Music, music, and more music

You cannot make a list of the greatest rappers of all time without mentioning The Notorious B.I.G. As we all know Biggie was murdered in L.A. and the case has not been closed. Today the autopsy was released. What is more frustrating is that officers close to the case have said that the case has long been solved but the perpetrators have not been brought to justice.

Category: DCDan, Frustration, Hip Hop | Tags: it was all a dream, justice, LA, rap

thos | October 5, 2012

BaoHaus X Sophia Chang Art Collabo

Atmosphere and an appeal to the senses are everything next to taste when it comes to a restaurant and BaoHaus has got it on lock (yes this also applies to dingy hole in the walls, you know that adds to the experience). Not only does their in house playlist consist of classic hip hop from the 80′s to the naughts (classic doesn’t gotta mean old) which they post online but they also take care of your sense of sight while taking care of your sense of taste.

Enter their art collabo with Sophia Chang. She tackles the Bun Bao experience with a perfect combination of cute and hardcore, taking the bun and spittin out a hip hop pun. I’ll let her work speak for itself…with assistance by the lyrics of Action Bronson, Tribe Called Quest, Camron, Juelz Santana, and more.

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Category: Art, Common Food, design, Hip Hop, music, painting, Thos | Tags: art, asian, bao, baohaus, bun, city, collaboration, hip hop, illustration, new york, nyc, painting, rap, sophia chang, union square

thos | July 17, 2012

Tuesday Forecast (It’s A Big One)

Damn. Big one this week. Scroll through and check ‘em out. Besides the obvious, Nas and Frank Ocean, I’m really digging Motel Mari and Murs did a collabo with a graphic novel! Then there’s the Alchemist, Piano Overlord (Prefuse 73), Com Truise, and on and on…