A couple months back I introduced you to my new favorite group when I posted The Wellington Paper’s “Berlin” video— well they are back.

Here is the video for TWP’s joint Jackie.

Enjoy.

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More sneak peeks and trailers from the movie Kick-Ass, focusing on the character Hit Girl. Check it out.

New Era came through Concepts to do a piece on Boston for their online magazine “Your Lifestyle Fitted”. The article has a video component on page 9. They did a great job,

Shout to my boy Stebs who shot the video for the piece.

Check it out here: Your Lifestyle Fitted.

Signing my rights away

Stebs on the camera

Still from the video

Interview I did for Karmaloop TV during the Statik Selektah album listening party at Concepts.

Big shouts to Dennis Todisco and the KM team.

While it’s already premiered on Starz, Spartacus: Blood and Sand looks promising and pretty bloody. If you agree (and happen to have Starz) then check it out.

Big Pun. One of the greatest to ever do it.

November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000

Rest in Peace.

Plain and simple, this movie looks great. Check out the trailer.

Life is about meeting people, connecting and making things happen. Meet some friends.

All photos by: Harris Tobey

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Game: DJ /Designer
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Game: Owner of the brand Johnny Cupcakes
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Name: Levi Maestro
Game: Living life and documenting it
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Name: Stebs
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Sun don’t shine if Son don’t shine

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As the new decade seems to already be flying by, I thought I’d take more time to look at some of the films that we saw in the 00’s. In no particular order, here are my top ten comedies of the past ten years.

Superbad – Easily one of the best comedies of the 00’s, this movie had me laughing throughout the whole thing.

Old School – Another easy pick. Funny movie the whole way through. Already a classic.

Office Space – Also a classic. Before there was The Office, there was Office Space.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Coen Brothers, Clooney… Done deal. Some may not consider it a comedy, but it makes me laugh, so it’s in.

40 Year Old Virgin – ‘If I hear Ya Mo Be There one more time, I’m gonna Ya Mo burn this place to the ground.’ So many great moments in this movie.

Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou – Definitely Wes Anderson’s style of film, so you have to be into his stuff. But it’s one of my favorites.

Pineapple Express –  Hilarious. Great cast and funny all the way through. ‘It makes me aerodynamic when I fight.’

Wedding Crashers – Mom! The meatloaf!

The Royal Tenembaums – Another great film from Anderson.

Shaun of the Dead – Zombies. And hilarious.

It was 1988 and I was a 10 year old absolutely obsessed with hip-hop music and culture. I didn’t even refer to it as such because is was as normal to me to listen to rap music as it was to eat grandma’s Puerto Rican food. With out the internet to fuel ones need for discovery, I would walk from my neighborhood to Strawberry’s (the local record store – now closed) to cop cassettes and help a DJ friend at the time boost vinyl.

Its hard to explain how important 1988-1989 was for hip-hop music and how much of a contribution it made to my development as a person. Everything was so new: let me explain. When Slick Rick dropped his single “Children’s Story”, it was the first time I have ever heard a rapper recite a story in a rap that was so vivid, animated and complete. He invented that shit. When I heard KRS One’s voice for the first time on “My Philosophy” it was like I was at a self help seminar! Let’s not even start an Eric B and Rakim conversation— they were so serious, it made me serious! The things these artists were doing were literally the first time they were being done. Can you say that about any one artist today? Probably not. Absolutely not.

One song in particular that really made an impact on me was Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock’s “It takes 2″— for a few reasons.

1- It was amazing – first and foremost.

2- My DJ friend that I used to steal records with had the Lyn Collin record “Think (about it)” which is the original sample used for that song (and many other hip-hop classics). He used to cut up and sample the record before I actually heard “It Takes 2″. Shit, might have been his favorite record because we heard it a lot! To know the origins of the record made an impact on me.

3- It became incorporated into the theme song for YO! MTV Raps which was religion for me. Would not miss a show and when we finally could afford a VCR it was dubbed, re dubbed and re re dubbed.

Fast forward to present day and Snoop Dogg has resurrected the Rob Base song for a modern day hit (and tribute…) and I’m not mad at all. It was a reminder of what was but a confirmation that what happens today is with direct influence of yesterday.

From Lyn Collins to Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock, to Snoop Dogg, to the numerous rappers that ended 2009 freestyling over the Snoop Dogg instrumental – the seed Lyn planted in 1972 has provided the fruit we eat today.

Below are the videos for the Rob Base smash, Snoop’s joint and the foundation Lyn layed.

Enjoy.

And yes I am getting old….