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		<title>Daily Style &amp; Design News: October 7, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/10/07/daily-style-design-news-october-7-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>intern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Levi's scavenger hunt, FUCT x Champion sweatshirt , LV sunglasses, BBC Space Beach collection, and Carhartt's graf history.]]></description>
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<strong>Carhartt Europe</strong> is publishing graffiti historian <strong>Andrea Caputo&#8217;s</strong> new book, <em>All City Writers</em>. Reading! [<em><a href="http://english.mashkulture.net/2009/10/07/carhartt-x-all-city-writers-book/" target="_blank">Mash Kulture</a></em>]</p>
<p>A $100,000 payout sounds good to us. <strong>Levi&#8217;s</strong> scavenger hunt on deck. Where the money buried at? [<a href="http://selectism.com/columns/michaelwilliams/2009/10/06/who-the-fk-is-grayson-ozias-iv/" target="_blank">Selectism</a>]</p>
<p>The <strong>Kindle</strong> drops in price and goes global. Yay? [<em><a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/international-kindle/" target="_blank">Wired</a></em>]</p>
<p><strong>Louis Vuitton</strong> new 2009 Fall/Winter men&#8217;s sunglasses line. Millionaires to kill the glare, or something like that &#8211; we don&#8217;t speak French. [<a href="http://www.solediction.com/2009/10/louis-vuitton-eyewear-2009-fallwinter.html" target="_blank">Solediction</a>]</p>
<p>The third installment of <strong>Billionare Boy&#8217;s Club</strong> &#8220;<strong>Space Beach</strong>&#8221; line hits the <strong>Ice Cream</strong> store this week.  Still heavy on the Ray-gun logo, but the collection is more mature with key pieces like tweed jackets, ties, and scarves.  [<a href="http://hypebeast.com/2009/10/billionaire-boys-club-space-beach-3rd-delivery/" target="_blank">Hypebeast</a>]</p>
<p>T-shirts/graphics game champ<strong> FUCT</strong> works with sweats connoisseur <strong>Champion</strong>. [<a href="http://slamxhype.com/fashion/fuct-super-liberation-army-champion/" target="_blank">Slamxhype</a>]</p>
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		<title>Street Detail: Freeballer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>frederickm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotted down in SoHo, today's subject recommends going commando. Is he stylin' or just wildin'? Vote on his style now!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cdn.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sam.jpg" alt="sam" title="sam" width="240" height="549" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-45415" align="right" /><strong>NAME:</strong> Sam </p>
<p><strong>AGE:</strong> 22</p>
<p><strong>OCCUPATION:</strong> Educator</p>
<p><strong>HOME BASE:</strong> Oakland, CA </p>
<p><strong><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">GLASSES:</strong></SPAN> Geoffrey Beene </p>
<p><strong><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">SHIRT:</strong></SPAN> Vintage </p>
<p><strong><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">SHORTS:</strong></SPAN> Champion </p>
<p><strong><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">SHOES:</strong></SPAN> Timberland </p>
<p><strong>What are you saving up for the summer?</strong> A new skateboard.</p>
<p><strong>What summer trends have you seen?</strong> J. Crew shorts with the whales on them.</p>
<p><strong>What is your dream vacation? </strong> Eating fish tacos at the beach and then hitting up house shows in Tijuana.</p>
<p><strong>What is the sneaker style you are rocking this season?</strong> Boat shoes or white Vans.</p>
<p><strong>What is your summer drink?</strong> Miller High Life.</p>
<p><strong><u><em>Vote on whether this week’s subject is “Stylin” or “Wildin” below&#8230; </em></u></strong></p>
<p><span id="more-44908"></span><strong>What inspires your style?</strong> Comfort.</p>
<p><strong>What city has the best style?</strong> Los Angeles.</p>
<p><strong>What movie best captures your style?</strong> <em>Risky Business</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Who has wack style?</strong> Ezra Koenig [of Vampire Weekend].</p>
<p><strong>What trend do you want to see die?</strong> Boat shoes.</p>
<p><strong>Last clothing item you purchased?</strong> A University of Illinois T-shirt.</p>
<p><strong>What do you collect?</strong> Taiwanese stickers.</p>
<p><strong>What is your favorite brand?</strong> Urban Outfitters BDG.</p>
<p><strong>What is your favorite tech gadget?</strong> Roland TR-808 drum machine.</p>
<p><strong>What do chicks dig about your style?</strong> My chest hair that looks like Eve&#8217;s paw tattoos.</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s the most common statement people make about your style?</strong> &#8220;I love your glasses.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s the item currently in your closet you most regret buying?</strong> A green crushed velvet blazer fit for a 16-year-old girl.</p>
<p><strong>What do you see as the next big trend?</strong> Freeballing.</p>
<p><strong>What is your favorite city?</strong> Los Angeles.</p>
<p><strong>What is your dream job?</strong> Conceptual artist.</p>
<p><strong>Who is your dream date?</strong> <a href="http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/071003/70swomen/demornay_l.jpg" target="_blank">Rebecca de Mornay</a> circa 1983.</p>
<p><strong>Last book read?</strong> <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fan-Man-William-Kotzwinkle/dp/0679752455" target="_blank">The Fan Man</a></em> by William Kotzwinkle.</p>
<p><strong>What is your trend proof style advice for our readers?</strong> Don&#8217;t use shampoo and always freeball.</p>
<p><strong>How has the recession affected your life?</strong> Ever-flowing $1 organic coffee.</p>
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		<title>The Unauthorized History Of Puppets In Hip Hop</title>
		<link>http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/08/12/the-unauthorized-history-of-puppets-in-hip-hop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Kanye's new "Champion" video, we present the 5 greatest string-pulling moments in rap.]]></description>
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Whatchya wanna do? Wanna be a ballers? shotcallers? Brawlers? Well let <em>Complex </em>be the spoiler. The reality of hip hop is a sad one filled with guys who get their strings pulled, like <strong>Jimi Hendrix </strong>(no Pat Smear, my dear). And occasionally you can actually see their strings. Take for instance the awesomely creative new clip from <em>Complex</em> stalwart contributor <a href="http://www.complex.com/STYLE/Kanye-Beatdowns/Kanye-West-Gallery" />Kanye West</a>, which finds a styrofoam &#8216;Ye sucking wind in the Olympics (no Louganis) like a <a href="http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/08/11/p-rod-2-wins-clash-of-the-kicks-x-games-edition/" />&#8220;Champion&#8221;</a>. We keed, we keed.</p>
<p>But Kanye isn&#8217;t the first hip hopper to use a strung-up effigy of himself in a video. So for your viewing pleasure, and general edification, we&#8217;ve combed through the annals (grow up!) of hip hop to find the <strong>5 greatest moments of puppetry in rap history</strong>. Go to school and peep Kanye&#8217;s latest below&#8230;<br />
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<p>5.) <strong><em>CHAMPION</em>: Kanye West</strong><br />
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He could only go up from the dismally &#8220;artistic&#8221; (read: deliberately boring, is still boring) &#8220;Flashing Lights&#8221; video, but talk about a comeback. The clip is so irreverent and hilarious that we must ask, even though you came in 5th, &#8216;Ye, did you realize that you were a champion? Yes, he did.</p>
<p>4.) <strong><em>ASS LIKE THAT</em></strong>: <strong>Eminem</strong><br />
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Sure, this song and video is clearly the strongest evidence that Marshall&#8217;s lost his marbles&#39;thanks mostly to his weird &#8220;is-he-wearing-mad-make-up?&#8221; look, and oh, that he obsessively wrote a whole song about a bizarre fight with a hand puppet on national TV nearly a year earlier&#39;but Eminem&#8217;s slap-ssic ranks #4 due to it&#8217;s excellent use of the Todd &#8220;REAS&#8221; James designed Crank Yanker puppets and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. That said, the song never made our slinky&#8217;s go d-doing-doing-doing!</p>
<p>3.) <strong><em>DA ART OF STORYTELLING</em></strong>:<strong>Outkast featuring Slick Rick</strong><br />
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Look, this video is pretty retarded but it&#8217;s clocking in at #3 &#8217;cause we&#8217;re hoping that Big Boi will see it and remember that flighty-ass Andre 3000 can be replaced by puppet Andre 3000, and us fans wouldn&#8217;t give a shit, as long as that motherfucker raps.</p>
<p>2.) <strong><em>ME AND THE BIZ</em></strong>: <strong>Masta Ace featuring&#8230; No one.</strong><br />
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What do you do when Marley Marl promises you that Biz Markie will come thru in the 11th hour and track the vocals you left as a reference track for him&#39;on the song you made called, of all things, &#8220;Me And The Biz&#8221;&#39;but doesn&#8217;t deliver? You release the record as is, hope no one notices, and put out a video with a Biz puppet. He squeezed your lemons, Marley, now drink Ace&#8217;s lemonade!</p>
<p>1) <strong><em>HOW DO YOU WANT IT</em>: 2Pac</strong><br />
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Isn&#8217;t it lifelike? How much do you think Suge Knight paid those puppetiers for this 2Pac on strings? What&#8217;s that you say? A million dollars and a get out of jail free card? You are correct, siiiir! Wait, what&#8217;s that? It&#8217;s not a puppet? Whatever&#8230;For taking hip hop&#8217;s most radical, politically charged voice and getting him to make this video, which is easily more ridiculous than &#8220;Da Art Of Storytelling&#8221; to the power of &#8220;Ass Like That,&#8221; to the tune of 100 million in billing, Suge Knight easily owns the greatest moment of puppetry in hip hop. Time it give to daddy, Sugar. How do you want it?<br />
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<p>BONUS RUNNER-UP! <strong><em>ANTE UP</em></strong>: <strong>M.O.P.</strong> (as portrayed by Bert &#8216;N Ernie)<br />
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This was A) better than the real &#8220;Ante Up&#8221; video, and B) would&#8217;ve taken the top spot if it had been done at M.O.P.&#8217;s behest. Now take rings off, fuckers.</p>
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