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Nike Air Max 1 V SP “Monotone” Pack
Next month Nike will be celebrating again its Nike Air Max range and you can look out for a multitude of great releases. Nike Air Max 1 V SP “Monotone” Pack. Consisting of three tonal versions of the Nike Air Max 1, the seamless upper consists of mostly premium canvas, resulting in a clean and minimal look. We especially love the color range that Nike chose to use on this new pack. The soft beige, light grey and black make the Nike Air Max 1 V SP “Monotone” the perfect fashion sneaker. Expect these to release some time in March at NikeLab stores around the globe.
TLC Raises $430,000 at Kickstarter’s End
TLC‘s Kickstarter ended Thursday, raising more than $430,000 for the group’s fifth and final album. That total is nearly three times their goal of $150,000 — a point they passed in just three days — thanks to the help of Katy Perry, New Kids on the Block and other excited fans. In all, 4,201 funders helped support this project. TLC’s Chilli Talks Their Kickstarter-Funded Final Album: ‘We Have to Involve the Fans’ The group’s T-Boz and Chilli thanked its fans on Kickstarter in the campaigns final hours Wednesday night, saying, “Thank you to everyone who has donated to our final album!! The amount doesn’t matter but the fact that you donated means the world to us.” The duo told fans last month after passing their fundraising goal that every dollar raised will go into the album. They wrote on Kickstarter, “The more funds that we raise means more access to the best producers, writers and talent in the business!!!” Later, it was announced veteran producer/label executive Ron Fair — most recently Virgin’s chief creative officer — had signed on as executive producer for the project, suggesting some high-profile collaborations may be in the cards. Veteran Producer Ron Fair to Exec-Produce TLC’s New Album “The return of TLC is surrounded by incredible positivity,” Fair told Billboard. “The entire creative community of artists, producers and songwriters is invited to the celebration.” Chilli also told Billboard that longtime collaborator Dallas Austin (who co-wrote the act’s breakthrough “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg,” as well as later hits “Creep” and “Unpretty”) will be involved. She said Ne-Yo — who penned its 2013 reunion track “Meant to Be” — will work with them if his schedule permits. TLC will join New Kids on the Block and Nelly on the two month long “The Main Event” tour this spring, kicking it off at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
Russell Simmons Fires Back at Geraldo Rivera for Trashing Hip-Hop
Yesterday (Feb. 18), Fox News pundit Geraldo Rivera made the controversial claim that hip-hop has been more destructive to “Black and Brown people” than racism has, over the past 10 years. Lamenting that hip-hop culture dulls the prospects of “youngsters”–Rivera used the archetypes of “a Puerto Rican from the South Bronx” and “a Black kid from Harlem”–the talking head insisted that rap was insidious, painting minorities as less than professional. He believes that those who participated in hip-hop would be relegated to working at “you know, the racks in the garment center.” Not only did Rivera’s comments raise eyebrows (and maybe mustaches), but Rivera brought one of hip-hop’s founding fathers into the mix. “I love Russell Simmons, he’s a dear friend of mine,” he said of the Def Jam co-founder. “I admire his business acumen. [But] at some point, those guys have to cop to the fact that by encouraging this distinctive culture that is removed from the mainstream, they have encouraged people to be so different from the mainstream that they can’t participate.” Today, TMZ published comments from Simmons that make he and Rivera seem decidedly less close. Saying that Rivera–whose first name he mispronounced–”never did shit to help nobody, not in a very long time,” Simmons seemed less than pleased with the implication that hip-hop was a destructive social force. Instead, he shifted the focus onto the real problem: “The prison industrial complex got people so twisted,” he offered. “For 40 years, they’ve been locking up diseased drug addicts, educating them on criminal behavior and dumping them back in the hood. The poetry and the reflection [in hip-hop] are what come from that jail culture.” Simmons and Rivera had previously sparred over the latter’s suggestion that Trayvon Martin brought his murder upon himself by wearing a hoodie.
Website Lets Fans Recreate Beats by Kanye West, J Dilla and 9th Wonder
On “I’m Innocent,” the first song from Murs’ 2008 major label debut, Murs For President, the Los Angeles rapper recalls the days when “Back when people said you couldn’t make beats on PCs.” The brain behind that song’s instrumental, of course, was his longtime collaborator 9th Wonder, whose work you can now recreate right from your internet browser. Sample Stitch, the new project from Matt Daniels, lets users pick apart and put back together beats by three of the most revered beatsmiths of the last decade and a half. 9th’s “Impressknowsoul!!!!,” J Dilla’s “Don’t Cry” and Kanye West’s “Otis” are all on the table, with nearly all of each respective beat’s elements tied to a key on a standard keyboard. No MIDI, MPC or Pro Tools required. Daniels was previously in the news for compiling a chart that tracks the relative vocabulary sizes of various rappers. As for Sample Stitch, he qualified the endeavor by reminding users that this process makes no mention of the hours producers spend digging for samples and the imagination needed to pull elements for the subsequent flip. Daniels explained his interest in the project by saying that he has “long been fascinated by the producer’s choices” when constructing beats from samples, adding that he hopes Sample Stitch will help casual rap fans grasp the “process and gift” that goes into crafting a great production.
A First Teaser Look At The Mercedes-AMG GT3
2016 Mercedes-AMG GT race car, a new Porsche competitor,the sports car and performance brand of Mercedes-Benz is presenting a new customer sport racing car that complies with FIA GT3 race regulations in the form of the new Mercedes-AMG GT3. Look out for further details in the coming weeks.