Charlotte’s Black Sheep Skate Shop has teamed up with Alien Workshop for a limited edition deck that will be released on Friday, December 2nd, 2011. The original artwork was created by Alien Workshop co-founder Mike Hill. To celebrate this release, Black Sheep has teamed up with CharlotteSkate for a photo retrospective of the skateboarding scene in Charlotte featuring over 20 years of local skateboard history from photographers, including Brian Tucker, Richie McCorkle, Jason Waters, and Mark Hansen.
Jamie Hewlett, the visual artist behind the virtual group, Gorillaz, has designed a series of Gorillaz-themed prints for a Gorillaz Chuck Taylor All Star collection. Converse will be releasing the collection in February of 2012 which features 3 more designs which are yet to be revealed. Rumor has it that this collaboration has been in the works for over 10 years.
Gorillaz will release a new song for Converse’s “Three Artists. One Song” series, which recently included a collaboration between Matt & Kim, Soulja Boy, and Andrew W.K. The release of this song will coincide with the February release of the collection.
Gorillaz and Converse are hosting an launch event on December 1 featuring Gorillaz Sound System, a Gorillaz-endorsed audio-visual experience that includes music, live percussion, and projected visuals. The event will take place at 100 Club in London. I wanna go!
Gorillaz will release a new greatest-hits compilation, The Singles Collection, on November 29.
Transformers N The Hood is a mixtape from FKi featuring prod from Diplo and We Are the Process brand homies, Heroes + Villains and Mayhem. It’s a crossover project bridging Hiphop and Dubstep and will release in full on Mad Decent in a few weeks.
The above video is a semi-retake on the Britney Spears track, Toxic, from 2004. I don’t think I’ve every heard anything quite like this before. In fact, I kinda love it. The right amount of dubstep, rap lyrics, a pop hook, hipster chicks, and indie credibility. The sample for the hook is sung by Yael Naim. Don’t know who she is? Remember this?
Two of my favorite artists, Righchus and Stranger Day, have finally worked together on the track, Been Gone, which is one of the many bangers on Righchus’ newest EP, Black Cradles. I hope this is just the beginning of what’s to come from these two well-versed Southern gents! South Carolina & North Carolina stand up!
The NIKE MAG is no longer the “greatest shoe never made.” The mythical shoe that originally captured the imagination of audiences in Back to the Future II is being released – and they’re here to help create a future without Parkinson’s disease.
1500 pairs of the 2011 NIKE MAG will be auctioned on eBay with all net proceeds going directly to The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Each day for the duration of the ten-day auction, one hundred and fifty pairs of the 2011 NIKE MAG shoes will be made available via eBay’s Fashion Vault. The auction starts September 8, 11:30PM EST, and will end September 18. Thanks to a previous 50 million dollar match given to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, all donations will be matched, effectively doubling the contributions from the auction.
The original NIKE MAG was worn by the Back to the Future character Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, in the year 2015. It came alive, lit up and formed to Marty’s foot. The 2011 NIKE MAG shoe was designed to be a precise replica of the original from Back to the Future II. The aesthetic is an exact match, down to the contours of the upper, the glowing LED panel and the electroluminescent NIKE in the strap. The 2011 NIKE MAG illuminates with the pinch of the “ear” of the high top, glowing for five hours per charge.
On “Hard To Quit The Rhyme” ATL stalwarts, 4-Ize and Señor Kaos, come together to let the world know Hip Hop is something they live. Produced by ATL’s own Floyd The Locsmif, the record also features guest vocals by Grammy nominated ATL soul singer Anthony David. Hard To Quit The Rhyme has already been featured on AllHipHop.com as the “Heater Of The Day” now with the Black Box ATL directed video Ultra Beast plan to show the world that the real Hip Hop scene in Atlanta is ready to come above ground.
Be on the lookout for the 4-Ize and Señor Kaos Are Ultra Beast project sometime in 2012. The album is set to feature some of the best Beast in Hip Hop.
To coincide with the We Are the Process summer drop that should be hitting store shelves this week, we wanted to commemorate our relationship with Atlanta boutique, Standard, with this special edition Nokahoma tee. The store has had our backs since day one and we couldn’t be more grateful for that. Standard’s owner, Farshad Arshid, handpicked the navy (his favorite color) and light blue colorway for this limited run of tees that will be available only at Standard’s Lenox Square location. Tees will go on sale at noon on Thursday, July 21st. Georgios and myself will be hanging out all day with our “Conquest” bike in-tow. Come see us!
Bart Sasso from Esperanza of team Esperanza x The Process
The ATL Bocce league is back with the beginning of it’s summer league. You can find team Esperanza x The Process slangin’ the rock at Piedmont Park on Monday nights at 6:30pm. As you can see, we’re serious about our bocce ball. We’re sitting at the top of the charts at 2-0!
