Scraper bike ride through Oakland. [Via Oaklandish].

Scraper bikes were born in the streets of Oakland, invented by Tyrone “Big Champ” Stevenson.

“Champ could build a bike more easily than the average person could put together an Ikea nightstand. Then he got the idea of improving on the vehicle’s design in homage to the candy-colored Oldsmobile “scrapers” he’d see rolling through his neighborhood in East Oakland. He began adding 22-inch or 26-inch rims, gold aluminum foil (meant to resemble the “spinners” on scraper car wheels), and bright, electric paintjobs.” [Via Eastbay Express].

More:
Wiretap Magazine
NPR
California Report
Flickr Scraper King

Jake One f/ Vitamin D, Note, Maneak B and Ish – “Home”
from White Van Music (Rhymesayers, 2008) [Via Cocaineblunts].

Jake One – The Truth feat. Freeway and Brother Ali from White Van Music (Rhymesayers, 2008)

Electro music skinny and cute girls walks nude in Paris. Make The Girl Dance : Campana & Perrin aka Greg & Pierre
Voix sur Baby Baby Baby : Musubi
Texte Baby Baby Baby : Ta Grand Mère
Toutes ces machines qui produisent, compressent ou filtrent des sons et qui chez nous ont un nom : Jean-Sé, Philippe, Hervé, Guy et Mapi.

Download 2 new mixes from DJ Neil Armstrong. [Via Kevin Nottingham]

Part I
1. Mtume, Rappin’ Duke – ‘If U Don’t Know Now You Know’
2. Jeff Lorber Fusion, Bahamadia – ‘Crush On You’
3. El Debarge – ‘One More Chance’
4. Lou Donaldson, The Roots – ‘Another Chance’
5. Isley Brothers – ‘Call Neil Big Poppa’
6. Isaac Hayes – ‘Warning’
7. The Delphonics – ‘Player Haters’
8. Slick Rick, Public Enemy, Busta Rhymes – ‘Zulu Nation War Chant’ (feat. Betty Wright / Mary Jane Girls)
9. Mark the 45 King, DJ Kool, Marva Whitney – ‘900 Number’
10. Aja – ‘Whose In The House’
11. Taste Or Honey – ‘Sad & Blue’
12. Dionne Warwick – ‘Mona Lisa Says Goodbye’
13. Gloria Gaynor, Herb Alpert – ‘Release Yo Delf’
14. Underdog There, Wu-Tang Clan – ‘Nuthin To F*ck Wit’
15. Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band – ‘Cherchez Le (Neil)’
16. De La Soul, Aja – ‘Eye Know’
17. De La Soul, Hall & Oates – ‘Say No Go’
18. Leaders Of the New School, Boz Scaggs – ‘Zone Coasting’
19. For The Bitties At Bobs Lounge, Joe Sample – ‘W5PS’
20. De La Soul, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson – ‘Breakdawn’
21. John Leguizamo, Al Green – ‘Lets Stay Together’
22. Shalamar – ‘For The Player In You’
23. Teddy Pendergrass, BUMS - ‘The Door Is Closed’
24. Rick James – ‘Mary Jane’
25. Gap Band – ‘She’s Outstanding’
26. Eric B. & Rakim, Marvin Gaye, Midnight Star – ‘Got Me Curious’
27. Eric B. & Rakim, Aaliyah, Cecil Homes, Helix C. – ‘It’s Been A Long Time’
28. Surface, Kool G Rap, Nas – ‘Happy’
29. AZ, Nas, Gap Band – ‘Life’s A Bitch’
30. Nas, Michael Jackson, Biz Markie – ‘It Ain’t Hard To Tell’
31. Biz Markie, Steve Miller Band – ‘Nobody Beats The Biz’
32. Big Daddy Kane, Heatwave – ‘Ain’t No Half Steppin’
33. Brand Nubian, Edie Brickell – ‘Slow It Down’
34. Queen, Vanilla Ice – ‘The Vanilla Cometh’
35. Labi Siffre, Eminem – ‘Slim Shady Reps’
36. Dr. Dre, Leon Haywood – ‘The Next Episode’
37. Isley Brothers, Ice Cube – ‘It’s A Good Day’
38. Herb Alpert, Blacksheep – ‘Flavor Of The Month’
39. Gang Starr, Public Enemy, Joe Simon – ‘U Know My Steez’
40. Maynard Furgeson, Showbiz & AG - ‘Next Level’
41. Grace Jones, LL Cool J – ‘Doin’ It Well’
42. ATCQ, Lou Reed – ‘Cause I Can Kick It’
43. Fugees, Roberta Flack – ‘Killing It Softly’
44. Heatwave, Nice & Smooth – ‘Mindblowing’
45. Partridge Family, Nice & Smooth – ‘Hip Hop Junkies’
46. Tracy Chapman, Nice & Smooth – ‘Sometimes I Rhyme Slow’
47. Souls Of Mischief, Bobby Cobham – ‘From Now Til Infinity’

Part II
1. Diamond D, George Benson – ‘Yo That’s That Sht’
2. K.I.S.S. – ‘Weather Report’
3. Billy Cobham, George Duke – ‘Stunts, Blunts and Hip-Hop’
4. Jay-Z, Jeff Lorber – ‘Who You Wit’
5. Four Tops, Tyrone Thomas – ‘Ain’t No Ngga’
6. Doors, David Bowie, KRS-One – ‘Take Over’
7. Nas, Ahmad Jamal, T-La Rock – ‘Whose World Is This’
8. Ras Kass, Anita Baker, Nas – ‘Understandable Smooth’
9. Method Man, Marvin Gaye – ‘You’re All I Need’
10. Method Man, Hall & Oates – ‘Interpolation’
11. M.O.P., Dells – ‘How About Some Hardcore’
12. Foreigner – ‘Cold As Ice’
13. Jay-Z, Bobby Byrd – ‘You Don’t Know’
14. Smif & Wesson, Grover Washington Jr. – ‘Wreckonize’
15. Bobby Caldwell – ‘What You Won’t Do For Love’
16. Grand Puba, DeBarge – ‘I Like It’
17. LL Cool J, Bernard Wright – ‘(Loungin) Who Do You Luv’
18. Bill Withers – ‘Lovely Day’
19. AZ, DeBarge – ‘Problems’
20. Common Sense, Bobby Caldwell – ‘The Light’
21. Pharoah Monche, Wes Montgomery – ‘The Light’
22. Steve Harvey, Kurtis Blow, KRS, Common, Nice & Smooth – ‘Old School Intro’
23. KRS-One, Clifford Brown – ‘MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know’
24. Common Sense, George Benson – ‘I Used To Love Her’
25. David Axelrod, Nice & Smooth – ‘Resurrection (Large Professor Remix)’
26. Ahmad Jamal – ‘Resurrection’
27. Nas, Kurtis Blow, Whodini – ‘If I Ruled The World’
28. Fugees, Teena Marie, Ramsey Lewis – ‘Fugeela’
29. Delphonics – ‘Ready Or Not’
30. Missy Elliot, Delphonics – ‘Sock It To Me’
31. Camron, Police – ‘What Means The World To You’
32. Rose Royce – ‘Oh Boy’
33. Jay-Z, Annie(Broadway Play) – ‘Hard Knock Life’
34. Company Flow, Flash Gordon (Soundtrack) – ‘InfoKill’
35. Siah and Yeshua DaPoed, Grover Washington Jr. – ‘Visualz’
36. Mr. Complex, Ramsey Lewis – ‘Visualize’
37. Artifacts, Galt Macdermot’s First Natural Hair Band – ‘Come On Wit The Get Down’
38. Kool G. Rap, David Axelrod – ‘Take Em To War’
39. Iemerge – ‘Take Em To War (Quick Interlude)’
40. Das Efx, Norman Conners – ‘Real Hip Hop’
41. Gang Starr, Bob James – ‘? Remainz’
42. Kwami, Bob James – ‘The Rythm’
43. Biggie Smalls, R. Kelly – ‘Unbelievable’
44. Carl Thomas, Chris Barber’s Jazz Band – ‘Faith/The Firm, Emotional/Phone Tap’
45. Biggie, Herb Alpert, Slick Rick – ‘Hypnotize’
46. Slick Rick, CQ - ‘Sittin In My Car’
47. Jeru, The Crusaders – ‘The B*tches’
48. Pharcyde, Jimi Hendrix, Quincy Jones, Weather Report – ‘Passing Me By’
49. Stan Getz – ‘Runnin’
50. Large Professor, Milt Jackson – ‘I Just Wanna Chill’
51. De La Soul, Milt Jackson – ‘Dinninit’
52. Lalo Schifrin (Bruce Lee – Enter The Dragon Soundtrack) – ‘Oooh’
53. Dilated Peoples, Joseph Koo/Wang Fu Ling – ‘Work The Angles’
54. Tupac Shakur, DeBarge – ‘I Ain’t Mad At Ya’
55. Luniz, Club Nouveau – ‘5 On It’
56. Warren G, Mike McDonald – ‘Regulate’
57. Snoop Dogg, Isaac Hayes – ‘G’z Up Hoez Down’
58. Masta Ace – ‘Last Rights’

Operation Repo: The whole Team fight to sieze a tractor (HQ)




Operation Repo – Matt Gets Attacked


“The bread and butter for Spanish-language TV is telenovelas. Soap operas are so big in Los Angeles that they often get bigger ratings than their English-language cousins. A reposessor is bucking that trend with a reality show in Spanish.” [Via NPR]


Watch full episodes on truTV

Beastie Boys + The Roots = dope…but kinda Grandpa rap-ish with the outfits and movement.

Ray Lei (雪磊), multimedia designer based in Beijing. [Via 56minus1].

Shanghai-based creator Nial O’Connor (aka Zeldz Magnoonis) talks about his upcoming comic “Jing Squared.”
[Via Cityweekend and 56minus1].

Japan’s YONE show in Shanghai on April 18 in Shanghai.
More photos
(Photo from Jellymon)

I love it when they call me big poppa tee from Staple. [Via Rock Paper Scissors