Motivation Part 2 Mixtape Cover & Tracklist!

Motivation 2, the mixtape, will be available for free with purchase at the store late this week/early next week, and here is a first look at the cover and tracklist! This one features over 50 tracks seemlessly mixed and remixed together by Djs Mick Boogie, Benzi, and newcomer Neoteric. All three did their thing on it and I gotta say it is just as good, if not better, than the first one, which was a hard feat to top. The one and only Lil Jon handles the hosting duties on this one, and its also presented by Cake Clothing, whose "Chopped & Screwed" design is seen on the cover -- co-branding at its finest! It will also be available for free download soon, but stop by the store to get a physical copy with the full cover...Ill even autograph it for you LOL!

MICK BOOGIE, BENZI & NEOTERIC - MOTIVATION 2
(HOSTED BY LIL JON)

001. Lil Jon “Introduction”
002. Biggie Smalls “Juicy (Benzi Refix)”
003. Pitbull & Lil Jon “Krazy”
004. Felli Fel, Ludacris, & Akon “Buck In Here (Villians Remix)”
005. T-Pain “Can’t Believe It (B-Flat Remix)”
006. Chromeo “Fancy Footwork (Crookers Remix)”
007. ATB “Til I Come”
008. David Guetta “Love Is Gone (Mano Remix)”
009. Donnis “Party Works (1 Fish 2 Fish Remix)”
010. Kid Cudi “Day N Nite (B-Flat Remix)”
011. Nacho Lovers “Acid Life”
012. Marvin Gaye “Give it Up (Sizzahands Remix)”
013. Prince “1999 (Rock-It Scientists Remix)”
014. Steve Angello & Laidback Luke “Be (Riz Remix)”
015. Paul Johnson “She Got Me On (Neoteric Edit)”
016. Skepta “Rolex Sweep”
017. Bangers & Cash “Digital Pussy (Kid Color Remix)”
018. The Supremes “Keep Hangin On (Emynd Remix)”
019. John Legend & Andre 3000 “Green Light (Diplo Remix)”
020. Thunderheist “Jerk It (Nacho Lovers Remix)”
021. Surkin & Chromeo “Chrome Knight”
022. Tag Team & Jay-Z “Whoomp There It Is (League Crew Remix)”
023. EPMD “Run It (Sinden Remix)”
024. Thundercatz “3am (Klever Remix)”
025. Busta Rhymes & Chic “Dancing King (Terry Urban Remix)”
026. Treasure Fingers & 6th Sense “Cross The Dancefloor (Curses Remix)”
027. Jelani “Let’s Dance (Durkin Remix)”
028. Kickdrums & Prydz “Love Is A Drug (Apt One Remix)”
029 Mstrkrft & Marky “Bounce (Mansion Remix)”
030. Fly Union “Jackin My Fresh (Mick Boogie Mix)”
031. Idle Warship “Steady”
032. Kardinal Offishall & JDavey “Digital Motown”
033. Kanye West “Homecoming (Discotech Remix)”
034. Fully Fitted “Roll It”
035. Fake Blood “Mars (Player Player Remix)”
036. The-Dream “I Luv Your Girl (Chaise Remix)”
037. Goldrocc & Svelt St. “The Right Way”
038. Rye Rye & Krames “Get Familar”
039. Will.I.Am & Kanye West “Impatient Boy (Benzi Refix)”
040. Clipse “Fast Life (Bird Peterson Remix)”
041. Clipse “When The Last Time (Risk One Remix)”
042. Busta Rhymes & Pharrell “Light Your Ass (Switch Remix)”
043. Earth Wind & Fire “Groove Tonight (Redhead Kingpin & The FBI Remix)”
044. Pilot “Magic (Mykill Remix)”
045. Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz “Deja Vu (Bomberman Remix)”
046. DJ Kool “Keep Making Noise (Nadastorm Remix)”
047. Smoke & Mirrors “Insane”
048. Trackademiks “Enjoy What You Do (Flosstradamus Remix)”
049. Tittsworth & The Federation “Drunk As What (Top Billin Remix)”
050. Enur “Calabria (Deeq Remix)”
051. Groove Armada “Get Down”
052. Bel Biv Devoe “Poison (Gant-man Remix)”
053. 504 Boyz “I Can Tell (Top Billin Remix)”
054. Lil Wayne “The Beat Build (Bird Peterson Remix)”
055. Lil Jon “Outroduction”

Big Sean Interview with Emilio Sparks

Im going to take a late pass on this one, but I just found this on Cliff's blog, check it out!

AC @ MAGIC --- Orisue Spring 09 Preview!

If you are into hip hop, you've probably heard of Stanten Island emcee AC -- he has had countless freestyles and songs featured on too many mixtapes to name. If you haven't, do yourself a favor and check him out HERE. Anyways, he is Motivation extended fam, and I caught up with him out at the MAGIC clothing show in Vegas last month. What I didnt know was that he was filming his whole experience out there and the videos came out pretty tight...you can check out the first one below, in it there is a good preview of Orisue's Spring 09 line (which again does not come out for about 6 months!!). You can also check out the other parts of his trip HERE which should give you a good idea of what MAGIC is all about!

Crooks & Castles Spring 2009 Preview!

Check out this video from the Agenda Trade Show in San Diego for a preview of Crooks' Spring 09 line. You can one of the strongest pieces in the line, the hooded cardigan, as well as most of the hats they are putting out that season, among other things. Please note these items do not come out for another 6 months or so!!!

More Orisue Fall 2 Previews!

Most of these pieces will be coming into Motivation late this week...

Common & N.E.R.D. Tickets Available @ Motivation!

If you didn't know, Common & N.E.R.D. are on their "Invincible Sounds Of The Summer" Tour, and it is stopping through Detroit this Sunday, September 28th! It is at the Fillmore Theater and we have tickets available for sale @ Motivation for only $33.50. If you get them through Ticketmaster or any other venue they are $42.25 at the cheapest (thanks to their surcharges, which we do not charge), or they are $46 at the door. The show starts at 7:30 PM, all the info can be found HERE. So stop by if you need some tickets and hopefully I will see you at the show!

New Fitted Hat Racks...

We just had to add on more hat racks, check them out below. We have the best selection of streetwear New Eras in the state and maybe the Midwest? Believe it! 150+ styles in stock...not to many stores in the world are messing with that, really.


Also new in stock at Motivation late last week/early this week:

Rocksmith Fall 2 T-Shirts, Crewnecks & Outwear
Married to the Mob Fall
Rogue Status Fall Part 1
Freshjive Fall 2 (Mens & Women's)
Alife Fall Part 1 Footwear
10.Deep Fall 1.2

Come through and check out all the new drops or lookout for pictures posted SOON!

Crooks & Castles Fall 2 Crewnecks & Outwear!

We received much of our Crooks & Castles Fall 2 crewneck sweatshirts and outwear in stock about a week ago, and below are some pictures of what all we got in! Many of these pieces are selling well already as Crooks went very clean and sophisticated this season. The Mos jacket is a must see in person and we are already out of a good amount of sizes! Don't sleep on the Alicia Keys Crewneck either (also available in black, not pictured). Check out the pictures below and there might be some Fall 1 crewnecks in there as well because I never posted the pictures on here...

Crooks & Castles - Alicia Keys Crewneck Sweatshirt Midnight Blue (S - 3XL)
*Black also available (not pictured)*
Crooks & Castles - Sweatshop Crewneck Sweatshirt Black (S - XL)

Crooks & Castles - Monolithic Crewneck Sweatshirt Black (S - 3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Medusa Crewneck Sweatshirt Grey (S - 3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Medusa Crewneck Sweatshirt White (S - 3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Bullseye Link Crewneck Sweatshirt Black (S - 3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Bullseye Link Crewneck Sweatshirt White (S - 3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Cardigang 2 Jacket Black (S - 3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Bandito Zip Hoody Black (S - 3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Bandito Zip Hoody Grey (S - 3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Bandito Zip Hoody Red (S - 3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Mos Jacket Charcoal (S - 3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Mos Jacket Khaki (S - XL)Crooks & Castles - Denim Dot Field Jacket (S - XL)

Coming Soon, Snitches!

Motivation 2 the mixtape...yeah we got Lil Jon on it...WHAAAT!

Orisue Fall Part 2 Preview...

After a really successful Fall 1 shipment, our Fall 2 shipment of Orisue will be in late next week, either Thursday or Friday. Check out some of what is coming in below!

Kidz In The Hall Interview

Check out this Kidz In the Hall video interview by Eighty81.com from when they were in Cleveland right after they came to the shop. Wardrobe provided by Motivation lol.

First Look at Play Cloths Fitted Hats

As I told you in the MAGIC recap post, we will be one of the select retailers to carry the Clipse's new brand, Play Cloths, when it debuts this November. Here is a first look at the fitted hats they will be dropping courtesy of StrictlyFitteds.com (check out the link, they list us as one of the main retailers). The running guy is their brand mascot, Jack, and he represents youth and forward movement. The exclamation point is also seen throughout their line. Check out the hats below:

10.Deep Fall Part 1.1 In Stock for Men & Women!

I told you back in the spring/summer we would be getting 10.Deep in stock from now on, and our first drop from the Tenth Division arrived in about 2 weeks ago! It is a small drop consisting of a few peices for men and a few for women, but we will be getting more from their Fall 1.1 and 1.2 deliveries in stock this week! The theme for the entire Fall 1 delivery is Veni Vidi Vici aka "I came I saw I conquered" and the whole line is real clean and the cut & sew is especially sophisticated and classic. Some sizes are already sold out, but you can check out what we got in so far by checking the below:

10.Deep - Problem Solvers 08 T-Shirt Black (S-3XL)

10.Deep - Problem Solvers 08 T-Shirt Red (S-3XL)

10.Deep - Problem Solvers 08 T-Shirt White (S-3XL)

10.Deep - Rise Up Logo T-Shirt Red (S-3XL)

10.Deep - Union Hall Hoody Black (S-3XL)

10.Deep - Women's Bigger Better T-Shirt Light Blue (S-L)

10.Deep - Women's Rise Up Logo T-Shirt Black (S-L)

10.Deep - Women's Rise Up Logo T-Shirt Red (S-L)

Heineken Red Star Soul Tour Detroit - RECAP!

About 2 weeks ago Indra and I attended the Heineken Red Star Tour when it was in Detroit (yeah I know, I know -- Im posting this LATE). Anyways R&B singer Dwele was performing at the concert and our very own Mick Boogie was the Dj, so you know we had to go! Mick has been djing various legs of the tour (there is a different R&B/soul artist(s) at every stop on the tour) and it was good to see him in Detroit. The event was at the Fillmore, and we also got to meet Slum Village out there -- look for a Mick Boogie & Slum Village mixtape coming soon! Here are the few pictures we took:

Mick warmed up the crowd before Dwele came on (click to enlarge!)

AZ was in the house as was Rick from Burn Rubber (didnt get a picture though!)

Dwele performing...

Mick got us backstage towards the end of the show...here is the view from there, this is when Dwele brought out Slum Village

Mick & Slum Village

Mick, Me & Kenny Burns -- he basically runs the tour amongst many other things, google him!

Crooks & Castles Fall 2 T-Shirts NOW IN STOCK!

We just got our shipment of Fall 2 t-shirts from Crooks & Castles in stock! We also got their Fall 2 outwear, crewnecks, and snapback hats in stock but those I will post pictures of later when I get a second (they are available in-store now). There is a ton of clean shirts in this delivery, making it hard to choose which ones to get haha. I really like this direction that Crooks is going, expect alot of cleaner designs like these in upcoming seasons. Email/call us for availability and to purchase!

Crooks & Castles - Bandito Chain T-Shirt Black (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Bandito Chain T-Shirt Red (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Bandito Chain T-Shirt White (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Belt Crest T-Shirt Black (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Belt Crest T-Shirt Purple (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Belt Crest T-Shirt White (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Castle Leaf T-Shirt Black (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Castle Leaf T-Shirt Purple (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Crest T-Shirt Black (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Crest T-Shirt Purple (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Eagle & Snake T-Shirt Black (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Let The Games Begin T-Shirt Black (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Monolithic Keys T-Shirt Black (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Monolithic Keys T-Shirt Midnight Blue (S-3XL)

Crooks & Castles - Monolithic Keys T-Shirt White (S-3XL)

Mick Boogie & Fly.Union - Close Doors, Open Windows Mixtape

Ohio artists Fly.Union just dropped this dope mixtape with our very own Mick Boogie! You might remember they had a track on the Motivation mixtape "Scenerio 2008" that a lot of people were feeling "Fly Dot U...Where Dreams Come True!". Anyways this mixtape is called Close Doors, Open Windows and contains about 10 original tracks and 10 freestyles. A lot of the subject matter has to do with streetwear and sneakers, and each member has a pretty distinct, tight flow. Its definitely worth the download (link is below) -- look for us playing it in the store and hopefully we will have some physical copies soon to give out!


Download the mixtape HERE.

Kidz In The Hall In-Store Pictures!

Here are finally the pictures from the in-store meet & greet we had with Kidz In The Hall about two weeks ago at Motivation (I know, I know Im posting them L-A-T-E, sorry!). It was one of our smaller events but I would have to say that Naledge & Double O were the probably the nicest and most down to earth artists we have had a meet & greet with.....plus they really knew their streetwear! Lookout for their new video for "Love Hangover" featuring Estelle dropping real soon and also look for them back in Ann Arbor on October 22nd at the Blind Pig performing with MURS! Now onto the photos:

Double O & Naledge

Me & Indra

Dj Graffiti dj'd the event...thank you!
It was a more intimate event where you could actually talk to the artists for more than 5 seconds...Miho & Indra

Ryan & Drew

Drew

Jason & Lei...these guys have a new clothing brand called Sistine and actually brought Mick Boogie out to Hong Kong for their opening party. Mick did a mixtape for the event/Asia tour and Kidz In The Hall hosted it...now they finally got to meet Jason & Lei...

Naledge with the Mick Boogie Asia Tour Mixtape

All of us wearing Sistine trucker hats...lol

Keaton

Nikeisha

Dj Teddy Ruck-Spin

Dj Chill Will

Dj

Djs Graffiti & Chill Will...Ann Arbor's Finest

Shopping after the event....

...of course they got laced up! Double O in Undr Crwn & Alife, Naledge in Dope Couture!

Signing the back wall after another successful event!

Nas video @ Alife LA!

Nas shot some of his upcoming video for "Make The World Go Round" ft. The Game & Chris Brown at the Alife flaship store in Los Angeles. This was actually one of my favorite tracks on the album and I knew it would be the second single. Coincidently this is also the song on the album where he raps about him being an "Alife tag popper" so it fits haha....check out pics below and look for the video out soon!

Cake Clothing Fall 2008 Now In Stock!

We got in our Fall shipment from Cake about a week ago and I have to say it is probably their strongest line yet. The foil Party & Bulls*t tees are killing it for us already, check them all out below and stop by or contact us if you'd like to purchase any!

Cake - Party & Bullshit Black/Gold Foil T-Shirt (S-2XL)
*Note: Letters are actually gold foil!*

Cake - Party & Bullshit White/Silver Foil T-Shirt (S-2XL)

Cake - Party & Bullshit Purple/Rainbow Foil T-Shirt (S-2XL)

Cake - !!!!! White T-Shirt (S-2XL)

Cake - !!!!! Yellow T-Shirt (S-2XL)

Cake - Remix White T-Shirt (S-2XL)

Cake - Remix Light Yellow T-Shirt (S-2XL)

Cake - Chopped & Screwed White T-Shirt (M-2XL)

*Back of T-Shirt*

Cake - Freakshow Turquoise T-Shirt (M-2XL)

Cake - Remix White Sweatshirt (S-2XL)

Cake - !!!!! Black Sweatshirt (S-2XL)

Alife Fall Part 1 Apparel Now In Stock!

If you've been by the store lately then you know we got our Alife Fall Part 1 t-shirts in stock about two weeks ago, but I'm just getting the chance to post them online now! Some of the sizes/styles are already sold out haha but check them all out below, Alife is killing it once again!

Alife - Core T-Shirt Brown (S - XL)

Alife - Core T-Shirt Forest Green (S - XL)

Alife - Core T-Shirt Navy Blue (S - XL)

Alife - Core T-Shirt Red (S - XL)

Alife - Quack T-Shirt Black (S - XL)

(Back of T-Shirt)

Alife - Quack T-Shirt Heather Grey (S - XL)

Alife - Quack T-Shirt Red (S - XL)

Alife - Chosen T-Shirt Black (S - XL)

Alife - Chosen T-Shirt Purple (S - XL)

Alife - Chosen T-Shirt Red (S - XL)

Alife - Clouds T-Shirt Black (S - XL)

Alife - Bozo T-Shirt Black (S - XL)

Alife - Krink Squeeze T-Shirt Black (S - XL)

Alife - Krink KR T-Shirt Royal Blue (S - XL)

Alife - Street Drop Long Sleeve T-Shirt Red (S - XL)

Alife - Street Drop Long Sleeve T-Shirt Forest Green (S - XL)

Alife - Antique A Long Sleeve T-Shirt Navy Blue (S - XL)

Alife - Antique A Long Sleeve T-Shirt White/Red (S - XL)

Behind the scenes @ Kidz In The Hall/Estelle Video Shoot

Check this video out of behind the scenes at the Kidz In The Hall ft. Estelle "Love Hangover" video shoot, which debuts soon. Its probably my favorite track on their album "The In Crowd". Oh yeah and check out Estelle wearing the Harajuku Lovers tank top she purchased from us towards the middle of the video...WE ARE EVERYWHERE!!!

Kidz In The Hall Pictures Will Be Up Soon!

Sorry for the delay in posting up the pictures from our Kidz In The Hall meet & greet last week but I have been beyond busy! If I get a chance to post them tomorrow after the DunkXchange I will otherwise they will be up Friday! I did find some pictures of Naledge & Double O rocking our gear at some concerts in Cleveland, etc., check them out below and look for more from the event soon!

Double O looking crispy in our Undr Crwn shirt & Alife shoes!

Naledge moving the crowd in our Rocksmith Hov t-shirt

New Crooks Outwear & Snapback Hats In Stock!

Ill just post these teaser pics and that should be enough to let you know to come by the store and check out the MASSIVE amount of new Crooks Fall 1 & 2 we just got in stock!

Detroit Dunk Xchange!

The Dunk Xchange is coming to Detroit this Thursday Sept 11th! The Dunk Xchange is a national event that fuses sneakers, streetwear, and music that happens yearly in alot of different cities and this is the first time it will be held in Detroit! You can bring your DS sneakers (not just dunks!) to trade/sell to other people and there will be a lot of collectors/sellers/stores with tables selling shoes and clothes as well. We will of course have our own table and you might catch some deals out there! There will also be music and a live DJ, and I heard Elzhi of Slum Village and The Cool Kids are going to be there. It is from 6PM to 12 PM at Saint Andrews Hall this Thursday, hope to see you there!

Dj Mo Beatz in Doha, Qatar!

Motivation fam Dj Mo Beatz and rapper P.L. recently had a show in Doha, Qatar, which is somewhere in the Middle East! Check out some of his footage from over there in the video below (yes he is rocking Dope Couture over there lol) and lookout for more footage from the show shortly....


DJMOBEATZ.COM/BLOG PRESENTS... from Dj Mo Beatz on Vimeo.

New Song from Lupe Fiasco...

Check out this video of some new material from Lupe supposedly off his next album that he performed at a concert at Indiana University last week. Interestingly, he was wearing an upcoming Dope Couture fall sample tshirt the whole time :)...you cant really see it in the video but I will post high quality pictures when DOPE releases them soon!

Las Vegas - MAGIC August 2008 Recap!

Hey everyone sorry for the lack of posting lately but we've been crazy busy at Motivation since we got back from Vegas!! New Fall shipments have been arriving each day since we got back (including 4 on the day we got back), but more on those within the next few days!

Here is the recap of our trip to Vegas for the MAGIC Clothing Convention, which is a bi-yearly convention where EVERY clothing brand (not just streetwear brands) show off their upcoming collections to buyers. Me, Indra, and her sister Sonia went and it was a ton of fun but we also had a ton of meetings so our days were packed! We picked up some new brands including one I am real excited about, Play Cloths, which is the new brand from The Clipse; its dropping in only 60 stores worldwide and we will have it in stock starting in November at Motivation! More on the other brands once we get them in stock...now onto the pictures/recap:

Thanks to a hook up from our good friend DJ, we stayed at the Wynn hotel which is a 5-star hotel and was ridiculous to say the least, I never stayed at anything like it. I didnt get too many pictures of the inside (next time lol) but lets just say the casino had a lot of tables with $300 minimums and there is a mall inside of it with only about 20 stores such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Manolo Blahnik, Dior...and a Ferrari dealership! Another thing that was crazy is you could get a "car" from the hotel instead of taking a taxi and the cars were Rolls Royce Phantoms....!

Here is some pictures of the hotel and our room:

The Wynn & its new twin Encore (opening soon)

Some huge lighted waterfall on the hotel grounds..it was about 100 feet tall

I only got pictures of the bathroom in our room because it was so ridiculous, it was about the size of my bedroom. The water in the tub to the side of the shower came out in a waterfall in the middle of the tub.

Flatscreen while you brush your teeth is so necessary

View from the room, 54th floor...the Wynn has its own golf course in the middle of the Vegas strip.

There were about 7 or 8 restaurants in the hotel and all the ones we went to were amazing. We went to the cheaper ones, meaning breakfast for 3 was about $70 each morning lol.
This pineapple fried rice was our favorite...and it came served in a pineapple lol

The first day we just explored around the hotel and surrounding hotels, tried to go to Undftd and Stussy (they were closed), got some good food, and went to the Hardrock and some casinos. Check out the pool at the Wynn below, it had this long 500 foot channel that had bridges over it that you could swim under to another part of the pool...crazy!

This was the pool at Caesar's Palace hotel which was equally as ridiculous...only in Vegas haha

The next day was the first day of MAGIC and we spent the entire day at the show meeting with many of our brands.
This is the streetwear section, S.L.A.T.E., of the MAGIC show, it was pretty massive and only something like 1/10th of the entire show! Click picture for a better view...I got pictures at a decent amount of the brand's booths we went to, but we were rushing so much from meeting to meeting (it was a hectic first day!) I couldn't get one at all of them. Click the pictures and you might get some previews of some upcoming seasons...

Ralph from Rocksmith
Teron from Undr Crwn (whattup to Jay too!)Some of the Orisue crew (Wally, Mike, Alain)We ran into the guys from District 81 (clothes coming very soon to Motivation)
Scotty from The Hundreds...thanks for all the gear!The Hundreds laced all of us...check out the Hundreds x Disney (Lost Boys) pictures in the background, this was the outside of their booth!Ease from Mishka
That night we ate dinner with our good friend Inder at the Wynn buffet (think all you can eat crab legs, jumbo shrimp, and gourmet stuff you've never seen) then tried to get into the Crooks & Castles Playboy party but the line was ridiculous EVEN THOUGH WE HAD PASSES but at least we got a free Crooks cigar I guess... We ended up partying with our friends from Orisue and had a great night anyways. Everyone from Orisue is mad cool and down to earth, look for some more stuff between us soon! After like 5 years of knowing them, I also got to finally meet Lexx and Wexx from Tapemasters Inc. (the mixtape Djs) in person as they do marketing for Orisue now too...nice finally meeting you two and congrats on the promotion!

We partied at Pure I believe was the name of the club, it was inside of the MGM. Here is me and Lexx of Tapemasters Inc./Orisue:
Vince from Orisue and his lady...hook me up with those samples haha:Tash from The Alkohliks ended up performing at the club...I don't think half of the crowd knew who he was unfortunately...
Everyone was acting kind of crazy by the end of the night especially Yass, the intern from France (middle)The second day of the show was our craziest as we had back-to-back-to-back meetings and they were all at different show venues. First thing, me and Matt from Dope Couture had to get up super early for a meeting with New Era at MAGIC -- all I can say is if you think we have a lot of hats now (150+), wait a few months haha!

New Era's booth was one of the biggest I saw at MAGIC, here is part of the outside:
Right as we were leaving the meeting Big Black from Rob & Big came into the booth to check out the upcoming fitteds, I got a picture with him as he left, he was real cool:
I then went to say whats up to Russell from District 81 as their booth was right by New Era's:
Then I had to book it over to PROJECT, which is another clothing show that is part of MAGIC but at a different convention center, and met up with Indra and Sonia. It has more like trendy clothing I guess and alot of girls clothing from smaller brands but some streetwear brands like Alife, Hellz Bellz, Married to the Mob, etc. showed over there. We met with these brands over there as well as some other new brands we will be adding to our mix! PROJECT definitely has a different vibe, its more mature and much of the craziness from MAGIC isn't found there haha, heres some pictures:
Cass from Hellz BellzLeah from Married to the MobAlthough they weren't exhibiting, we ran into the guys from Dope Couture (Chris, BJ, Matt...whattup!) at Project and finally got a picture together:
Indra ran into the guys from that show Sunset Tan...I guess they have a line of jeans coming out...no comment lol:
I also ran into the big homie Brick from Timebomb Spot in Pittsburgh, they are one of the original streetwear stores, been open for 12+ years. 3 years ago I was trading him Mick Boogie mixtapes for Crooks & Castles t-shirts and now I have my own streetwear store thanks to advice from guys like him!
We ended up having our Alife meetings at the same time...whattup Mike!
After a long day of meetings and scouting brands at PROJECT we had one last stop at the Pallazo hotel:
Up in one of the suites we had a meeting with the people behind Play Cloths and the Clipse! Play Cloths is the Clipse's new clothing line and it is dropping in only 60 hand selected stores worldwide this Winter...one of which will be Motivation :). The line is real clean and reminds me somewhat of BBC without the crazy colors and crazy pricepoint haha. Its a full line too, they really came correct the first time around!

Malice was in the suite when we got there and Pusha came as we were leaving but I didn't have the chance to get a pic with him, but they were both really down to earth.

Malice of the Clipse & Rashad from Play Cloths (he is wearing a sample shirt with their main logo)
"Its a celebration b*tches!"
Later that night we went to dinner with Tapemasters Inc. and the guys from Dope Couture at Tao, which is this crazy nightclub/restaurant inside of the Venetian. Stephen Marbury of the Knicks happened to be eating a few tables away from us haha. Bill for dinner: Almost $500 for the 10 of us, even though some people only got appetizers haha, thats Vegas for you! There was this 40 foot Bhudda statue on the wall in the room we were eating in, enlarge picture to see it:
Presentation is key...
Then after like 20 cab rides and not being able to get into the Undr Crwn/Mos Def party EVEN THOUGH WE HAD PASSES AGAIN (note to self: arrive earlier to parties next year!) we went to the Antenna Mag/New Era/Foundation party at Mixx at Manadalay Bay.
The view was crazy, the club was on the 64th floor and had an outside deck overlooking the city:
I finally met up with Matt from Corporate, if you are ever in Cincy make sure to stop through! Also whattup to Joe from Sneaker Bistro in Long Island!
Us with Lexx & Wexx from Tapemasters Inc./Orisue...
The last day of the show it was back to MAGIC and also POOL, another show under the MAGIC umbrella but in the same convention center as MAGIC, to meet with the rest of our brands and scout some new ones.

J.Kim from Freshjive/Agenda...whattup!
Brian from Rogue Status
That night we were all pretty exhausted so we did some shopping/sightseeing/sleeping....the trip was fun but I think we all needed a vacation from our "vacation" at the end...see you next year!