The latest from our dude Emilio Rojas, “Bold and Arrogant [Remix]“ featuring Styles P of Lox fame and Asher Roth, just dropped all over the internets this week and it’s been on steady rotation here at the office. Click the image above to start your free download courtesy of NahRight.com, and be sure to check back at KarmaloopTV for our interview with Emilio earlier this year.
Uber-romantic outerwear manufacturers Spiewak are getting together with 1.800.Flowers for a Valentine’s Day contest to give the love of your life a lovely bouquet and a heart/arm/torso-warming jacket on the sweetest day of the year, and it could be one of the easiest damned contests we’ve ever heard.
All you have to do to reverse the scorn of one too many trip to the titty bar is post “I Heart Spiewak” on the brand’s Facebook page between today, February 5th, through midnight on February 9th and the lucky winnner will be selected at random by Spiewak.
Good luck! And if all else fails, just remember: apologize, apologize, apologize.
FACT: Mash-up efforts are typically fuck-awful.
Tom Caruana, however, knows the Wu-Tang gospel by heart and his effort here makes The Gray Album sound pedestrian at best, jacking Wu acapellas and some of the more recognizable tracks from the Beatles and friends through the years to create a one hell of a trip. Click the album cover above to start your free download (don’t forget to scroll down for instrumentals and radio edits)!
Better late than never.
Seminal hardcore band Suicidal Tendencies, still alive and shredding 27 years into providing soundtracks for skate sessions worldwide, finally gets its due in the way of a tribute sneaker from hardcore punk-preferred shoe brand Vans.
Hailing from Venice, California, Suicidal Tendencies essentially trademarked the high-energy, face-melting, deck smashing sound dubbed “hardcore punk” before turning to thrash metal later in its career, but with early hits such as “Institutionalized” (the first hardcore video to receive substantial airplay on MTV) and “I Saw Your Mommy,” controversial lead vocalist Mike Muir and company earned a loyal following affectionately known as The ST Army and started a skate-punk revolution sound that to this day is often imitated but never duplicated.
Vans, as expected, offered a tribute authentic (pun intended) to the core by featuring a navy blue canvas to match the band’s oft-alleged (and incorrect) affiliation to the Crips gang, as well as the “Cyco Miko” logo printed on the sneaker’s insole as well as crazy band logo embroidery at the heel. A total fuckin’ trip at the brain, we haven’t been so stoked on a tribute shoe since Vans’ Bad Brains tributes in season’s past.
Check out Karmaloop founder and CEO Greg Selkoe’s latest blog at The Huffington Post… the man writes as well as he dances, so you better read on.
On behalf of Shepard Fairey and company, the latest Obey drop arrived at The ‘Loop last week and needless to say, it’s another winner.
Killin’ it with the snap-back joint, The Original Gangsta Cap throws out a Homestead Grays vintage baseball vibe that will be sure to adorn our skulls from now through this season’s first pitch. For those of you loving the New Era fitted feel and look, Obey has you covered with The Classic Material New Era – can’t go wrong with either, and be sure to check out Obey’s nouveau bike messenger-inspired effort here.
Obey is quickly becoming synonymous with the freshest cardigans in the marketplace, and the latest is no exception. The Lead Cardigan features a 100% cotton build for optimal breathability and comfort, and you gotta love the shawl neck collar and the way it partners with a crisp buttondown. Perhaps even more well known is Obey’s insistence on using only animal-friendly products to manufacture it’s gear and they haven’t strayed like sheltered dogs from that belief yet. The Bounty Jacket features a 100% polyvinyl chloride shell providing a waterproof and uber-warm coat that won’t be left in our closets very often until the weather starts to heat up.
As some early-80’s hardcore punk junkies, The Blogs and Obey would have been hand-to-scarred-hand at free shows, matinees and all-ages jams back in the golden days, and it’s just a shame that Keith Morris‘ Circle Jerks couldn’t find a time machine to get The Wild in the Streets Tee printed up for the fans when the movement found full momentum. Better late than never.
Taking cue from the ubiquitous USA Today newspaper logo, Shepard proudly displays his fondness for tongue-in-cheek propaganda with The Pyramid Premium Tee. We can’t even begin to imagine how many of those newspaper boxes he had sticker-bombed and scribbled over back in his street art heyday…
Obey denims are getting better and better each season, and The Juvee Modern Tight Fit is our favorite effort thus far. With it’s 98% cotton, 2% spandex build, The Juvee is as tough as it is flexible while you’re out shredding the streets, and the light wax coating gives ‘em some added flash (that looks completely fucking bad ass after taking a couple bails and scuffing the fuckers up a bit). For you lucky bastards away from the frigid Northeast that Karmaloop calls it’s kingdom, check out the Juvee cut-offs – old school style with a modern fit, flex and feel.
Before admitting that we finally buckled and copped The City Messenger (second row above), we’ve been long-time admirers of Obey bags through word of mouth from the most reliable sources – bike messengers, skaters, couriers and the evil 16 year-old delinquent in the apartment next door who uses his City Skate Pack Backpack (first row above) to carry brews and booze from dad’s stash to the house party down the street. Both packs are super tough with 100% nylon construction with polyurethane reinforcements at the spots needed most, and the all-black colorways are right up our quarter ramp.
All these and more available now at Karmaloop, so click the banner below to get a closer look at our Obey Posse.
Inspired by the shitty song from shitty band Limp Bizkit, KLP just released a not-shitty shirt paying tribute to the Jersey Shore’s very own Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi… our favorite new guilty pleasure since the wonders of Chatroulette, Wendy Williams on television and way-too-adorable little dogs.
The design and concept is the fruition of a wet-dream that could only be cooked up in the rotten mind of Karmaloop Boston fam Ricky “Mortis” Roman of the notorious Zombie Death Squad, soon to be rising from graves in your town with it’s deadly brand of hip hop. The Snooki Tee is available in limited quantities, so cop yours before it’s on collectors-item status, ya juiceheads.
While you were sleeping… we were raging… with ballerinas. Click above to check out some video of our latest night out wit the Boston Ballet, including Karmaloop CEO Greg Selkoe popping, locking and showing off his crazy leg style! Big shouts to Mikko Nissinen and his outstanding troupe – can’t wait for the next jam!
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