Style Daily Style & Design News: July 20, 2009

Just when you thought there was an app for everything, someone comes along and blows your mind with a “where to find legal cannabis” iBanger. [Gizmodo]

If you’re rocking a pair of bright yellow Kobe IV’s on the court you better be good. They look sick though.
[Nice Kicks]

Say what you will, Nike SB creative destroys it. New P-Rod III commercial x Ice Cube – “Today was a Good Day.” [Youtube]

So here’s the Nom de Guerre x adidas shoe, and it’s wowesome. [Hypebeast]

It’s summer, so you shouldn’t be flying anywhere anyway, but just in case your jet-setting to Colette here’s the worst delayed airlines and the most likely time you will experience a delay (taking off at 9pm). [Valet]

Music Complex Casts The N.W.A. Biopic

Now that Notorious was considered a commercial success, it looks like we’re about to see a lot more hip hop movies coming to theaters over the next couple years. News came last week that a screenplay Tupac made while in prison is finally getting greenlighted and now we hear that Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy E’s widow, Tomica Wright, will be producing a N.W.A. biopic called Straight Outta Compton (what else would it be called?).

Could this be better than Notorious? Possibly. There’s a lot more story to tell with all the members each being involved in some sort of drama even after they left the group, and they also have the chance to learn from Notorious’ mistakes. But the real decider here will be the cast. We took it upon ourselves to offer up some suggestions, coming straight outta Complex!

Music The Unauthorized History of Hip Hop Chain Snatching

Middle-aged white guys buy snazzy sports cars and flaunt them as if they’re chrome, fuel-injected, super-charged effigies of their now flaccid cocks. Rappers, on the other hand, buy gaudy medallions attached to equally gaudy links and rock them as if they’re platinum-and-gold-plated, diamond-encrusted effigies of their now flaccid cocks. So you can imagine how emasculated your favorite rapper feels when another rapper, or local stick-up kid, comes along, takes their shine, and leaks a picture or youtube video. It’s like they’re holding their penises (¡NH!) fully exposed for the world to see! Ay Carumba!

In any case, the latest incident of manhood snatching befell poor widdle Yung Berg while the diddy-bopper cruised the mean streets of Detroit (what he was doing wearing jewelry in the D, we don’t know either). Needless to say, Berg is probably somewhere licking his wounds. But cheer up, lil’ buddy! You just entered a club whose members include hip hop’s elite.

To boost Berg’s gloomy disposition, Complex combed the annals (ayo!) of hip hop history (along with rumors and allegations as well) to compile an authoritative list of the most notorious chain snatchings ever. To be fair to the victims and the vickers, we rated each incident by how emasculating it was to their careers, as well as the probability that the snatching actually happened (since almost none of the incidents can be verified by police reports) . If you don’t read this blog, you’re just robbing yourself.

Click here to start the snatchin’!

Music The Game Shows Keyshia Cole His “Pain”

The Game has problems. Dealing with fame, family drama and fueds with G-Unit have only accentuated Game’s unabashedly emotional (and probably bi-polar) personality. But with his new LP LAX on the way, it seems like Jaceyon might have a new lease on life. The first single, “Game’s Pain,” is an optimistic, feel good Cali anthem in the vein of 'Pac’s “To Live & Die In L.A.” For the video, Game rides around with Cali’s baddest chick Keyshia Cole, and shows some cameo love to West Coast O.G. Ice Cube, Three 6 Mafia, and even Raekwon. Watch the video after the jump.

Music It Takes A Nation To Hold Ice Cube Back

After a series of family comedies and half-baked action flicks, the original Ice Cube finally seems to be coming back. If you love the militant, political-minded shit-talking Dough Boy from the AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted era, you’ll probably like “It Takes A Nation,” the official new single from his forthcoming album Raw Footage. This joint, produced by NY beatmaker Emile, sounds a bit similar to Jay’s “Takeover,” and Cube’s verses are filled with just as much venom. He takes aim at Clear Channel’s radio programmers, touts the virtues of staying independent and proclaims himself “the only rapper wanna fist-fight the President.” That’s gangsta! Listen closely after the jump.