They Reminisce

Pete Rock and CL Smooth were one of my favourite hip-hop duos from the early-mid nineties. They Reminisce Over You(T.R.O.Y) in my opinion is one of the most classic hip-hop tracks ever produced. I remember when I was in High school I used listen to WKNC, N.C. State's college radio station which had an underground hip-hop show on weeknights. I think I remember it running till 2am, so as that was quite late for a school night, I would go to sleep and record the program on cassette. I would wake up the next day with all these hip-hop gems and songs I had never heard before. It was quite thrilling when I would discover that I had happened to record a song I particularly favoured. One of which was Pete & CL's T.R.O.Y. Remix. I always tried to find this remix on the internet and on mixtapes to no avail. All I could find was the T.R.O.Y. vibes mix, which was similar, but it contained this really annoying xylophone sample. Now some fifteen years later (I lost that cassette ages ago) I've finally came upon the right song again. Well pretty much, I don't remember the chick singing in it, but perhaps the DJ cut it up and cut out her chorus. But anyways, this song has always stuck in my head and I am constantly reminded of it whenever I watch Jeff Pang's Skypager part.



In 1998, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth put out an EP called Never Coming Out and that song is the last track. Download the EP here.

The good ole days

The intro and friends section of the 3D Innovations video "Messin' Around." Boston Massachusetts 1997. Khakis, Cargo pants, and White sneakers...

London July 2009

Steez! (The new/next Nugget?)


Smasher and Hold Tight Henry.


Massan and Kyle were in town from NYC riding their fixed geared bikes from London to Paris!


Dislocated Shoulder


8 Helicopters

Summer

Ches has been Killin' it lately.....

Good friend Neil Chester has been seriously multi-tasking as of late. Check out this little Mallorca edit he made.

A weekday bike ride

Hot Chili

Fully stocked....

The Great Dismal Swamp

While I was back in North Carolina, I got a chance to go visit the Great Dismal Swamp.

































































































Jakob will probably appreciate this turtle.





















My father is designing a visitor's center there in Elizabethtown.

North Cacalacka

I was back in North Carolina last month for a few days. It was good to catch up family, old friends, and visit Endless Grind, where I got my first real board a couple of decades ago.





















My man Nick is holdin' it down right now.





















This is Jed's whip; as you can tell, it's red hot!

Blowin' it

Larry Perkins and Steve Durante

Hip Hop and 40 oz's

Back in my late-teens, my friends and I had this urge to drink 40 ounces of Malt Liquor. I think this was primarily due to the brilliant marketing campaign developed by St. Ides(Or perhaps because a 40oz fit easily into the pocket of some Blind Jeans). These days, I never touch the stuff, but back in the mid-nineties if it was good enough for Ice Cube and the Wu; well my friends and I just had to get involved. Below is a collection of St. Ides commercials in mp3 form from some of the best MC's of that time. Enjoy!

St. Ides

I was walking around Soho today, guess I just missed Sam.

Right back atchya...

Mark Jackson at SLAM loves to take the piss at people with screen grabs. We had a game of S.K.A.T.E., and so I thought I would get back at him with some screen grabs of my own.




















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^ 'mid-air' full cab





















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^ fakie shuv





















^ switch flip

Mo' Snow