Dame Dash puts The Black Keys together w/ Mos Def, Jim Jones, Raekwon, RZA, Q-Tip, Billy Danze, and more.  This project looks HARD.

I love how Jeremy Scott skips NY Fashion Week and debuts his collection in London.  His Spring/Summer 2010 collection is inspired by the FLINTSTONES!

Boys, check out his Icarus shoes for Adidas:

Jeremy Scott – S/S 2010 Collection

Artist Hanna Liden photographs Lady Gaga for the poster for her upcoming tour Fame Kills at Milk Studios NYC.

Hanna Liden – Photographs

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WHOA.  Call me a big geek but I love this song.  Puffy singing in the most fragile voice over the most hardcore beat, with Biggie, the angel, beside him on the track.  Video is also dope, with the originator Hype Williams giving a nod to the late ’90s Ruff Ryders.

Diddy Feat. Dirty Money & Notorious B.I.G. – Angels

“Ayo I’ve been wanting to say this 4 a long time “OB4CL2″ in stores now! NIGGAZ I’M BACK! GO COP THAT!” – Raekwon on Twitter

Unbelievably “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. 2″  is NOT AVAILABLE on iTunes Canada.  Hope they fix that STAT.

Raekwon – Surgical Gloves

Raekwon – Canal Street

Flores went to NYC last month and I forgot to tell him that the art world closes down for 3 months every summer.  Artists have been finding finding ways around it, like exhibiting in the Hamptons where all the Manhattanites go to vacation.

Vancouver did its best this summer with the Drawn Festival.  Thankfully everything is getting back to normal starting this week with SWARM, the annual art gallery crawl.  Check out their website for full schedules.  And remember, it’s FREE!

SWARM 10 – Full Schedule

Lucas Soi – New Drawings

New video from Raekwon’s “Only Built For Cuban Linx… 2.”  Album drops SEPTEMBER 15!!!

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First OFFICIAL single off Raekwon’s “Only Built For Cuban Linx… Pt. II”

Raekwon – “House Of Flying Daggers” feat. Inspectah Deck, Method Man  & Ghostface Killah (produced by J Dilla)

This is surprisingly catchy!

Pretty wicked teaser trailer for the upcoming solo album by Julian Casablancas.

God Spoiled A Perfect Asshole When He Put Teeth In Your Mouth (2008)

The End Of Living, The Beginning Of Survival (2007)

Silence Is The Only True Friend That Shall Never Betray You (2006)

Moments Like This Never Last (2005)

Chasing Dash Snow by Ariel Levy, New York Magazine

Wale – Chillin’ feat. Lady Gaga

Jeff Koons is showing in London for the first time, at Serpentine Gallery.

He famously made this sculpture of Michael Jackson and Bubbles in 1988.

His website is pretty awesome. More artists need their own websites. It’s not as common as you might think.

This is how I remember Michael Jackson.

The next time MJ popped up on my radar was with his music video “Black or White.”  The 4 min Epilogue was broadcast on prime-time TV and the media made a big stink about MJ smashing the car windows.

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The last time I remember paying attention was when “Scream” came out.  At the time, it was the most expensive video ever made.

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Strangely, what all these things have in common for me is the imagery.  MJ’s videos, dancing and clothing always stood out to me more than his music.

“Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of colour way before Tiger Woods, way before Oprah Winfrey, way before Barack Obama.  Michael did with music what they did in sports, in politics, and in television. No controversy will erase the historic impact.” – Al Sharpton

Whoop Dee Doo is a fake public access TV show featuring pre-planned performances accompanied by live audience participation based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Whoop Dee Doo Television

Jamie Warren is one of the founders.  She’s a rad artist.

Jamie Warren – Photographs