2010
Tim Halperin
We were introduced to Tim Halperin by a good friend/customer of the shop Andrew Wong. Tim, a former TCU student, has worked with artists such as Jon McLaughlin, Matt Wertz, Andy Davis, the Ying Yang Twins, and Green River Ordinance. Earlier this month, two of Tim’s songs were placed in MTV’s “The Real World.” He has also shot a music video for his song ‘She Runs’ this summer, which quickly became a YouTube favorite. You can download his latest EP “Make or Break” for free here.
Crooks Big Striped Cardigan by Andrew Wong in the She Runs Video
2010
Sore Losers
We have just recently been put on by this Dallas based rap duo, Sore Losers. Brandon Blue and Vince Brown will be moving to Los Angeles next week, and tomorrow night they will be hosting a going away party at The Lounge on Elm Street. We wish these guys the best of luck and hope that you guys rep the DFW area to the fullest! While you guys are out there holla at the homie @shogunsan.
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Sore Losers – 8587 (Birthday)
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Sore Losers – Cooler Than Coach K
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2010
UNKO x Shogun: Video
Nicely done video by the homies at Unkommon Kolor!
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2010
UNKO x Shogun: Photos
Pictures from this past weekends UNKO X Shogun collaberation t-shirt release party courtesy of the Unkommon Kolor camp.
2010
Get Fooly!
This past Sunday, friend of the shop BHamp AKA Mr. Ricky Bobby came through and shot part of his next video at Shogun. Watch for the video to be aired on BET and MTV Jams sometime in June. We handed the camera over to intern extraordinaire Angel to take some behind the scene pictures, here is what he came up with:
2010
Bun B – Play Cloths (Freestyle)
Bun B spits on the track “Popular Demand (Popeyes)” by Clipse, founders of one of our favorite brands – Play Cloths. Definitely a hype up for King of the Trill’s mixtape “No Mixtape” that is expected to drop soon.
Bun B – Play Cloths (Freestyle)
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2010
Kilowatts And Vanek
About five years ago, Keith Shogun sent me a track by the duo known as Kilowatts and Vanek titled “Lies.” The moment I began to listen to the track, I was struck with awe. Since then, it has been a needle lost in a 60GB haystack of music. The other night, as I was going through all of my music in search of some sort of nostalgic feeling, I came across this track again and decided to give it another listen. The feeling was refreshing and remembering how they collaborated was a spark of inspiration.
Kilowatts, or Jamie Watts is from Philadelphia, and Vanek, or Peter Van Ewijk is from Belgium. They met each over the internet through a music forum years ago. They shared files of their productions and eventually began recording a couple of tracks together… all over the internet! Finally, after many months, they met in person after a fan requested that they both play a couple of shows as a duo in Germany.
How incredibly neat is that?
Last night, I decided to do some extra research on the interweb to find out if they ever pursued their project, and low and behold, they have released two albums! The first one titled “Rawq” and the other “Focus And Flow.” It’s always exciting for me to find new music. Especially now, since I am starting to feel a little jaded with all of the new rock music sounding mediocre at best.
Kilowatts and Vanek – Lies
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2010
The Cleveland Show
You may have heard or seen the name Chip Tha Ripper. He is a good friend of Kid Cudi and has appeared on a few of Cudi’s tracks on his mixtapes and album and undoubtedly has talent that won’t go unnoticed. Now, he has his own featured mixtape titled “The Cleveland Show” presented by Mick Boogie and Terry Urban.
I’ve had this mixtape for a little over a month now, and is definitely my favorite mixtape of 2009, which says a lot considering Lil Wayne’s cohort Drake, 10Deep’s 2009 feature Donnis, and Oklahoma native Jabee also dropped great mixtapes in 2009 that I’ve enjoyed. The production is unparalleled and has a couple of tracks that use samples from Santogold and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. His lyrical style takes after the title, and now someone else is running the show out in Cleveland other than Lebron James.
Also gotta love the cover art with an illustration of Chip fitting Black/Pink Nike Air Yeezys and Louis Vuitton Millionaire sunglasses in a fashion that mocks the animation of ‘Family Guy’ and the actual ‘The Cleveland Show’.
Chip Tha Ripper – Movie
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Chip Tha Ripper – Whoa
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Chip Tha Ripper – Mansion
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2010
Diplo x Gucci Mane “Free Gucci”
If you’ve ever stepped foot into our store, then you may have noticed that we are big fans of hip-hop, trip-hop, electro, indie, and everything in between. Our playlist consists of everything from the late Notorious B.I.G, the sample-genius DJ Shadow, the sappy verses of Death Cab For Cutie, the tempo-shifting Bloc Party, to the up-and-coming Oklahoma native Jabee. We appreciate good music.
With that said, John Shogun shared this with me the other night knowing that we were both fans of the DJ / Producer Diplo. Diplo rounded up a few friends to produce and remix a few tracks from Gucci Mane’s “Cold War” series of mixtapes. The download is free and in high quality (320kbps), granted you give them a name and an email address, so why not give it a listen?
Gucci Mane – Dangers Not A Stranger (Diplo Remix)
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Download Diplo Presents: Free Gucci (Best of the Cold War Mixtapes).
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2009
FFB Series 2 Release Party Recap
For those of you that don’t know, your friendly neighborhood Fur Face Boy had a release party at the shop this past Saturday. It’s been awesome watching the FFB grow as he expands his brand around the WORLD! This guy puts in hard work in his craft, from meeting his fans and writing personal letters in each of his online orders…if you don’t believe me click [HERE]…oh yea his designs are ill too!
We had a great turn out, the FFB x Shogun Tees sold out in a matter of minutes! Shouts out to the Deadstock crew, the Unkommon Kolor guys, our homie’s Pete & Bev from Sugarlush Cupcakes, DJ Niro, Centre, and Heatseakers Fam for all coming out and supporting the shop and this brand called FUR FACE BOY!
Sugarlush hooked it up!
FFB Series 2
Party was popping!
A dog, a cat, and a mouse
The homies
Monse x Jillian
Morgan x Jalil
The line to cop the FFB x Shogun colab tee
DJ Niro
Pacquiao fans??
FFB x Shogun love
Pizza Party!
Till next time!
Read FFB’s recollection of events [HERE]
Check out Unkommon Kolor’s pictures of the event [HERE]
Check out Kiddrae254’s pictures of the event [HERE]
The new homie Duane Smith did a dope write up of the shop on his blog, check it out [HERE]
Friend of the shop, Jeremy is working on a video of the event…in the mean time peep Unkommon Kolor’s video: