ACE HOOD
SNEAKERS • MUSIC • ART • LIFESTYLE
PISS EM OFF!
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“Starvation” is the title and the motivation behind Ace Hood’s new mixtape. He explains to us, in his interview that you have to stay hungry in this game. Wanting more in life and music to stay on top! Photography By: IAMKINGXXL
ACE HOOD: STILL HUNGRY
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Olympic
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RELEASES
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Air Jordan 6
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Color: White/Midnight Navy Varsity Red Release: Jul 7, 2012 MSRP: $160
Air Force 1 High
Color: White/Metallic GoldObsidian-True Red Release: Summer, 2012 MSRP: TBA
Air Zoom Huarache 2K4 Color:White/Obsidian-True Red Metallic Silver Release: Summer, 2012 MSRP: TBA
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This y e a r , London is hosting the 2012 Olympics with that being said here are some upcoming Olympic inspired kicks you need to rep’your country in it’s battle to bring home the GOLD!
Air More Uptempo
Color:White/ObsidianTrue Red Release: Summer, 2012 MSRP: TBA
Air Force 180
Color: White/Metallic GoldObsidian-True Red Release: Summer, 2012 MSRP: TBA
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Color: White/Metallic GoldObsidian-True Red Release: Jul 21, 2012 MSRP: $160
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OILER Written by: Dro
Details from June’s account of Oiler’s life
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It has almost been three years since the passing of Miami graffiti artist Bernie Perez aka Crude Oil aka Oiler. Oiler was widely known in Miami’s graffiti circuit from the mid-nineties; up until his death in August of 2009. His death was incredibly hard on his friends and family. Even rival graffiti artists and crews took his death hard, and paid tribute.
We sat down with fellow graffiti artist June, who was one of Oiler’s closest friends and crew mate. June described that Oil’s loyalty was unmatched, his natural charisma made people like him, and his work ethic was to always perfect his craft and practice until he was the best at whatever he attempted to do. He always sought out ways to study and learn from the best, and then hopefully surpass them. He was also extremely dedicated to his work, his crews, and his friends. He was the type of person that would always be available to lend a helping hand, or chin check anyone that ever disrespected him or his crews. His sense of humor would have you pissing in your pants, and his laugh still echos through all of our heads.
Handstyles and Freights As a graffiti artist, Oiler was renown for his hand styles, throw ups and relentless bombing. His style was hard to compete with. Having been schooled by some of Miami’s best writers such as Kv, Terms, Dash, Smash and fellow crew mates. Oils flow became sought after, companies such as Burton, Stussy, Dade Wear, and Ghetto Josh Records 6
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were a few to have featured Oils work on their products. The iconic graffiti website 12 Oz Prophet was completely branded with Oils hand styles, along with the Also Know As projects. Another aspect of Oiler’s artistry was his dedication to painting Freights. June recalled, “Me and Bernie got down with FS, a crew that was strictly dedicated to freight trains in the mid 90’s. One of the first crews to really pioneer painting on freights in the South. Once we learned that they where being spotted in other cities we switched our attention from painting the streets to painting the steel. “I remember the first time Oil took me to paint a train. Ironically it was a Oiler car also known as a tanker. It was sitting behind a warehouse we use to paint in Hialeah, to make a long story short we got chased and had to hide for a couple of hours, but just as Oil said I would, I got hooked.” After a while painting trains in Miami became really difficult. There was a Rail Road detective that had it out for graffiti writers. So we’d end up going up north to places like Jacksonville. The first time we went to Jacksonville, it was like Disney World. There were no cops, workers, or anything to [stop us]. We loved it.”
Tattooing with Inksmith & Rogers So for over a decade, Oiler kept on hard in the graffiti circuits, but around the early 2000’s, he got an inclination to take his artistic talents and steer them towards that of being a tattoo artist. And with the same notion of Oiler wanting to learn and hone his skills studying the best, Oiler sought an apprenticeship with Jacksonville based tattoo shop Inksmith & Rogers. He started to frequently visit Jacksonville to paint trains and get tattooed. Once he got to know them and showed them his dedication he convince the guys at Inksmith & Rogers that he was serious about his desire to learn, and they gave him an apprenticeship with famed tattoo artist Mike Wilson. Oiler just took off from there. What people took years to accomplish, he did in months. Soon enough Oiler had his own chair and was part of the Inksmith family.
Legacy Oiler left behind a legacy of being a respected artist and loyal friend to anyone that stayed in his circle. His early passing at such a young age was and is definitely a tragedy, but he left a great deal of good times and memories to those that knew him and fellow artists that appreciated his style and craft. And although he was taken suddenly from his friends, family, and the graffiti & tattoo worlds – Oiler definitely left his lasting mark on anyone he spoke with, painted with, or tattooed on. He really took his time to perfect every detail of anything he did and to stay loyal to those that stayed loyal to him. 730mag.com
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Cazal 607 Black / Gold
Sergio Valente/Cazal 80’s colabo
Smoked gray / Translucent
Cazal 642 Black / Gold
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McM A5 White / Gold
Playboy 4515 Gray / Green / Translucent
Versace 372 Black / Gold
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SOLE POWER AIR FOAMPOSITE ONE NRG COLOR WAY: Obsidian / Anthracite / Black RELEASE DATE: 2/24/12 BOX PRICE: $220.00
OUT OF THIS WORLD! By: Robsheed Wallace Pandemonium! That’s the best way I can describe the Nike Foamposite One galaxy release in a nutshell. This is that one release I can say that changed the shoe game. It took it to a whole different level not you, nor I thought it would go. Hype for this release started off when Gentry rocked these at the Penny&Sole Collector event in Las Vegas, in September of 2011. Lets go into the actual build up to this release. In NY, camp outs started a week before. Once people across the nation heard of such happening, they all tagged along and joined camping in their respective locations, 3-4 days before the release. Even to the point of reselling websites offering people to camp out for $100 a day. 10
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The day before the release is when the chaos started. That night is when truly social networks worked towards our advantage. Around 8 in the evening is when God’s favorite DJ, DJ Clark Kent, broke down the string of events that started happening at the House of Hoops, Orlando. First
he tweeted pics of the parking lot, which had to be at least 1,500 hundred people, just standing there waiting. Cop cars began showing up, cops on horses and last but not least cops in full blown riot gear. Nike decided to stop the most anticipated release right in its tracks. Cops started kicking folks out and havoc insued. Fights, stabbings and thefts ran ramped. Nike ordered a halt on the release till further notice. Then came the reselling. Pairs that got out started popping up on eBay. One even sold for $70,000+, the rest averaged up to $3,000. This has lead up to regular releases that would sit and go on clearance to be ate up by reselling “sneaker heads� and end up on eBay for $300. This release was so crazy that it got kids camping a month in advance for some Yeezy 2s, a fusion shoe design by Kanye West. A shoe that still has no exact release date. All in all, this is truly the release that tons of folks will talk about as long as the love for sneakers lives on in our sneaker universe. 730mag.com
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7:30: Where are you from and what are you reppin’? ACE: I’m from Broward County and you know I rep that 954, I rep that We the Best Music and I rep my people. 7:30: So we hear you got some buzz in the sneaker game right now. We’ve been seeing a lot of things on the blogs, how long you been getting fly like this? ACE: Y’kno I been fly out the womb. I’ve been fly since the day of birth. Since 5-11-88 out here, y’kno? I’ve been that boy with that flyness. I’ve been really into my sneaker s**t heavy lately. Just gotta let a lot of the people know that I do this to, just incase you didn’t know. 7:30: What makes your collection so 7:30? ACE: It ain’t just the J’s and all that. I’m in the Supra’s and the fashion as well. I can do the Versace s**t. I can do the YSL kicks. I can do the Herme’s low top joints y’kno, I can do whatever I want man! My whole collection of sneakers is just off the chain! 7:30: Whats the top 5 joints you have in your collection? ACE: The top five kicks... I got a pair of fly ass Louis Vuitton’s, they a movie. I feel like those Concords are always a problem. S**t I got them yellow foams, those electro joints and them things are crazy. The Galaxy’s and the Knicks Spizike’s y’kno, I can take it anywhere! High-end or hood! 12
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7:30: Any releases that your looking forward to this year? ACE: I’m not even so much big on the releases, I don’t even know about the release dates. They just show up at my door! (Laughs) Thank god for that connect y’kno! I’m looking for them South Beach Lebron 9 joints coming. Those thangs about to be crazy! You already know, nevermind this conversation because their probably in the mail now, on there way here! 730mag.com
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7:30: You’ve got the new mixtape, tell us about that. ACE: Starvation, man... Came out March 30th. Starvation, It’s just my hunger for the music industry. A lot of times when you hear my music you hear the hunger behind it. You hear the Ace Hood. It’s still starving, being that it ain’t got nothing to do with financial starvation. It’s just wanting more out of life and wanting more out of the industry. Starving to be at the top of the game and for the respect to be given! 7:30: On the mixtape, who are you collabing with? ACE: I put the Game on there, I didn’t want to do to many features. Y’kno, I f*** with those who f*** with me at the end of the day. I’ve been blessed to work with a lot of people in this music industry and a lot more to come! 7:30: What do we have to look forward to in the upcoming months, any thing you want to tell your fans? ACE: Yeah! Stay tuned! I’ve got a tour coming up. I’m putting it together, stay tuned for all the details and information. I’ll let all my fans know about that and they can follow me on Twitter @ AceHood. Just stay tuned, a lot of stuff in the works. A new single droppin’ in a couple weeks, we’re moving right along! 7:30: Ace, thanks for your time! I know your a busy man. Any last shout out’s you’d like to give? ACE: Yeah, my fans. I love them dearly. Thank you for your support. Thank you for ridin’ with me, for giving me the opportunity to open up and listening. Shout to my team We the Best family! Shout to the hustlers out there, real G’s getting money out there and the bad chicks to, salute, one! @ACEHOOD 730mag.com
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Brianna IS
MARILYN MONROE 7:30 Where are you from and what are you reppin’? BRIANNA: Miami Dade County, 305, Carol City Representin’ a few of the greats come from there. You know, much love to Rick Ross and Carol City, Poe Boy (Atlantic Records) I’m reppin’ all day! 7:30 So I hear you’ve got some buzz in the game how long have you been doing this for? BRIANNA: Ah man I’ve been doing music for more than half my life. Seems like the majority of my life. I was on an album at age 9 on Trina’s, Diamond Pricess album. I got in the booth though, for the first time at age 7, over at Poe Boy. That has always been my home. After school I would go there and that was pretty much my hang out. I grew a passion for music and they kind of nutured it. I’ve been doing it ever since then. I made Rap City “Best of the Booth”, when I went there with Trina! I was tied to Missy Elliot for 3 years. I’ve just been on my grind and Poe Boy has always been my home and now I’m here today, Poe Boy, Atlantic Records and we’re making noise in the streets! (Laughs) 7:30 Dope!... What upcoming sneaker releases are you looking forward to this year? A lot of Jordans are droppin’ I know I see you in some fly pumps and flats to! 16
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BRIANNA: (Laughs) Yeah, I know... I love it all! Some days I’m a sneaker head, some days I’m all about my pumps and my bottoms being red. I have the Galaxy foamposites and was rockin’ them at All Star weekend in Orlando. It was only right! Jordan sent me some of the lastest that have dropped. I just go with what I like. I don’t really do the release dates! I hit up my connect and they tell me what they got and then you know, I be rockin’ them! 7:30 Whats your top five favorite sneakers in your collection so far? Brianna: Well, Concords (Jordan 11’s), Cement 4’s, these Gucci low-top skippies I got! Classic Chuck’s and of course my Galaxy foamposites! 7:30 Speaking of releases, you’ve got a new project coming up tell us about that... BRIANNA: Well I just released “Face Off”. I released Face Off Christmas day, it’s my mixtape. I really don’t like to call it a mixtape, I like to call it the prelude. The fans get an appetizer of what my album is going to be like! Which I’m working on my debut album, right now. I was just out in L.A. a week straight doing production getting ready for the album. But Marilyn Monroe has had the streets talkin’ and Wale is on the remix to that. Tia Marie, Trina and Future are on the mixtape. Marilyn Monroe is on iTunes right now! 7:30 What is the inspiration behind “Face Off”? BRIANNA: Like I mentioned, I’ve been doing this for so long and a lot of times people associated me with Lil’Brianna. Rapping about candy with Trina, the baby who’s been around for so long. I just celebrated my birthday so my growth and maturity have grown and it’s like me taking my baby face off. That’s why I titled the mixtape “Face Off”. (laughs)
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7:30 Thats big! In the upcoming months do you have anything special that you want to tell your fans to keep them anticipating? BRIANNA: Just stay tuned, you see the videos! I just shot 3 videos last week, I’m going non-stop! 7:30 What are the videos that you shot? BRIANNA: (Laughs) I did “Slight Work” with Ghost Wridah, who’s also a part of the Poe Boy team! It’s going to be phenomenal ! We did “Dear Hip Hop” and really, we’re just working. The last video I dropped was “Reality Show” and the feedback has been overwhelming! I just want to keep feeding the streets, keep feeding my fans! Keep giving them new music and new visuals. They can follow me on Twitter @BriannaTheYRB, hit me up on Facebook/BriannaTheYRB or my official site www.BriannatheYRB. com and just stay tuned. 2012 is going to be the year of the YRB! (Laughs) 7:30 Anyone that you’d like to give a shout out? BRIANNA: Well I wanna give a shout out to Seven Thirty Magazine! Always supporting me, showing me nothing but love and have the scope on the fly, illest gear! Much love to Poe Boy, Atlantic Records, Carol City, Dade County, 305 and the whole world! Brianna, Young Rich Bandit, YRB. (Yep!)
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