With all that new stuff emerging and evolving in music (which is good of course!!!) this will still always be my type of shit! Straight East Coast Hip Hop!

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

Crada recently posted this pic on Facebook of him working with Tony Yayo in NYC. You never know, if something is being realeased out of these sessions, but it’s really crazy to see what international artists he has the chance to work with in the last months, after he landed dope beats on CuDi‘s and Drake‘s debut albums.

This proofs to me that talent, effort, good people in your team plus the tiny bit of luck can take you anywhere. Hopefully there is much more to be heard from this guy.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

(photo credit: B.A. of TheGerminators -  @TheGerminators)

Allright, folks. It’s the time of year again and we don’t want to distract you too much right now. Rather go spend some time with your family, friends and loved ones, but it wouldn’t be a proper Christmas without some Christmas music, right…?? RUN FFM’s choice is obvious: it’s RUN DMC with their track ‘Christmas in Hollis‘. Enjoy… (after the commercial, that you have to endure to watch… sorry!)

And for “some” history on Hollis, Queens this adidas Originals video is for you.

To everyone out there Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays. To everyone, who doesn’t celebrate Christmas also lots of positive energy! Look back on the past year and start to get excited for 2011, people!

Love, peace & soul.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO & Chris / @chrishimself84
RUN FFM Crew

Just recently Caro, who we met back at the Market 41 Flutschfinger party for the first time, spent her holidays in New York City and judging by the pics she sent us, she spent most of the time attaching RUN FFM stickers all over NYC. :)

Since we really like that, I didn’t wanna keep those beatiful pictures away from y’all, so here we go. :)

She even got other people to join the street team. :D

So if you are in NYC, keep your eyes open. Some goes for Tokyo, London, Berlin, Frankfurt of course and I’m sure also some other places, I can’t even think of right now. As usual, pics are always welcome.

Caro also goes by the name of C-Arrow and as YOSOY‘s 1st lady she is spinning tonight at Walden along with DJ Craze and Klever, DJ Passion & Mango Jack a.ka. Jack Sehn a.k.a. Jacksta a.k.a. Blacksta a.k.a. Jackmode a.k.a. 1 half of The Goooniez.

You better be there, so we all can rage to the fullest & get trushed like CuDi. (Yeah, that’s obviously his new saying.) See ya.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

Hey Hey Hey!

So I promised you some party pictures I decided to post just a few of my favorites and the rest is on my flickr account so click right through.
I finished putting up the Q&A session with DJ Neil Armstrong also and uploaded it on Youtube the video is embedded in this post hope you like it!
Probably unusual from the interviews you see somewhere else haha.

The link to the rest of the pictures flickr.com/chrishimself

You can view the video right here, I would recommend you to watch it at least at 720p. If you like to keep updated on what videos I upload next simply subscribe to my youtube channel.
The link is youtube.com/chrishimself84 hit that yellow subscribe button (you need a youtube account for that).

Oh this is a little bonus btw.

enjoy :)
Chris aka. Chrishimself
@chrishimself84 on twitter

By this beautiful video, I was just reminded, that Chrishimself and me spent a wonderful evening with Steph and Tiff in Coney Island last year to this exact date during our NYC trip!!!

Good times.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

(via: better taste than sorry.)

As I saw the trailer a few weeks ago, I already couldn’t wait for this little documentary NY-Z by director Danny Clinch, which is centered around Jay-Z‘s benefit concert at Madison Square Garden last year. It’s a little different from what I first expected, because it’s not all about the concert itself. That’s truly great, because it was nice to see something unexpected, combined with really dope visuals in this video.

From bricks to billboards. From Marcy to Madison Square. Enjoy.

As there is not much original concert content in it, I highly recommend to watch the complete concert from Sep, 11th, if you haven’t yet, so you can get an idea of the energy in the building as well as how Jay-Z connects with his audience. Especially how he does at the end – that’s what really standed out for me.

R.O.C.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

Check out the 2010 spring collection by Mishka NYC via. CreativeControl.tv

Make sure they have your size!

Chrishimself

It seems like you can’t escape New York. And you may not escape Chinese brand Li-Ning in the near future, as they already signed NBA players Shaquille O’Neal, Baron Davis and Jose Calderon. But the honor of premiering the first Chinese brand on an NBA court belongs to Damon Jones, who was with the Cleveland Cavaliers at that time.

This is an awesome video of Baron Davis running through New York City along with his basketball. I remember that he tweeted all the time during this day and let people know where he’s gonna be. So, you may follow him (@Baron_Davis), but you can follow his beard (@boomsbeard) as well. Also some msic artists are featured in this video. Common shows some nice handles, while Jim Jones is BAAALLLLLLIIIIINNNNGGGGGGGG!!!!

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

P.S.: BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!

]]> http://www.runffm.com/2010/01/b-diddy-runs-new-york-city/feed/ 2 http://www.runffm.com/2010/01/sneaker-news-kixclusive-store-dj-am-dunk-x-dj-premier-af1-hhv/ http://www.runffm.com/2010/01/sneaker-news-kixclusive-store-dj-am-dunk-x-dj-premier-af1-hhv/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:00:51 +0000 theballatician http://www.runffm.com/?p=2328

Just saw this video by SneakGeekZ of the new and first Kixclusive Store in SoHo, New York. Looks really nice and contains some incredible kicks. Definitely a spot to put on my NYC to-visit-list: 288 Mulberry Street (E. Houston) NY, NY 10012.

P.S.: They even have some BAPE stuff listed in their online store.

In other sneaker related news, German mailorder and record store hhv drops the NIKE Rivalry Pack consisting of the NIKE x DJ AM Dunk High Premium and the NIKE x DJ Premier Air Force 1 Low Premium instore this Friday, Jan 15th, at noon: Revaler Straße 9, 10245 Berlin-Friedrichshain

At around 5pm you should check their online store for what’s still left, if you are interested.

Does anybody know of other releases of those sneakers in Germany???

(UPDATE – 17:20: Overkill Shop in Berlin will get the DJ AM Dunk “within the next days”.)

And since I began this post with SoHo, New York, I’m gonna end this post with SoHo New York. Here’s itsbongoboy‘s video from the pre sale of the pack at NIKE SB’s 21 Mercer Street store. Had to laugh out lout on two intances.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

(via: hhv selected store/pics via: SneakerNews)

I know, I know, I know. 2010 is well under its way and that’s also the reason, why I didn’t get to do this post before. But it really needs to be done, because 2009 provided some great memories in three completely different cities on three continents, all along with some great friends – made possible by low air fares. For each one, I’ll have a video and 15 photos (I tried to cut it down, but it wasn’t possible, so you’ll get some more – click on them for bigger view). It all began in April, when I visited my homie Ben in Cairo.

CAIRO

I was there. I saw them. I went into one. From that point on I knew, that they really exist. Insane!!!

I loved walking along the Nile. And I loved those lions at both ends of the Tahrir Bridge.

One evening, Ben and me wanted to go to the Citadel and got into this annual fair along one well known street in the old islamic part of Cairo (many mosques). And yes, the carrousels are hand operated. The kids enjoy it anywayz.

Another evening, we ended up at a party on the 16th floor in Zamalek. There was also a pool on the roof. Yay!

We also went on a Feluka, a sailboat, and of course there was no wind at all!!! But on 360 evenings a year, I would recommend this ride to you.

Here, we were having something to drink after we got off the Feluka. Dope just to chill by the Nile at night.

Downtwn Cairo has many, many beautiful buildings as you can see.

The Tahrir, the busiest street junction in the city.

As I was walking along the Nile, I discovered this market garden.

You can’t go wrong with these type of pictures. Plus, you can see a highway bridge. There are many of them in the city – much to my surprise.

Sport connects. We became friends on the basketball court. And even though we didn’t speak the same language, it was laughter all the way home. Hope, they are doing good.

This picture was taken on my last evening in Cairo, when Ben took me to Hotel Windsor, where we had a great dinner. Ben must have been tired as hell, since I don’t remeber him having a good sleep during the two weeks I was there. But you can’t tell from the pic, right? Son ist looking good!

You’ll see these and many more photos in the following video. Some of them are blurred, so just take it with Egyptian ease. The feeling is essential. Also in this video you’ll see me climbing down into a pyramid, kids break-dancing and us crossing the street!!!

This was the most adventorous trip of them all and Cairo has so much energy, every second. Mother of all cities.

NEW YORK

In May it was time to travel to NYC along with Chris for a long weekend to check out some of them stores, the nightlife, and also to make a trip north to Boston to visit Simon.

That’s the first thing lots of the immigrants saw back then, so that’s the first thing you’ll see here.

The Manhattan skyline, photographed from Brooklyn.

This is probably my favorite pic from NYC: Chris and me at atmos NYC in Harlem. Chris from atmos took this photo.

This is dope. It’s not a sneaker store, it’s a warehouse up in Harlem.

This is a church in Harlem. I took this pic while we were driving, because I was astonished by the shops it also contained.

The board walk in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

Everybody wants to take a pic of Chris at Times Square. Haha.

When I can’t sleep, I think about the meaning of those words, which leads to me losing even more sleep.

This is Chris in front of the DKNY sign on Hudson St. After being a fixture for years, it was taken down in the meantime, so we were lucky to just walk by it.

A store in SoHo. For obvious reasons.

Chris and me in Webster Hall.

These two photos above are just so NYC.

I took this photo in a bar in Cambridge, near Boston.

Simon and me on the Harvard campus. Yes, he’s a smart kid.

This leaves our short film titled It’s about to go dowwwwwwwwwwwwn (that was the official slogan for our long weekend in the US) for your viewing pleasure. It starts with our arrival at the airport, I was then in New Jersey, while Chris took photos in Manhattan, we then drove to Coney Island, the next day SoHo and Webster Hall and the last day we were in Boston, before our night at the airport began.

New York really derserves all those songs. There’s a special vibe there.

TOKYO

Finally, Chris went to Tokyo for his documentation, so I joined him for a few days there.

Shibuya crossing. You have to see the incredible amount of people with your own eyes.

In Akihabara, you’ll find everything video game and gadget related. I even got me some t-shirt there.

These two photos should just show you, how tall I felt at times. For every tall person visiting Tokyo: Don’t wear hats. Believe me, you want to see what’s in front of your forehead.

Chris won a limited urban vinyl figure at Secret Base, so they took a Polaroid shot of him. If you ever see us in the streets, we can also tell you a damn funny story on this one. Hehe.

On Cat Street you’ll find a lot of stores. I really like this shot because of the three different buildings.

I took this pic in HMV just to show you.

Sleeping everywhere. I mean, come on.

Yoyogi Park. Rocky Rocky Joe.

This was the river next to our hostel, we had to pass every day.

This is the street of our hostel. Again can’t go wrong with a pic like this.

That’s me in a BAPE store. Psssscht.

This is a shot from Odabai, a large artificial island, that has developed since the 1990s as a major commercial, residential and leisure area.

This was the spot I liked the most in Tokyo. You could take a walk without any cars or noise, but with this view of the city!!!

We made so many videos in Tokyo, but this one right here sums it up pretty well. You can find all the others here.

Tokyo is just another dimension. My first sight at the city was when I woke up on my ride from the airport and suddenly found myself as high as maybe the 10th floor of the buildings we passed, while two bridges under us crossed.

Let’s see what 2010 holds in font of us. Have a great year every day.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

If you happen to be in NYC during the 22nd of November 2009 and April 26th 2010 I would recommend you this exhibition by filmmaker Tim Burton.

Check out the video interview with Tim Burton by The Museum of Modern Art.

Chrishimself