Got a call from Tha Hip Hop Doc a couple days ago and while we go back a couple few years, it was good to reconnect and put something new down.

You may or may not know it, but Dr. Rani Whitfield is one of the most thorough Family Physicians in the country… AND he’s a Hip Hop junkie!!

Kinda makes you want to move to Louisiana and get some health care don’t it? At any rate, this flyer was inspired by his comic book series, “My Life Is In Your Hands.”

He’ll be speaking in Chicago next week to promote the series and more importantly, the reality of getting hip hop healthy!!

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If you’ve been following us (here, not on Twitter), you know we’ve been playing around with this 3D effect for the past few months.

Our client likes it and while we never really thought of incorporating it into our work as often as we do now, it’s a good look. Don’t you think?

The more we play with it, the more we like it… and the more we like it, the better it will get.

As you can see, the party is next week, so if you are in the Bay, check it out and tell em the good people over @ KS sent you!

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He’ll probably receive a lifetime achievement award sometime after his legacy has been well established and chances are his grandmother’s mantle will have been clear of accolades since the dawn of his storied career. As made as any man in hip hop, 50 Cent has been nominated for a mind boggling 14 Grammy’s, but never had the pleasure of seeing his favorite woman smile that proud smile.

In 2003, after disposing of his most obvious irritant, he took the reigns as the new kid on the block, selling upwards of 12 million copies with the release of Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. He won fans and celebrity for his trouble, but no trophies. No best artist of the year. Not the best song. Nothing.

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So I attended the first (monthly?) Sounds Of Progression round table discussion this Monday at the Warner Brothers office in Atlanta, Ga. Everyone seems to think Atlanta has a hold on the music industry right now so a few of my industry homies – Maurice Garland, Bem Joiner and Moses Davis – decided it’s time to make cents of the theory.

The idea was for us all to come together in an effort to discuss ways to promote each other and kreate some dialogue that might work to develop “change” and develop new revenue streams.

Why not right?

Barack Obama would be proud of us uniting in the spirit of unearthing a better tomorrow and it’s quite possible that many of us (them) found positives in the initial meeting.

For the most part, it was a great chat! However, in my honest opinion, there has to be more than formal discourse if we’re going to make any strides.

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If you’ve ever been to San Francisco and not had the chance to attend a Password Party, you don’t know what you’re missing.

Since taking on this account, we’ve designed about four or five of these flyers and interestingly enough, each one has its own identity.

We’d done the key. We’d done the safe. We’d done the key and the safe. We’d done the key to the heart.. and so on.

So this time, I decided to do a merge some elements from some other parties (Password included) and work a little magic to come up with a fresh look for a fresh party! I started off with a gold & silver blend and per our client’s request, switched the color scheme up (red, then turquoise… and back to red).

Check it out by clicking the inset image or see the associated gallery!

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