THIS WEEKS ARTIST IS TEYANA TAYLOR. BUT I'VE GOT MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS ONE. FIRST OF ALL MS. TEYANA CAUGHT MY ATTENTION ON THE LASTNIGHTSPARTY WEBSITE, SITED AT THE MAC AND HEATHERETTE PARTY A WHILE BACK. THEN I DECIDED SHE REALLY HAD DOPE APPEAL SIMPLY OFF OF THE FACT THAT SHE ROLLS WITH ONE OF MY FAVS PHARRELL AND IS NOW SIGNED UNDER [STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE RECORDS]. I LOVE HER SENSE OF STYLE, THE FACT THAT SHE'S FROM HARLEM, AND HER VOCALS ARE AMAZING. NOW YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING 'WELL WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER'? UNFORTUNATELY, AND YOU MAY NOTICE THIS YOURSELF WATCHING HER LATEST SINGLE/VIDEO "GOOGLE ME" OFF OF HER DEBUT ALBUM, SHE IS VERY REMINISCENT OF THE EVER SO ANNOYINGLY CLOWNISH LIL' MAMA. WORD TO THE WISE MENTOR PHARRELL, DROP HER I'M ONLY 17, I LIKE BUBBLE GUM ACT, AND GIVE THIS GIRL SOME SERIOUS SUBSTANCE. SHE HAS AMAZING TALENT AND POTENTIAL. I'D HATE TO SEE IT GO TO WASTE WITH A FEW HITS ON 106&PARK NEVER TO BE HEARD FROM AGAIN. MY OPINION, "TRAFFIC STOP" SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST RELEASE. LOVES IT.
LAFORET IS THE POPULAR JAPANESE DEPARTMENT STORE AND MUSEUM IN THE HEART OF THE HARAJUKU COMMERCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT OF TOKYO. A FASHION AND CULTURAL LANDMARK, LAFORET IS OFTEN CALLED THE BIRTHPLACE OF TOKYO'S STREET AND YOUTH CULTURE. LAFORET IS THE HOME OF OVER 100 BOUTIQUES AND FREQUENTLY HOSTS FASHION SHOWS, ART EXHIBITS, AND OTHER TRENDY EVENTS.
CURRENTLY FEATURED IS FUNKY BRAND KIKS TYO x YONE x AKI HOSHINO "SNEAKER LOVER POP UP SHOP" WHERE THEY WILL BE SELLING LIMITED EDITION TEES ONLY FOUND AT LAFORET UNTIL MAY 6TH.
ooohhh oooohhh ooohhh! LOOK WHAT I FOUND ON THE INTERNET!
ARTIST TIFFANY J. CREATES ART NOT HATS. FOUNDED IN 2006, THIS PHILLY BASED ARTIST TOOK HER SKILLS TO A NEW MEDIUM. SHE DRAWS HER INFLUENCE FROM HIP HOP, POETRY, AND NATURAL ELEMENTS TO CREATE THESE LITTLE BURSTS OF COLORFUL JOY FOR THE HEAD. GAINING MORE AND MORE RECOGNITION, YOU CAN CATCH COCKY PERSONA HATS BEING ROCKED BY SOME OF THE HOTTEST IN THE INDUSTRY INCLUDING TOKYO DIIVA AND GAIL SCOTT OF JUICE KREW (FEATURED ON TRL) , SPOKEN WORD ARTIST DFRO, PATTY CRASH, NIKKI JEAN FROM NOUVEAU RICHE (TOURING WITH LUPE FIASCO AND KANYE WEST), KSTAR, DJ LOS, AND MORE...
FOUNDED BY DESIGNER PAUL BUDNITZ IN 2002, KIDROBOT IS THE WORLD'S PREMIER DESIGNER AND RETAILER OF LIMITED EDITION ART TOYS AND APPAREL. KIDROBOT MERGES URBAN STREET TRENDS, FASHION, AND POP ART TO PRODUCE LIMITED EDITION, COLLECTIBLE TOYS AND APPAREL. KIDROBOT PRODUCTS FEATURE UNIQUE COLLABORATIONS WITH TOP INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS WITH BACKGROUNDS AS DIVERSE AS GRAFFITI, FINE ART, FASHION, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, GRAPHIC DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION, AND MUSIC.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BRAND BECAUSE OF THE BRIGHT COLORS AND FUN PRINTS. THE TOYS ARE PRETTY HOT COLLECTIBLES AS WELL. COME OUT TOMORROW AT 6PM AND HELP DESIGNER PAUL BUDNITZ CELEBRATE THE GRAND OPENING OF HIS SOHO LOCATION.
HEY EVERYBODY I'VE GOT A SECRET! OUR GIRL MELISSA FORD IS TOO GOOD TO TAKE CAB FARE IN PUBLIC AND WOULD JUST RATHER BEG FOR IT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS....I WON'T TELL ANYONE ELSE THOUGH.
LAST NIGHT AT GUEST HOUSE EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY ROUTINE. WE HAD THE WHOLE BACK SECTION OF THE CLUB ON LOCK. BIG UPS TO THE HOMIE JOE BUDDEN FOR COMING THROUGH. ALL WAS GOOD UNTIL THE MC ANNOUNCES THAT MELISSA FORD WAS IN THE BUILDING. LOOKING OUT, D. WHITNER'S MANAGER SWEETS MAKES SURE TO BREAK MS. FORD OFF A DUB FOR A TAXI RIDE HOME LATER. APPARENTLY THE GAME WAS MISTAKEN, I DON'T EVEN THINK SHE DRIVES OFF IN THE HONDA! AFTER REALIZING THAT MR. "BON JOVI" WASN'T EVEN PRESENT, THE FURIOUS MELISSA FORD TAKES THE MONEY, THEN HESITANT AT FIRST, KNOWING SHE NEEDED IT, RIPS IT TO SHREDS AND STORMS OFF.... AND THAT'S THE TRUTH KIDS, I COULDN'T MAKE THIS UP IF I TRIED.
CHEERS TO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL NFL DRAFT SEASON. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEARS DRAFT PICKS. ANYONE IN NEW YORK CITY OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND WOULD AGREE THAT ALTHOUGH WATCHING THE ACTUAL DRAFT ON TV WAS AS PAINFULLY BORING AS WATCHING PAINT DRY, THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO AND THERE AFTER WERE WORTH IT. THERE WERE ENDLESS WATERFALLS OF PATRON ALL NIGHT (SHOUT OUT TO FRANK!!), AND THE BOTTLES OF ACE OF SPADES NEVER STOPPED POURING. YOU CAN THANK JAY FOR THAT. IT WAS A SPECTACLE OF BALLERS, ENTERTAINERS, GROUPIES, AND GOLD DIGGERS ALL UNDER ONE ROOF. I PROMISE IT WAS LIKE THE WHOLE THING WAS CHOREOGRAPHED. AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSED AND THE PLACE LIT UP WITH THE SPARKLE OF DIAMONDS, THE GIRLS WOULD MAKE THEIR WAY OVER TO OUR VIP SECTIONS, WORKING THROUGH EACH LAYER STARTING WITH THE BODY GUARD, THEN THE COUSIN'S-BOY FRIEND'S-BEST FRIEND, TO THE MANAGER, UP TO THE 3RD STRING CORNER BACK, UNTIL FINALLY (IF THEY DIDN'T GET PICKED OFF ALONG THE WAY) THEY MADE IT TO THE LIKES OF A FOOTBALL STAR. OF COURSE ALL THE GIRLS ARE GIVEN A DRINK, AND IF YOU'RE CUTE ENOUGH YOU MIGHT EVEN GET THE BUBBLY, AND A DANCE OR TWO UNTIL THE NEXT GIRL SHOWS UP HOPING TO GET NEXT. THEN THAT ONE PRIZE GIRL GETS TO ROLL FOR THE REST OF THAT JUST ONE NIGHT, TRYING TO BE NICE AS HELL TO ALL THE OTHER GIRLS ROLLING IN THE ENTOURAGE, NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN. AND IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN THE NEXT NIGHT. DAMN!!
SO WE STARTED OUR WEEKEND OFF THAT THURSDAY, YES THAT THURSDAY, AT THE OVER PACKED SWEAT BOX GYPSY TEA. NOT TOO SURE WHOSE IDEA IT WAS TO HAVE THE EVENT THERE, BUT I HOPE THEY GOT FIRED. BUT SHOUT OUTS TO VINCE YOUNG, OSI UMENYIORA, KEYSHAWN JOHNSON, DONTE WHITNER AND THE REST OF THE WHOLE NFL THAT MANAGED TO PACK INTO THAT ONE TINY ROOM.
THAT FRIDAY WE FOUND OUR WAY TO SPOT LIGHT LIVE, BUT DIDN'T GET THE MEMO THAT THE WHOLE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX WAS HAVING A FAMILY REUNION. WITH REGGAETON BLASTING IN THE BACKGROUND, I GET STOPPED AT THE DOOR BY THIS LONG HAIR, DON'T CARE, PAPI WITH A MEAN PRESS TALKING ABOUT HOW IT WOULD BEHOOVE ME TO ROLL WITH HIM BECAUSE HIS SWAGGER WAS JUST THAT SICK, AND ASKING IF I WANTED CUBAN LINK'S AUTOGRAPH. AS ENTICING AS A CUBAN LINK'S AUTOGRAPH MIGHT HAVE SEEMED, I DECIDED TO PASS ON THE OFFER.
WE MAKE OUR WAY UP TO OUR SECTION IN THE VIP (OMITTING LIKE A WHOLE 30 MINS. OF CONTEMPLATING LEAVING) AND ONCE AGAIN FIND OURSELVES SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. I MEAN, DESPITE IT ALL WE STILL MANAGED TO HAVE A BLAST.
SATURDAY NIGHT ROLLS AROUND AND AFTER SEEING GOOD REPRESENTATION OF ALL THE TEAMS, ESPECIALLY THE GIANTS (STILL PARTYING LIKE THEY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME), SOMEONE ASKED WHY THE JETS WEREN'T OUT? OUR CONCLUSION... IT'S BEST THEY WEREN'T OUT, HOPEFULLY THEY WERE SOMEWHERE PRACTICING FOR THE UP COMING SEASON. NO OFFENSE.
TONIGHT IS HAWAIIAN TROPIC ZONE. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING. THE ONLY DRAW BACK IS THE CORNY MUSIC THEY PUT ON EVERY TIME THEIR TROPIC GIRLS HIT THE STAGE GYRATING FOR A GOOD TEN MINUTES WHILE THE GUYS STOP EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING TO WATCH, HOPING FOR A COSTUME MALFUNCTION.
WE END OUR WEEKEND WITH A LITTLE LIVE DRUM ACTION TO THE HOTTEST HIP HOP BEATS AT LOTUS. THE WHOLE CLUB WAS HAVING A GOOD TIME, BUT I MUST ADMIT THAT OUR SECTION HAD TO BE THE FLYEST CREW UP IN THERE. THANKS TO A LITTLE LAST MINUTE ASS HAUL TO THE HARLEM UNDERGROUND FOR THE PERFECT TEE SHIRT TO MATCH SWEETS NEW SNEAKS, I'D SAY WE WERE PRETTY WELL PUT TOGETHER. AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT, OF COURSE WE WIND BACK UP AT THE CHELSEA DINER, WHERE EVERYONE KNOWS OUR NAME, TO ORDER TURKEY BURGERS WITH JUST CHEESE AND BARBECUE SAUCE ON THE SIDE (DON'T ASK). I DON'T MAKE IT BACK UPTOWN UNTIL A QUARTER TO 7, WITH JUST ENOUGH TIME TO GET READY FOR WORK AND START THE GRIND ALL OVER AGAIN.
MEKKA LEFT CORPORATE AMERICA TO PURSUE HIS DREAM AS A RAPPER/ENTERTAINER. NOW ON HIS GRIND, MEKKA HAS TAKEN ON MANY DIFFERENT LEGAL "HUSTLES" TO SUPPORT HIMSELF WHILE ON THE TRACK TO MAKE HIS MUSIC GLOBALLY KNOWN. I WOULDN'T SAY HE WAS "TRYING" TO MAKE IT IN THE INDUSTRY BECAUSE AFTER TAKING A SECOND LOOK AT THIS COLUMBUS, OHIO BRED CAT, HE DEFINITELY IS 100% AMERCED IN THE INDUSTRY ALREADY. NOW WITH HIS OWN FIRM, MIXTAPE, BLOG, AND INTERNET SERIES YOU CAN WATCH MEKKA DO HIS THING FROM START TO FINISH. CHECK HIM OUT.....
THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST GROUPS TO BREAK THROUGH THE GENRE BARRIERS. IF YOU THOUGHT RIHANNA WAS THE FIRST FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO TO BE ABLE TO SPIT CALYPSO TO R&B YOU WERE MISTAKEN.
TWO BROTHERS FROM THE "HOUZIN' " PROJECTS OF DOWNTOWN ST. THOMAS, USVI TOGETHER MAKE THE GROUP R.CITY, ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS 2EQWIP. THESE TWO HAVE PERSONALITIES LIKE NIGHT AND DAY, RIGHTLY NAMED "DA SPOKESMAN" AND "DON'T TALK MUCH", THESE TWO ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF OPPOSITES ATTRACT, AND IT'S NOT HARD TO SEE THAT THEY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER JUST RIGHT. R.CITY IS A HIP HOP, R&B, REGGAE AND CALYPSO GROUP RECENTLY SIGNED TO [KONLIVE/INTERSCOPE RECORDS]. THEY ARE CURRENTLY ON THEIR PROMO TOUR VISITING CITIES DOWN SOUTH AND ON THE EAST COAST. YOU CAN GET THEIR TOUR DATES AND MORE INFORMATION AT:
I'M RIDING THE ESCALATOR UP TO THE FIFTH FLOOR. THE LAST STOP IS THE PENT HOUSE. I WALK OUT AND I FEEL LIKE I'M HOME. SURROUNDED BY SKITTLES, LUCKY CHARMS, AND LOLLI POPS. P' WET PAINT FOR THE FEET. IT'S NIKE TOWN IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW. I BUMPED INTO THIS LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN WHILE ON A MISSION BUY THE HOTTEST SNEAKERS FOR NFL PLAYER, BUFFALO BILLS 2ND YEAR SAFETY, DONTE WHITNER. THREE BAGS STOCKED FULL OF ORANGE BOXES LATER, WE'RE OUT THE DOOR.
WITH THAT SAID I THINK I'VE FOUND MY NEW OBSESSION...SNEAKS! DUNK HIGHS OR DUNK LOWS IT DOESN'T MATTER. ALL IT NEEDS IS DOPE COLORS, SHINY LEATHER, SMOOTH SUEDE, AND A LIL' ALLIGATOR PRINT.
THE THING I LOVE THE BEST ABOUT NIKE TOWN IS THAT YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE YOUR SNEAKER TO FIT YOU. IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT, THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME HOT CHOICES TO CHOOSE FROM.
