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2011-12-09T18:41:00.000-08:00

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New Bart Sign Causes an Uproar.

2011-09-16T16:04:00.000-07:00

New Bart Warning Sign might be a little blunt but at least it is owning up. After recent protest at several stations over the past months Bart has finally come to terms to meet the public half way. "With these new signs we are reiterating that public transportation is a rider beware service. Our officers will shoot you without probable cause. We won't discriminate , although the percentages seem to go up the darker your complexion". This type honesty reminds me of my time in the south. Where the confederate flag is still the state flag for some states. Why beat around the bush. "We are Bart. We will shoot you". Ride at your own risk. We are not responsible for any of our actions, or your safety while you ride. "You people are lucky that we even run in your neighborhood. So please stop with all the protest inconveniencing people that have work to go to. We have money to make and officers to train." I ask why do bart officers even have guns in the first place. Fare Evaders must die, why else. Deadly Force and Transportation business as usual.

(bart sign is a parody. mass confusion is not responsible for any confusion this causes.)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2011-08-29T14:29:00.000-07:00

before
micheal jordan hit a his
very first jumper
before
you knew what mary jane was
before
magic johnson retired all of a sudden
before
mick jagger got so damn old
before
monster jams were concieved
before
micheal johnson crossed the finish line
it was and always will be MJ....

Top 100 Economies of the World

2011-03-17T09:07:00.000-07:00

there are unofficially 195 countries in the world. Taiwan which is nicknamed " the roc " is considered a providence of China key word being considered. The Vatican City is considered a country which i did not know. It has some pretty interesting infrastructure that makes it pretty "untouchable " and kinda gangsta in my opinion. Anyhow the point of this post is that out of the unofficial 195 countries in the world 51 of the top 100 economies are corporations....the world is being pimped on a grand scale. to think a simple boycott of some buses in 1955 started a revolution of change we cannot allow ourselves to feel helpless about the direction that things are going in.

i feel everyone in the world is beautiful and has something beautiful to offer. It is not fair that some have a quality of life of excess while others live in total poverty. It is absolutely shameful that half of the worlds top 100 economies are corporations. this has to change. This is the list of pimps from pimp of the year to new pimp on the block. The funny thing is that in our obessive greed we have been programed to think this is cool. we kill for it and we are proud of it. to me it is kinda embarrassing. we claim to be civilized. we claim to be helpers of the world, but in the end we really only help ourselves. i think we can be a much stronger country if we actually stood by our values instead of using them as a sales pitch to our own people. God Bless America

Of the world's 100 largest economic entities, 51 are now corporations and 49 are countries.

compiled by Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh of the of the Institute for Policy Studies in their Report on the Top 200 corporations released in December 2000

(Corporations are in bold italics)

Rank	Country / Corporation	GDP / sales ($mil)
1	United States	8,708,870.00
2	Japan	4,395,083.00
3	Germany	2,081,202.00
4	France	1,410,262.00
5	United Kingdom	1,373,612.00
6	Italy	1,149,958.00
7	China	1,149,814.00
8	Brazil	760,345.00
9	Canada	612,049.00
10	Spain	562,245.00
11	Mexico	474,951.00
12	India	459,765.00
13	Korea, Rep.	406,940.00
14	Australia	389,691.00
15	Netherlands	384,766.00
16	Russian Federation	375,345.00
17	Argentina	281,942.00
18	Switzerland	260,299.00
19	Belgium	245,706.00
20	Sweden	226,388.00
21	Austria	208,949.00
22	Turkey	188,374.00
23	*General Motors*	176,558.00
24	Denmark	174,363.00
25	*Wal-Mart*	166,809.00
26	*Exxon Mobil*	163,881.00
27	*Ford Motor*	162,558.00
28	*DaimlerChrysler*	159,985.70
29	Poland	154,146.00
30	Norway	145,449.00
31	Indonesia	140,964.00
32	South Africa	131,127.00
33	Saudi Arabia	128,892.00
34	Finland	126,130.00
35	Greece	123,934.00
36	Thailand	123,887.00
37	*Mitsui*	118,555.20
38	*Mitsubishi*	117,765.60
39	*Toyota Motor*	115,670.90
40	*General Electric*	111,630.00
41	*Itochu*	109,068.90
42	Portugal	107,716.00
43	*Royal Dutch/Shell*	105,366.00
44	Venezuela	103,918.00
45	Iran, Islamic rep.	101,073.00
46	Israel	99,068.00
47	*Sumitomo*	95,701.60
48	*Nippon Tel & Tel*	93,591.70
49	Egypt, Arab Republic	92,413.00
50	*Marubeni*	91,807.40
51	Colombia	88,596.00
52	*AXA*	87,645.70
53	*IBM*	87,548.00
54	Singapore	84,945.00
55	Ireland	84,861.00
56	*BP Amoco*	83,556.00
57	*Citigroup*	82,005.00
58	*Volkswagen*	80,072.70
59	*Nippon Life Insurance*	78,515.10
60	Philippines	75,350.00
61	*Siemens*	75,337.00
62	Malaysia	74,634.00
63	*Allianz*	74,178.20
64	*Hitachi*	71,858.50
65	Chile	71,092.00
66	*Matsushita Electric Ind.*	65,555.60
67	*Nissho Iwai*	65,393.20
68	*ING Group*	62,492.40
69	*AT&T*	62,391.00
70	*Philip Morris*	61,751.00
71	*Sony*	60,052.70
72	Pakistan	59,880.00
73	*Deutsche Bank*	58,585.10
74	*Boeing*	57,993.00
75	Peru	57,318.00
76	Czech Republic	56,379.00
77	*Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Ins.*	55,104.70
78	*Honda Motor*	54,773.50
79	*Assicurazioni Generali*	53,723.20
80	*Nissan Motor*	53,679.90
81	New Zealand	53,622.00
82	*E.On*	52,227.70
83	*Toshiba*	51,634.90
84	*Bank of America*	51,392.00
85	*Fiat*	51,331.70
86	*Nestle*	49,694.10
87	*SBC Communications*	49,489.00
88	*Credit Suisse*	49,362.00
89	Hungary	48,355.00
90	*Hewlett-Packard*	48,253.00
91	*Fujitsu*	47,195.90
92	Algeria	47,015.00
93	*Metro*	46,663.60
94	*Sumitomo Life Insur.*	46,445.10
95	Bangladesh	45,779.00
96	*Tokyo Electric Power*	45,727.70
97	*Kroger*	45,351.60
98	*Total Fina Elf*	44,990.30
99	*NEC*	44,828.00
100	*State Farm Insurance*	44,637.20

Sources: Sales: Fortune, July 31, 2000. GDP: World Bank, World Development Report 2000.

THE POWER OF THOUGHT part 2

2011-03-15T17:43:00.000-07:00

i know a am kinda late on this, but i am sure i am not the only one. this video is over a year old.

i might need to buy some stock in toyota before this technology comes out.

it can and will be very helpful and useful, but we will probably just play video games with it like dude says.

Your words and thoughts have physical power - Will Smith

2011-03-15T11:01:00.000-07:00

for some reason or another i have let myself go down and unhealthy path of late. funny thing is i know better. i think it is very interesting that when you know better but you still allow yourself to fail yourself. my thoughts of late have kept me trapped in a cycle that hasn't allowed me to grow or shine. i have been pointing fingers at others that i should just point at myself. i have gone from a very vibrant upbeat person to someone not fun to be around, questioning how i got here. the questioning part is not so bad, its the thinking i have no control over it that sucks. i haven't been taking care of my body, haven't been taking care of my mind and i haven't been feeding my soul. therefore everything around me that i love has turned its back on me and i find myself alone. it is a hard pill to swallow that we create our own experiences when our experiences seem to be one negative thing after another. i have decided to stop asking why and i am taking back control of what floats around in my head. i am eliminating the words don't, not and no from my everyday use. i am replacing them with can will and yes. it's funny the opposite of the word not and no is the same thing....yes. our manifestations are instant waiting for it is optional. you just have to believe and claim it as yours. i think will smith is such a wonderful person, he said some things to me last night that, like said i knew, but i guess i had to hear it again. take back control of your life and circumstances and shine baby.

ripple effect

2011-03-12T09:39:00.000-08:00

this is an unauthorized colab piece i did with a doodle that was left in my journal that i never write in. doodle + photo+ photoshop

KING CHRISTOPHE

2011-02-05T11:49:00.000-08:00

Henri Christophe: the first black King in the Western Hemisphere

In 1767, Henri Christophe was born on the island of Grenada, a British colonial acquisition. His parents were slaves brought to Grenada with thousands of other west Africans to work in the sugar industry. The Africans that the English used as slaves in the sugar industry were known for their fierce and determined nature to resist the institution of slavery. The revolutionary nature of Henri Christophe has its roots deeply embedded in his African ancestry.

Henri's obstinate, argumentative, and obdurate nature led his father to sell his services to a French ship's Captain as a cabin boy, before had reached the age of ten. The ship's captain sold Henri to a French sugar planter in the French province on the island of Saint Dominique called Haiti, which was a Carib Indian name meaning "the land of the mountains." The brutality of the French planters led to much discontent among the slaves in Haiti. These acts of brutality were witnessed by Henri and set the stage for his role in the Haitian revolution.

Christophe participated in the American Revolutionary War in the French contingent. Sergeant Henri Christophe was among the five hundred forty-five Haitian free Negroes known as the Fontages Legion. Fighting to make men in another country free from oppression created a thirst for freedom within Christophe.

In June 1794, Haiti was threatened with the threat of the Spaniards and the English who wanted to share the wealth created by the sugar industry. The Spaniards constituted the greatest threat and a battle for control of Haiti ensued. The three principal figures in the Haitian revolution were Toussaint L'Overture, Jean Jacques Dessalines, and Henri Christophe. Toussaint joined the French forces against the Spaniards and became a general of the slaves and marched to several villages, liberating his brothers who immediately joined his forces. After having distinguished himself in battle, Christophe was made a sergeant by Toussaint and later made a General by Dessalines. The French forces were defeated and Haiti was declared an independent republic on November 27, 1803. The republic of Haiti was divided into two states and Christophe was elected president of the Northern State in February of 1807, and Alexandre Petion was elected President of the Southern Repbulic of Haiti in March. The division between the republics was to last for a decade.

President Christophe set out to improve all aspects of life in the northern province. One of his major concerns and preoccupations was the defense of his country form internal and external aggression. He had a huge fortress built on a mountain peak overlooking the Le Cap harbor, three thousand feet above the sea. The citadel was named "la Ferriere," which means the blacksmith's pouch. The huge stronghold, which still exists today, was built in the shape of a ship, covering sixteen acres, with some of the walls soaring 140 feet high.

The education of the Haitians was Henri Christophe's second priority. He solicited teachers from the United States and Britain to build schools, which would ultimately raise the former slaves to a literacy level unequaled in the western hemisphere. To continue the improvement of Haitian life, Christophe decided to create the first black kingdom in the western hemisphe. At a council of state on March 28, 1811, he declared Haiti a kingdom, with himself as King Henri I. Christophe offered the ruler of the south, Alexandre Petion, the opportunity to be absorbed. Petion refused and the relationship between the two men and their respective countries remained strained until Petion's death in 1818.

In August 1820, Christophe suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed. When the news spread of his infirmities, the seeds of rebellion began to grow. On October 2, 1820, the military garrison at St. Marc led a mutiny that sparked a revolt. The mutiny coincided with a conspiracy of Christophe's own generals. Some of his trusted aides took him to the Citadel to await the inevitable confrontation with the rebels. Christophe ordered his attendants to bathe him and dress him in his formal military uniform, place him in his favorite chair in his den and leave him alone. Shortly after the attendants left his side, Christophe committed suicide by shooting himself in the heart with a silver bullet. To prevent Christophe's body from being mutilated by the rebels, several of his aides buried him in quick lime. Henri Chrisophe, the former slave had risen to become the king of Haiti and sought to create a kingdom that would rival any that existed in nineteenth century Europe.

Dessalines

2011-02-04T09:56:00.000-08:00

Revolutionary and First Ruler of Independent Haiti

Jean-Jacques Dessalines.

Dessalines fought with Toussaint Louverture against the British and French. After turning against Toussaint and joining Leclerc, Dessalines eventually became the leader of the revolution. A fierce warrior, his motto was "Koupe tet, boule kay" - "Cut off the head, burn down the house." (Wilentz) Dessalines declared Saint-Domingue's independence on January 1, 1804, and became the Black republic's first leader: the self-declared Emperor of Haiti (1804–1806 under the name of Jacques I; French:Jacques, Empereur Ier d'Haïti). For an English translation of the Independence declaration see: Act of Independence.

"A handsome, 'red-skinned' Negro from Senegal ¹, fearless in the field and unscrupulous off it." (Parkinson, p. 67)

"In a battle near Cape François, Rochambeau took five hundred black prisoners, and put them all to death the same day. Dessalines, hearing of this, brought five hundred white prisoners in sight of the French, and hung them up, so that the cruel monster could see the result of his own barbarous example. (Wells-Brown p. 112)

"Nearly all historians have set him down as a bloodthirsty monster, who delighted in the sufferings of his fellow-creatures. They do not rightly consider the circumstances that surrounded him, and the foe that he had to deal with." (Wells-Brown p. 111)

"Insofar as we can talk intelligibly about a caste system in post-colonial Haiti, Dessalines was it's adversary." (Nicholls, p. 39)

Jean-Jacques Dessalines letter to Thomas Jefferson, 1803.

On declaring independence, Dessalines is reported to have created the Haitian flag by tearing out the white out of the French tricolor. The Haitian national anthem La Dessalinienne is named in Dessalines honor.

Dessalines is widely regarded by Haitians as one of the outstanding heroes in the struggle against slavery and colonialism, in this spirit he is also affectionately called: 'Papa Desalin' (lit. Father Dessalines). He was the Governor-General of Saint-Domingue from November 30, 1803 to December 31, 1803, the day before the Haitian Declaration of Independence. In contrast many non Haitian observers have focused on Dessalines treatment of French colonialists and less on his achievements in the freedom struggle.

Dessalines Marriage and children

Note 2: Dessalines was married to Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité (1758 Léogâne - August 8, 1858), they had four daughters and three sons together, including a pair of twins. She was buried in St. Marc.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines had also six children from other relationships.

The Haitian Constitution of 1805

After becoming the ruler of Haiti, Jean-Jacques Dessalines promulgated the Haitian Constitution of 1805 on May 20 of that year. This constitution included the following important provisions:

Freedom of Religion (Under Toussaint Catholicism had been declared the official state religion);
All citizens of Haiti, regardless of skin color, to be known as "Black" – including the Poles and Germans (This was an attempt to eliminate the multi-tiered racial hierarchy which had developed in Haiti, with full-blooded Europeans at the top, various levels of light to brown skin in the middle, and dark skinned "Kongo", referring tho the region of Africa where most of the slaves had arrived from, from Africa at the bottom).

Dessalines Death

Pont-Rouge, site of Dessalines assassination

A conspiracy to overthrow Dessalines included Henry Christophe and Alexandre Pétion, who both succeeded him. Dessalines was assassinated north of Port-au-Prince at Pont Larnage, (now known as Pont-Rouge) on October 17, 1806 en route to battle the rebels.

Défilée, a woman, took the mutilated body of Jean-Jacques Dessalines to bury him.

The Tomb of Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Former Dessalines tomb at the Cimetière Intérieur.

On Dessalines tomb, in Port-au-Prince near the Palais National (Seat of Government), the inscription states: "At the first canon shot, giving the alarm, cities disappear and the nation stands up". (Péralte)

Note 1: Various sources give different birthplaces and/or dates for Jean-Jacques Dessalines, but respected Haitian historians such as Madiou come to the conclusion that Dessalines was born in the North of Haiti

Toussaint L' Ouverture

2011-02-02T10:07:00.000-08:00

The Slave Who Defeated Napoleon

Napoleon was one of the greatest generals who ever lived. But at the end of the 18th century a self-educated slave with no military training drove Napoleon out of Haiti and led his country to independence.

Toussaint L'Ouverture

The remarkable leader of this slave revolt was Toussaint Breda (later called Toussaint L'Ouverture, and sometimes the “black Napoleon”). Slave revolts from this time normally ended in executions and failure – this story is the exception.

It began in 1791 in the French colony of Saint Dominique (later Haiti). Though born a slave in Saint Dominique, Toussaint learned of Africa from his father, who had been born a free man there. He learned that he was more than a slave, that he was a man with brains and dignity. He was fortunate in having a liberal master who had him trained as a house servant and allowed him to learn to read and write. Toussaint took full advantage of this, reading every book he could get his hands on. He particularly admired the writings of the French Enlightenment philosophers, who spoke of individual rights and equality.

In 1789 the French Revolution rocked France. The sugar plantations of Saint Dominique, though far away, would never be the same. Spurred on by such Enlightenment thinkers as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the early moderate revolutionaries considered seriously the question of slavery. Those moderate revolutionaries were not willing to end slavery but they did apply the "Rights of Man" to all Frenchmen, including free blacks and mulattoes (those of mixed race). Plantation owners in the colonies were furious and fought the measure. Finally the revolutionaries gave in and retracted the measure in 1791.

The news of this betrayal triggered mass slave revolts in Saint Dominique, and Toussaint became the leader of the slave rebellion. He became known as Toussaint L'Ouverture (the one who finds an opening) and brilliantly led his rag-tag slave army. He successfully fought the French (who helped by succumbing to yellow fever in large numbers) as well as invading Spanish and British.

Maximilian Robespierre

By 1793, the revolution in France was in the hands of the Jacobins, the most radical of the revolutionary groups. This group, led by Maximilian Robespierre, was responsible for the Reign of Terror, a campaign to rid France of “enemies of the revolution.” Though the Jacobins brought indiscriminate death to France, they were also idealists who wanted to take the revolution as far as it could go. So they again considered the issue of “equality” and voted to end slavery in the French colonies, including what was now known as Haiti.

There was jubilation among the blacks in Haiti, and Toussaint agreed to help the French army eject the British and Spanish. Toussaint proved to be a brilliant general, winning 7 battles in 7 days. He became a defacto governor of the colony.

In France the Jacobins lost power. People finally tired of blood flowing in the streets and sent Maximilian Robespierre, the leader of the Jacobins, to the guillotine, ending the Reign of Terror. A reaction set in. The French people wanted to get back to business. More moderate leaders came and went, eventually replaced by Napoleon, who ruled France with dictatorial powers. He responded to the pleas of the plantation owners by reinstating slavery in the French colonies, once again plunging Haiti into war.

Napoleon Bonaparte

By 1803 Napoleon was ready to get Haiti off his back: he and Toussaint agreed to terms of peace. Napoleon agreed to recognize Haitian independence and Toussaint agreed to retire from public life. A few months later, the French invited Toussaint to come to a negotiating meeting will full safe conduct. When he arrived, the French (at Napoleon's orders) betrayed the safe conduct and arrested him, putting him on a ship headed for France. Napoleon ordered that Toussaint be placed in a prison dungeon in the mountains, and murdered by means of cold, starvation, and neglect. Toussaint died in prison, but others carried on the fight for freedom.

Six months later, Napoleon decided to give up his possessions in the New World. He was busy in Europe and these far-away possessions were more trouble than they were worth. He abandoned Haiti to independence and sold the French territory in North America to the United States (the Louisiana purchase).

Years later, in exile at St. Helena, when asked about his dishonorable treatment of Toussaint, Napoleon merely remarked, "What could the death of one wretched Negro mean to me?"

Malcom X sow pure: BLACK REVOLUTION

2011-01-26T08:16:00.000-08:00

introducing sow pure.

bay area producer learning on the job. this is his first release to the public. he still considers this a rough draft but i convinced him to share it with you all. prepare yourself to me moved. smooth rhythms and soulful sounds without musical samples something rare in today's time. i would describe his music as an imaginative fusion of genres from a hyper mellow zone out ambient to down tempo to acid jazz to hip hop to soul to funk and back.

on this particular experiment he attempted to blend malcolm X's 1963 black revolution speech to his music. his vision was to counter balance the mainstream with something mentally and spiritually stimulating. this might be a bit offensive to some, but we hear offensive music every day on the local radio uncensored. i want to assure you that we here are not racist and accept the view shared by malcolm to be those of the "establishment" and not each and every Caucasian person out there. with that all said please take the time and enjoy a speech that is slightly edited for artistic purposes of a very influential and often misunderstood man in our time.

https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1031583887/12aa17e5231e7b29255492ee81151db5

official: haitian relief shirt by mass confusion.

2010-01-19T14:56:00.000-08:00

a good friend of mine gail brooks sent me an email, i hadn't talk to her in years. she said she had a friend that needed to find a haitian designer a.s.a.p to do this relief shirt for haiti. at the time i was so hurt by the recent events i was scrambling for how i could help my people. although i don't live there, i still have family there and i felt useless over 3000 miles away. so i jumped at the opportunity and have been going back and forth as you do in this field until i created something everybody on the team that hired me liked. of course i donated my time so 100% of the proceeds go straight to haiti. for those of you who know i am haitian and have asked how you can help, well here it is. the shirt sells for $20. and is available small to xl. mass confusion is not printing the shirt. i repeat mass confusion is not printing the shirt, so you have to go to this source to get one. the design is simple, but it is the proudest work of my life. those who know me well no i never ask for anything, and do my best to stand on my own two feet. but i need you all now...$20 will go a long way. below is some info on the company that hired me and a link to their site for more info on the shirt.

God Bless & Mercy
for Haiti

http://www.mediavestww.com/
We are a media agency based in NY and LA. Our clients include Coca-Cola , Kraft, Proctor and Gamble, Wendy's, Wal-Mart and a bunch more.
We do communication strategy, media management and branded entertainment for our clients. Occasionally, people ask me for designers and graphic artists at work to do quick projects, and I will certainly refer them to you in the future. My specific role for my client is to help create our communication strategy for each brand by having a firm understanding of the consumer and leveraging consumer insights to help the planners build solid media plans. I also do trend spotting to identify new areas of opportunities to connect with consumers.

::back in the day::

2009-12-24T01:37:00.000-08:00

i shot this a couple of years ago when i first moved to the bay. my boy Deluv and his young lady in front of my store. peep the "bee sting" on his neck. young love is so beautiful.

new instumentals from:: sow pure:: free downloads

2009-12-23T10:03:00.000-08:00

brought to you by the one and only mass confusion foundnation.
Song page: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8513575

mission district art

2009-12-23T09:52:00.000-08:00

this is some art that is up in the mission somewhere in between 16th and 24th. this is some of the "abstract stuff"

hold on the game

2009-12-05T11:28:00.000-08:00

i shot this on the way to a jerneye x supernatural show a lot of you fools missed out on. there is always dope art coming out of one of the many art institute academies. can't see paying all that loot to go there, but can't front there are some talented people there. this was a ad for loreal, we kind of flipped it a lil.

"Don't play with me."

2009-12-04T14:12:00.000-08:00

NEW PACQUIAO: HOLIDAY

2009-12-04T11:17:00.000-08:00

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this ish here

2009-12-03T11:41:00.000-08:00

i am pushing near the end of my third decade of life, and i can't remember ever seeing a disney animation flick that evolved the visual characterization of a negro character as the lead. Please correct me if i am wrong. So to see this beautiful princess have to hook up the the WB frog makes me sick to my stomach. The evil dude looks like samuel l. jackson, so if he lent his voice to this ish i am going to have a problem with sam. i know he works hard for the money and will do almost about anything, this here would be unacceptable. this ish is probably so jigga-booed out
it will make that star wars catastrophe look like a civil rights movement. america is getting bold and this is not progress. picture obama taking his daughters and their friend to see this.

some pieces on the street we love the haight.

::beautiful day::

2009-12-01T16:26:00.000-08:00

got out and ran some errands today. finally feeling a lil better. i really wanted to get a picture of that goddess up top before some jealous non artistic idiot fucked it up. there are several dope pieces up in the city right now. i am going to go shoot some i saw in the mission recently, tomorrow.

ekundayo mountenliun

2009-11-30T11:49:00.000-08:00

love this dude, we have worked together in many ways over the years. we used this shot for the cover of our catalog that year and a couple of magazine ads also. super talented cool ass dude. if your ever in the atl and he happens to be doing his thing, be sure to check a brotha out. mad energy, a lyrical beast, great stage presence all the qualities you look for in a dope mc.

BINARY STAR X JERNEYE

2009-11-21T11:31:00.000-08:00

BINARY STAR
one be lo:::senim silla

the show was great. i almost didn't make it. i was feeling kinda of lazy. i knew i should be there so i forced myself to get motivated. they went on about one ish and ripped it for over an hr without any breaks. the placed cleared out a lil and gave the breakers room to get down after the
9 to 5ers went home. the lyrics where dope, reminded me of dope old skool shit. great deliveries stage presence, they whole package, i was really impressed. look forward to seeing who these brothas do in the very near future.

senim silla watching the jerneye performance from the back. i don't know why dude is mean muggin me, but i will not be intimidated.

jerneye a very somehow slept on bay area emcee warming up the show. my man always brings great energy to the stage consistently. show some love if you every hear his name on a bill, definitely worth the time, word up.

NEW HOLIDAY COLORWAYS: 3000: fire & ice

2009-11-18T14:32:00.000-08:00

we decided to add some color to 3000 for the holiday. keep it fresh

Detroit rapper Baatin dead at 35

2009-08-01T12:41:00.000-07:00

Slum Village co-founder known for spiritual lyrics

By BRIAN McCOLLUM • Free Press Pop Music Writer • August 1, 2009

Titus (Baatin) Glover, the Detroit rapper who co-founded the much-acclaimed Slum Village, has died.

Many details remain unknown at this point, said Hex, the group's road manager.

Word of Baatin's passing circulated quickly this afternoon in music circles both locally and nationally, where Slum Village has long been an exalted name in underground hip-hop.

Fellow group founder James (J. Dilla) Yancey, Baatin's Pershing High School classmate, passed away in 2006.

Baatin, who turned 35 in March, had left Slum Village in 2002 amid health problems, but was reported to have returned for tracks on the group's upcoming album, "Villa Manifesto."

"He was a very spiritual brother," said Detroiter Khalid el-Hakim, founder of the Black History 101 Mobile Museum. "He brought a spirituality to Detroit hip-hop that you didn't see with other artists. That's what he was known for."

stay grounded

2009-07-28T11:47:00.000-07:00

its crazy how many people jump off this bridge. heard people sometimes would leave what ever vehicle they came in parked and jump. only a handful of people have ever survived. they say if the fall doesn't get you the currents and temperature of the water will cause hypothermia and you will most likely drown. why someone would choose to end their existence on this plane in this seemingly dramatic way i have no idea. enjoy life people. these are just lessons we are learning. giving up should never be an option. we have all had crazy thoughts but change is possible no matter what people may have you think. stay grounded.

a nigga is a nigga?

2009-07-21T11:24:00.000-07:00

By MELISSA TRUJILLO, Associated Press Writer Melissa Trujillo, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 29 mins ago

BOSTON – Prosecutors dropped a disorderly conduct charge Tuesday against prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who was arrested at his home near Harvard University after a report of a break-in.

The city of Cambridge issued a statement saying the arrest "was regrettable and unfortunate" and police and Gates agreed that dropping the charge was a just resolution.

"This incident should not be viewed as one that demeans the character and reputation of professor Gates or the character of the Cambridge Police Department," the statement said.

Supporters say Gates — the director of Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research — was the victim of racial profiling.

Officers responded to the home Gates rents from Harvard after a woman reported seeing "two black males with backpacks on the porch," with one "wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was trying to force entry," according to a police report.

Gates' lawyer, fellow Harvard scholar Charles Ogletree, said the professor had returned from a trip overseas with a driver, found his front-door jammed and had to force it open. He was already inside, calling the company that manages the property, when police arrived.

Police said the 58-year-old Gates was arrested after he yelled at an officer, accused him of racial bias and refused to calm down after the officer demanded Gates show him identification to prove he lived in the home.

Ogletree said Gates showed his driver's license and Harvard ID — both with his photos — and repeatedly asked for the name and badge number of the officer, who refused. He followed the officer as he left his house onto his front porch, where he was arrested.

Gates declined immediate comment Tuesday, and Ogletree did not immediately return a request to comment on the charge being dropped.

Gates joined the Harvard faculty in 1991 and holds one of 20 prestigious "university professors" positions at the school. He also was host of "African American Lives," a PBS show about the family histories of prominent U.S. blacks, and was named by Time magazine as one of the 25 most influential Americans in 1997.

NAH.. BRO

2009-07-16T01:26:00.000-07:00

this was sparked by this couple that came into the store today. are you ready for this? it was what i assume to be a heterosexually gay couple. peep this the girl was a huge extra butch type in demeanor. extra mean looking. the dude was a extra flamin "heeey". he greeted our staff with so much sweetness...anyways the kicker is they had a kid together. love is simple although it might seem complex at times. i try my best not to judge, so this is just an observation. i started randomly web surfing with no particular thing in mind and i ran into this website. p4cm.com. i can't figure out what it means, or what it is code for. i've tried to sound it out, spell it out. i just don't get it. i am really trying my best to not be that person making fun of people but damn. what the fuck. i understand being open out the closet and proud, but damn, really. are the models getting paid? can they read? maybe its just a blunt truth that is hard to understand. this shit seems real personal to me. do you wear these shits to the club? church? on a date? hanging with the fellas?
p- for-see- em, maybe. i don't get it. these seem like sins. do you wear them to confession?
dude is putting up a gang sign, don't be confused. he looks like he is thinking about fornicating right now, and he should have tucked in his chain so i could read his sin easier.
she looks like she has a problem with mastubation? i wonder how many people would pay money to wear something that isn't usual conversation. i mean i am down with shocking subject matter, thought provoking ideas on shirts. i don't know, maybe you want to share some past truths about yourself. if so this may be the brand for you.

AHHH, NO!!!!

2009-07-14T18:46:00.000-07:00

it think its cool other cultures admire our swag, our style and things and by no means is this racist in any way. this is just the difference between paying respect and doing too much. some re-makes on the run-dmc shit are cool, well done. like the obama run dc shirt, totally fresh. this is where friends should not let friends come out the house like this, let alone design a whole brand around this look. the gold chain makes me want to either choke him with it or beat him with it. this is not where we intended it to go. dude this is not an attack because you are white, this is an attack because your shit is wack and somebody has got to say something. maybe get paid, maybe get laid but we will not be getting rad any time soon bro. pure crap. if anybody knows this dude and he is more than a model for the company, just give him a hug and make him stop please. i mean the photographer, the model the designer, nobody stepped up to say this is insulting. so blah%$#%$#

[MC] AD ARCHIVE SPICE

2009-07-14T16:01:00.000-07:00

this is my man spizzle: spice to most and now goes by long li or Da Traveler. give a brotha a passport and now he is Da Traveler. me and this dude actually lived together for a year or two can't quite remember. he was one of my best housemates ever. paid his bills on time. we used to play fighting video games. he was a sore ass loser. he would talk shit while he was beating your ass. but once i got a couple of moves down, got his timing down the tables turned and then he became mister excuses. when ever there was too much testaterone in the house we would just clear out the living room and start fighting. no punching in the face or anything mma, but it got pretty physical. he is kinda strong with freakish big ass hands, so i had to tap out most of the time.... but the last time we fought i won. he is a grand thief auto guru, he knew where everything was and would play till he passed out in his chair. we took this shot in the driveway of the house. i took the shot of the city i think earlier that week. i think him being bare footed gave it extra flava. we used this for an ad in YRB magazine that year. no offense to YRB but we aint advertising again till we can actually afford spent thousands of dollars for one page.

raekwon, the chef

2009-07-11T21:57:00.001-07:00

i shot this one in the atl i think in 06 @theloft, of course he killed it. my flash was fucking up big time. i had all access, i could have met the chef but i chose to not sweat those.. i know they usually be looking for hoes, i am not judging. i tend to let things come to me and just enjoy the experience without interpputing. so i let my man do his thing and managed to get a couple of dope shots.

abdul's going away party**w/commentary

2009-07-07T16:46:00.000-07:00

the man of the hour, brother abdul a warm hearted cool kat that all the true employees have had a pleasure of knowing the past couple of years. we all wish him well on his journey back home.
nick helped make the food. yo, that shit was so good. some people were so hungry they almost ate it raw, it looked like it was cooked already the seasoning was soooo gooood. dude needs to quit his day job and open up a restaurant already, stop playin'
jyhanne and her (mandingo) james. sporting a mc nas shirt. gotta love it.

jern and tat talking shit. the chick behind tat looks like she actually believes the bs coming out of his mouth.
the two shortest people on true's staff..awww how cute
this is jyhanne fake smiling and jayna promoting corona sara is the new managers girl and that is her lil sis joey in the back.
the infamous and impossible to reach hiro katsu assuming pimp mode..when one won't do
dean and joey and aj, i was just trying to get a shot of some of true's og's and then dean starts
bitchin like i am the papparazzi or something. like i was one of these cute sf girls taking pictures every five minutes. this shit is work, be nice maybe next time i will make sure to take a terrible shot of you to post.
somebody please sign rush-one please. i wasn't even taking a picture of him yet, but he is so ready to pose it's not funny. some people just love the camera...but its usually girls, much love rush-one, do your thing man i ain't hatin'
jayna rose and big booty nicole, this is nicole's "magnum look" just add some sauce. if you've ever checked her facebook you've seen this look before. "so sexy"
rome and chris are debating who is going to lose more money to me to me this football season. cam should be in the photo also.
cricket acting like she actually wanted me to take this picture. good sport girl.
marien all grown up yall, notice the off shoulder top, i think she actually had heels on also. oww!
daniel is the new mens store manager, he brought his crew along notice in the next shot his boy has got the same expression. i gave dude another chance but i guess this is how he wanted to make his debute.
ah yea
chapin and his ladies escaping to the "after party"
i almost got all the black people working on haight st in one shot. lol supreme making a rare appearance at a non dj non music influenced event.
the man of the hour. abdul

[MC] FALL PREVIEW- FELA

2009-07-04T15:37:00.001-07:00

this dude is soooo underrated somehow. one of the most influential voices and sounds in music history. if every musician did a fraction for the people as fela did we would all be in a better place. soon to be available in the freshest store near you, if not ask for it, and ye shall recieveth.

choice is yours...

2009-06-27T11:12:00.000-07:00

product

2009-06-26T15:42:00.000-07:00

king of pop passes @ 50

2009-06-25T15:38:00.000-07:00

The Los Angeles Times reports that Michael Jackson has died at age 50 after being rushed to UCLA Medical Center.

Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Steve Ruda told the newspaper that Jackson was not breathing when paramedics arrived at his home and CPR was performed.

TMZ.com reported that he may have suffered cardiac arrest.

Jackson had been due to start a series of comeback concerts in London on July 13 running until March 2010. The singer, whose hits included “Thriller” and “Billie Jean,” had been rehearsing in the Los Angeles area for the past two months.

The shows for the 50 London concerts sold out within minutes of going on sale in March.

His lifetime record sales tally is believed to be around 750 million, which, added to the 13 Grammy Awards he received, makes him one of the most successful entertainers of all time.

He lived as a virtual recluse since his acquittal in 2005 on charges of child molestation.

There were concerns about Jackson’s health in recent years but the promoters of the London shows, AEG Live, said in March that Jackson had passed a 4-1/2 hour physical examination with independent doctors.

collective effort show @ loft 06' atl

2009-06-24T21:45:00.000-07:00

gripplyaz & h
gripplyaz & j mill
the red light, nice
you can see the mc sticker in the smoke room, n'mean
collective efforts backstage getting ready for the show, exclusive mc access
creashun, all dope atl dj's sported the mc logo on the deck, much respect fam.

mc store 06'

2009-06-24T14:43:00.000-07:00

dj jamad

stic.man and son
lupe fiasco

nyc 04'

2009-06-24T12:42:00.000-07:00

MADLIFTED 93'

2009-06-24T08:32:00.000-07:00

this is og as it gets, for those of you that still own this shirt, much respect much love, only we know how far we go back. the original color way is black shirt with different logo a brown bat that said blunt on it and red pants. created in florida, before computers. when we actually drew shit and had to cut it out of ruby paper. then take it to the film guy and pay mad dough to get film made for you to shoot your screens. very time consuming expensive process. now you fools can pretty much do everything from your computers. this was before the internet and cell phones, some of you probably weren't even born yet. hindsight i can see opportunities we missed. i knew the internet was going to change the game, but some people around me doubted and my dumbass let that shit influence me. i mean i was on it learning programs, but i couldn't afford my own computer at the time, so the process was a bit delayed. then i couldn't afford a high speed connecting. i was on dial up till i was ready to kill myself.

93' til infinity

2009-06-24T00:02:00.000-07:00

goldi gold

2009-06-23T00:00:00.001-07:00

don't sleep on goldi gold this cat has been doing his thing for years, soon to be featured in a mass-confusion x goldi gold collaboration.

frolab miami 06'

2009-06-22T23:20:00.000-07:00

they didn't even know i was taking this shot. i love the candid shit. true moment. we ended up having a great time, i think it was the first time we were all at the wmc at the side time.

2009-06-22T23:18:00.001-07:00

craig and noble

2009-06-22T23:11:00.000-07:00

this is my ace, holding down the fort until things get where they are going.

civic yard atl 03'

2009-06-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

JBREW

2009-06-22T13:27:00.001-07:00

dj unknown this was taken at scion party about 3 years ago.

bobby brown/miya bailey/mc

2009-06-22T12:26:00.000-07:00

i took this shot a couple years ago at miya's tattoo spot before city of ink. his paintings are incredible. i made a shirt of this shot and sold it in the atl in very limited quantities maybe it's time to re-release them.

velocity atl

2009-06-22T11:57:00.000-07:00

velocity pt3. this was the third shop, third version of expansion, and me waiting patiently for an opportunity to work. my boy really took care of me during this time so i really didn't trip.
always just appreciated the opportunity to learn and move forward. this is the kinda stuff you have to do when you try to start a business with no up-front captial. just waiting and waiting....dude in the red shirt ended up picking a fight with me in my last days there. i was so off and on that this place. i could tell he always wanted to try me, why? i have no idea. so one day it went down. i should have beat his ass, but i just defended myself and helped him the the ground as fast and gentle as possible. i didn't punch him but still everyone looked at me like i was a brother on the real world. i still got mad love for everyone that works there and wish them nothing but the best.

JDavey Atl. 2005

2009-06-10T23:34:00.000-07:00