Video: The Roots - How I Got over

The Roots drop the music video for their first single “How I Got Over” off their upcoming album of the same name. How I Got Over, the group’s 9th album, drops October 20th on Def Jam. Props to OnSmash for the video.

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24 Artists Inspired by Where The Wild Things Are

Vice has launched a new site for their 24 Artists Inspired by Where The Wild Things Are series. 24 regularly contributing artists got inspired by the story and its characters and each created a piece of art on the subject. The first ones are by Benjamin Marra and Ben Jones, with 22 more to follow. Check out the site here.

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Hustle Simmons - Only One Me ft. P.O.R.N., Hezekiah, & Poindexter

Just saw this over at Tha S Ence 's blog. It's footage from a recording session for their upcoming album No Days Off that's due out at some point in 2010. Hustle Simmons

Fitted Hawaii x New Era “Multicolor Kamehameha Pack” Fitted Caps

Fitted Hawaii drops a total of 6 solid color Kamehameha New Era 59Fifty fitted caps. Colorways include Black, Blue, Cardinal, Green, Navy, and Red. Get them at their online store at www.fittedhawaii.com.

Nike Free Run Supernatural Anime Film

Nike Free Run Supernatural from Joseph Cartman on Vimeo.

Nike “Day of the Dead” Dunk Hi

Today we give you a detailed look at the Nike Dunk Hi from the Day of the Dead Pack, which will release with an Air Max 90 and a Dunk Lo. The sneaker comes with a black base, light green Swoosh and contrasting orange stitching. Purple graphics are embossed onto most parts of the upper. The lining matches the Swoosh and further graphic details can be found on the insole. Look out for a release soon.

Vans Holiday 2009 Switchback & Chukka

After an incredible Summer and a number of solid Fall releases, Vans Holiday 2009 is starting to arrive. The Switchback debuts in a black waxed-canvas upper with hiking laces and a gum sole. A welcome addition to the family. The iconic Chukka boot is seen in two supple suede makeups: grey on grey and deep navy. Each features round tonal laces. Bows & Arrows has stock.

Nike Holiday 2009 Air Max 1 ND

The classic Air Max 1 comes in two simple colorways for Holiday 2009. Clean, neutral colors with a a mixed suede and mesh upper and a little speckle to the midsole. What more can be said? It’s a good look. Releases in October. Pre-order now from Crooked Tongues.

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Ron English getting air

Ron English took graffiti to new heights this morning by skywriting the word CLOUD five times across lower Manhattan.
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The Clink Room “Tulsa Drillers Phase IV” New Era Cap

The Clink Room launches their first limited edition New Era release following their Tulsa Drillers Phase IV moniker. The cap features a signature Italian cork board underbill with custom embroidered detailing. Only 150 caps were produced, each hand numbered and personally signed by the project designers, who are the same duo responsible for all official Major League Baseball and Minor League logos. Available now via The Clink Room online store.

RZA- The Tao of Wu

A unique book of wisdom and experience that reaches from the most violent slums of New York City to the highest planes of spiritual thought by the RZA, hip-hop’s most exalted wise man.

The RZA, the Abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan and hip-hop culture’s most dynamic genius, imparts the lessons he’s learned on the journey that’s taken him from the Staten Island projects to international superstar, all along the way a devout student of knowledge in every form he’s found it—on the streets, in religion, in martial arts, in chess, in popular culture. Part chronicle of an extraordinary life and part spiritual and philosophical discourse, The Tao of Wu is a nonfiction Siddhartha for the hip-hop generation —an engaging, seeking book that will enlighten, entertain, and inspire.

The legions of Wu-Tang fans are accustomed to this heady mix—their obsession with the band’s puzzlelike lyrics and elaborate mythology has propelled the group through fifteen years of dazzling, multiplatform success. In his 2005 bestseller The Wu-Tang Manual, the RZA provided the barest glimpse of how that mythology worked. In The Tao of Wu, he takes us deep inside the complex sense of wisdom and spirituality that has been at the core of his commercial and creative success.

The book is built around major moments in the RZA’s life when he was faced with a dramatic turning point, either bad (a potential prison sentence) or good (a record deal that could pull his family out of poverty), and the lessons he took from each experience. His points of view are always surprising and provocative, and reveal a profound, genuine, and abiding wisdom—consistently tempered with humor and peppered with unique, colloquial phraseology. It is a spiritual memoir as the world has never seen before, and will never see again.ever seen before, and will never see again.

The Tao of Wu

The RZA - Author
Book: Hardcover | 9.25 x 6.25in | 224 pages | ISBN 9781594488856 | 15 Oct 2009 | Riverhead | 18 - AND UP

Clipse x Kaws | Complex October/November 2009 Issue

For the latest issue of Complex Magazine, the publication teamed up with hip-hop duo Clipse and world renowned artist Kaws for their cover story. In an exclusive interview, the rappers speak on their clothing line Play Cloths, their upcoming album Till The Casket Drops and more. The issue will be released on October 6, 2009, but you can read the interview early at following link.

R.I.P. DJ Roc Raida

It;s sad news that, in my opinion, the World's Greatest DJ, Grandmaster DJ Roc Raida passed away. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family.