RISE A/W

Sneak peak of the RISE A/W lookbook, available HERE very soon. Exciting stuff.

Yelawolf

Yelawolf has been steadily upping his reputation within the industry during the past few months. However, plenty of his followers are not aware of the artist’s moving past. In order to fill the world in, YoursTruly met up with the rapper. The footage shows Yela’s return Peoples Park in Berkeley where he spent twelve month as a mostly homeless skateboarder.

Secret Wars x G-Shock

Pixie Lott x Scotland

Pixie Lott is currently smashing venues up and down the UK on her UK Tour which is currently in Scotland, here's Pixie an exclusive snap of Pixie in action. My ticket hasn't arrived in the post for the London show yet, but I am expecting it any day now. Good girl she is.

Mr Londoner

My brother from another mother Patrick Odai aka Mr Londoner is one of many of us shmuks flocking to the social network/blog/website marvel that is Tumblr. Check my official website HERE for all my Directing work (cheeky plug). But I do highly recommend blogging marvel Mr Londoner's space over HERE. Get involved!

Take The World

Tinchy Stryder's latest offering comes in the form of 'Take The World' with a brilliant feature from RocNation's Bridget Kelly. The first verse is so good, well done again Tinch. Video directed by Adam Powell.

Chromeo - Hot Mess

Great video from Chromeo, check it out.

Mr Cartoon

Mr. Cartoon was recently featured in The New York Times as part of a piece documenting his recent residency at the upscale Marcel at Gramercy. Bringing his talents to the East Coast, Cartoon will be offering his highly coveted tattoo services through tomorrow, albeit as a hefty cost. Below is an excerpt from the article with some insight into Mr. Cartoon’s role within the Marcel at Gramercy’s artist-in-residence series. Read in full HERE.

G-Shock iPhone App

G-Shock is excited to announce the launch of the first G-Shock iPhone app! This shockingly cool app teams G-Shock’s characteristic functionality with games that test the durability of the indestructible watch brand. The app allows fans to fully experience the inimitable G-Shock in all its tough and durable glory, and even lets them road test G-Shock’s superior technology, thanks to the time display, stopwatch and alarm, that are all available as standard.

The games allow you to test out two of G-Shock’s definitive features: toughness and water resistance. In one game, players can try their hardest to inflict damage on the G-Shock by tapping the screen, whilst in the other, players ‘plunge’ the G-Shock into water up to a depth of 200 metres, by blowing continuously. This resourceful game also measures the player’s lung capacity. Go and download it free now!

Yasmin - On My Own

You really should have heard this record by now, but if you're being slow, here's the debut single from Yasmin, it's called 'On My Own'. Click HERE to listen with your ears.

Jeremy Kirkland

A pretty beautiful piece from Filmmaker Jake Davis (of Draek 'Successful' fame) as he shoots Jeremy Kirkland, in a stand-out from his test shot series. Nothing original about this, but it's done very well and always inspires me visually. Have a butchers.

Gilbere Forte

Check out my talented dude all the way in Philly Gilbere Forte. He's making waves stateside and I'm just letting you know now that he's a serious problem. Here's a sample of his work, official video for "Black Chukkas" from Gilbere Forte's "87 Dreams" mixtape. Click HERE for that goodness.

Thom Browne

Thom Browne (born in 1965) is an American fashion designer. He is the founder and head of design for Thom Browne, a New York City-based menswear brand. Browne was named the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Menswear Designer of the Year in March 2006 and named the GQ Designer of the Year in November 2008. Some what of an authority figure then. Read this great piece on him by Andy Morris. Click HERE for the full piece on GQ Online.

Example - Two Lives

My man Example's latest single entitled 'Two Lives', taken from his album 'Won't Go Quietly'. Get that.

Tinashé - Pieces of Paper

Short video for 'Tinashé - Pieces of Paper'; taken from his album 'Saved'. You may have seen the Island & Motown Records man on this blog before, expect more work with me and him to come.

Lobulo Design

Lobulo Design pay homage to CASIO G-SHOCK with an interesting rendition of one of CASIO’s newer models, the GA-011. The watch is surprisingly accurate despite being made out of paper. Brilliant.

Jay-Z & Howard Stern

Jay-Z pays visit to the self-proclaimed “King of All Media” himself, Howard Stern. As always, Howard usually dresses up some of the most intriguing interviews in entertainment, and Jay-Z was no exception to that. Jay-Z is currently promoting his Decoded book. Listen HERE.

J.Cole & Drake

Happy Friday, J. Cole links up with Drizzy Drake for this new epic record entitled, “In The Morning.” This smooth-out record will be included on his project due out tomorrow, while his album is still slated to drop within the first quarter of 2011. He’s also scheduled to begin a European tour with Drake this January as well. Listen HERE.

Influencers

I posted the trailer up last month, now the full film is here and it's nothing short of interesting and deeply inspiring. Heavily featuring the inspiring Jeff Staple (pictured)'INFLUENCERS: How Trends & Creativity Become Contagious' surfaces as it highlights the idea of influence and stickiness in the creative world such as fashion and music. A wealth of New York-based creatives are interviewed to each offer their own respective insights into what it means to be influential and how that notion is achieved. Enjoy!

*EXCLUSIVE* Tinchy Stryder - Famous

Check the video for Tinchy Stryder's 'Famous' coming off his new album 'Third Strike', which you can pre-order on iTunes now. Video Directed by myself, Luke Monaghan.

Tinchy 'Famous' x Premium G

I am currently in the edit for Tinchy Stryders 'Famous' video which I directed n' that, 'Famous' is on Tinchy's new album Third Strike which is out this weekend. Here are some exclusive behind the scenes shots courtesy of photographer James Barber. Check Tinchy modeling a piece from the 'Premium G' range in the video and the above snaps.

Subcrew

Hong Kong based brand Subcrew are a really inspiring collective. They have been building for a while, culminating in a huge following for their clothing all over Asia. They are stocked at stores in Japan, mainland China, Taiwan and Korea, as well as Australia and Canada. Check the link to see their brilliant A/W look book.

And they have once again worked with G-Shock on a limited edition DW-6900 watch. The “Sharkmarine” watch has been inspired by the shark and by the military, which is reflected in the choice of colors and design elements on the watch. Brilliant collaboration.

Semi Finals

A little peak at what went down a couple weeks ago at the Village Underground for the Semi Finals of the G-Shock sponsored Secret Wars Euro League.

N Dubz - Girls

Good ol' Dappy, I love his verse on this. N Dubz used to be a guilty pleasure, they are now nowhere near a guilty pleasure, I am putting it in this public domain that N Dubz are really great. Check the lovely watches.

All Of The Lights

I know you've been waiting for 'All Of The Lights' to drop, as have I. So as promised, Kanye West delivers the single-version of “All Of The Lights” that boasts the talents of eleven acclaimed artists (John Legend, The-Dream, Ryan Leslie, Tony Williams, Charlie Wilson, Elly Jackson, Alicia Keys, Fergie, KiD CuDi, Rihanna & Elton John). It remains to be seen if the album version of the song will contain extended parts of the contributors or not. Anyway, this is something epic, so tune in HERE. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy hits shelves November 22nd.

Pixie Lott x Baby G

Casio Baby G is proud to announce that they will be sponsoring Pixie Lott’s sold out UK tour when it hits the road this winter. Spanning 15 dates between November and December, the tour will see Pixie, the UK’s foremost female pop star, showcasing her chart topping singles from her stunning debut album Turn It Up in her own inimitable style.
Pixie’s energetic live performances and soulful voice have earned her hundreds of thousands of fans and widespread critical acclaim, and her tour is set to cement her reputation as the brightest talent to emerge from British shores in many years. Tim Gould, Head of Marketing for Casio UK comments, ‘We are thrilled to be sponsoring Pixie’s tour this winter. She has truly proven herself in 2010 and we can’t wait to help her finish the year on a high by sponsoring her UK tour.’ Catch Pixie on tour nationwide between the 24th November to 14th December 2010.

Tinashe & GQ

Check my man Tinashe doing an acoustic version of 'Decency', filmed and directed by me, Luke Monaghan. Click HERE to have a butchers at that. If you wasn't at Tinashe's show last week in West London (pictured), he performed in a new Premium G-Shock alongside Eliza Doolittle. And for more Premium G-Shock goodness check out GQ.com's article on the watch that can't be broken (trust me I've tried), it's a very good article.

Lovers Collection

In the Eastern hemisphere, it’s an all too common site to see matching couples clad head to toe in similar apparel and fashion. Playing on this culturally accepted trend, CASIO G-SHOCK create a special 2010 Christmas “Lover’s” collection of watches. The beautiful DW-5600 in either Baby-G (for women) and the G-SHOCK is seen in pink with a black LCD screen. A release is set for November 27th.

Big Sean - Too Fake

Really brilliant video for 'Big Sean - Too Fake' taken from his Finally Famous VOl.3 mixtape, directed by my man Mike Carson from Chicago & the IllRoots team, some great work coming from those guys.

Game Over

Tinchy Stryder, Giggs, Pro Green, Tinie Tempah, Devlin, Example, Chipmunk. Game Over.

TInchyTV Episode 7

Tinchy Stryder behind the scenes of his video shoot in L.A for upcoming single 'Let It Rain'. TInch needs to lay off the connect 4 it's getting to be a problem. Watch it. Flee.

Nicki Minaj & Eminem

Young Money’s First Lady Nicki Minaj invites none other than Eminem for the futuristic track “Roman’s Revenge”. Both artists put the naysayers on the spot over the Swizz Beatz-produced beat. The track will appear on Ms. Minaj’s much anticipated album Pink Friday, which is due November 22nd. Listen to Nicki & Em HERE.