Jordan released another countdown pack featuring the Jordan 1 and the 22. Both are black and white they are both NOT getting copped by me. Nike dropped the "Shoe Goo" SB Dunk. For those that dont know 'Shoe Goo' was a substance that you put on your shoe to help avoid getting holes from ollies. I personally preferred the ollie patch that you made from the inner tube of a bike tire...

These are whatever to me but judging from the price ($149) they expect you guys to go nuts over them. Nike is also dropping the Terminator Low "Vintage",

which means that the soles are yellow and the leather looks worn. I hate that shit. It's like buying expensive designer ripped jeans, dirty on purpose? Fuck you, hipster ass hipster. Oh yeah, Adidas is killing it this week with The Strider pack.

The Strider is from the 80's, its kinda like the lead in to the Adidas decade which was the shoe of choice for hardcore kids. Just look at those Youth of Today Gorilla Biscuits photos. It was like a Youth Crew uniform and although I wasn't in the youth crew but I had them shits. Black mid with white stripes. Pure hotness... so I'm in the store the other day and saw some Asics that I was ready to rescue but they didnt have my size. I thought to myself, "Damn. muhfuckas totally forgot about the Asics." Then a thought came to my mind, these shoes remind me of the time when...

My man invited me to this showcase he was having at The Supper Club for these new artists he was working with. They were all coming out on this label he was building up with his man and some other dudes. I was a little skeptical because I know how rap showcases can be and I didn't wanna be around to see him if it was whack. I figured it couldnt be all that bad and at least him and his man that he did his joint with would be performing, so I agreed to go. I had on the black and purple Asics. I loved them shits. Anyway I go to The Supper Club with my cousin's husband Ronnie Wright, who is like one of the original "black" celebrity photographers. He hung out with Big Daddy Kane and Keith Sweat ALL the time but thats another story. We get to The Supper Club and right when we walk in the door we see the GZA. Ronnie and him start talking and we walk to the back, I was psyched. I'm at a showcase standing with the GZA watching hip hop. My man walks in, says whats up to everybody, and starts the show. I only really recognized one of the tall dudes rhyming because he did a song with my homie. He was the only one that didn't have an Avirex or Pelle Pelle jacket. Everybody seemed so young, to be honest with you I can't even remember who they were but the tall dude was killing it. I looked over at the GZA to see if he was feeling it, it was hard to tell. He was like wallpaper. Then the tall dude was like "this one is the single off my debut" it had a singer doing the hook. I always hated that, a female singer that seemed really monotone, but his verses were dope. When it was over I was glad I didn't have to jet to the exit to avoid having to pretend like I enjoyed some bullshit. He walked straight over to me with the dude, I told him I thought he was dope. He was really cool and appreciative so he handed me a cd single, it looked like he made it at home as it had the thin jewel case with the title printed on the cardboard. My man says "what did you think?"  I told him I thought his boy was dope but I wasn't too into the other dudes and I left it at that. To be honest with you I didn't think I would ever hear the shit again, at least not on the radio, I figured I would play it for my friends and then discard it. I said goodbye to my man and the other dude and headed for the train. The other dude yelled out to me "check that out" I looked at the cd cover and it said "In my Lifetime" that dude was Jay-z. Who knew?

PS- My friend in this story is Jaz-o and the song they did together is called Hawaiian Sophie. If you dont know it...tsk tsk