3 Jan
Mike Volpe heads back in the lab for higher quality audio files

Not satisfied with supplying most of the music to one of the biggest mixtapes of 2011, ASAP Rocky’s LiveLoveASAP mixtape (not to mention Lil B’s “I’m God”), producer Clams Casino has gone back in the lab and remastered his Instrumental mixtape. Not only are all the tracks remastered, but the bitrate of the file was […]


29 Nov
"Demons" vs. "Blunt After Blunt" rap battle

In a day where we have an Audi and BMW go head-to-head, why not do the same with two ASAP Rocky projects? First is the latest video off his LiveLoveASAP mixtape, “Demons”, and the second is his directorial debut for Detroit emcee Danny Brown’s “Blunt After Blunt” video, off Danny’s XXX mixtape. ASAP’s a bit […]


1 Nov
Harlem emcee's 16 track major label appetizer

The man behind “Purple Swag” drops a little aural appetizer for his upcoming major label debut. Reportedly signed for $3 mill, ASAP Rocky has been all over the map since, directing Detroit rapper Danny Brown’s latest video (whose XXX mixtape we posted this summer) and hitting on tour with Drake. Straight from Harlem, ASAP (“Always […]


24 Aug
A limited edition black PVD roulette-themed timepiece

We’re pretty much suckers for almost anything Bell & Ross do, mostly because of the simplicity and consistency of their design. Not so much with this new limited edition BR01 Casino watch, featured in this article, emblazoned with a roulette table on the face set with concentric discs which tell the time. The wristwatch will […]


2 Aug
LIAS checks into the most expensive hotel in the world

In 1993 William Gibson wrote an infamous critique on Singapore in Wired, entitled “Disneyland With the Death Penalty“. 18 years later, chewing gum is still banned, and his portrayal of a sanitized, technocratic, insipidly consumerist culture still has some truth to it. So what would he make of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel? Whether arriving […]


27 Jan
Kimmel takes it from Cowboys to Casinos in 2010

Although he splits his time between Milan, Paris and NYC, Kimmel always keeps his roots very firmly planted in American soil. His Spring/Summer 2010 collection lookbook was obsessed with cowboys and all things Western-wear, albeit they were some very sartorially blessed cow hands. In his Fall Casino collection Kimmel collaborates with New York visual artist […]