23 Jul 2008

i got 2 puuurrrr, i (really) got 2 puuuurrr.

By ?uestlove
Posted in cool stuff

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never let it be said that dreams don’t come true.
4 years ago i watched BAPE/reebok shower Pharrell with
all these kicks on the Sprite Liquid Mix Tour in the summer
of 2004.

i said to my stylist “when am i gonna get enough clout to get such an honor?”

well kids.

there is many a milestone in my career, and i have to stay that this ish right here?

man oh man…

this is my FAVORITE part of my life.

my very own shoe.

i present the (h)Air ?uesto 1

this shoe was actually in the making about a year ago but i was so excited the first time around i included everything but the kitchen sink.

and it showed lol: 9 different skins, 13 colors. the shoe was literally mitched/matched (as are these but to a lesser extent)

i wanted something that screamed “!@#T!@#$#!@#$@#$@#~@$@#!!!!!” but left me a lil room to really go crazy for the other 4 down the line. (my cream de la creme is the 3rd shoe, i got a vision Doc Brown style Flux Capacitor style that im still perfecting and HOPEFULLY in two years they will find a way to come up with the material i need to make it work)

so in short (its late and im lucky that nike is letting me get away with this much)

the shoe comes out aug 1st.

i will promote the shoe by dj’n/partying at the following stores

aug1- i’ll be at ALIFE in NYC
aug5- i’ll be at UBIQ in philly
aug 7th I’ll be at Undefeated in LA

the twist is the shoes will be sealed.

why?

details later

much thanks to crazy rebecca, zenobia morrow, dj clark kent, shawn gee, dawn baxter, and the staff at nike for making dreams come true!

26 May 2008

Duck… Duck… Duck… GOOSEBUMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

–sidenote: yesterday on okayplayer a 45 second snippet of a 1974 Stevie Wonder throwaway was posted and prompted many of us to keep this shit on repeat for a good 7 hours…..it left me feeling elated and sad at the same time. and then it just left me crazy and mad….to the point i woke up so angry i just had to blog what was initially supposed to be just a response to the post.All Day Sucker…..

(original post is at the bottom of this entry)

CLICK HERE for the snippet

and here is my entry some 24 hours later.

i am mad as fuck yo.

1. this shit is under a minute (whoever has that track got the whole shit and need to share that shit not just some “let them eat cake” and give portions.)

2. but then im like listening to this shit as a real song like 4 hours in a row which then makes me a lil crazy.

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20 May 2008

….for real nigga’s who aint got no feelins…

its 5:21am.
and i don’t know how to cry anymore.
that shit depresses me to no end.
seriously.
this aint some being mellowdramtic to be mellowdramatic shit.
i want to cry.
i was taught long ago that if i enter this game of constant competition
and competitiveness and dog eat dogness and getting your soul sucked
and 25 hour workdays and long un-approving looks in the mirror and anxiety
and constant judgment—i better numb the shit outta myself.

i mean i saw no harm in that.

sheeeeit if anything it borderline helped my sanity all the years that i too was wondering
“what the fuck we gettin slept on for”*

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18 May 2008

testing won too…*tap tap tap* hello world…is this thing on?

By ?uestlove
Posted in ?uestions

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wow.
its taken me long enough to get down to business but here it is….my very own official blog.

its so much pressure in here.

i had a built in myspace audience of 200,000+ people….but now i’m back to square one for the okayteam wants me to put all my energy into this website–i mean after all i created it right?

my publicist wants my blog to be as politically charged as my band’s albums so that we can establish me as the new political rage–but i got all the time in the world to wax poetic right?

i figured i’d start off with a simple blog.

imma have the okayplayers from the general boards ask me 20 ?uestions and i’ll answer as best as i can.

robone4 (and his non scrabble ass from Rancho Cucamonga, Ca) asks “when are you going to write a tell all book”

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13 May 2008

“Hoodpods”

By ?uestlove
Posted in cool stuff

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why squander thousands of buck for steve jobs when you can enjoy the same music on the hood’s choice of transmitting music…..COBY!

walkmen STILL in stock for $10, dvd players for UNDER $40, and mp3s for the reliable price of $14.99!!!

all jokes aside (no personal Ye imitation is the sincerest form of flattery) welcome to the first real ?uesto blog. hope you enjoy the ride!

-akt!

13 May 2008

STEAKS IS HIGH

By ?uestlove
Posted in cool stuff

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this is the so called face of philadiplomacy. most first time visitors in the tri state insist i give em a tour to the jim/pats steak empire. but truth be told? besides having prime real estate and great iconic lights? both spots are shitty to me because of their racist propaganda they force on you for some mediocre steaks. Joe Vento of course made national news with his anti mexican “english only” signs at Genos Steaks (dont even get me started on the across the street anti Mumia signs at Pats) —on the real? these are the 5 best spots to get your high blood pressure on:

1) tony lukes 2nd and oregon
2) abner’s on 38th and chestnut st.
3) cosmi’s deli on 1501 8th street (where in larry david form they named a sandwich after me that i’d never order…)
4. ishkabbibles on south tween 4th and 3rd
5. genaro’s on 12th and south

13 May 2008

“..WITH ONE AND A HALF PAIR OF PANTS YOU AINT COOL…..”

By ?uestlove
Posted in cool stuff

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i realized how spoiled i’ve gotten in the past few years with my “one scuff and throw em out” steeze with my kicks.
remember when mom and dad made you wear your sneaks until the sole could speak several languages?

13 May 2008

“….YO, YOUR SHIT COME IN LEATHERS?….”

By ?uestlove
Posted in cool stuff

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not exactly hybrid material (but burns waaaaaaay less gas than the suv of your choice), and since i was one of the first Scion XB recipients when it first came out in 2004 i can say that its weird design still makes it a conversation piece anywhere i drive it. despite its cheesebox stature, it is still the roomiest car not driven by a chauffer that ive even been in. and to get out of a car without bedhead these days is a harder challenge then say getting heavy rotation on a clear channel station.

12 May 2008

“…THAT’S…IF EVER..I WRITE”

By ?uestlove
Posted in cool stuff

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who says you have to give in to the temptation of spending your rent check trying to catch up the the unattainable lifestyle us rappers mercilessly flaunt and tease you with: peep!

you no longer have to give your left arm for louie (or turn your left arm green wearing fake louis), just make a simple $6 investment in the LV Ballpoint Pen Black Pen Refil (not a real pen, just authentic items with noticeable logos that should catch the shallow apple of an eye you would otherwise have to spend 9000 times as much on to get the same results….

12 May 2008

THERE IS A LIGHT THAT SHINES

By ?uestlove
Posted in cool stuff

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The ikea Espressivo desk lamp. yall aint up on this! and at $6.99? every home should have one!