The World Music Podcast

a world music podcast from Redfirewalker don't forget Red does not work for us in fact he's not even a customer, he just likes the music and the site, so if you feel inclined why not do the same and put together of your favourite music for sturban clothing world to listen to.

think this is the correct tracklisting

01 Yasmin Levy / Kondja Mia, Kondja Mia (My Rosebud, My Rosebud)
02 Mor Karbasi / Fuego
03 Awadi / Sunugaal
04 Queen Ifrica / Daddy
05 Etran Finatawa / Asistan
06 Justin Adams, with Juldeh Camara / Ya Ta Kaaya
07 Mombasa / Al Rahman
08 Orchestre Super Jheevs Des Paillotes / Ye Nan Lon An
09 Bola Johnson & His Easy Life To Pbeats / Buroda Mase
10 Rev. Gary Davis / If I Had My Way
11 Brethren of the Free Spirit / In Him is No Sin - Brethen of the Free Spirit
12 Ghost Bees / Vampire of the West Coast
13 The Carolina Chocolate Drops / Little Margaret
14 Tift Merritt / My Heart Is Free
15 Devotchka / Head Honcho
16 Velha Guarda da Portela / Sabiá Cantador
17 DJ Dolores / Cala Cala
18 Soha / Ma Mélancolie
19 Sevara Nazarkhan / Kuyoshga
20 Valravn / Svend I Rosengaard


Podcasts

Vintage Clothing

we wrote a blog article "More clarification on the phrase Urban Clothing" the other date that stated “some brands are still growing the secrets of success are clear — they've evolved with their customers, integrated themselves into the mix of other brands in department stores and changed with the trends.” And that’s not only true about streetwear brands it’s also applies to retailers and here at sturban clothing (not any old urban shop THE) we have changed and chopped our style and delivery since 1999 and I’m sure you will all agree that we now have our fair share of impersonators but what really separates us from the chaff is our ability to see trends and react so behold the new incarnation well little change we are now stocking vintage Levi 501’s, Adidas track Jackets, Lumberjack shirts and UK College t-shirt from as little as £8 and that includes our free delivery and no quibble guarantee beat that or copy us (I bet they do). That said I don’t think any other site is offering free worldwide delivery on all orders so they’ve never copied that.

So vintage clothing why simple and there’s a number of reasons and I think the first has to be:-

“Credit Cash Crunch” many of you are feeling the crunch right now some are students on a limited budget, but you still wanna look cool so what’s wrong with buying pre-owned clothing? Nothing it’s nicely worn in, hey people pay £100’s from brand new vintage Levi 501’s so why not pick up a pair from us for under £20

Exclusive and original clothing that exactly what you are buying when you buy a vintage clothing item as no 2 piece will ever be the same some they may also show signs of wear such as fading and bobbling fabric, printed t-shirts and hoodie designs may be cracked or peeled. It’s these quirks and uniqueness but all the items are wearable and we wont pass anything on in a condition which we wouldn’t wear ourselves.

Buying vintage clothing not only keeps waste to a minimum, but also tackles hot topics such as ‘clothes miles’. Increasing numbers of consumers are becoming aware of the distance their clothes may have to travel across the world to get to stores, and how the carbon emissions produced from this may have implications for the environment.

So that 3 sound reason to buy vintage but here’s a few collectors tips when looking for Levi 501’s and if we spot any of these we wont be passing these on for £20 either;-)

The big “E” between the lat 1930’s to late 60’stags were printed LEVI’S and pairs for the 50’s have been known to sell for over USD3000.

Single stitching on back pockets indicates old jeans.

Check for red stripe selvage on inside of legs as Levi’s stopped this in the 80’s.

Between 1960-65 Levi’s used to rivet the 4 corners of the pockets and the bottom of the zip.

Also look for zinc buttons discontinued in the 50’s, crotch rivet discontinued 1941, buttons instead of belt loops, a buckle on the back of the jeans, leather brand patches.

More clarification on the phrase Urban Clothing

At the start of the decade, hip-hop was on fire. Record sales were booming, chart-topping artists seemed to pop up daily and the music generated a whole new fashion look. Musicians and producers like Jay-Z, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Beyoncé Knowles and 50 Cent were eager to extend their brands into apparel, spawning labels such as G-Unit, Rocawear and Sean John. The result was what seemed to be a newly formed urban clothing sector, boosting the industry's revenues by millions.

Today, record sales are plummeting and many music artists' lines are struggling. As hip-hop's popularity has dropped, so has that of the clothing brands that rode the wave, rapper 50 Cent and Marc Ecko parted ways on the G-Unit brand, and independent urban clothing stores have either shutting or being scaled down.

Perhaps part of the reason for this is that hip-hop had to become more mainstream in order to grow — focusing less and less on urban clothing stores and more on department stores and retail chains. That in turn alienated those consumers who wore it because the look was considered to be cutting edge. Now, once-notorious rappers like LL Cool J are doing collections for. Even at their height, these brands often wrestled with the "urban" identification, fearing it would turn off consumers and insisting on being called "streetwear." Now even that is seen by many of them as sneering, as they recast themselves as contemporary brands.

Yet some brands are still growing the secrets of success are clear — they've evolved with their customers, integrated themselves into the mix of other brands in department stores and changed with the trends. And that gives vendors and retailers hope the urban market hasn't gone away but is simply smaller and more focused — and going by another name.

The key to success in the industry as a whole, said David Strumeier, vice president of marketing, licensing and new business development for Wicked Fashions, is to constantly evolve and grow with the customer and he added "Urban today is a lifestyle. It is not just assigned to the 'hood or inner-city anymore. It is a lifestyle that has been accepted by Gen-X and Y. It encompasses celebrity, entertainment and sports. There has been a massive shift over the past 15 years from an inner-city image to an entire lifestyle transformation. We have been working to ensure that our product represents that transformation."

New Diamond Collaborations t-shirts

Three new Diamond collaboration t-shirt designs on sturban clothing. The first has to be with the awesome urban clothing label Crooks and Castles who grew up in Los Angeles during the 80's & 90's and became a part of this villainous lifestyle. Gangs were everywhere - the hood, the city, even middle suburbia. What caught Crooks and Castles attention in the mid 90's was independent fashion brands. After years of learning the in's & out's of the business by starting a brand without any knowledge of how to start or run a clothing company Crooks and Castles finally come to this...

"Crooks", criminals, pimps, hustlers, thieves, etc. And "Castles" those who got rich by becoming a crook..

Then comes two collaborations that show the true background of Diamond both skateboarding related the first with Ace Trucks founder and designer Joey Tershay has been a huge influence in skateboarding for many years and former Independent Team manger

Next Daniel Castillo pro skateboarder from Los Angeles CA, rides for Chocolate, DVS, Freshjive, Diamond Supply Co and Venture Trucks

The Punk Rock Podcast

Many people associate sturban clothing with Hip Hop but Punk Rock is really our background and we support the Hip Hop scene because of the attitude. Punk rock was 99% attitude and still today our live is very much that way and when you couple that with the whole do it yourself and do it better frame of mind hip hop and punk rock come very close. The June 22 podcast is live, old school punk rock all the way,.

Kick out the Jams - MC5
White man in Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
Alternative Ulster _ Stiff Little Fingers
Boredom - Buzzcocks
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
Mirage - Siouxie and the Banshees
New Rose - The Dammed
Helter Skelter - Siouxie and the Banshees
California Ube Alles - Dead Kennedys
Wasted Life - Stiff Little Fingers
Banned from The Roxy - Crass
Shot by Both Sides - Magazine
Rock The Casbah - The Clash
Third Uncle - Bauhaus
Release the Bats - The Birthday Party
Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Jet Boy - New York Dolls
GLC - Menace
Stay Free - The Clash
Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols
Eat Yourself Fitter - The Fall
Spike Milligans Tape Recorder - The Membranes
Punk Is Dead - Crass
Motor boys Motor - 101er's

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Interview with Arcus founders

Here's a little interview with Nicolas Muller, Fredi Kalbermatten, Mauro Paolozzi Steh founders of streetwear clothing brand Arcus.

Can you introduce yourselves.
Nicolas Muller: I’m a pro snowboarder and I’ve been traveling the world since I was eighteen. My job and passions have educated me a bit differently than a regular school life but I wouldn’t change a thing if I could.

Fredi Kalbermatten: I’m a pro snowboarder too, and I’ve spent almost all my life up here connecting to the mountains, snow and nature.

Mauro Paolozzi: I’m a self-employed graphic designer, running my own thing for six years now. Before that I studied in Switzerland and in the Netherlands, where I finished my studies after a master degree in type design and typography.

How was Arcus born?
NM: Arcus was born at a time where we were seeking more individuality – we’re very different people with similar lifestyles. The brand was never based on a money-maker but is more about the creativity in detail.

FK: The main focus was to create an independent streetwear label out of Switzerland that we could represent across the whole world.

MP: Nicolas, Fredi and I had the same goal about eight years ago: to make the finest urban streetwear with a snowboard rooted background. They wanted to have their own streetwear thing and not ride for any old cheapo shizzle. I was silk-screening tees and sweaters on my own and thought starting a small, fine brand would be amazing. We’ve been rocking Arcus around the globe for eight years now, since 2000.

What is Arcus’ place in streetwear?
NM: It has its own story written by our crew’s influence. Whether it is on a board, in the snow or in graphic design we all live for creating some form of art, to feel like we made something special. It is a tough business but we have always managed to stay true to our principles.

FK: The brand was founded in 2000. Our main goal was to make nice and stylish clothes for people who like to keep it real and dress up dope.

MP: Arcus (bow in latin) is our playground, our friendship and our microcosm where everything concerning Arcus is happening. The strength in Arcus is the interdisciplinary thing we have going on at such a high level, with snowboarding and design. I mean it’s a brand rooted in snowboarding and design and not the other way around. The input is snowboarding, a bit of skateboarding, graphic design and photography. The output of all this is what Arcus is all about. I think the special thing about Arcus is the interdisciplinary collaboration between the three of us. That will always be different to most streetwear clothing labels out there and that’s what makes it really special and unique. I look at Arcus as our own unique micro-cosmos.

How is Arcus rooted in street, skate or snowboard culture?
NM: Arcus is an icon in snowboard culture and is slowly being recognised globally as an authentic streetwear label

FK: People are starting to recognise and dig our brand, especially in the U.S.

MP: I’d say Arcus is deeply rooted in snowboarding, addicted to skateboarding and well-connected to design.

What stage of development is the brand in at the moment?
MP: In eight years we went from a label with four t-shirts to a 150-article brand. Arcus started in Switzerland and is now available in core shops in the UK, Germany, Austria, Spain, Japan, U.S, Russia and South Korea.

What influences the designs?
NM: Positivity from around the globe.

MP: Everything that enters our microcosm and doesn’t leave too quickly. That’s what goes into making the finest super stylish, detailed urban street wear, down to earth with a cultural natural flavour! Mainly daily things, small things that might look uninteresting in the beginning (mini shred, Nicolas would say). But for sure, Arcus is pretty much a bright, graphic brand, always working on a specific theme, which is reflected in the styles, colours and details.

Any future plans you wanna share?
NM: I am involved in some products from Burton snowboards and right now
Mauro and I are designing the NiMü Arcus colorway for an ADIO shoe called Kingsley. It is being released early 2008.

MP: Teaching type design at the art academy. For Arcus, the main thing aim is keeping it fresh! Because fresh keeps it rockin’ and going on. For the future concept stores, more design output, like our own magazine and maybe a small record label, more like Arcus hobbies, would be great!

Yeshua interview

Interview questions by Kut Loose

Where are you from and what was it like growing up there?
I am from the 3rd biggest city in the United Kingdom- Leeds. Leeds is metropolitan city, it’s the capital of the North of England, majority of the Leeds suburbs are all council or old miner houses. Leeds has always had a vibrant Hip Hop community, Skinnyman along with ex Rapper Tommy Evans, British Hip Hop site (peter low), Brain Tax, Low life records are all real Leeds originals. Now you got heavy graffiti artists & b boys coming out. We got some already established artists like Breaking The Illusion and Junkyard Tactics. Am very passionate about my city, its cool. In some places in Leeds, like Chapletown (were Yorkshire Terriers are from), predominately consists of African/Jamaican community. If you want weed, all you have to do is go to a certain pub just before you go in to Chapletown, it’s obvious to see because there's 60 Jamaicans' outside the pub blazing, and am serious. I went there a few times; I was the second only Caucasian person there. The Jamaican there really open themselves up to you, even waited with me to get a bus later on cause I was totally out of it after having 20 joints. There very peaceful up here, yah there has been some bad press with shootings but it happens everywhere but the shootings were happening as far back as 1992. One guy showed me a few bullet wounds once which shuck me back a bit. As with any big northern city, it's not without its problems. There are a lot of rough areas, and still quite a lot (it seems) of people living on the breadline It’s a mix of everything, when you go in Leeds it reminds you of London or possibly New York. The city centre is great - they're spending a lot of money rejuvenating it and there are a lot of nice new flats, hotels, bars and restaurants now. It’s a great place - always lots of gigs and stuff going on. It was the first to have a UK Harvey Nichols store outside London! Which I don't shop at. Leeds is not seen as a hip-hop city, outside. Truthfully though, the fact is, we have been apart of a growing UK hip-hop scene with the said above names. We have helped a lot and we have not in my eyes been recognized for it and that really dose disappoint me.

So I am willing to rep Leeds to the maximum, but give you all a different type of wave, Leeds is a very aware city, the urban community are great, they look after you round here.


How did you get your name and is there a story behind it?
Dam. Yeshua, is Hebrew name for JESUS. The story is long but you can read why by going to myspace.com/yeshua02 and reading "evidence of Jesus". It’s connected to my life and my name, which was sparked from a vision while I was relaxing near a lake, since then have been having prophetic dreams. Before anyone rants on, yes I do know that Horus is similar to the story of Jesus and various other godly like stories. I know it’s to do with the sunrise and sunset with Egypt etc. I know we are all Christ like inside and we all are able to have shamanic abilities- telepathy, healing, etc.

Was there a situation or a person who inspired you to rap?
Well it’s a long story but I’ll make it brief as I can. Basically when I was 15, I living in an area another part of Leeds. I was friends with many ethnic communities, Asian and Jamaican. However, I was in a Caucasian area and the other community was opposite side of this council estate.

Because I was friends with theses Asians which were Muslim, Caucasian people who were members of the then national front harassed me. Kicked footballs at my window every night, throw bricks at window and at my dads car window, forced entered in my house and tied me up n tortured me. After a while, we put cctv up, then one night, I was chased down a street at night and a lad tried to stab me, my dad came out, and he was fragile and not in to all that crap, his a peaceful man. He went up the road to them they hit him around the head on the floor bleeding. I dint know at the time if he was dead so obviously I got mad and went after them. So just because of the people I chose friends with, my dad nearly died for, IT’S NOT ON. So this really triggered something inside me but I went in to myself. I was lost and confused with the world when I was a nipper. At the time when I was 15, I only had my computer as a commutation to the world. I hadn’t really got to know anybody at that age. So, anyways, I hopped on pc and started talking to people on chat rooms, got talking to a girl called Anna Ford. I didn’t know how to express myself so she introduced poetry to me, at the time I was writing a book about my experiences in life, So Anna Ford sent me this beat with a rapper that I totally related to. I didn’t know anything about hip hop or music in general, so she set up to meet with me and she gave me some dictionaries. Anna informed me to go to some sites to see some lyrics other rappers had been creating. I found the different structure's and found I could use lyrics as if I was drawing a picture, so when I write, I am drawing a picture. Even though me and Anna Ford lost contact years ago, I shall always thank her. Thank you and much respect and love. I had other troubles going back since I was 5 which is a long story maybe you can buy my autobiography lol, its deep man, am pissed of with how the system is. Born, nursery, school, work, few years of retirement, dead. You’ve lived 3 seconds. I don't live like that, I wont live by that. That’s why I got a track coming out with the start lyric "manipulate the brain cells to a shallow level- suicidal intentions now treble-am a rebel-who don't live by the rules-small insignificant pebble can be lethal as a bullet to the fools' that’s basically my who life and probably most peoples life wrapped in couple of bars. It hopefully should explain to your question, If you don't understand, basically, I have been very underestimated.

Tell us about your latest release.
'Fight for mars' produced by legendary Tricksta, it’s about the government planning to live on Mars just before 2012 which is a Mayan date for end of the current calendar. Which apparently by the Sumerian tablets suggests that the planet Nibriu which is the home of the "Annuanki' is going to bring a pole shift to the world. It is by fact that Nasa (Nazi's) have seen some reaction in the sun which will bring some type of destruction to earth. Read up about it very interesting. The track basically is about WE humans fighting to live on mars before they do and to read in to the Sumerian tales. Please look up Zechariah Sitchin and Malachi York.

I drop Knowledge is a track featuring Cappo, produced by a SICK producer from Canada called dirty notes; he is going to make some big waves here in the UK. I drop knowledge track is about opening the stargate of the mind from past to future to change things and providing knowledge of what will happen in the future and how we can change our past. It is just a snippet of what is to come in my lyric and flow ability.


What do you prefer; playing live, recording in the studio or battling?
Recording in the studio, am in my zone I can get it out to the listener more.


How would you describe your personality? What do you enjoy doing?
No messing about. Am up front in your face straight forward. If I think your been shifty with me, ill come straight to the point, I don’t like small talk either. I am spiritual, understanding, very strong willed and strong minded person. I help people but I don't let people take the piss. I enjoy traveling, giving knowledge, going to see ancient stuff, having a few joints discussing the world. I enjoy unlocking the minds from dependent to independent.



How did you go about setting up independently?
My girl, Sash and me put it together. She knew it was in my heart to try and show people things that they previously may of been unaware of. I showed her my abilities; she said am happy to help you, so we jumped from there, we was going to open a night event up at a club to but that’s something else. Ill tell you now, that girl put everything in this label to give me a career. I wouldn't be here now talking to you if it weren’t for her. I respect her and I hope every UK hip-hop person respects her for supporting a her lads dream because they aint many about. She has signed some artists and been up till early hours promoting them, she don't #'#' about, she help you if you don't take piss, don't get it twisted, she’s a real woman. Were talking, videos, PR, Cd covers, Distribution, she deals with everything, I help along obviously. She sacrifices everything including her hair do at the local hair dressers lol, nah man, I done fucking good man. I run with the most hardest UK hip-hop female Ceo, I got major respect for her, remember her name. SASH- BIG DOGG RECORDZ

What’s your favourite clothing label
I go to car booty.


Forget the budget, what would be your dream collobo?
Immortal Technique.


With so many artists out there, what are you doing different to get heard?
By not only convulsing my unstable artiect on the microphone. My vocal is nothing you have heard anywhere in the world. The vocal and lyrics have power behind them that at times, will put shivers through your spine. My lyrics contain warnings of future events that i have personally envisioned in my dreams. The start will be from the unusual situations that shall happen surrounding your own life if you buy this record. Your life will be start to be different. If you believe in me you will be guided on the right path, if you don't, then that is entirely up to you however it will show signs in your life you need to fix. I know other rappers talk a bit about what i talk about but they don't act what they know.

To get noticed, I will be arranging with some artists to tour, to literally give their audience some spiritual lesson, it will be something like a physic event, meeting a sharman. I will tell you about your life, probably be able to know what your thinking at the moment in your mind. give you electric pluses through out your body, which has been done to top uk hip-hop names in the business already. I am very approachable. I am very confident of my ability and to show the proof of the divine because it is real, its mother earth. My mission is to bring back the lost knowledge of man kind, if you wish to learn about theses abilities then it will be your destiny to see me. So i think what will put me out from all over rappers is, the fact i act the knowledge i know. I will be hopefully doing a lot of tours independently from rapping with physic events, mother earth education, something like what David Icke might do. I will be producing dvd's, arrange events for like minded people to be connected to mother earth etc. I have have experienced a lot in life, so, if you've starved for a week because you dint have enough money or you have picked up cigs from the pavement cause u couldn't afford cigs or you have seen something deeper relating to a sudden death of a friend, I have seen it and done it. So, i write to explain how to get through these things, how to come over it without getting heated up inside and wanting to become a pawn in the game and seeing another person on the news been hurt because of their anger. I do understand you.

Now is your chance to get something off ya chest! Anything getting you down or any opinions you need to voice?
There is some else who has my featured track with cappo, different beat but same verse and cappo's beat. I have copyrighted it all, so if you see the idiots just tell them there wack and there going nowhere and that it weren't right they robbed of my miss's, one of them loves Emmiem & 50 cent. Also, am willing to work with any spiritual type minded rappers out there, if you got any issues you need addressing thats in your life, give me shout, maybe i can help? Big Up to TRICKSTA, LATE, GEEJAY, KID RAD, DJ VOKAL, ALEX BLOOD, SWIFT 89, BABY J, RUKUS, STYLAH, LOST CHILDREN OF BABYLON. ETC Thank you Kut for the experiance, I really appericate it. I wish you all peace and good look, please do not be naive with the tv, newspaper and really, watch out for the snakes they have long nose's and sulked eyes ( like queen, bush etc).

Brothers and sisters, I shall see you at judgment day. cop FIGHT FOR MARS

Okay, before you go please give us you’re My Space details.
www.myspace.com/yeshua

Vincent Alvarez on Lakai

After working on the skateboard brands Girl and Chocolate skateboarders Mike Carroll and Rick Howard formed Lakai Footwear. Lakai was to follow in the footsteps of Girl and Chocolate and whilst creating skateboard product create an environment that would motivate and support skateboarding. Lakai may not be a brand that immediately springs to mind but they have been running since 1999 and within the skateboarding fraternity they are well respected and produce some of the best shoes around. Here at sturban clothing we are not doing the shoes but willing to support core companies we are stocking a few select Lakai t-shirts for your buying pleasure.

Check the new vid of the Lakai new signing Vincent Alvarez

Streetwear a trade perspective

We recently wrote a post entitled “Urban Clothing, Street Wear or Street wear, I'm confused” well there was a nice little article written in a trade magazine recently which shed some light on the subject. The article was basically talking about how boardsports companies are repositioning themselves or not has the case may be to align with the “new” streetwear phenomenon.

Steveb Vogel recently wrote a book entitled Streetwear and in it he defines streetwear has “a combination of attitudes, aesthetics and activities, that binds a group of people together.” He could have said it’s sturban clothing nah that’s far to egotistical of us, but we do try and be all that and more. Vogel goes on to add “it isn’t something that can be analysed from the outside, learned, reproduced, packaged – it’s essential to have been involved in the subculture in the first place.” I think I agree with that in that many high street names do try and cash in on trends and whilst some buy in to it the real core audience would probably prefer to buy “real” brands from shops like sturban clothing.

So now days they are also saying that a customer may not just be interested in skateboarding or surf but will be multi-influenced in to skate, surf, moto-cross, wakeboarding, snow, graffiti, design and maybe above all music. Did we really need a trade magazine to tell us that? Maybe I know I have spoke with many marketing managers who have recently told me that they are trying to associate their brand with Hip Hop or Indy music, sometimes it’s very difficult to see the while picture when you are so close to something.

The real task for any brand though is to retain it’s core credibility whilst growing and selling via fashion or streetwear outlets. That’s always been the case which is why brands pop in and out of fashion or popularity.

June 15 Podcast is Live

sturban clothing podcast has changed as usual on Sunday but we seem to have mislaid the tracklisting so for now all we can tel you is that it's a mix by Tricksta showcasing artists and tracks from the UKRunning mixtape series.

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DJ MAKASI Presents CONMAN 'The Set Up' MIXTAPE - FREE DOWNLOAD LINK

Belgium’s number one DJ MAKASI has been making a lot of noise both in Europe and the USA with a strong back catalogue of superb mixtapes. Now he teams up with UK Rapper CONMAN from the infamous WOLFTOWN RECORDINGS label for a special mixtape that will be released in Belgium, France, and Holland & Germany which is sponsored by www.sturbanclothing.com. DJ MAKASI superbly mixes the tracks with an excellent display of mixing, chopping and blending. Featuring a barrage of unreleased tracks and collaborations this audio journey profiles one of the UK’s hardest-hitting MC’s brilliantly. It’s something for the streets and is the perfect tonic for those fans of CONMAN waiting for his debut mixtape release with BIG SKEEM (TEAM AFFICIAL) entitled ‘Hustler’s Edition’ as part of the ‘Extended Family’ series by TRICKSTA on the WOLFTOWN RECORDINGS imprint. As part of VICIOUS CIRCLE and WOLFTOWN COMMITTEE, CONMAN has stamped his name firmly in UK Hip-Hop history, but in 2008 we are going to be seeing a lot more of CONMAN. With his eighteen track debut album ‘The Life & Grime Of Conman’ due later this year big things are in store for CONMAN.

01 – SIZE8, LATE & CONMAN ‘This Is Wolftown’
02 – TRICKSTA ‘Pre-Intro’
03 – CONMAN ‘Intro’
04 – CONMAN ‘The European Link’ (Exclusive)
05 – CONMAN ‘Ride Out’
06 – CONMAN ‘I’m In The Hood’
07 – CONMAN ‘Con Love’
08 – CONMAN ‘Back Up’ (Prod. By CHRONIC REDEYE)
09 – CONMAN ‘I Grew Up With Hustlers’
10 – CONMAN ‘Music Is Our Grind’
11 – CONMAN ‘Smokers’
12 – CONMAN ‘Bad Mood’ (Prod. By TRICKSTA)
13 – CONMAN, SIZE8 & LATE ‘So Serious’
14 – CONMAN ‘Funny Old World’
15 – CONMAN ‘Capitol C’
16 – CONMAN ‘Life Goes On’ (Prod. By TRICKSTA)
17 – LATE Speaks
18 - CONMAN ‘War & Pain’
19 – TRICKSTA Speaks
20 – CONMAN ‘I Don’t Wanna Be A Bum’ (Prod. By TRICKSTA)
21 – DOUBLE E FEAT CONMAN ‘Trouble’ (Prod. By DJ ARTIKULATE)
22 – LATE, CONMAN, JAI BOO, SIZE8 & A1 ‘Where The Wolves At?’ (Prod. By TRICKSTA)
23 – CONMAN ‘Live on DJ SPRINGA’s Radio Show, UK’
24 – JAI BOO FEAT CONMAN & RELOAD – Straight Vibzin
25 – SIZE8 FEAT CONMAN ‘Love’ (REMIX)
26 – CONMAN FEAT JON SPORTIN ‘Get Ya Mind Right’ (Prod. By TRICKSTA)
27 – CONMAN ‘Urban Livin’ (www.sturbanclothing.com Exclusive)

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Two Thousand and LATE

check out the video below for the new LATE release Two Thousand and LATE, this CD is gonna be massive in underground UK hip hop and already LATE has a US distribution deal on the table for this release, and once again sturban clothing are proud to be associated with both promoting the UK and helping out LATE who has been reppin' UK hip hop for longer than anybody cares to remember. sturban clothing official sponsors of Two Thousand and LATE.

Rogue's at Rogue Status

On sturban clothing site we mentioned that the Rogue Status t-shirt design "Gun Show" is frequently seen on the MTV shows reality comedy series Rob & Big plus Life of Ryan which documents the life of skateboarder Ryan Sheckler and on the back of Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker, but who are these guys?.


Robert Dyrdek was born in Ohio and began skateboarding at the age of 11, winning his first competition 24 days later. The same year, Dyrdek became the youngest member of the G&S skateboard team. He turned professional at the age of 16, joining the Ohio-based Alien Workshop team. He reached fourth place at the 1991 World Championships, the first contest he competed in as a professional.


Travis Barker born November 14, 1975 is an a drummer, who achieved most of his fame by drumming for the band Blink-182. Travis founded a clothing company, Famous Stars and Straps in 1999, and now has interests in Rogue Status.


Ryan Sheckler was born in California, since the age of 6, he spent up to 22 hours a week practicing tricks in his backyard - which includes a half pipe, table tops and several grind rails. He developed his own trick called the Sheck-lair - an indy kickflip flyout. He turned professional in 2003 after winning in the X Games, Gravity Games, Vans Triple Crown and Slam City Jam.

Mike Giant - Rebel8

For us here at sturban clothing the Rebel8 clothing company is about one thing or rather one person Mike Giant. If you've never heard of Mike Giant then you probably aren't into old school graffiti or tattoos and you should just Google his name and you will see what a legend this guy is.


So as we said the only reason we stock Rebel8 is because of Mike Giant and his graffiti tattoo background and all his design are in keeping with this style so if you are going to buy one you'll probably be into the same. Anyway just had another new delivery from Mike Giant Rebel8 which ever you want to call it supposed to be Reble8 but with out Mike Giant there wouldn't be anything, so new designs now in if you are into old school graffiti or tattoos you'll like them guaranteed.

SturbanClothing Ping Pong podcast

sturban clothing forum's choice Ping Pong Mix is up and live


1 Oh Superman Laurie Anderson
2 Baby Carni Bird - Camille
3 Camille Jones and Fedde Le Grand - The Creeps - Electro Funk Lover remix
4 Gangstaz - Pinch ft Juakali
5 Radioactivity - Kraftwerk
6 Track 1 - MMR-AMD
7 Track 5 - MMR-AMD
8 The Mass (Obednya) - Volga
9 Prayer - Burial Listen
10 Teardrop - Massive Attack
11 Salty Seas - Devic
12 No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley (Live)
13 Ceu - Concrete Jungle

Ping Pong Podcast

We're Ceritfied Safe

Here at sturban clothing not only are we constantly bring you the cutting edge of men's streetwear but applying the highest security measure out there to make things super safe for our customers and making you feel safe whilst shopping on sturban clothing.

A few years ago now we added:
* Payments are authorised immediately, minimising error, delays and security lapses for you the end user.
* Combined with Barclays we can use CV2 and AVS checking which ensures that all payments taken by sturban clothing are from legitimate customers and cuts down on fraudulent use of your card details.
* Added to this we have also implemented “Verified by Visa” and “MasterCard SecureCode”, all meaning better security for our customers.

And were shocked the other day to read on one of our competitor sites that they were still talking about manually authenticating cards this is 2008 man get real.

Now we have joined with one of the leaders in the market McAfee Secure and they do third party checks on the site every day to make sure it's safe for you to shop, nobody can steal your information or infect your machine with spywear, viruses or present you with online scams whilst you are inside sturban clothing

Here's what McAfee says:-

This site is tested and certified daily to pass the “McAfee Secure” Security Scan. To help address concerns about possible hacker access to your confidential data, and the safety of visiting this site, the "live" McAfee Secure mark appears only when this site passes the daily McAfee Secure tests.

Tags: McAfee Secure, Scanalter

DVS J-Dubbs Competition

For one lucky winner we have a pair of skateboard trainers, a t-shirt and a New Era cap from the DVS, Diamond Supply Co. Jeron Wilson aka J-Dubbs limited edition summer 08 collection.

DVS Diamond Supply Company Competition (LINK REMOVED)

June Urban Shop Radio Show is live

a new month and Tricksta the official Urban Shop DJ has pulled out all the stops to bring another blazing cross gender radio show that's bound to appeal to all comers.

01 - Juttla - Sub Zero
02 - Eskiboy - Music Money
03 - Commix Feat The Nextmen - Change
04 - Benga - 26 Basslines
05 - Dizzee Rascal - Hardback
06 - Calibre - Go Back To Go Forward
07 - Jeru The Damaja - Come Clean
08 - 12th Planet - Element 16
09 - Million Dan Feat Bounty Killer, Sizzla & Assassin - New Military
10 - High Contrast - Nobody Gets Out Alive
11 - Dubbledge - Wot's My Name
12 - Main Source Feat Nas - Live At The Barbeque
13 - Nightmares On Wax - The Sweetest
14 - Massive Attack - Teardrop [Mad Professor Mazaruni Vocal Mix]
15 - Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Ketch A Dub

sturban clothing Radio Show

The Statuz Podcast

Thanks goes out to Status for putting this podcast together

Tracklisting
Lil Wayne feat. Cory Gunz - A Milli (Carter III)
Cassidy - A Milli Freestyle
DJ Khaled feat. Akon, Rick Ross, Plies, Trick Daddy, Lil Boosie, Lil Wayne & Ace Hood - Out Here Grindin'
Kanye West - Put On
Lil Wayne feat Kanye West - Lollipop (Remix)
N.E.R.D feat. CRS & Pusha T - Everyone Nose (Remix)
N.E.R.D - Everyone Nose
Busta Rhymes - Where's My Money?
Michael Hunter - Soviet Connection
Badness feat. Sizzla - Burn Dem
Ghetto - The Mountain
P Money - Don't Jump
A Dot - Non Conformist
Random Impulse - Masks
DJ Spen - Gabryelle
Footloose feat. Simone - Just Leave
Benga & Coki - Night (Geeneus Remix)
Scandalous Unlimited - Nothing Else Matters
Luck & Neat - Little Bit Of Luck (Dub Melitia Remix)
T2 - Filth (Instrumental)
Duffy feat. The Game - Mercy (Remix)

The Statuz Podcast

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