Diddy - Dirty Money - Loving You Know More featuring Drake (mastered)

This song leaked a while ago, mainly with just reference recordings, and I really wasn’t too impressed. But the polished, finished version? It’s fantastic. The hook is really cheesy, but that’s not one of the great parts: there are the verses, the melodies, the piano, the production, and Drake’s verse. Drake did really well on here, which is great, because he has quite a spotty record on anyone else’s records.

I think Diddy wrote a lot of big checks for his upcoming album. I’m really excited. And Dirty Money sounds great too. Who would have thought all of those Making Da Bands would have snowballed into something listenable?

Bape Crape Sneaker

With the suede and the huge laces, they look so SOFT.

I would post that new Kanye West track, but that would be supporting Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj. I’d rather post found images of human shit.

hiniki:

Rilo Kiley- “The Good That Won’t Come Out”

Nike Sportswear Destroyer Varsity Jacket Spring 2011

I REALLY want a varsity jacket. There’s a lot of random stuff on this jacket that I don’t know if I care for though.

Takashi Murakami x Britney Spears x POP Magazine

The first thing that comes to mind when I see this is how recent the Lindsay Lohan X KAWS X Complex Magazine issue was. The two magazines generally go to two completely different demographics, but when they pull in Superflat artists, it brings the demographics a lot closer together. To me, it doesn’t seem as if Takashi Murakami had complete reign over the cover like KAWS did, as Takashi’s original compositions are a lot cleaner than this, but then again, the Takashi cover recycles Kaikai Kiki motifs, while the KAWS cover looks completely original. The only reason why I would prefer the POP magazine cover over the Complex cover is within the models. Lindsay Lohan is very uninteresting, and gives us very uninteresting poses in boring shots, in boring clothes. Complex expects males from 25-55 (gross to think about and type) to buy the magazine, and they gave them sex. Britney Spears, someone I find mildly more reclusive than Lindsay Lohan, is shot in a more interesting poses, ones that aren’t overtly and obtusely sexual, wearing interesting clothes, all of which can (so far) be credited to the photographer, Richard Prince. The POP cover, is aimed for a broader demographic, giving the viewer more art than sex. If only it weren’t for the obnoxious type cluttering the page, the POP magazine would have been quite the looker! EDIT: Turns out the direction is by Takashi Murakami, and it was shot by Todd Cole. This changes my view of Murakami’s influence on the page. It went from Pop/Commercial art to Fine art in seconds. Funny how the credits can change my opinion.

Jay-Z - I Miss You (Aaliyah remix)

RIP Aaliyah

Thom Brown Varsity Jacket Fall/Winter 2010

I really want it varsity jacket.

I didn’t see it when it was new, which would have made it way cooler.

But instead, I saw it now, and I really think that if they replaced Obama with a Budweiser commercial, it would be better, because, what’s really changed?

Oh, health care?
How are any of these unemployed people going to be able to benefit from a byzantine/bureaucratic required health insurance? Oh, I assume they’ll just pay those insane fines in 2014. Unless, of course, you assume the job fairy is coming. In which case, put your job stockings up on the mantle! Nothing’s impossible, but don’t be dumb.

Oh, Iraq?
That dude will be in the desert training people until at least 2020



On the other hand, what’s so great about American lager anyway? If I’m really picking livable countries by desirable adult beverages,


WASSSSSSSSSSSUP BELGIUM?

TRUE, TRUE.

But truthfully, if anything, these actors should have benefitted from the recession, as booze is proving recession proof. Especially Anheuser Busch.

It’s begun. These are my favorite albums of this year, so far. I’ll have witty shit to say about them all (in great detail) come that time of year.


I’m really waiting on

Pusha T - Fear of God
Tim Kasher - The Game of Monogamy
Kanye West - TBD
Jay Electronica - Act II

but everyone knows, there’s bound to surprises, and sometimes, even fourth quarter hail mary bombs from those we expect less from. Let the games begin, I guess.