That Pretty Motherf*ka Party

Trapstar x Bump throwing a party? Its Nate and Piff Gang on the bill? And a special guest from Harlem??? You should get there A$AP.

Lacoste L!VE x Breaks of 10- Selector Sessions Party

Last week at their Soho store, Lacoste L!VE threw a collaborative party with blog site, Breaks Of 10 showcasing some of the freshest and talented artists and DJ's in the London hip-hop scene. Last Japan and DJ Motive committed some crimes on the decks, playing the biggest tracks new and old, from this side of the pond and Stateside. The kid, ItsNate was the main performer on the night, the North Londoner doing no harm to his increasing buzz and rep as a talented wordsmith. Nate also invited TR Fernandez to join him, and the two peformed a new number, that had several heads knocking. Free 'juice' was supplied on the night by Koppaberg, and with many attendants in good spirits in the packed store, the night could definitely be seen as a success. 

Above is a video of the said event and yours truly can be seen towards the end of the video.

Origin London Exhibition

Should be a lot of stuff, if local check it out and if your not local, its London so you can be local in a minute. Shouts to Henry Houdini and Gabriel, some good times were had over the weekend.

An Evening With The Black Stars

Yesterday, the whole HNW team, (there's just two of us by the way) rolled to Wembley to see England take on Ghana. I have never witnessed such an atmosphere in my life, really happy I witnessed this game up close. It could have been oh so different, as Dante had me standing near a hot dog stand, waiting for him to provide with my ticket. To top it off, I was wearing my prized pair of kicks, so I was looking out in fear random drops of ketchup and trying to spot a dimpled stocky individual at the same time.

Despite some instances over-excited folk standing up when Ghana had the ball on the halfway line (in footy, this usually only happens when a team looks like they might score).  Best match I have been to, and one of the funniest nights of my life. On the train, on the walkway to the Stadium, queuing up for £8 cheeseburgers, (not me, way too cheap for that) I heard some wild score predictions and I saw many friends, family members and old school/college people.

When Baby Jet netted that last minute equaliser, I think the noise we made could have been heard in Kumasi Market, the real one.

Shouts to Haw, Abz and Marc and everyone else I saw.

Turn Off The Radio

Nate will be there, so will I, you can be there if you want. Simples

G-Shock East Sessions (Feb 18th)

Keeping to my promise, I am now sharing some images of the G-Shock East Session at the flagship store in Brick Lane. This was easily the most attended session I have been to. Space was few and far between and I saw performances by Fearless and the boys from the Trapstar Cypher, Nate, Shadez, Ash and Skits. Fearless had a few heads rocking with that 'Duku Man' tune, and new material offered by the guys from the Cypher was well received. Pics above and below, excuse the quality, check the tags if baffled.

J'Aime Mon Carre! Launch Party

The other night, French high fashion house Hermes, hosted a launch party in the celebration of their campaign J'aime Mon Carre, which translates into 'I Love My Scarf' coming to East and West London. In East London at the Rochelle School of Arts, from the 18th to 21st November. In West London, the festivities will begin on Ledbury Road from the 25th November onwards.

Myself and some of the other Likely Lads, were present at the launch party. There were scarves elaborately placed everywhere, over tables, hanging from the walls, you name it, it was done. War Paint, an experimental rock group from LA, provided the evening's entertainment and there were delightful fancy fingerfoods on hand and as well as free drinks. Good times were had, photos below.

Shouts to Mister Lego.

NSW - Destroy To Create

Nike Sportswear recently held an event at 1948, in celebration of a new series of the Destroyer Jacket. On display, were previous jackets from older collections, work by the likes of Mike Cavendish x Duffy and I Have Pop to name a few names. There was free booze, a boxing ring, for some surreal boxing match with two female boxers. It wasn't weird because the brawlers were females but because it had just followed a mental moshpit in the ring, minutes before. Ohio native, Stalley performed as well. Nate and Blackstar were in attendance with me on this occasion.

Peep the pics below.

An Animal A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

My good friend  sorry my motherfucking homeboy, Mister Lego, is holding his own exhibition later on in the month. The Firm is presenting the exhibition which will run from the 18th November to the 4th December.
A multi-talented designer, with a sinister sense of humour and an intricate style, the exhibition will allow you to delve further into the mind of Mister Lego.

Private View: Thursday November 18th
 Location: The C.A.M.P. 70-74 City Road, London, EC1Y 2BJ

RSVP: info@thefirmbiz.co.uk

An Animal A Day Keeps The Doctor Away - Misterlego from misterlego on Vimeo.
Enough from me, check out the work for yourself.

Lacoste 12 Legends

My favourite brand of all time, Lacoste, (check this blog's first post) have come up with a fresh and innovative way of reworking some of their most signature sneakers. Mr Renè Lacoste, created the world-famous L.12.12 polo shirt, back in 1933. Now Lacoste have teamed with 12 collaborators from different fields and industries to help bring some new and exciting design ideas to life. Record label Stones Throw have been tapped up, as well as retail giant, i-d Magazine and Japanese high fashion desinger, Ato, this gives you an idea on the variety of brands working together with the company. Lastly, the entire rage will be (smartly) available on 12/12, December 12.

Below, are just some of the trainers available from the 12 Legends range.

Spotted @ Hypebeast.

Overproof

PnB x Tim and Barry x Stop Beggin' throwing another party. Good times and drunken times can be expected.

G- Shock Sessions

Here is some cool footage, of the recent G-Shock Sessions, held at the G-Shock stone in Brick Lane. Acts such as S.A.S and Nu Brand were performing some of their new material. The video is black and white, and ask Matty I have to try really hard not to post every black and white video Creative Control, (sick State Side directors) release. Video was nicely shot by PHD-LDN.

Blog Out.

PlayStation Game Runners - Blocks Public Open Day

The Game Runners event for the social game, BLOCKS, took place on the Friday just gone. The Public Open Day took place in Brick Lane, and both members of HNW were in attendance, Its The Leak also made a cameo appearance. Yours truly, failed miserably and went out in the first round. Dantz went through to the third round, one away from the final, so at least someone from the team repped.  By the time the competition rolled around, there was a healthy amount of people.

The game is about logic and slowly building your tower of blocks, it may look simple, but you had to make sure each side touching, matched the correct symbol. Well that's my excuse anyway.  The life sized blocks were used in the final round and added to the excitement.

The winner of the competition won a PlayStation 3 and a PlayStation Move motion controller. The event went well, and below are some pics of what went down. 

PlayStation Game Runners

PlayStation Game Runners is a fresh and innovative project, where people from all walks of life have come together to create social games.
The project which is a brain-child of Sony and Hide & Seek, where 8 people were chosen as game designers to make three games relevant to the public.There were three games Flags, BLOCKS and Hoops, with BLOCKS being selected as it was the most popular game.


BLOCKS is a three-dimensional game of strategy and precision movement. If you are having trouble following, it is basically like a life-sized game of building blocks, and the loser is the first person unable to keep the tower standing, or who runs out of time to make a move.




On Friday 8th October, there will be an open day where anyone can drop in and try BLOCKS, location has not been confirmed, but I for one will be in attendance.  As soon as we get the word, will let you know more, as the event draws closer. Peep the trailer below.Click the Facebook link here for more info.

Crooked Tongues 10th Anniversary BBQ

Footwear store Crooked Tongues yesterday held their summer BBQ to celebrate being in business for 10 years. As a milestone was reached, they pulled out the stops supplying a bottomless bin of free booze and also free chicken provided by Nandos. The event was also sponsored by Reebok and Dickies, and apart from missing out on some hot wings, after the night was over I can say I was shown a good time. Lol. You have to pardon the cheese. Peep some pics from the shindig, below. Shouts to the boy Nate as well.

Show Me A Good Time

Yesterday, my sister and I took a trip down to London KOKO, to see Janelle Monae live. Let me tell you this, the show was amazing, her vocal range, dancing skills, (that 'Tightrope' stuff is something else), her energy amongst other things made it one of the best shows I have ever been to. KOKO was packed to the rafters and the crowd were in fine voice much like Ms Monae herself.

British rockers Wolf Gang, were the opening act and were very impressive, a lot of sing-alongs and toe-tappers in their catalogue, all in all they performed  seven tracks and I  was not eagerly anticipating their exit. Some annoying little trick that insisted on speaking, singing and screaming like Janelle Monae after the show was not enough to ruin a great night.