Bizzy Bone recording session with The Game Raw Footage

Winner Selected In Greatest Hip-Hop Song (Of The VIBE Era) Tournament

Hip-hop has long been associated with the criminal lifestyle often found in the lyrics and bios of it’s biggest stars.


However, the Greatest Hip-Hop Song (Of The VIBE Era) Tournament proves that rap music is more. The fierce, fan-powered competition concluded as two classic records—Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “Tha Crossroads” and 2Pac’s “Dear Mama”—squared off in the final round. 


Not like the typical bravado-bulked or trap-rap tracks, both finalists represented hip-hop’s universality—Pac’s maternal celebration and Bone Thugs’ grief-filled death dedication.
There could only be one winner, though. The bracket-styled competition ended neck-and-neck, with the lightning-quick spitters from Cleveland sqeezing past Afeni’s son with 52 percent of final-round votes.


The number one seed from the Midwest Division coasted much of the tournament, pounding Da Brat’s “Funkdafied” in the first round, before handing Eminem two losses ("Lose Yourself" and "Stan"). Bone Thugs-N-Harmony barely passed Wu-Tang Clan in the final four by 3.9 percent of votes. 


“Dear Mama” was more of the Cinderella song here, though. Seated at the bottom of the West Coast division at no. 7, the Mother’s Day favorite easily knocked off fellow Pac jam "I Get Around" (2), grappled with number-one seed "Nuthin' But A G-Thang" for a tough victory and beat out Ice Cube's "Today Was A Good Day" in the elite 8. Then, "Dear Mama" zipped by OutKast's Dirty South finalist "Ms. Jackson," to advance to the finals.

Click here to see the result..

Puma Suede | Spring/Summer 2011 Preview

Here is a first look at the different Puma Suede looks we can expect from the 2011 Puma spring/summer collection. The sneaker comes in a nice range of color choices from bright varieties that mix turquoise and purple to a classic New York Knicks colorway set in blue and orange. Check out the entire coming collection and we will keep you posted when they drop next year.

Photography by Steven Prince for EU Kicks

Bizzy Bone T-Shirt - $13.99

Here some design of Bizzy's tshirt under label Sumerian Records. U can purchase online through http://www.merchconnectioninc.com/collections/bizzy-bone and don't forget to get his 15th solo album called Crossorads 2010 now! Still Thuggish Rugghish eternal....

LMFAO Live in KL

JUICEOnline reported that LMFAO will doing the performance at Euphoria, Sunway this 19 Jan 2011. The electro hip hop masters behind DIY hits 'I’m in Miami Bitch', 'Lil’ Hipster Girl' and 'Yes', LMFAO are here to part-tay! Known for their quirky wardrobe and happy vibes, uncle-nephew duo Sky Blu and Redfoo will be bringing the entire Party Rocker crew for this insane concert. Holla...

Showcase of Inspirational Concept Stores

Alexandre Herchovitz (Tokyo, Japan)

Brazilian designer Alexandre Herchovitz does not shy from loud prints or bold designs, and Arthur Casas helps make the statement with his design for the Flagship store in Tokyo’s Daikanayama district. Featuring a double-edge razor blade design on the façade, the building is engineered to literally open and close to the public.

 

 

 

BAPE (Los Angeles, USA)

Japanese street wear brand BAPE makes kills it with their ultra-futuristic Melrose Avenue location in downtown Los Angeles. This corner store makes a huge presence on the strip, with a brightly lit interior, neon tubing, and a dramatic 4.5 meter high glass cylinder in the centre of the space, featuring a rotating sneaker conveyer belt. 

  

 

Issey Miyake ‘Pleats Please’ (Tokyo, Japan)

Tokujin Yoshioka’s redesign for Issey Miyake’s ‘Pleats Please’ Boutique in the Aoyama district of Tokyo, is a tour-de-force of contemporary, minimalist, concept-based design. Yoshioka’s conception of the space includes transcending time by conserving the existing space with recycled aluminum, and an expansive light wall to accentuate the product and infuse modern technology into the retail experience. 

Lucien Pellat-Finet (Osaka, Japan)

The fine cashmere and knit items of Lucien Pellat-Finet were the jump-point for Kengo Kuma when designing for the high profile Osaka boutique. Attempting to express the tenderness of cashmere, Kuma creates an organic pattern using plywood to mimic the coziness of the fabric.

 

Reebok ‘Flash’ (New York, USA)

Fusing early 20th Century Vorticism with the vibrant spirit of the 1980′s, Formavision plays with both perspective and depth, tricking the eye by extending three dimensional shapes into distorted graphic patterns. Much in the spirit of the brightcamouflaged battleships used by the Royal Navy in the First World War, Reebok’s Flash Concept Store is anything but a flash in the pan in the world of creative retail design.

Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg and Akon "Kush"