbage man, with whatever amount of money he makes, regardless of weather he lives in a house or apartment, I am one that can commend him with a job well done. He has succeeded. If he can watch his children sleep at night and not worry about them being hungry then hasn’t he succeeded if that was his goal? Pardon my neurons…
J.F.K
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Mickey Factz ft. B.o.B.- Mind Blowin
Posted by Steve-O | Filed under Music
Click HERE to download.
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Mayer Hawthorne- Maybe So, Maybe No
Posted by Steve-O | Filed under Music, Video/Film
Los Angeles-via-Ann Arbor singer/DJ/producer/multi-instrumentalist Mayer Hawthorne basically does everything on A Strange Arrangement, his debut full-length for Stones Throw. He is definitely my favorite artist of 2009, and his video is awesome. Click HERE to buy his album. Support great music.
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Hood By Air
Posted by Steve-O | Filed under Style & Fashion, Video/Film
Hood by Air is a unisex fashion label that captures a street futurism filled with new ideas and takes on what the streets are really into. Click HERE for more info on the brand.
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The Last 4Ooz Photographed By Poppa Purp
Posted by Steve-O | Filed under Culture, Events
I was there. Had a blast. Props to Gabe & and Van Man. Click HERE for more images.
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The Many Faces of Levi van Veluw
Posted by Yo and Sons | Filed under Art, Culture
Levi van Veluw´s photo series are self-portraits, drawn and photographed by himself: a one-man-process. His works constitute elemental transfers; modifying the face as object; combining it with other stylistic elements to create a third visual object of great visual impact. The work you see therefore is not a portrait, but an information-rich image of colour, form, texture, and content. The image contains the history of a short creative process, with the artist shifting between the entities of subject and object.
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Premium Goods TV
Posted by Steve-O | Filed under Culture, Style & Fashion
Support Premium Goods. One of the best stores in Brooklyn.
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Jade<3 – Take The Hit ft. Theophilus London
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Check out Jade’s new track, Take The Hit feat. Theophilus London off her debut EP. It’s My Heart Cookie
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Click HERE to download the full EP.
Tags: It's My Heart Cookie, Jade, jadeismusic, Theophilus London
Gifted Elite Interviews Kwasi
Posted by Steve-O | Filed under Press, Style & Fashion
Kwasi: style is multifaceted. I have to be able to go from putting on a suit for a meeting with a Marketing Executive at a label to urban attire while hanging in Harlem with the homies. I can also say my style is transitional. I can go from “The Corner” to “Corner Office”. My style was inherited from my Great Grand Uncles. My mother would tell me they were “Sharp from head to toe.” That always stuck with me when getting dressed. I was the only kindergarten wearing 3 piece suits to school.
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