This is about as close to 21 Mercer Street as I’m going to get. Keds by Teech. These Keds Royal Hi’s were designed by yours truly and are still waiting on the public release. The colorway is inspired by the blog and is the latest installment in the Poor Righteous movement. If you aren’t feeling the colors don’t fret, you’ll be able to design your own fresh kicks in the store. Before I go any further, don’t take this too seriously; I know they’re only Keds. It is a chance however to customize a classic shoe at super cheap price point of $65. Go ahead. Go crazy. Read more for detailed pics. Nice Kicks.com, here we come!

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Remember BET’s Cypher during the 2009 BET awards? Imagine that, only not scripted and featuring local emcees, local production and hosted at a local boutique. Yeah. I was excited too. The Go! experiment is all of the above hosted by PHLI guy Dave Jeff (good looks on the skull cap) and took place at Leaders 1354 on Wells in Chicago. Fake Shore Drive, Enstrumental, Endanged Peace also had a hand in the show as well as some pretty awesome product placement. Its split into five segments of heat, and I’m sure that you’ll hear at least one rapper you can feel. If you don’t look at any other segment, check out Set 4. Between Mikkey Halsted, Cold Hard and Naledge, I squealed at least five times (II). Read more for all five sets.

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Would you believe me? I can’t believe it either.

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“I….am a Greek. And I don’t play that #$%@!” -Julian. I’ve always wanted to find a use for that quote. The Sprite Step Off came to Chicago for its semi-final round for all of its midwestern teams. If you haven’t already, check out the website. The intro is Bananas! Sprite is doing it HUGE and the best part of it all, is that they are doing it justice. This is real deal stepping from real Greeks and not at all Hollywood. The icing on the cake is that they are giving away 1.5 mil in scholarship money. The show also featured the “Flavor” DJ battle and some pretty big name performances. Big up to Coca-Cola/Sprite for making this happen and taking the time to do it right. Read more for the musical performances from the show, Wale and Ludacris. Please be advised: the camera work is kinda shoddy and the crowd was DEAD for Wale’s performance. Tragedy. They also booed the only traditional turntablist in the DJ competition. What gives Chicago?

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The third installment of his seasonal series, this is new stuff from heatmaker Oddisee. I’m just a delivery guy. Read more the tracklist and download link.

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