The 12th installment in the Hitler Wears Hermes series by Westside Gunn.
Some songs that caught my ear from the first play through:
2. Bosewell
3. Adam Page
10. Outlander
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Jake Phelps was the face of thrasher and since his passing, it’s hard to think of thrasher and not think about Jake. I think the staff at Thrasher knows that, I mean Jake was a literal human encyclopedia when it came to Thrasher history. It’s nuts! There’s a clip somewhere of Rowan talking about calling Jake and asking him about a photo from an old magazine from the nineties and Jake, without hesitation, knew exactly what Rowan was talking about. There’s a few times that this has happened. Jake’s life was the mag!
Since then Thrasher has done a beautiful thing keeping his memory alive with the series, Still Watching. Where skateboarders talk about their favorite memories with Jake. What he meant to them and what it was like to be around him. The week it was with Greyson Fletcher, a skater that I wasn’t the must hype on when he first came across my screen but over the years and watching him skate and watching his interview, I’ve come to like the guy. He is completely different from what I thought he would be like, whatever my wack mind came up with at the time, but dude’s a ripper. Greyson Fletcher shares what Jake did for him on a trip to Brazil and how he helped him get a gnarly feature in magnified.
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The Victory Light podcast continues its tear as they bring up MIKE for today’s episode and I died laughing. With hosts like Rainey and Mero you’re always going to have a couple of laughs but when MIKE felt the vibe it was like they just bro’d out and laughed at everything from MIKE’s first time in Japan, to MIKE touring in the UK. Laughter was today’s therapy for sure. Love the pod for bringing MIKE on. MIKE is a real one.
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Tyshawn grew up skateboarding in the streets of New York and though he’s been in the Breakfast Club’s backyard for years, he’s still relatively unknown in major media spaces. He sits and talks about coming up in skateboarding and he’s watched things change since he’s been in the sport. From skateboarding being an outcast sport to being accepted, a lot of people still don’t understand how a person becomes a pro in skateboarding or how the business works and Tyshawn does his best to shed some light on his perspective of skateboarding.
I wish this was a bit longer but maybe Tyshawn will be back
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Tracklist
Spider-man Superman by drake
Innocence by felt
Cuz We Wanted Like It by felt
Crush ft. jorja smith by aj tracey
More than friends by hanani, westside boogie
Body language ft. sasha keable by ezra collective
Candy gum by emotional oranges, jessie reyez, becky g
I wish by jay worthy
Pardon me by joey bada$$
Tru organics by larry june, 2 chainz, the alchemist
Feelings on silent ft wale by leon thomas
Little things by ella mai
Die trying by partynextdoor, drake, yebba
Cult of personality by living colour
2000 blues by felt
You know this biss ft. project pat by dj paul
Stash by black milk, fat ray
I dont give a fuck by 2pac
Hey good lookin by hank williams
Pimmie’s dilemma by pimmie, partynextdoor, drake
Gimme a hug by drake
Highest in the room by travis scott
Chinatown wars by ghostface killah, mf doom
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this is one of my favorite albums to comeback to. if you don’t know about knxwledge you need to take a moment and listen to this or play it in the background while you go about your day.
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Neckface sat down with Living Proof New York, a podcast out of New York that interviews different artists and skateboarders. They seem pretty raw and real, asking genuine questions with minimal set up. Nothing feels overly produced but there’s a genuine curiosity for whoever is sitting across the table. Neckface sat down with them a while ago and it made for good conversation.
Neckface has been around in skateboarding since forever. I don’t remember when I was first introduced to him (via online video) I just thought he was just some skate homie around thrasher that people liked. He was funny never taking anything too serious. Reminded me of some people I know in my personal life. Eventually I found out he was an artist. When you see his art, it’s uniquely him. I haven’t seen anything like it.
I haven’t really seen him sit down with anyone and really talk about his origin story. What got him into art and graffiti? Influences? Stuff like that. But my favorite question he answered was, “how does he balance his passion for art as a job?” I think he gives the best answer I’ve seen so far!
It’s a good watch, check it out!
Here’s some bonus footy of Neckface out hitting up some spot in New York
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Quartersnack sat down with Andrew Allen to talk about some of his favorite movies and the references that he’s pulled from them over the years. Board graphics, video part songs, magazine ads, a bunch of stuff that I didn’t realize were references to films I had seen before. I should probably pull things from my favorite films or television shows and see what I can do.
Movies mentioned in the video:
Point Break
The Lost Boys (1987)
Heat
Goodfellas
Terminator 2
Twin Peaks (1990)
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It’s been a few years since I stopped practicing my faith and since then I’ve been wandering around searching for a northstar. Somewhere to plan my flag, a foundation to push off on. I’ve left religion for philosophy, reading the bushido code, Huey P. Newton, watching video essays on Carl Jung, and nothing feels quite right. But I think I’m closer today than I was ten years ago. Or maybe I’ve been building my own philosophy, my own code. Every man needs a code. A set of rules that they abide by out of internal conviction rather than external obligation.
That’s what religion brought me. An unquestionable way of life that can’t be challenged, or at least that is the way it was presented to me. Everyone tries to live a certain way, following the rules of the bible.
What I found in reality was no one was living the lifestyle. Though everyone was trying but when emotions ran high the real person bleed through. The person they were trying to leave behind, the person their religion told them was no good, was still there under their Sunday’s best. The person never changed, they were just repressed. Push down under as far as he could go but eventually coming up for air.
I don’t think that religion or at least the way that it addresses the human condition in the church, doesn’t address a man’s soul. It leaves everything to imagine and metaphor, open to interpretation. Their examples don’t always translate to the individual but rather sets a standard of what it’s expected. It draws a finish line with no map and no contexts.
Man is meant to be tested and come to his own conclusions after conscious contemplation and reflection. How else can he know his limits and his capabilities? He doesn’t want to find his limitation when it’s life and death. A moment that challenges his entire being doesn’t want to be a split moment decision like in the movies. That means making mistakes, having regrets, not trying to imitate a god-like man. Originally and self-experience built character
But then I start to question, how does a child find the basics, morals, valves, right and wrong? Is it the duty to the parents or society, community or history? And even then these things are sliding scales. Some parents lie to their kids to preserve their innocence. They say the Easter bunnies and Santa Claus, tooth fairies and what not. Killing a human can be viewed as honorable if it’s done for your country.
The best option is just to lead by example and show the child, rather than teach them. Be patient and explain when necessary.
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We Belong Together – Robert & Johnny
American Wedding – Frank Ocean
Anytime – Ray J
La La Means I Love You – The Delfonics
Lost Me – Giveon
Love Song -1 – The Internet
Violet Nude Women – The Internet
I Want You Back (Remastered) – Don Julian & The Larks
I Wish You Love, Pt. 1 – Joe Bataan
Difference – Ginuwine
Use Your Heart -SWV
I Think – Tyler the Creator
Snooze – SZA
Me and Your Mama – Childish Gambino
Yo Love – Vince Staples
Player Ways -Vince Staples
Infatuated – Memphis Bleek
When He’s Not There – Kehlani, Lucky Daye
Calls – Robert Glasper, Jill Scott
We Belong Together – Robert & Johnny
Oh My Angel -Bertha Tillman
Nobody But You – Jorja Smith, Sonder
Sparks – Coldplay
Die Hard – Kendrick Lamar
End – Frank Ocean
Burning in paradise 