In the modern day world of hip hop, I'm beginning to feel like some so called "artists" are blowing up merely based off their ability to wow us with their confidence in their crap music than with actual talent. In the words of Eminem, "It is NOT about lyrics anymore. All they want is a hot beat and a catchy hook." Not to say there aren't anymore lyricists, because that’s not true. Call me jaded,…

photos by 10Photos It's been exactly a year since the release of Rockie's Modern Life, the debut mixtape from Chicago's Rockie Fresh.  "It's great when you get to work with a young artist who has a good team and good head on his shoulders, and Rockie fits both categories," I wrote about the experience of working on the mixtape.  12 months later and Rockie is back with his sophomore set, The…

SuYoon is a new lifestyle brand that merges women's stylish provocative footwear and sportswear athleticism. Here is their video look book for Fall 2010 that features cameos form DJ Clark Kent & Neil Armstrong,with a beautiful model bouncing around in her latest SuYoon footwear, with soundtrack provided by Feist (who I just became an instant fan of after watching this).Read more

Years are fairly arbitrary time periods. The only thing that makes a decade is the human conditions' odometer fetish. Unfortunately, like you, I'm human as well and fall prey to these tendencies. I can't claim to know everything, I'm just an educated observer; and here are my educated observations. They are not perfect and neither you nor I will completely agree with them in a years time, but…