Epidemic: Street Law Integrity

So I'm surfing the internet, and I run across these clips from K.A.R. movement. In case you didn't know, K.A.R. stands for Kill All Rats. It's off of the Sub-Zero (Sub 0) "American Gangster's" Edition. Watching this made me realize something. Apparently, snitching has really become weaved into the fabric of our everyday lives. It happens everywhere from the workplace, to school, to the streets. Don't get me wrong. What ever happened to NOT tattle taling? Do parents no longer tell their children to NOT be tattle tale's? Is it encouraged now? Is it b/c the bitch ass parents that were the tattle tale's, are now the parent's instilling this quality in their children? Who knows. Now, there is fine line to the rule. But, I think that these clips have a very good point of view on what is actually going on. My point with the snitching is this.

The way I see it is this. If you go into the streets and you get into something, ESPECIALLY if its lucrative, then you take the risk of going down. So if you get caught, if you weren't built for it and got caught, serve your time, suffer the consequences. It's the rule of life. When you were out there making money, and spending money while everybody was struggling, it was all good right? Why snitch? It sucks, but it's how it should be. It's the way of keeping the order. For me, that is the natural balance to taking the street way of life route. For example, if you take the school/white collar route how does it work? Well, you have education, namely university schooling. From the Bachelor Degree level, all through the Doctorate and beyond. There's rules and you have to abide by them. Some choose not too by cheating, for example. What's the consequence? Suspension. Expulsion. I mean, it could mean the end of so much. If you were to cheat at the later end of your educational career (say at the doctorate level), you have just ruined your chances of being a reputable professional. Your reputation (in other words, resume) is all you have. You lose that, you lost everything. It's the same in the streets. You fuck up, you get locked up. The street equivalent of an expulsion. But maybe it's just me. I'm not going to sit here and dwell, but just wanted to drop some food for thought. You let me know. Drop a comment.

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OFFICIAL Air Jordan XX3 - DVD

Here is the rip of the DVD for the Titanium XX3 release. Enjoy.

Corvette ZR-1 #1 - $1,000,000

That's right. It's no typo. The very first 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR-1 went for a cool million dollars @ the Barret Jackson auction this weekend. The winner gets dibs on the very first ZR-1 to roll off of the production line, as well as being the only ZR-1 in Le Mans blue. Peep game...

Gumpert Apollo. 4.2L. V8. Bi-turbo.

Let me introduce you to the Gumpert Apollo.



Never heard of it?

Well, neither did I when I stumbled across it. So as soon as I found it at my local magazine stand (well, supermarket...out here in Miami magazine stand's don't exactly exist...) I sent my girlfriend a text message w/ the name of the car. Did she have any clue what it was? Nope. More than likely she still doesn't. But she will when she reads this. Then she'll understand why I made sure I didn't forget the name.

So...where did it come from?

Well, according to Wikipedia, Gumpert Apollo is the first supercar productged by Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur GmbH. The founder of is Roland Gumpert, former head of Audi Sport. So it's safe to say he is relatively familiar with the Audi and its extensive motor collection. Audi scored 2 drivers and 2 constructors World Rally Championship titles during his time there as the competitions chief of their Quattro division. This leads me to believe that he is a reputable source for tuning. His partner in all of this is Roland Mayer, the boss of German tuning house MTM. They are currently specializing in supercharger kits for the Audi RS4 V8 (est 550bhp), as well as, the Q7 SUV and the upcoming S4 (both est 450-500 bhp).


Now, tuning and building a supercar are two TOTALLY different things. Here is the basic gist as per the website:

"2-seater super sports car with a mid-engine arrangement chrome-molybdenum steel chassis with an integrated carbon monocoque as safety cell, gullwing doors, fibreglass body, 26.4 gall. (U.K.) stainless steel tank behind the passenger cell with integrated catch tank, long and pushrod-operated double wishbone suspension with fully adjustable dampers front and rear and anti roll bar in front, ground clearance adjustable between 40 and 120 mm, two circuit ABS brake system with six piston callipers, inside ventilated discs (378x32mm) all around, brake cooling system in the front, and presets for wet, dry, and race conditions."

Nice start though...don'tcha think?






How's the interior look you ask?

It is nothing less than German distinction at its best. The finest touches were given to every surface in the finest of the finest materials. The only thing I'm not really feeling too much is the aluminum they decided to use on the gauge console and center console. It looks kind of cheap. I'm guessing they wanted the clean look, without looking too cluttered. But personally, I probably would have added a little bit more flair to it. But other than that the interior is noice. Not nice, but noice. Try it out...







Now how does it run?

It's a nice start. It's a mid-engine, RWD with a 6-speed sequential gearbox. Then they have the Audi 4.2L V8, found in the RS4's. They have decided to add a healthy bi-turbo system boosting hp up to the area of 650bhp, with 627 ft/lb tq. According to the homepage, "an ideal weight balance of 42 to 58 percent between the front and rear axis rounds it off: During acceleration it provides optimum traction whilst ensuring stable control even when braking in critical situations." In other words, its balanced like a mofo.




Final verdict?

Now, the 4.2L Audi V8 I am relatively familiar with. I have some prior experience with the 4.2L Audi V8. But it was not in the shell of an Audi, it was actually in the Spyker C8 Spyder SWB (SWB = Short Wheel Base). I worked a private event held for Spyker and had the pleasure of taking a ride around South Beach and let me tell you. What a splendid motor (in an even more splendid car, but back on topic). It is very snappy and responsive, plenty of umph, and a very sweet exhaust tone.

Now, not only is the 4.2L V8 a hell of an engine stock, but Gumpert has decided to toss a couple of turbos on it, bringing the hp up from the modest 420hp to an est 650bhp. Not to mention that the motor only weighs in at a mere 195kg.

Yao Ming - Olympic Exclusives

If you don't know by now, Yao Ming plays for his home country of China. In addition to that, his sponsorships for his shoes and what not is Reebok. So here I present to you the Reebok Hexride, "Olympic Edition" of Yao Ming's kicks. This will be for the 2008 Olympics. Peep how they are numbered. Personally I think they are pretty dope. I'm a big fan of anything that has to do with the Olympics.

Reebok Pump Court Victory low aka Michael Chang's

Some might know them as the Michael Chang's, some might just know them as pumps. But either way, this is a pretty dope colorway. They are on sale right now over @ our friends Purchaze

OFFICIAL:::Jordan XX3 commercial

2008 Brabus Bullit - Edmunds First Drive

When the 2008 Brabus Bullit made its first appearance over at the Frankfurt auto show last fall, they basically stirred up the entire pot and got the auto world anxious to see what the famed Brabus powerhouse was going to bring. Or should I say, power-haus. Then again, I think Bondo Buschmann, the founder and CEO of Brabus, likes it that way.

Well, here it is. Arguably the baddest C-class ever built (other than the CLK-GTR which is bananas as well). The Brabus Bullit (as this C-class is being referred to) is just the average, run of the mill 223-mph projectile ready to rip chunks of pavement out of your driveway or your local expressway. Just the shear notion of a MB v12 (which immediately gives me the mental picture of the Pagani Zonda motor shot) with twin-turbo's and a reportedly 720-horsepower makes a man quiver. What can you do with 720 hp? I can't imagine 720hp in a Ferrari or Lamborghini, let alone a compact 4 door sedan. But when I stop to think about it, all I can must er ups is ahhh....bliss.

So whats good? Peep game.



Brabus starts off with the Brabus SV12 S BiTurbo, an in-house version (w/ exclusive specifications that cannot be completely detailed) of the twin-turbo 6.0-liter Mercedes-Benz V12. The motor is fully re-built including, but not limited to, new rods, pistons, cam and ultimately ending in the new stainless exhaust. The heads are also re-machined with the full port and polishing you would expect with this type of monstrosity. Not to mention that block is also bored over to bring overall displacement up to 6,233 cc. Next is the hardware that helps with the phenomenal numbers. The turbo's. My personal favorite part of the car. The stock turbo's have been upgraded to a non specified, but absolutely, larger turbos accompanied by higher efficiency intercoolers in the stock locations.

All of this yields final numbers of: 720 hp ; 974 ft/lbs tq*

This is all put down by the MB 5 speed automatic. In case you are wondering why not the 7 speed auto? Apparently, it does not have the torque capacity of the 5 speed. Although Brabus also added its special touch to the 5 speed as well to bring it up to par. And of course a limited slip differential is packed into the pumpkin out back.

So it looks wild huh?





Now, to the cosmetic side. To me, just as important as what runs the car and how it runs. It's obvious that the car looks crazy. And we all know that it is not simply a mild reconstruction of lip spoilers or grills. This has been heavily modified. The front fascia has been modified to allow for more air to reach the monstrously deep breathing V12. There are new side skirt's, new 3-piece rear spoiler and an ILL carbon fiber aero diffuser beneath the rear bumper.



So how does it stay on the ground?

As you would expect with a car as extreme as this, you already know that coilover's are standard issue. The dampers are 10 way adjustable in both compression and rebound with springs retaining a higher spring rate. There are new stiffer antiroll bars, as well, to complement the suspension. Brakes? Ridiculous. Let's just say 15 front, 12 rear. And no I'm not talking anything other than inches. So yea. Basically, you can almost stop the rotation of the earth with these things.

And me, the wheel whore that I am, here are those specs:

f: 19x9 - 265/30 zr19 - Yokohama Advan Sport tires
r: 19x10 - 285/30 zr 19 - Yokohama Advan Sport tires

Did I mention it has an interior?



Butter soft leather. Aluminum. Alcantara. Carbon Fiber. Any questions?

So what are the numbers we are waiting for?

Brabus is promising the following:

100 km/h (62 mph) - 3.9 seconds
200 km/h (124 mph) - 10.5 seconds
300 km/h (186 mph) - 24.5 seconds.

Hopefully this number is NOT a promise:

Price: $515,000.

* - The ECU has been calibrated to reduce the output to a more manageable 811 lb-ft tq.

special thanks to Frederic Lardenois for the information.

Australia exclusive AF1 commercial.

Personally. This is the FIRST AF1 advertisement I've ever seen on TV, or whatever. Youtube is basically the same shit. Ü

Katt Williams on....

Giving Head....these has to be one of the funniest clips ive seen in a long time..

Any Graffiti lovers out there?

For those that are, and miss the days when the art form was everywhere, here's a small clip of a 1984 news report of graffiti in NYC.

So its the Year of the Rat.....

And Nike aficionado's know what that means. There's some exclusive ass kick coming out to commemorate the year. They've had a few AF1's, but now they are blessing us with something a little bit different. The Free Trail. In this case the Wildwood 90 Free Trail. It is being released in two (2) different colorways. There's a Grey/White & White/White version. Both have the 'rat hair' feature (unlike the Year of the Dog AF1 which had 1 version with the 'dog hair' and 1 version without), the tradional Chinese character for the rat on the heel, and special insoles with 2 different representations for the Year of the Rat. If you are on point, then you already got them. If you aren't then you just found out they are on sale....

Michael K x Reebok EXCLUSIVE

Why am I posting this up? 2 reasons. 1, I actually shop @ Michael K. 2, I loved comic books. So here we have it. Reebok has decided to team up with Michael K (a dope boutique/HUGE sneaker spot in NYC's SoHo region) on their renown Insta Pump Fury, and create a 60 pair per shoe collection. They are going to call it the "Classic Villain" pack. There will be 4 pairs inspired by classic comic book villains. 2 being from Marvel comics (Green Goblin & Galactus), and 2 from DC comics (Sinestro & Harley Quinn). As can be expected, each shoe corresponding to the character will have matching colors to go along with the villain. Some materials being used are patent leather, pebbled leather, mesh, neoprene and a few more selections yet to be revealed. They are available now @ Michael K. and Active Warehouse.

Unreleased LeBron AF1

Ok. There is no other word for these shoes but CRACK. You know, like the CRACK that Pookie was smokin' on in New Jack City. Or maybe the kind of CRACK you see on the shores of South Beach on a beautiful summer day...or any day in Miami for that matter. These AF1's were released to Kelvin Coffey, fashion editor for XXL magazine, and of course King James himself. What are the chances of getting your hands on these? Well, I know of a few people that seem to get their hands on anything, and everything. Are you one of those lucky few? Probably not. Then again, if you have enough money, maybe you can buy yourself the connect.







Word on these is that they are a 2 of 2, with LeBron having the only other pair.

And so the year of the XX3 begins..

This year brings a metaphorical tear to my eye. In a way I'm kind of happy b/c there won't be as many Jordan's coming out for me to worry about, but in another way, I'm kind of sad it actually is coming to an end. As long as I've known kicks exist, the Air Jordan has existed. For a good part of my life, it was the only shoe that existed. But enuff of that sentimental crap and back to the business at hand. In case you didn't know, usually the new model of the Air Jordan line comes out around February 17, MJ's birthday. This year, they are actually starting early. January 25th to be exact. This shoe will be released as 23 pairs, for the top 23 Jordan Brand retailers. Personally, I think this shoe is pretty dope.