KhanArt Blah

**Disclaimer: These are strictly my opinions. If you fall into any of these categories and you think im talkin about you then don't take this so seriously. If you do then...fuck it...who cares! Nobody else seems to have the balls to speak their piece in this city anyways.** So we're nearing the end of another year and it's my time to give you the year in review of wack-ass things that made this year a year to forget. Im gonna do this in 3 parts: Fashion, Music, and The Scene (uh oh! you know I have to do it). In this first installment im goin to talk about fashion. This year was coined as the year of the "Cool Guy" aka "Trend Humpers". I know it's the pretty much the norm that everyone follows trends and adjust their wardrobes according to what's hot, but this year it's gone too far. We went from normal lookin dudes to raved-out urban swashbuckers in a matter of months. Materialism has run rampant this year from everyone wanting the newest "exclusive" shit, then come to find out that all their boys got the exact same shit and you end up lookin like a bunch of overly price bufoons with same "exclusive" shit everyone else has. Talk about being original. Creativity has reached an all-time low because everything is being recycled. Having been in the "streetwear" biz since 96, I've watched my favorite brands become mediocre, played, and soon be seen in your nearest Macy's. Oh well, I guess it's about that almighty dollar. Im a big fan of design and creativity. If something looks good then rock it but also remember that you will be looking at yourself a year from now and you dont want your family laughing at pictures of you wearing neon shirts either. Okay where to begin: -The Ed Hardy look (urban pirates/swashbuckler/butt pirates of the carribean look): wow! this look dominated the hiphop scene this year. This look ranged from skulls to wallet chains to tattoo spandex shirts. As I can recall alot of you so-called tough guys used to make fun of this look since it was "on some white boy shit". You guys were the first ones to jump on this bandwagon. Do you know how many times some 5XL tall white tee thug asks me where they can get a wallet chain at or a shirt with a skull on it...thousands! You might as well go and suck Jim Jone's dick if all I care. I've never seen so many people dick-ride a look so hard than this shit. Now they got stores that cater to this look aka Metro Park lol! Snug smedium shirts with eagle feathers and daggers on em, dungeons and dragons hoodies with rhinestones and tattoos of some scene from Beowulf lol! It's all played out. Move on! The rap scene (not hiphop) is like a parasite that exploits and sucks dry anything they can get it's hands on. This look is one of it's victims. -Skateboard/Pharell look: You fuckin posers. You know damn well that none of you guys have ever skated in your life. You just hold your super clean and never used decks at lenox mall and act like you've been ridin all day. Real skateboarders don't give a fuck about how they look. They're all about ridin and having fun. I've never met a real skateboarder with clean Nike SB's. Just like the Ed Hardy look, all of guys were like "that's that white boy shit". Look at me now, im gonna kick-push my way to the nearest skateboard shop and get me a DC or Famous shirt. Oh yeah PS: attention all rap guys don't hang out in front of Stratosphere, they don't want you there. -Nu Rave/Glowstick look: Now this shit is funny. I've never seen so many lite brite rainbow bright kids on the scene than now. Hell even more now than back in the rave days of the 90's. I've seen hiphop guys evolve from being normal to wearing every possible radioactive color known to man. If I had all you of guys together in one place I could see you from the moon lol! Seriously mash ups fucked up fashion (more about the music in Pt.2). -American Apparel/Hipster look: This look ranges from deep v-neck shirts to guys wearing women's pants. Oh yeah why is everybody sportin those little-ass vest and fedoras. Bitch you aint from the UK lol! And why do grown ass men spend insane amounts of money to get a haircut that looks like the back-end of a peacock. Half of you dudes dress like beyotches and prance around with your man-bags (?). You might as well take polaroids of you and your friends sinking in your cheeks, wearing nothing but a schemagh and some american apparel undies on the bathroom floor. What would your dad think? -Retro Kids aka "I don't know where hiphop came from" look: 80's babies, Retrokids...whatever you want to call it. It looks like you guys stepped out of the Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo set and did the worm straight out on the streets. Do you even know anything about the 80's? You know how may times i've called out dudes in their faces and told them that they looked like Kwame or MC Shan and their only response was "Uh who's that?" At least know what the fuck you're representing. Big ass Cazal shades and dookie gold chains are a must for this look. So are hi top fades and you're name written in some graf style on the back of your head. You know what's funny is that these guys look sillier now then they did back in the day. One thing about this look is that companies are charging an arm and a leg for shit that used to be dirt cheap. Hell just go to Fruition in Las Vegas and buy a $200 Bart Simpson shirt and then go kick yourself in the ass when you find that shit in your closet at your mom's crib. Do the knowledge and don't front. Just because you're rockin the retro shit doesn't mean you know the culture. Stay tuned for Pt.2...Music: The Year Of The Stupid Dances & One Hit Wonders