Brainfeeder movement! My man SAMIYAM (not with green eggs) just announced he’s going for Vol.2 of the illustrious “Rap Beats” series which he’s been shipping out of his hazy den for awhile now (get Vol. 1 while you can). Discussed on his myspace Sam says, “although i will not be hand designing every single cover, [...]
Yeah, I’ve been a So Me fan for awhile. Its hard, kinda. But you just can’t deny the team responsible for these two jewels (French and pretentious as they may notbe). Kanye’s GOOD Music dropped the long awaited vid for last years Kid Cudi single “Day n Night”. Here, So Me sparks up the photogarphy [...]
This week we give you Mike Mills the filmmaker, graphic designer and artist who has dipped mid-life crisis into childhood ink. As a filmmaker, Mills has made a number of beautifully smart music videos (for the likes of Blonde Redhead and Air), commercials (for the likes of Nike and Levis), short films (like the visit [...]
Up and coming and amazingly indie LA rapper Blu issued his first solo release since the incredible Below the Heavens in 2007. Its a free, self-produced EP called HerFavoriteColo(u)r that he released on his Myspace yesterday. The beats (filled with movie samples) sound like Blu’s got the skills and the rapping is fun and free [...]
I’ve always been a big Spike Jonze fan. The first post-production pictures of his newest (highly ambitious and time trialed) project surfaced a few weeks ago and they look stunning. I was always baffled at how he was going to pull off the adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are in almost completely [...]
Mayer Hawthorne & The County- “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out”. Buy the heart 7″ here.
above Company Flow & Talib circa 97
El-P’s hardy label Definitive Jux plans to reissue Funcrusher Plus, an extended version of Company Flow’s knockout 1996 EP Funcrusher, in May on vinyl, disc and digital. Funcrusher hasn’t been in print since 2006, but the record will start recirculating in remastered form May 5. The album [...]
Friend and collaborator Chris Martz recently made a great video for Brooklyn’s aural force Growing. The track “Lens Around” is an experience of warped nose and ambiance and the videos repetitive and abstract visuals definitely completes the sensory experience. Check out more from Martz on his site (including a hi-res version of the video) and [...]
Optic Overload is Cosign’s new weekly profile on designers, illustrators and visual artists. This week we bring you José Parlá, Brooklyn’s answer to Pollock lost in dark alleys. Born in Miami into a family of Cuban exiles, José Parlá moved to Puerto Rico at a very early age before returning to Miami again when he [...]
Spanish publication Vallery has just released a compilation of the work of former Cosign deigner of the week Parra. 64 pages of full the unique illustrator is available for at Turntable Lab for the special price of $9.95.
In other Parra news, he just made a shirt to support Ma Dukes (Dilla’s mom who [...]