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A Record of Streetwear & Urban Art — 2006–2014

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FM–2008–07394 January 3, 2008
CAT: FEATURES

Top 10 Sneakers of 2007 – Wale

1. Nike Air Foamposite One (aka Penny Foams) To me, and probably all of DC/MD/VA, this is the best pair of kicks released this year, period.…

Top 10 Sneakers of 2007 – Wale
FM–2007–07178 December 19, 2007
CAT: FEATURES

Sikenomics

Kansas City, Missouri is not known for much outside of Missouri, aside the Royals and a few underground rappers, but Kansas City is not the armpit…

Sikenomics
FM–2007–07132 December 16, 2007
CAT: FASHION

Gravis

Supporters of Gravis have always been confident in one thing; the brand sticks to doing exactly what it does best. Born from Burton Snowboards, Gravis has…

Gravis
FM–2007–07123
CAT: ARTIST

Fafi

Fafi is not a girl power celebrity. Fafi is the small town graffiti writer from Toulouse, France who is now the painter who blows up shop…

Fafi
FM–2007–07142
CAT: FEATURES

Shout Out Louds

The new thing is the old thing or the same thing that swept through America 30 years ago: European bands with wavy hair! Shout Out Louds…

Shout Out Louds
FM–2007–07138
CAT: FEATURES

Nicholas Ganz

Artist, photographer, and author Nicholas Ganz is the creative genius behind Graffiti World, released in 2004. The book is 376 pages of kaleidoscopic images showing the…

Nicholas Ganz
FM–2007–07010 December 10, 2007
CAT: FEATURES

Styles P

“Work hard, work harder and work the hardest you can and family first” is the motto of Styles P, better known as S.P the Ghost, one-third…

Styles P
FM–2007–06933 December 4, 2007
CAT: FEATURES

Evil Dee

December 1994: it is a Saturday and I’m listening to Tim Westwood’s show – shortly after Westwood’s descend from Capital Radio to Radio 1 – it…

Evil Dee
FM–2007–06870 December 2, 2007
CAT: FASHION

Crooks and Castles

Longevity in streetwear is no more common than morality in rap, however, Crooks and Castles is a staple within its pool of ambitious peers by boasting…

Crooks and Castles
FM–2007–06876
CAT: FEATURES

Bun B and Swizz Beatz

One is a legend in his own right. The other, an elite producer. Respectively, both are artists on the verge of iconic stature. The Port Arthur,…

Bun B and Swizz Beatz