In hip-hop short shelf lives are the norm, but MF DOOM has proved to be an extraordinary exception.
For Frank Chapter 48 we have MF DOOM as guest curator. He has crafted a book as unique and compelling as his music, while calling on a cast of collaborators far outside the normal frame of reference for a hip-hop artist. This Frank Book will be an instant classic.
The prolific two letter bombing legend, MQ, along side New York rapper, Skam Dust, sent over this photo of a recent spot paying tribute to the recent passing of Beastie Boys member Adam “MCA” Yauch.
The Hundreds recently sat down with close friend and street artist REVOK of The Seventh Letter to shoot this teaser and video interview for a collaboration between the two names to be released in June. In this video, REVOK candidly opens up on what he thinks the police think of graffiti, talks about his biggest fan who once was his biggest detractor, while reminding fellow artists if they’re “going around writing their names on stuff,” to never take themselves too seriously.
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John Joseph a.k.a. “Bloodclot” was part of The Cro-Mags — a heavily influential first-wave hardcore band from the early days of New York City’s punk and hardcore scene. 10.Deep recently caught up with Joseph to shoot a few photos of the street subculture icon wearing its new Spring 2012 line. Additionally, 10.Deep was also able to chat with Joseph about New York’s “bad old days.” You can check out the full lookbook, along with an interview and some vintage Cro-Mags footage here. The 10.Deep Spring collection is available now, and the exclusive John Joseph/Cro-Mags tee is expected to hit stores in limited quantities on May 10.
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MidiFlash, a production duo from Munich/Germany, is already looking back to a working his-tory of 15 years. Up until today, their initial musical influences are still easily detectable in their beats: They were shaped by the Pete Rocks and Premos, who eventually made them leave their turntables and turn to producing equipment in the mid-90s. For quite a while, it all happened behind closed doors, without any ambitions to go public, just recording with G.I.s from the Army bases around their hometown doing the rapping-parts. On this output, which you can DOWNLOAD below FOR FREE the case is a slightly different one. This time, it’s an international MC-armada, getting together due to a single common denominator: their love of Hip Hop culture. M-Dot, Nutso, The Society Of Invisibles, Little Vic, Tribeca, Side Effect, Banish, Morlockk Dilemma, Antihelden, R.U.F.F.K.I.D.D., Black Tiger and many other guest MCs from all imaginable places in the world can be found on Pleased To Beat You.
During his tattoo tour in Denmark Big Sleeps found some time to hit up some walls together with the homie Bates…
ANDRES HERREN is a young photographer based in zurich, switzerland.
A trip to LA during the summer of 2009 was a life changing experience for him on a personal as well as artistic level. The vibrating city with its many different facets captured his interest. The lowrider scene and the LA CULTURA inspired him a lot.
Here’s a small selection of some of his work as well an video documentary about how Andres got into photography.
