Thursday, November 29, 2007

Featured Brand : Dissiizit



"DISSIZIT, DISSIZIT, DISSIZIT!" (THIS IS IT, THIS IS IT, THIS IS IT!) A quote from the documentary "Style Wars" by graff pioneer Iz the Wiz was all SLICK needed to hear when he came up with the brand DISSIZIT! You can read it several different ways, "this is it!", the final, the end, the shit, or that we've finally arrived. The designs are courtesy of O.G. graff legend SLICK, who had his start airbrushing t-shirts on the shores of Waikiki and worked his way to Los Angeles, and Danny Boy O'Connor of House of Pain/La Coka Nostra fame.



SLICK is no stranger to the clothing game; for graffiti it was "Third Rail", for skaters and punks he did "Fuct Clothing", he brought you the Asian flavor with a street twist with "Shaolin Worldwide", and he has finally come full circle back to his graff roots with DISSIZIT! His art has been featured in countless documentaries, magazines, music videos, feature films and even an album cover or two, most notably "The Bizarre Ride to the Pharcyde".




DISSIZIT! like to keep the heads on their toes and fuck with what’s hot that particular moment, and flipping it, but never straying too far from the graff. It's sometimes difficult to come up with dope shit every couple of months, just to have the bigger dogs come down and swoop to make a killing. Still DISSIZIT! continues to grow at a steady pace, unaffected by this unforgiving industry where brands pop up and disappear every day, DISSIZIT! is here to stay.




DISSIZIT! makes a sweet ass spraycan plushy. Don’t sleep on these cats! Everything is limited, so if you get it, cool, if you don’t, ya snoozed. Don’t trip though if you miss a release, you can probably get something similar soon after from one of the hundreds of whack ass brands in stores everywhere.

Monday, November 26, 2007

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Crooks N Castles Feature in Videos

Nas - Hustlers (Feat. The Game)



DJ Khaled - I'm So Hood (Remix)



Tony Sunshine Ft Lumidee - She's Like The Wind



Keep supporting the Crooks and we'll keep servin up some hot shit!!

Featured Brand : Crooks N Castles



Crooks & Castles have always routed for the villain whether it be in a movie, a comic book, a novel, a rap song or everyday life. Growing up in Los Angeles during the 80's & 90's has become a part of this villainous lifestyle. Gangs were everywhere - the hood, the city, even middle suburbia. Most had no choice but to adapt to the environment. Some were able to escape or even channel what they've learned on the street into something lucrative. What caught the people’s attention in the mid 90's were independent fashion/graphic brands. After years of learning the in's & out's of the business by starting a brand without any knowledge of how to start or run a clothing company, they’ve finally come to this... "Crooks & Castles"! The concept was easy. "Crooks", criminals, pimps, hustlers, thieves, etc and "Castles" the ones who got rich by becoming a crook.



From the robber barons of the early times like the vanderbilts, the rockefellers, the carnegies to the modern day billionaires - Bill Gates & Microsoft. Those who stopped at nothing to get their "Castle". Hoping one day to be the next rich crook. In some of the designs you might see a familiar icon or logo that they took (stole) and gave it their own twist. They felt that some high fashion brands only catered to someone in a certain lifestyle or with a rather large bank account. Therefore they took what the other brands made and crafted it to fit theirs. In all honesty... who cares? They just really wanted to make some... Hot Shit!

Monday, November 19, 2007

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Featured Brand : SNEAKTIP



Marlon Raichel, The Brand Manager branched off and started to launch his private label , SneakTip in 2006. The company is Coney Island based and is a lifestyle brand delivering products geared towards the streetwear culture, mostly the sneaker enthusiasts



A few years ago, collecting sneakers was an underground group of hobbyist who spent most their time and money looking and hunting for extremely rare realeases of sneakers. Sneakerheads, as we call them, always had to have heads up on the sneaker market, staying ahead and always on tip of future releases, thus the name Sneaktip.



With the continuing flow of commemorative releases, teared exclusive accounts and the retro phenomenon, maintaining a healthy ensemble of footwear has became a general mass standard.Now the word "sneakers" have had become a household name. SneakTip pulls from the essence of New York's rich, urban lifestyle-meshing its arts, history, icons and music to bring a sneaker infused T-shirt brand with substantial depth to successfully reach this new niche market, the "SneakerHeads".

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

MURAKAMIA @ MOCA LOS ANGELESE CHECK THE VIDS OUT

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

GREETINGS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD MALIBU TO PASADENA TO LOS ANGELES

FROM GREYONE TO ROSEWOOD THE HUNDREDS SLB FLIGHT CLUB AND DIAMOND
SUPPLT Co FAIR FAX TO MELROSE BROOKLYN PROJECTS
BUMPING INTO EVERLAST, DIZ FROM DIAMOND DOM FROM BP

MORE TO COME IN THE DAY OF THE LIFE OF G1 SOCIAL

WAIT TILL U SEE THE NEW HEAT COMING SOON

ME AND JERRY AND CHACE INFINITE TOURING THE LA SCENE