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Doin’ Work: REMIX @ Butterfly Ultra Lounge (SF)
by Art Director on Feb.26, 2010, under WORK
When we did the original for this flyer there were no limitations and I had the autonomy to do what I do.
Naturally, I thought a magazine layout would be dope. I mean isn’t REMIX a fresh name for a magazine?
Hmm… might be on to something.
At any rate, Location 415 wanted a little twist on it this go round, so we put a little 3D effect on it and wallah!! Had to change out the colors, but we’re happy with the end result.
The party’s on the 6th in the heart of San Francisco. Get there if you’re out there.
See the original and initial look below.
Update: Yung Berg Says He Has Vegas Receipts & A Pretty Face
by PAPERBOI PIMPEN on Feb.25, 2010, under THE EARLY EFFECT, VID E OZE
So maybe he wasn’t pistol whipped and robbed for $10k worth of jewelry. The sad thing is no one seems to care.
It’s almost as if people wanted Yung Berg to have had his ass whooped again. That they wanted him to lose once more. Lose his jewels, his pride and his dignity all over again. Maybe, just maybe, this time, he’ll learn the lesson.
Sadly, he didn’t and the reason why people want him to lose rests in the interview below with QDeezy.com. When he has an opportunity to play a situation down, he does the exact opposite.
It’s like Berg (people are going to start calling him Christian Ward soon) is excited to announce he didn’t get his ass beat (and maybe he should be after all the embarrassment he’s suffered in the last year) and he has receipts to prove it.
“I’m pretty! Tell em Q!” he blurts toward the end of the interview. “Let em focus on my face…”
What?
Doin’ Work: Get Busy Committee Break Out The Uzi
by PAPERBOI PIMPEN on Feb.24, 2010, under SHYNE, WORK
If the Blues Brothers and Cheech & Chong merged then made like the Wonder Twins and took the form of a hip hop group, they’d probably sound something like the Get Busy Committee. They wouldn’t give a fuck whether they sold millions of records, because they know in their hearts the shit they’re putting down is priceless. They’d make music from the gut, no limitations, 100% independent, categorically all their own.
In real life GBC represents a funky fuse of rap royalty, rock metal, hip pop and some shit you’ve never heard before. Safe to say this crew does exactly what it likes and its musical boundaries are nonexistent.
Uzi Does It, the official debut of Ryu, Apathy and Scoop Deville, otherwise known as the GBC, is more than an album. It’s a product that you have to have one way or another.
To read this story in it’s entirety hop on over to RIME Magazine.
Doin’ Work: Hearts 4 Haiti @ Vessel (San Francisco)
by Art Director on Feb.18, 2010, under WORK
This came in a couple of nights ago and as you can see (if you click the pic), the party/fundraiser is Monday.
So I decided to put a little twist on it and play off the Haitian flag (<– in the gallery at bottom of this post). I’m not the most sports inclined person in the world, so when the template came in I thought “Sam” meant “Uncle Sam.”
I was wondering why he needed to be on the flyer and when Ali walked in, he explained to me that the focus was supposed to be on “Samuel Dalembert.” Needless to say, I was embarrassed!
So I continued, changed out the images and Location 415 requested different pics of A.I. and the other A.I. (I learn fast!).
Doin’ Work: Good Fridays @ Club Django (Atlanta)
by Art Director on Feb.18, 2010, under WORK
The good people over at MAD Promo hit us up to tweak the design on GOOD FRIDAYS again and we came up with this concept.
Now I’ll admit, initially I didn’t like it. Ali got to talking about “Good Times” and how “Dynomite” JJs paintings were and I just didn’t see how it could come together.
There’s a painting that was featured on this ’70s sitcom and you want me to make a flyer from that? Are you serious dude?
But after doing a little research (and mounting pressure from Mr. Early), I learned that JJ was NOT the artist that crafted “Good Times” signature paintings. Ernie Barnes was.
The name of the piece that became synonymous with the show and JJ, is “Sugar Shack.” It was also used as cover art for Marvin Gaye’s album, I Want You.



