Musician Gil Scott-Heron, who helped lay the groundwork for rap by fusing minimalistic percussion, political expression and spoken-word poetry on songs such as “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” died Friday at age 62. – RIP.

Mmm, Gilette thought they’d create the world’s largest 5 o’clock shadow on Major League Baseball’s Derek Jeter. Can’t help but wonder where I saw this concept before …

Oh, right its a copy of the Stella Artois’ Ritual Project and yes we just happened to have mentioned the documentary Up There on the matter a couple of times before. Remember?

Buzz of the week goes to Odd Future’s appearance on Fallon with Tyler and Hodgy Beats performing SANDWITCHES.

Odd Future, also known as OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All), reign from the City of Angels and are a collective of more or less 10 artists (Hodgy Beats, Earl Sweatshirt, Domo Genesis, Mike G, Frank Ocean, Left Brain, The Super 3, Syd tha Kyd, Jasper Loc, and Taco Bennett) led by one Tyler “The Creator”.

Over the passed months Odd Future has released three mixtapes and over seven solo albums, all available for free on their website.

Basically they’re one group that branches off here and there with side projects (there are two groups inside the collective: MellowHype and EarlWolf) and are generating some serious shock and awe with their lyrics and originality of everything they are doing. Their home-made, skate inspired, horror flick music videos (as witnessed below) are a fair example of this all.

With sold out shows overwhere I am looking forward to seeing them hit local soil soon, preferably this summer.

So the Radical mixtape is just one of their releases. You can grab it here and overhere or give Tyler The Creator’s Bastard tape a listen.

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Great vid on longboarding culture in NYC. Its the full length Bustin Boards episode from the 2010 Evolutions DVD and captures the feeling the riders have each and everyday in a way. Will this become next years hype? Out.

One of the things I picked up a while back was this tour of Brooklyn he did in the lead up to the World Basketball Festival. For this Nike wanted to connect the Five Boroughs of New York City in a celebration of hoops, culture, and its iconic Air Force 1 sneaker. Five ambassadors from each of the five boroughs were asked to participate in 1LOVE, an online documentary series amongst other things as they also held a basketball tournament and a Manhattan block party.

First up is Brooklyn-raised rapper, songwriter and producer Theophilus London, who gives a little tour of the Brooklyn neighbourhood he grew up in and uncovers what makes his borough unique.

Besides Theophilus the other borrows got to do their thing also. Have a look as it gives you a great view on different communities & cultures which make p the wonderfull city of New York.

Episode 2 for instance features Harlem-raised rapper and XL Recordings artist Ms. Banks. In his short-film Banks discusses the streets she grew up on and takes a close look at the original stomping ground that inspires and influences her.

Episode 3 features Cory Gunz, a Bronx based rapper and Young Money Entertainment star in the make it seems. He gives us a tour of NYC’s northern borough, and according to Cory “The Birthplace of Hip Hop.”

Episode 4 takes us on a trip through Queens with FORMAT: a lifestyle and BMX shop owned by pro BMX rider Nigel Sylvester.

And last but not least, episode 5 features Emilio Sparks of Staten Island.

This reminds me I have to put “visit NYC” on the TO DO list for the next years. Out.

Mentioned the documentary & project a couple of times before (here & here) and happened to remember that I still had to feature the entire 12 minute clip.

Next level craftsmanship, showcasing another spectrum of street art. Keep you eyes open at the end as the credits contains the final time-lapse. Out.

Girl Power! It ain’t a reference for the Spice Girls, nor a shout driven by female emancipation. What is it so? Well, the first feature-length documentary film about girls painting graffiti.

The idea behind the Girl Power project was born in Prague in 2008 during the filming of a short video with female graffiti artists. After its completion and success they thought, why not explore this topic a little deeper. Soon the film crew soon found themselves travelling across 15 European countries, crossing the Atlantic to graffiti’s birthplace New York, …

GIRL POWER movie 2011 (teaser vol.1) [Berlin 2009] from Girl Power movie on Vimeo.

Girl Power movie (trailer 2010) from Girl Power movie on Vimeo.

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Saw him live at Pukkelpop couple of years ago. We witnessed an energetic show from the front row in the marquee that day. I remember they had the most hilarious roadie doing the sound check by shouting I love NYC in his own way

Guess I should share some facts about the guy. Besides having the same name as yours trully I also saw he hosts a television program for kids. Destroy build destroy is the name and this does not come as a surprise to me.

W.K. reached the masses after he delivered the tittle track for the first or second Jackass Movie. He had previously scored with Party Hard which turned into a mainstream radio hit and festival favo in no time. He also presents weather forecasts, gives his expertise in news shows over at Fox regurlarly, and even co-produced a Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry album.

Now it seems he released something new, something different & something of which I have not yet decided what to think of it. Out.

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Growing up as a kid I was relatively interested in art. There was the art class, which failed to uncover my artistic talent, with its semi-history education program. Picasso, Ensor, Dali, that Dutch dude which cut of his ear, … all pretty nice I guess but none which could inspire me. It was Keith Haring though who grabbed my attention. His art was different and appealed to a kid like me. It simplicity. Its social critic with a smile. Judge for yourself.

I used to spend hours drawing his stuff on roughs, tracing, coloring in, … Thinking about it, I guess my love for street art started with Haring. No Banksy, Obey, Toykyo, … for me without Haring. And then I read that its been 10 20 years already since he passed away. A great loss. Out.

“For centuries, bartenders around the world have considered the perfect Stella Artois and art form. Now, artists in New York are proving it.”

As a semi-Belgian I practically grew up with Stella Artois and I’ve been following the way they’re taking the “wife beater” to a new international level step by step.

Now the following project, named “The Ritual Project“, is taking place near Crosby & Broome SoHo (NYC). The concept is rather simple and given right of the start as an introduction on the site.

Stella Artois is crafted with centuries of brewing tradition. But there is an equally rich tradition in how the beer is served. To celebrate this, Stella Artois commissioned a group of New York City painters to bring the pouring ritual to life high above the city streets. Step by step, they are painting the perfect pint.

The result is an outdoor time-lapse which will take over three weeks to finish. At the end of all the hard labour, the time lapse should showcase each of nine laborious steps behind the perfect glass of Stella.

Days 1-4 from The Ritual Project on Vimeo.

Making green from The Ritual Project on Vimeo.

Perfect gold from The Ritual Project on Vimeo.

On the wall from The Ritual Project on Vimeo.

Long way down from The Ritual Project on Vimeo.

Can’t wait to see the end result as I recon it is going to blow us away just as the Sony Bravia ads have in the passed. By the way, bare in mind that somewhere there’s a mad man that sold Stella on the idea of this. (wonder how many Stella’s they had to drink to get so far ) In the meantime I embedded every clip I could find here, but there is more. Defintely check the project journal as its got some great photos & anecdotes of the entire process. An inspiration for advertisers across the globe don’t you think?! Out.