Album on the Horizon: The Roots- Rising Down

The Roots are about to release their 10th studio album (release date: 29 April '08) and I can't wait! Man, I love The Roots and since they're releasing their album via Def Jam again, let's hope that they get more promo support- unlike with the very slept on Game Theory release. I came across a really special recording on OkayPlayer- it's a 1994 freestyle that was later slated to be a bonus track on the "Rising Down" album, but it was excluded because they couldn't get full clearance for the track.

Listen/Download the freestyle featuring a very young Black Thought here.

Image & Freestyle via OkayPlayer

Since today seems like Sneaker Day...

Coming from S.A, the best Converse you’ll get are plain black/white/red
or corduroy or some other lame shit- and quiet simply: I'M FED UP! Through my travels and online surfing, I’ve seen some really interesting colours, shades and fabrics used on Chucks that go beyond the usual wack ass garbage that South African consumers are fed. I'd venture to say that the S.A market gives a sizeable chunk of revenue towards Converse, yet we still get all the usual and hella boring Chucks dumped into the market. Either Converse S.A needs to step up their game or employ some young people who are more in touch. (does Converse even really have an S.A office??? Those people don’t even have a real website.)

On another note, I’ve been seeing some nice Converse kicks released to mark the 100^th anniversary of Converse. Basically what they’ve done is commission 100 of the world’s creative designers, artists and musicians to design their unique Converse. 50 have apparently already been designed, expressing each individual artist’s commentary on HIV/AIDS. New releases can be seen on the Converse website. And no, it's not a local site. Pics below.

A Sneak Peek...

Just a few of my babies...it's really hard to find hot kicks as a chick- esp in S.A. so I'm proud of my little collection. I have many more pairs of shoes and kicks but these are some of my fav's- plus I recently went on a binge; thanks to my brother's wedding. I have recently retired my tweed dunks (not pictured)-I think I need to hunt down another because they became such a staple of my look and now I'm ashamed of what they look like right now.

For Today...Katt Williams on Haters

Shit I know I got haters lurking everywhere, it's cool though- Katt has the perfect advise. This is one of my favourite Katt moments.