The ?UESTLOVE x Nike Air ?uesto.
It’ll be available on August 1st with coinciding launch parties in NYC, Philly and LA.And apparently, there will only be 12 pairs of the GOLD ones which will be randomly placed in the shoes’ sealed package.
NIKe and ?UESTLOVE doing it BIG…can’t say I’m surprised.
Yep.
It’s true.
On this day in 1965 guitar god, SLASH was born Saul Hudson in Hampstead, England.
You know what would be a great birthday present for all of us?
A GUNS N ROSES reunion. Just sayin’.
The track listing for the new Metallica record was announced today. Now, I’ve listened to Metallica since I was a very small child. And for years…YEARS…I’ve been hoping for them to turn around and make a strong comeback record. No matter how publicly annoying or terribly strategized they’ve become as a band, no matter how whack SOME KIND OF MONSTER made them look, no matter how unlistenably terrible ST. ANGER was, I have always held faith that they would, someday, return as the badass metal band I loved and that people would stop making fun of me for wearing my Metallica t shirts (black sleeveless of course).
Well…I don’t think this album will herald that return. And here’s why:
A) It’s Titled DEATH MAGNETIC
B) This is the cover:
(I think that’s supposed to be iron filings)
and C) This is the track listing:
01. Death Magnetic
02. That Was Just Your Life
03. The End of the Line
04. Broken, Beat & Scarred
05. The Day That Never Comes
06. All Nightmare Long
07. Cyanide
08. The Unforgiven III
09. The Judas Kiss
10. Suicide & Redemption
11. My Apocalypse
Any metal album with no less than three track titles containing obvious religious and/or 12 step references (My Apocalypse, The Judas Kiss, Suicide and Redemption) AND a track with SUICIDE in the title AAAAND a third sequel track (The Unforgiven III) AAAAAAAANNNNNDD a bad pun track (All Nightmare Long) is almost definitely not gonna be hard. It’s like a metal bylaw. Also releasing an album with only eleven tracks could mean that the band only wrote eleven tracks…which would mean there probably wasn’t much of a screening process.
Anyway…hope I’m wrong…doubt I am.
Does anyone else feel like it’s been more than two years since the release of JOHNNY CASH’s final album? Well. It hasn’t. This week two years ago (2006 for the mathematically challenged) Johnny’s AMERICAN V: A UNDRED HIGHWAYS was number one on the Billboard charts. Check out this VIDEO from that record…pretty damn good.
Sometimes I think all the good ones are gone…then again…we still got the REDHEADED STRANGER
Or…hear….sound like Dre? I guess?
The Monster Cable produced “BEATS” by DR. DRE headphones will be available this week. The campaign for the new consumer/studio monitors promises an advanced and unmatched driver and tuning by Dre himself.
Given, I am an audio engineer and massive music nerd, but this sounds pretty sweet. And I would definitely believe the hype…if they sent me a pair to review…cuz they also cost $350 (pretty unattainable for those of us employed in the music industry). You can get yours at Apple stores or Best Buy.
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett (GORILLAZ) are slated to release a new album together based on the opera that they co-penned:
MONKEY: JOURNEY TO THE WEST.
Thank God. I’m pretty sure these headaches I’ve been getting are due to Gorillaz withdrawal.
I swear.
Honestly.
Maaaaaaaan….this week in hip hop has been insane. First there was the officer RICK ROSS situation, which was funny as hell. Then there was the thoroughly Youtubed incident that occurred on the LIL WAYNE video set…which was no laughing matter.
I’d like to put this forth to all the aspiring young rappers out there, because a lot of these kids didn’t live through the eighties and early nineties and don’t know how quickly these things can escalate:
It’s entertainment, dummies.
You don’t have to be a coke dealer or gang affiliated to rap…and if you aren’t a coke dealer or gang affiliated, you definitely shoud NOT pretend to be. Look at someone like Weezy, who has a lot of scrutinizing eyes on him, and a lot of kids idolizing him, and the world at his fingertips, and now, because of a perceived need for credibility, he’s in a very dangerous position. Regardless of whether or not he’s honest about his lifestyle, (which most rappers aren’t…real talk, sorry), he is jeopardizing what could be a long and fruitful career.
I’m just sayin’…how are you gonna be the best rapper alive if you’re not alive.
Sorry about the serious post…but I show you these videos everyday…from HOLLYWOOD.
Finally, we have THRILLER.
And it’s in broadcast quality.
And you don’t have to watch it performed by well choreographed inmates on Youtube.
I DARE you to deny the greatness.
I thought I should show you some rad new artist collaborations…by artists that have NEW VIDEOS on our site.
ALIFE made this tour shirt for Q-TIP:
And WE got some ill TRIBE CALLED QUEST videos.
NAS has this new FILA deal: And we got hella NASIR on the site.
Also, JOHN MAYER has a pretty sick line of signature guitar picks designed by artist KAWS:
And we got JOHN MAYER videos like it’s goin out of style.
Like Hogg, though.
Remember a few months ago when we all found out that our favorite singing convict, AKON, was never a convict at all? And remember how I mentioned that if the rumor that self described drug kingpin/rapper RICK ROSS was actually a retired corrections officer turned out to be true, that I would probably be too hurt to comment?
Well, no comment.
I mean, I put up with the Akon trickery…pretty much expected it…and those pictures of T.I. in his affluent suburban high school…that was cool with me too. But this? THIS???
This is just too much for my poor heart to take.
Oh and P.S.:
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Outting rappers is my new favorite trend.