A lotta love and and all hands on deck went into creating this toy likeness of the late James Yancey, known to most as J-Dilla, aka Jay Dee, aka Jay Donuts. Rest in peace, sir. Funded by the estate of Pay Jay Productions, this vinyl J-Dilla stands 7.5″ tall and is rocking the Stussy tee, a fly chain, signature precision beard and, of course, his MPC-1200 sampler. Naturally, all of these accessories are removable from the fully articulated figure of the beloved Detroit producer. Designed by artist Sintex with the sculpt-work of Korean toy designer P2PL. With a limited-edition and one-time-only run manufactured by Blitzway, the time to pre-order is right about now with a deilvery date expected in February of 2015.

LIAS beloved record label Ninja Tune bestows a mega 61-track playlist upon the end of 2014.  Their Ninja Tune & Family in 2014 collects their best releases plus tracks from sub-label family members like Big Dada Sound and Technicolour Recordings. Expect edgy hip hop from artists like Wiley and Busdriver interspersed like boulders in a stream between tracks of dark vs. light electronic music from artists like Bonobo, Machinedrum and Illum Sphere. You’ll probably find some new favorites in there too, as Ninja Tune knows how to jam pack our ears with good sound — especially when you have almost fiver hours of tunes to enjoy. Check out the playlist below, and we’ll see y’all in 2015…

I remember the first time I went to Wyoming as a kid with my dad, and they had Jackalope postcards everywhere. I was fascinated. What the hell was this amazing creature, and how come I’d never heard of it before? This fantastic hybrid looked like any ordinary rabbit, except it had deer-like horns on top of its adorable head. It was like a cowboy chimera, and I vowed to canvas the Wyoming landscape until I saw a Jackalope with my own two eyes. Needless to say, I never did manage to catch site of one. Los Angeles artist Luke Chueh feels my pain. To make up for this scarring childhood memory, Chueh has designed “Jack”, a limited edition sculpture manufactured by Pretty In Plastic. Jack is an assassinated Jackalope, made of cast resin with a UV archival finish. It has a white body, silver antlers and gloss black wood base. Only 10 Jacks will be made, each signed and numbered by Luke Chueh, and will be released on January 13, 2015 for $2,000 each via Strange Love Gallery. Redeem yourself.

2014 was a year of lite pop — think tin cans, diamond rings, and police controversy — and I don’t mean that in the diminished or lacking in substance or seriousness sense of the term, I mean it in terms of the beer sense of the term. We had fun gathering up some of our favorite tracks from this year with charm bracelet tunes from A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Danny Brown, The War On Drugs, and Tinashe (just to name a few)! We’re excited to start hunting again in 2015! Oh, what will the year hold? Check out the playlist below…

One more look at the Nike “Longhorn State” KD7 Lifestyle Sneaker after the Jump…

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We’ve seen Space Invaders, Monsters, Tetris Blocks and other craziness you can sit your ass down on, but Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have possibly one-upped them all with their limited edition Panda Banquete Chair. The Banquete Chair is made up of dozens of stuffed pandas all hand sewn together on a stainless steel frame to make a plush seat for your derriere. Manufactured by Estudio Campana, the Panda Banquete Chair features a signed certificate of authenticity and marks the seventh out of 25 limited edition chairs to be made by the Brazilian brothers. It will be auctioned on March 1st for an expected sum of $35,000 to $55,000 at the Los Angeles Modern Art Auctions.

Sweden’s Acne Studios marks their one-year Los Angeles residence with this Casey crew neck sweatshirt. The Casey features an illustration of the famed Eastern Columbia Building which Acne calls home, a stunning LA landmark that is the work of famed architect Claud Beelman. Beelman’s work can be seen throughout the downtown LA skyline, as his firm penned many of the other Streamline Moderne/ Art Deco masterpieces that flourished in the early part of the 20th Century. Pick one up a the sprawling 5,000 sq-ft store only.