I Like It A LotYoung Active Black Man
Pharrell graces the cover of The wall Street Journal for their September 2014 cover story. Photographed in black & white photos by Peter Lindbergh. Pharrell rocks Dior Homme’s fall/winter 2014 collection and tell us why he signed on to be a judge for NBC’s The Voice
The most complete lookbook we’ve seen this summer 2014, The daily paper spring/summer showcases amazing garments in a great environment, we invite you to see
“Nike’s Air Max 95 needs no introduction, 18 years on from its introduction the famous runner still impresses with its forward thinking, innovative design. This new version for 2013 is constructed suede uppers, successfully playing on the 95’s classic panelled design and is finished with embroidered branding and 3M reflective detailing all sat on top of that iconic visible air sole unit.”
Gangsta Gibbs up at the Crib Session!, Freddie Gibbs goes in with a hot freestyle
Chance The Rapper & the Social Experiment feature on the melodic ‘Tap dance‘ from the Octave Minds. Energetic as usual it’s on a 1,2 Step that The chicago Artist set the tempo
New Yorker’s own Ratking performs the music video So it goes, from their debut album
Listen to Tripping Iman Omari, the singer and producer offers us a bonus track entitled Tripping a calm, tranquil and beautiful song
taken from Flying Lotus’ album ‘You’re Dead!‘ It is an excellent production featuring Kendrick Lamar. The song is entitled “Never Catch Me”
In the Studio with XL Recordings’ French-Cuban Duo
“This week London-based label XL Recordings celebrates 25 years of turning next-big-things into global names—and following Prodigy, The White Stripes and The xx on the independent’s illustrious roster is latest signing, Ibeyi. The 19-year-old French-Cuban twins Naomi and Lisa-Kainde Díaz are daughters of the late, Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social Club percussionist Anga Díaz. “We probably carry his love of mixing different musics and influences on in an unconscious way,” says Lisa, who recorded the debut album with her beat-making sister and the XL owner Richard Russell during a three-month period: “Recording with Richard has been a deep experience, we learned a lot about our music and about ourselves. He and John the engineer recorded everything that was happening in the studio.
If one day you find one of our big twin fights on the internet, you know where it comes from.” Taking in Nina Simone, Meshell Ndegeocello and Reggaeton as influences, at the root of the pair’s music is the culture of ‘Yoruba,’ which was imported into Cuba from West Africa. “Yoruba’s culture is part of our lives and our music; mixing ancient religious chants with other western influences is what came naturally to us when we started making songs,” says Lisa. “It traveled to Cuba with the slaves but is largely unknown, so it’s important to us that people discover how profound it is.””
Listen to a set from SBTRKT performed live at the Maida Vale studios