Album Cover Design, behind the scenes

I was looking at a blog a while ago and came across an artist who paints shapes on inanimate objects then photographs it. Then I saw the cover of the latest Jay-Z album,

video of the week

The video of the week comes to us from the Mighty Mos Def. His videos are as powerful as his lyrics. I enjoy watching the movement of type floating without gravity. You can watch the video here: Mos Def- casa bey

To my Designer friends

I came across this, its pretty hilarious, Im sure we can all relate.

Process

Last  summer I watched a bunch of lectures on design, one of the lectures were by Ross Lovegrove. He described the process by which he designed a new water bottle.

Metal Flowers in my Urban Garden

Lights at Riverbank Park

I took this picture last summer I think,  at River Bank Park in Harlem a block away from my old apartment.

Breakin is coming home

I am the first one to say that NYC has the worst bboy competitions. There are many reasons for this, I dont blame NYC or even the people that throw the jam. I traveled across the country to some of the freshest battles such as Freestyle session (long Beach, CA) /Breaklanta (ATL), ground Zero,( Rochester NY)/ city vs City, (Chicago) Bboy olympics, (Boston) Red Bull is bringin it home to the birthplace of Breakin (hip hop).  As you can see from the trailer its gonna be one hell of an event. I think im gonna have to go dust off my track jacket and elbow pads.

Seen any good movies?

I know im not the only one who is noticing all the remakes.

Video of the week

Its too bad that positive hip hop still struggles to get air play. People like Common, Mos Def, the Roots, and Talib are starting to get the credit they deserve. My Video pick of the week in the Roots- How I got over. Im really tired of hearing about the cars, drugs, guns business. Seriously they are all actors, they arent doing any of that. On that note Imma keep it real and get my a$$ to cla$$.  <get it, lol education is a money hungry business too.

A week without Facebook

Friends till the end

Goodmorning, it has not been one full week yet. After the first couple of days you begin to realize you kinda need FB to reach to your homies. But

Karma 360

Karma Curve

I need to preface this story with a story. lol