Who's next...

Persephone!

Don't Point At The Seal

It makes seal verrrry angrrry....

Style Net BBQ Birthday Bash

April 21st was the cook out season kick off at the Style Lab...Ubi, Michelle, Boogie and Drew's birthdays were celebrated with style...
Carrine didn't pop and Eanna showed up just in time to finish off the ice cream cake.

What's up with your girl?

Matching kicks...

To celebrate the arrival of the new Rasta Mo shirts i've been on a hunt for the perfect kicks to match. Here is one custom Reebok that i put together. I just might have to cop some of these. $75 a custom shoe...ill! Too bad i already picked up some red black and gold pumas the other day. Alas...what can you say


Here is an example that i found earlier today.




Customize your Reeboks here

What's up with your boy?

We at WTFIT are starting a new section: "What's up with your boy?"
I think you all will be able to tell what this new section is about.

Joc Max and Miles Bonny on the beats

Hip-hop and Hot Wings at the Peanut has been a staple in my weekend activities now for quite a while. I've beenfortunate to have found my niche over in a corner at my merch table and can watch everyone safely behind my button bins and t-shirt stacks. Last Sunday was definetly one of those nights not to be shy behind a table or glued to your seat. The place was like a living timeline. Several generations of local artists, djs, producers and emcees gathered together. I saw Phem, Scribe, Gear, IncOne, Krie, Aero, Dj Hike, TaHa, GodSon, Adrian Halpern, Brother of Moses, Approach, Atilla the Beatsmith....
the list goes on and on. Joc Max and Miles Bonny took turnsplaying beats they had crafted on a soundsystem that was nearly buckling under the bass they were pumping out. By the end of the night, when the music became too contagious to handle, everyone was on their feet. Not even a minor b-boy scuffle downstairs -- HH&HW's first fight? -- could dampen the spirits.
It's funny because we'd been talking about making an official Kansas City/Lawrence Hip-Hop timeline...but nights like this, with a living, breathing timeline under one roof, make a written record seems so inadequate compared to the real, live thing.
You might remember a couple of weeks ago, when Miles got himself into a so-called "PR Disaster" (see the hiphopkc.com forum for reference) for telling a radio interviewer that he had a beat worth no less than $7,000.
The beats were definitely worth $7,000, but the night itself was priceless.
-Sike

We Hit the Jackpot

Godemis of CES CRU




Here's J-Queasy casting a spell over the crowd....



Here's Reach...Milkdrop is in the background, bowing his head reverently....



And here's Ces Cru...wait...that's not Ces Cru. Shit...this somehow slipped over from our file of kitty porn....aagh!

The A3C in ATL

I was in ATL the 1st weekend of April for the A3C EVENT.
It was good to be in ATL for more than just the time it takes to pass through on the interstate heading to West Palm Beach.
The A3C event put together by ARCH THE FINGER records lasted three days and featured a whole grab bag of hip-hop acts.
The majority of the groups that i saw perform on Thursday and Friday didn't stick in my memory for some reason. Maybe i've seen too much indie hip-hop and it all blends together after seeing all those acts together. Maybe i'm burnt out. Maybe i'm too superficial. When I see guys with surfer hair cuts (the kind that flips up at the ends...eeew.) and half-time drum-and-bass beats, I just have to wonder if having a mile-a-minute flow with twenty 6-syllable words is each line is really going to make you dope on stage. I just couldn't get into it. The crowd was right there with me, too. Sure, people were in front of the stage, having conversations about the after-parties, or swaying back and forth in a drunken state. But no one really seemed to be rockin' out what this dude was puttin' down. The few groups that I saw who captured the crowd (that I remember) were:
Collective Efforts. And Simple Complexity had a crowd of girls front and center screaming at Mas Appeal and Junkie. Check it out.



Rob Roy was another performer that held some interest for sure. Jumping on speakers and whatnot. Of course Asamov was dope. That giant boom box is a sight to see. Binkis Reks had a hot set where they rocked over classic breaks from hip-hop's funk history library. My favorite was the Perceptionists. Yeah I know...I’m just a fan. But I had yet to see Mr. Lif and Akrobatic live, so I was hype to hear what they had to say. After a bit of microphone cord difficulty, Mr. Lif came off really solid. He's not as monotone in person as he is on record and you could hear every word. Excellent diction. ( haha ) The crowd who stuck around until 2am to see them was feelin' it too. Akrobatik rocked a couple of verses that I’ve been waitin' to hear and I hope you can hear the video audio okay.... check it out.



One of the most memorable moments in ATL was this cat we ran into in an area they called Little Five Points. I don't know really where we were so I’ll have to take my guide's word for it. This guy was wild. I thought that we was part of a local hip-hop duo out slangin' CDs to the shoppers passin' by. But when homie with the CD player left and didn't return I realized we were dealing with a different type of street urchin. This guy was from all over the east coast, New York, Fort Myers FL. and anywhere in between. He rambled on about the difference between MCs and Rappers for a while and I was glad when Junkie let him know that he was preaching to the choir and could spare us the lesson. Check out this exchange we had.

KRS ONE speaks in Lawrence 3-29-06