Wednesday, December 30, 2009

The Best And The Worst Of 2009

The Best Of 2009:
- U.T.N.G. Clothing Co.
- The Megaphone State's Home Of The Knockout Artist LP
- Taking a trip to the promised land of weed... Holland
- De La Soul @ Pori Jazz Festival
- Everything with Jay Electronica on it
- Shyne's release

The Worst Of 2009:
- Michael Jackson's murder
- Kanye's random acts of fuckery
- The world still not giving a fuck about Palestine
- The Central Station of Helsinki becoming Waterworld
- People who actually enjoy watching The Hills
- Insomnia

It's been a good year and my new year's resolution is to make the best out of the year of the tiger.
Big up to everyone who's been reading my blog and sharing their opinions with me.
Let's keep the negative energy away with positive thinking and keep building for tomorrow. Save the children.

Yours Truly,
Riqzilla

Monday, December 28, 2009

Fashawn - Memory Lane

"Just wanted to thank everybody for their support in 2009. I couldn’t have been asked for a better group of colleagues, fans, and team to help get my music out to the masses. I’m gonna drop this project I actually wrote and recorded in a week while living in LA last summer before I did The Antidote [with Alchemist]. I chose to hold off on it for a while, but feel 2010 is the perfect time to let my fans hear it. Here’s a little taste of it.

Shout outs to Green Lantern for lacing me with instrumentals, to Large Pro for helping me get what is almost impossible to get and to one of the best poets to ever live who inspired me to do what I do. Look for more music, collabs and shows for 2010. God Bless and Thanks again." - Fashawn

Download: http://usershare.net/95q2yyvcoich

The Cool Kids Interview With Illroots

Smoke DZA feat Asher Roth, Devin The Dude, Curren$y & June Summers - Marley & Me Remix

Pay attention all my piss-test-failures!
Download: http://usershare.net/m8uruz0i5ohq

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Black Thought - Jam Boys

Download: http://www.zshare.net/audio/70255898c25e7155/

Via: Hypebeast

UBIQ Black Thought Interview

UBIQ: State your name.
BT: I’m Black Thought. Lead vocalist from the Roots, a member of the Money Making Jam Boys.

UBIQ: How important is fashion to you?
BT: Fashion was very important in the early part of my career now its just in me. I always been one of those dudes and push the envelope and set the trends. I got kicked out of my high school prom for what I had on.

UBIQ: What brands do you like?
BT: I have a homie that has a denim bar in soho and he makes a brand called Samurai. I rock the PRPS. That is my favorite denim since 2002

UBIQ: What are you rocking on the footwear
BT: I have a relationship with GUCCI. I like LV’s, the skater look shoes, the LV Kanye joints was crazy. I use to be heavy into NIKE but my taste have evolved. I wear classics like Jack Purcells and all the classics.

UBIQ: What’s going on in the music world?
BT: I try to keep a full plate. We did a music documentary that has a soundtrack. It’s called “A Soundtrack of A Revolution”. It’s The Roots and TV On The Radio. It’s nominated for an Oscar. I’m also working on an album with Danger Mouse and that’s called The Dangerous Thoughts, and then the Money Making Jam Boy’s project and then you know the new Roots album which is called “How I Got Over”. That will be out in February.

UBIQ: What’s going on with all the music getting leaked on Black Thought?
BT: I have no idea how these records are getting out. It’s various songs that don’t make the album, not because they aren’t good, it just might not fit the albums feel. But I am going to start releasing joints on THe Money Making Jam Boys Project though.

UBIQ: Since UBIQ is short for UBIQUITOUS, We wanted to know where your favorite place in the world is?
BT: If I had to dip I would go to Stockholm Sweden. Only thing I don’t like is they are harsh on the drugs. I love the people and the shopping is crazy. The Nobel Peace Prize is from there, so you know its peace!

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Kanye West x Bape - Spring Lookbook 2010








Via: Hypebeast

U-N-I - Supreme 2.0

A Love Supreme 2.0 drops February 23rd and features revamped tracks and 5 bonus songs.
Download: http://usershare.net/jg13bqefjv9j

Show Tufli - One For Show

Produced by Charles Hamilton.
Download: http://usershare.net/fuaconwazmu5

Up To No Good Clothing Co.





Me and my homegirl Lilli recently launched our Clothing Company Up To No Good and here's a sneak peek of our first shirts in the making.
We also made some stickers to go with the shirts and our first photoshoot will be released in the beginning of 2010 so stay tuned yall!!!!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Dame Dash's DD172 Space aka 24/7 Karate School




Dame's multi-leveled complex houses two recording studios, an art gallery, publishes a magazine and is the headquarters for Dame's latest venture CreativeControl.tv. Such artist as Jim Jones, Q-Tip, Raekwon, Rza, Jay Electronica, Pharoahe Monch, Billy Danze, The Cool Kids, Curren$y, Black Keys & Mos Def have worked there already.
I really gotta say that this is like one of my biggest dreams to run a house like this. I have nothing else than major respect for dude.
Check out http://creativecontrol.tv/www/

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