Features, Other
Choices, everybody has them. Darren Harper had many. This is the story of a man who started out in the direction towards, prison, jail or possibly death. Realizing that those three options were not what he wanted, he quickly switched…
Art, The Art Of
It’s incorrect protocol to start an interview with two quotes, but when a group of people embodies their business as much as Warren, DC Chapmen and Umberger of Casual Decks, exceptions can be made. Founder, President and Co-owner, Warren, graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with a Bachelor’s in finance, is currently a Senior Analyst as an investment banker in Baltimore, and has been skating for about 12 years. DC Chapman the CEO brings the flare and dramatics to the team. Ummberger who was part of the US Military is the team manager of Casual and when he is not keeping everyone on task, he is running a skatepark in Maryland.
There is more to these three than the Skate Company, to them, skating is what saved their lives.
Art, Deep Cover
Consisting of nine NY natives, the Wu-Tang Clan is arguably one of the most influential rap groups and possibly one of the best in hip-hop history. Wu-Tang constituents are well renowned for their use of imagery and graphic metaphors throughout…
Art, Spraycan Stories
We all take different things way from camping trips. Irritable personalities, a better relationship with nature, burns, broken tent poles – the list goes on. On a camping trip to Beziers in 1987, Tigre found himself looking at his first…
Extra, Extra, Fashion
Old man winter is here for the next few months until he withers down and dies again. What better way is there to keep his cold wrinkled hands off of you, and look fresh at the same time than a hoodie?
Chingy is rocking that fire; even Tre from the Pharcyde is giving them some burn. Renowned for their exclusive, reversible hoodies, Alex2Tone and Alex Vaz of True Love & False Idols let Format know what’s up with their previous, and future collections.
Fashion, Street Shots
Street Shots by Zach Slootsky. November 18th, Club Filth, Toronto.
Albums, New Releases, STD
While most eyes are planted firmly on the South, there’s another hub that’s been slowly flanking, ready to take hip-hop by surprise. Fifteen years ago, Common first described the Chicago landscape on “Can I Borrow A Dollar?” Over the last…
Albums, New Releases, STD
Malice and Pusha T, the poster boys of label drama, have returned to cover our mirrors with that uncut. No, this is not the crack music that gets a week of burn before it gives you the coldshakes just thinking…
Books, Classic Releases, STD
The designer toy scene has been around for a while, but only recently has it begun to break into the mainstream. With designers working alongside sneaker companies and other commercial outlets, artists are getting more exposure than ever and making…
Albums, Introducing, STD
R&B seems on a slight downspiral this decade. The music is less inspired, the soul seems less existent and the content seems bogged down with who cheated on whom and who did whom wrong, but there are still artists out…
