"This is anti-autotune. Death of the ringtone. This ain't for iTunes. This ain't for sing-a-longs. This is Sinatra at the opera. Bring a blonde. Preferably with a fat ass who can sing a song."
- Jay-Z
Remember a few years ago when grown men from Wall Street were wearing florescent colored all over print hoodies on the weekend to flex. Soho became a skittle factory. I never understood that shit. Bandwagons are a funny thing. Almost as funny as trends.
Somewhere there's a correlation between the classic photography of Phil Stern and the message of Jay's new track that dropped on Friday. I'm feeling both really hard right now. This is Death of Autotune. Moment of Silence...
it's all the same shit, whether it be everyone's "vintage rock clothing" fascination in the early 00's, grunge style from the early 90's, metro futuristic db'ing in the late 90's, or the hypebeasty/bape rainbow vomit trend of the mid 00's, all this ish gon pass. no one will be up on quoddy or EG or chambray or red wings in 2 years time and will have all moved on the the next crap.
Posted by: jason | Monday, June 08, 2009 at 02:47 PM
I think that's kind of the point of the post-be yourself and stay steezy.
Posted by: greenjeans | Monday, June 08, 2009 at 04:02 PM
Stay steezy... I like that.
Posted by: Jake Davis | Monday, June 08, 2009 at 04:46 PM
That was me... As much as i hate to admit it. Now i stare at a closet full of barely worn $300.00 hooodys that i wont even wear to the gym and want to cry!
Posted by: richdel04 | Monday, June 08, 2009 at 06:54 PM
I was unfamiliar with Phil Stern, thanks for sharing.
Posted by: robbie | Monday, June 08, 2009 at 09:47 PM
rich: next time around you'll be stuck with $350 penny loafers and $400 filson coats that will all be too "grandpa looking" and will sit in your closet too collecting dust. circle of life my du
Posted by: jason | Tuesday, June 09, 2009 at 09:23 AM
As goes the old adage, you can't buy style. You either have it or you don't. It can be cultivated, but not by following trends.
Posted by: Swisschalet | Tuesday, June 09, 2009 at 02:36 PM
song is dope.. huge Hov Fan!
trends can end or start.. LOL (some are obviously bad)
that's it, most things change.
- has anyone thought!?
in the future.. lets say 20-25 years from now.
when some designer looks back into past fashion,
and is inspired by the whole bape, bright colors, and all prints
then re-creates it !?
it would be new to a whole generation of people (our children)
then we gonna tell 'em, how weak this is.. and show them a better choice of less trendy clothing, how they gonna re-act?
you think they gonna listen??
same way when my mother tried to have me wearing Gap khaki's and knitted swears, when i wanted was some Hilfiger, or Polo..
look at wear fashion is right now!? isn't this ironic
LOL..
Different toilet, Same shit
- Jay-z
Posted by: sQuincy | Tuesday, June 09, 2009 at 09:07 PM
I can't identify who that is wearing those snuggy nut short shorts.
Posted by: Citizen Wayne | Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 04:57 PM
That's the other Wayne... John.
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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' herky, jerky, punk-and-Siouxsie and the Banshees kind of music isn't for everyone. They're not exactly the kind of band you hear on the radio around here, or anywhere easfflse for that matter. They've had hits to be sure, like "Maps" and "Gold Lion," but the average person's never heard them.
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