Enemy of the State: A Love Story
What a great way to start off your Thanksgiving, and make it that much more memorable with the anticipated release of Lupe Fiasco’s new mixtape titled Enemy Of The State: A Love Story! The one track cassette style mixtape has a rock influence, and a more aggressive Lupe Fiasco flow. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Give thanks for the unreasonable happiness that is your life, and for all the people and things that make it so damn interesting.
Also as a special bonus, Lu’ is dropping another mixtape called Friend of the People on Christmas.
download Enemy of the State: A Love Story here
Complex Exclusive: Piecebook Reloaded Gallery
For a while now, ego trip founder/Complex big homie Sacha Jenkins and Dave “CHINO BYI” Villorente have been holding it down for graffiti by compiling writers’ sketches; Piecebook: The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers and Piecebook Reloaded function both as dope art books and historical archives of graf legends’ hand styles. So of course we had to bring the crew around to join forces with us at Complex HQ. Sacha, Dave, and five all-city writers (DOC TC5, KAVES, STEM, CES and KEO) dropped by to lend their visual talents to a photo shoot with an insanely hot model.
Source via: Complex
More photos after the jump.
Panera!
Nic’ + I paired up for a late lunch at the other day. She thought it was long overdue since we hardly seen each other this semester. I suggested Panera since I wanted to try the ‘Napa Almond Chicken Salad Sandwich,’ which was bang’n, and for a drink, I ordered a ‘Green Tea’ to complete my meal. I think Nic’ ordered the ‘Asiago Roast Beef’.
Josiah Venter x Bar4 Brooklyn
I hope all of you have been enjoying these beautiful and surprisingly warm, autumn days. I imagine most of you are heading out of town for Thanksgiving but for those of you staying here, or for those still undecided, perhaps an evening of music in Brooklyn with Josiah persuades you to stay and better yet, come out and celebrate.
- Josiah
8pm @Bar 4 in Park Slope Brooklyn
444 7th Ave (corner of 15 St) 11215
Free!
Vote for Art
President and founder Jeremy Parker of Vote For Art, a new startup backed by the large apparel company David Peyser Sportswear have partnered with Purdue University to launch their first major contest of ‘Create the new Purdue basketball t-shirt.’
The winners’ artwork will be printed on t-shirts and sold at the University bookstore. (Winning designers will earn $500 and 2% of t-shirt sales). All artists no matter where they are from and what school they go to can submit designs into the contest. Check out the website for more information.
Blakroc Project week 1
11 artist who collaborated with the Black Keys x 11 days x 11 tracks. 11.27.2009. Photos by John Peets
More photos after the jump.
Lucky
Brilliant stop motion music video, animated entirely with glow sticks by Darcy Predergast, an animation company in Melbourne, Australia. More stop motion cartoons with a twisted sense of humor are also a must see.
Source via: Anamorphosis
Know Your Medium. Iconic Advice
I’ve always said I was a print guy so I try to look at typography very closely. Animation was mad cool and I love the end results, usually, but I was never good at it. Advanced kinematics, and I’m like huh? I love what animators do, but I know my strengths. I thought about illustration but I wasn’t always the best illustrator in the class. 6th grade, Ms. Pithy class, Myself, Ricci Steez, Easy, Tyquan, and Adam used to compete for the best Dragon Ball Z illustrations. But that was way back then. I can do illustration but that’s secondary. Typographers, well, you just have to have a good eye for it and love type. I use to pride myself on penmanship. Hill Curtis leaves us with a little advice on finding your niche.
Knowing your medium is so important to the end result of any project we create. The medium or means of what you create can dictate the what and the how of your idea. Hillman curtis tells us in this edition of Iconic advice (from the pages of Computer Arts Magazine) to “Know your medium” - Taking advice from a person who has pushed the boundaries of the web and film is extremely relevant.
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Video: “BK BK BK” Maino
When I see videos like this, it’s makes me proud to be from BROOKLYN USA! You may not like Maino or he may not be the best but he went in on this joint. When people say BK is a big place believe them, just take a look.
Video: Ain’t Nothing Like You, Blackroc feat. Mos Def x Jim Jones
Check out Blak Roc’s impending album with the same name featuring NICOLE WRAY.
Street Level x Sue Kwons
“Street Level is a two decade history of New York’s five boroughs through a photo lens. Unfettered, Sue Kwons 200 page deep book looks at average citizens paired up alongside big ticket stars like Hov, Kanye, and the Beastie Boys. Everyone is brought down to street level through the poignant black and white prints”.
Lil Wayne: The Carter documentary
Just after hearing Wayne is preparing to do a bid in February for a past gun charge, it’s a pivotal time for QD3 to present the ‘The Carter” documentary. What better way is there to pay homage to a pop icon than Sundance? “Few will ever live the life of a true rock star, Wayne is one of the few.”
Designers Against Tibetan Abuse
Since starting the program for DATA/Designers Against Human Rights Abuse, the group has created another publication entitled 3 Minutes. The premise of the book is to show the full extent of the Tibetan conflict through 10 diverse and extremely powerful 3-minute interviews, each describing the 3 minutes that changed their lives. ‘Contributors were asked to translate these minute interviews into 16 printed page booklets using primarily typography. The result is a book made up of 10 beautifully designed booklets from some of the world’s best designers showcasing considered and stunning typography.’
The London exhibition sold out and raised £5,000 for charity (personally, I wish it had been more). It was a great idea and I hope the founders continue on and keep moving the cause forward with more projects and exhibitions to continue to raise money. You can read more about DATA/DAHRA here.
Source via: Change the Thought
Blu Book
Blu published a book with Studiocromie of of their mind-boggling drawings that was hand printed and signed by the artist. Unfortunately, it’s already sold out!
Adidas: It’s On Me for We
ill video, my boy D. Rose is show’n y’all how we about to get it this season.
Video after the jump.
Through the Wire
COMING OUT IN NOVEMBER FROM MR.WEST. TITLED “THROUGH THE WIRE,” WHICH ILLUSTRATES THE SONGS RELEASE ON THE ALBUM. FROM HIM DROPPING OUT OF COLLEGE TO HIS ACCIDENT THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER.
MORE FOTOS AFTER THE JUMP
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