BLOGS
June 30, 2008

Electric Punany!

TONE – by TONE

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Yea. That’s right. Electric Punany. As in Electrified Vagina. Hrm. Interesting, no? Well, if you’re a regular here at Format Magazine, you’ve probably seen the photos from the last EP, but you haven’t seen the latest edition on my site which was pretty much bonkers. My homies, Melo-X, & Jasmine Solano teamed up with Lion & Rooster Clothing, Antoine of IHMDJ (I Hate My Day Job) and of course, … (more…)

April 25, 2008

POP FILE: Wyclef Jean

TONE – by TONE

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Standing outside of Wyclef Jeans recording studio, my homie Trev and I wondered what Wyclef would say if we asked him questions about being an artist in a commercial world. How much would he be willing to reveal as not to damage his image. Would he think we are cornballs? I mean, who the fuck are we, right? Why does Clef have to answer two regular dudes who haven’t achieved even a tenth of his success? … (more…)

March 30, 2008

NEW DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL

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Some of you know this but I suspect most of you don’t. My homies, Trev, Texas, Melo-X & Jeffro all comprise the members of a online video boutique called THE NEW POP. Recently, Trev and I were asked to shoot a promotional video for the New Design High School (NDHS) to help them raise money to offset severe budget cuts that threaten to wipe them out of existence. NDHS is an … (more…)

LIVE FROM SEATTLE, PART ONE

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I recently had the honor of shooting two of Seattle Hip Hop’s finest, Blue Scholars and Common Market. I flew out to Seattle for 2 days and the 5hr Continental trip was well worth it (Thanks Sabzi and Fuzed), although I wish I had more time to fully absorb the Seattle landscape before starting the shoot.

Despite this, I had a clear idea of what I wanted to do with this project. Above everything else, … (more…)

March 24, 2008

ROCKSMITH/KILO SPRING 08 LAUNCH PARTY

News, TONE – by TONE

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The Kilo/Rocksmith team are real dudes (Kenshin, Eric, Nate & Ralph / apologies if I left anyone out). I am a big supporter of them not only as a brand but as people and artists. They are respectful and humble and not pretentious or hostile like so many people in the scene. That’s real talk, and something I think people need to give more attention to. As always, alot of wack people get way too much … (more…)

March 7, 2008

THE GZA WITH TASTE

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For me, not many nights can stack up to this one. TASTE, NEWPOP (Me & Texas), Frank 151, Mel Cole (Village Slum), Dutch, Adam Deitch, and so on. All there. All sweating. It was hot. Africa hot and DJ Equal was cooking up the usual hot shit. And when you forgot why you were there in the first place, from seemingly … (more…)

February 4, 2008

Frank 151 Spring 08 Photoshoot/Party

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Frank 151 Spring 08 Photoshoot/Party

This is what makes me love what I do. First, goto the United Tradeshow. Then bring a shitload of cool ass people to one of NYC’s dopest chill spots, Sutra Lounge, and feed them booze like mad. Then, bless them with hot new FDL fitted caps and style em up (thanks Martina!) in ill shit donated by 21MC, BiJules, Reason, … (more…)

January 29, 2008

Photoshoot for your Myspace?

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If one more person asks me to do a photoshoot on the strength “just for my Myspace” I am going to throw up. Please. I have more important things to do then this. No really, I do. Oh, and before I hear the usual BS, no i’m not a hater or rude. I have a business to run.

January 27, 2008

What’s next?

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Since we spent most of the year 2000 dressing like we did in the 80’s and 90’s, what’s next in the year 2010?! The word on the street is 2010 will be the year futuristic. What do you think?

 
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