Marvel & Marco Polo team up for the Stupendous Adventures
May 13, 2010 by Jason · Leave a Comment
Dropping June 29th, Toronto-born, New York-based producer Marco Polo will drop The Stupendous Adventures of Marco Polo on Duck Down Records. Featuring Large Professor, Skyzoo, Torae and Grand Daddy I.U., the star-studded release is part of the historic label’s 15th year anniversary year, which already includes Marco’s March album, The eXXecution.
The amazing cover art was designed by Marvel Canada’s Michael Del Mundo!!!
Check out the exclusive interview w/ Marco Polo!!
Ughhdotcom Custom Hat
Big thanks to my peeps over at UndergroundHipHop.com for hooking me up with the custom grey and black UGHH fitted hats. UGHH.com has the illest collection of custom hats from Hatch and a enormous collection of hip hop gear!
“i’m underground till i’m under the ground…”
Even legendary emcee Cappadonna from the Wu-Tang rocks the grey UGHH cap on a daily!!!!
The HATCH project was created from a concept of collaborating on a level of true respect and enjoyment. UGHH.com has had the chance to work with many creative minds and wanted to provide a platform for artists we enjoy working with to solely create. The business & production side of creating merchandise can be a serious burden to the creative process, so they decided to focus on that side and let the designers have some fun creating a limitless design. 9 Designers have come together to form our first collection of fitted hats!
RZAs The Man With The Iron Fist Film
May 9, 2010 by Jason · Leave a Comment
The RZA’s various extra-curricular interests are well-documented. Aside from producing Hip Hop albums, The Abbot has scored movies like Ghost Dog and Kill Bill, acted in films such as Derailed and American Gangster. RZA has even dabbled in painting.
Now, RZA will see another project of his come to fruition. According to firstshowing.net, The Man With the Iron Fist, a movie which the producer wrote with Eli Roth, will be picked up by Universal, who will finance and distribute the project.
The movie, which will be a “stylized martial arts film,” will star RZA as a blacksmith in a village in feudal China. RZA will also direct and score the film.
“While I was away shooting Inglourious Basterds, RZA went to China to shoot test footage on his own, with all the choreography,” explained Roth, who wrote, produced and direct the Hostel series. “It was very visual and I think he will bring to life a script that mixes Kung Fu with a spaghetti western mindset and a Hip Hop influence. RZA has imagined every tribe, every fighting style, every costume,” continued Roth. “He knows Kung Fu like I know horror.”
Filming for The Man With the Iron Fist is expected to begin later this year. Get you OFFICIAL Wu Wear Gear and floss like the RZA! And make sure to cop some of the RZA’s classic jams!!!
Banksy Leaves His Mark On L.A.
May 8, 2010 by Jason · Leave a Comment
A secretive and highly-sought-after British graffiti artist has left his mark in the Los Angeles area, and some say the value of the buildings he chose as his canvas may have just doubled in value.
“Banksy” is known for his satirical public artwork. Not too many people know what he looks like, but they sure know his markings.
The elusive artist left his mark on two downtown Los Angeles buildings over the weekend. And what some might call graffiti, others consider his vandalism a rare collectible.
“He has a huge amount of street credit for the fact that he’s done all these things so public against the law and never been caught,” gallery owner Robert Berman said.
Folks in London actually seek out properties with Banksy’s markings. “I’ve seen graffiti pieces of his worth hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Berman said. An ordinary parking lot in downtown Los Angeles may have just gone up in value as well after it was subtly transformed by the street artist.
What once said “Parking” now reads “Park” with a girl on a swing hanging from the letter A.
Building owners Tarina Tarantion and Alfonso Campos say they’re going to preserve Banksy’s masterpiece.
“We’re huge fans of this type of art and we want to make sure that it’s preserved so we’re going to do whatever we can, take steps to make sure that happens,” Tarantion said.
The owners say they’re going to place a large piece of plexiglass over the artwork and frame it.
Banksy’s second L.A. display on La Brea featured a police officer holding a balloon dog — an apparent jab at American artist Jeff Koons.
Both are apparently among several portraits popping up around town.
One of his pieces was quickly cut down, possibly stolen.
Banksy’s artwork coincidentally showed up at the same time his movie “Exit through the Gift Shop” premiered in Los Angeles.
KTLA attempted to find the man behind the valuable graffiti but, to no surprise, he was nowhere to be found.
