life: Q-TIP & VASHTIE PARTY – SPECIAL GUEST AZEALIA BANKS, BU THIAM, LEBRON JAMES AND MORE!

Another Friday night with THE ABSTRACT. I would have posted these photos sooner, but my memory card has been playing me – losing photos and what not. I had to download a pricy program to recover these bad boys and found many more that I imagined had disappeared to the same alternate universe as lost socks. Anyways…

This was a cold and rather interesting night. We made our way back to the same venue that has issues (to say the least), in hopes that it would be different. Venues generally need to match the aesthetic of the party in which it houses and I’m not quite sure that synergy exists. Either way, Q-TIP brought the music and our crowd (that was mixed in with the clubs crowd) made it spectacular.

*DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS & BILL SPECTOR

*AZEALIA BANKS & ME

I wanted to keep her song/video for “212″ a secret to myself because I’m obsessed with it despite knowing it wasn’t a secret and actually a massive hit worldwide. I didn’t blog it because thats what I do when I find things I super love – I wait. Anyways, I know it’s dumb so here is her video for “212″.

*HERMANOS!!! I haven’t seen you in so long!

*Q-TIP & BU THIAM

*CHRISSIE MILLER & ME

*We people watched the entire night while getting our grooves on. It was so fascinating to watch random hookups and girls wearing the same exact outfits.

*Q-TIP & AZEALIA BANKS

*Apparently LEBRON JAMES was at the party, but we didn’t see him until we were all leaving and he was walking out to his car. He gave us hugs and daps and bounced, but no photos…

respect: LIFE’S FORGOTTEN PHOTOS AT THE LORRAINE HOTEL UNEARTHED

Today is the day we honor MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Its super awesome that some of us have the day off from work or school, but it would be even more awesome if you took some time to honor Dr. King in a way you see fit.

LIFE recently released some images taken by their photographer Henry Groskinsky who was on on assignment in Alabama the day Martin Luther King was shot. The images were lost and never published, until now. Groskinsky re-visits that eerie night.

READ FULL STORY AT SLATE.COM

throwback: MEGADETH – “SYMPHONY OF DESTRUCTION”

Yeah, that kind of day…

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video: SAMN FEAT. TIGGA CALORE – “IN MY HOUSE”

Yay!!! Check out my friend SAMN featuring our other friend TIGGA CALORE with their SUPER HOT VIDEO for “IN MY HOUSE”.

There are cameos by our other friends; CEDRIC HAUGHTON, VASHA, JERRELL, ISADORA!

Love it!!!

*flawless-skinned and beautiful as always CEDDY!!!

muse: BEVERLY PEELE (MODEL)

Born in 1975 and hailing from Los Angeles, California – this beauty rose to fame in the 80′s and 90′s. She gave birth to a baby girl at 17, Cairo, and still managed to keep her svelte figure. She starred in music videos, such as: HEAVY D. “Nuttin But Love”, George Michael’s Thierry Mugler-styled “Too Funky” and Jodeci “FreekN’ You”. She later went on to act in television and movies here and there. 

throwback: SUNSHINE ANDERSON – “HEARD IT ALL BEFORE”

Sunshine Anderson had some jams…

happy birthday: ELLE CLAY (1.9)

You southern heifer.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

While you’re spending quality time with the fam-a-lam, shooting guns and drinking moonshine…

Your uppity-yankee friends await your arrival so we may delve in some shenanigans and monkey business.

PS: Here is your favoritest photo in the whole wide world.

foto: LIFE WITH VLADIMIR – THE RUSSIAN BLUE FRAIDY CAT

I really think if he could speak, these are some of the things he would say…

“I’m a Giants fan, fool. Act like you know!”

“I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death…”

“I think EVERY LITTLE THING U DO by CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS is a timeless record”

“SUPREME will always by my favorite, but right now I wish all these newbies would slow down on rocking it to death”

“Yeah…I wrecked this chair. And what?!

“I see you, dirt bag”

 

“Yoga is my shit”

“I may not sleep, but I occasionally take power naps”

“I know you bought me an expensive warming cat bed, but I’d rather sleep in this cardboard box”.

 

muse: WHITNEY HOUSTON

Wow. Young Whitney Houston must have been a sight. Towering and slim with a voice that was unmatched. Damn girl.

This post all came about because when I hear this song playing…

I hear this song. Right? Listen to both and then tell me.

special delivery: BRIAN WOOD SWEATSHIRT & SOREL BOOTS

Special thanks to Brian Wood for this cute crewneck and nice note…check more of his pieces at

BRIANWOODONLINE.COM


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SOREL BOOTS are the authority for warm footwear with style. OSCAR and I both had a pair in 2006 and it got us through some freezing weather in fashion. Special thanks to Chandni for hooking her Indian Sistren up!

*The ones I picked are called the WOMENS 1964 PREMIUM CANVAS and they retail for 130$