Friday, December 26, 2014

K-Swiss Si-18 International OG Retro



the K-Swiss Si-18 International OG comes in the original white, black and red. To give them that vintage look, K-Swiss has pre-yellowed the midsole. Landing on the tongue and heel are four countries that hosted the Grand Slam tournaments. - Sneakerfiles.com
  If you looking to pick up a pair this is a limited release and some of the stores that have them are Shoe Gallery, Atmos, Social Status, Ubiq, Major, SneakersNStuff, Black Rainbow, A Ma Maniere, Rezet and Limiteditions.

PACKER SHOES X FILA FX-100 “THE O.G.”




The Packer Shoes x Fila FX-100 “The O.G.” is the model featured as this collaborative project utilizes the storied Fila FX-100 model as a muse, as shades of green decorate the entire outsole of the model, while complimentary notes of white canvas the entire upper. In addition, a green strap encompasses the entire ankle collar as well. - NiceKicks 
I like this fila alot if you looking to pick up this shoe they are available now at Packer Shoes for the retail price of $100.

AIR JORDAN 4 “COLUMBIA” RELEASE DATE


I'm more than ready for this sneaker to release The Remastered Retro Air Jordan 4 “Columbia” release date is January 10, 2015 with a retail price of $185. make sure you pick up a pair 

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Thaddeus David - Parallels (EP)

Thaddeus David links with SSA for this new EP
 

Wale x A-Trak - Festivus (Mix Tape)

New Tape from Wale

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Kaydee: The Transition (Mixtape)

Newest project from Kaydee

Big Trin - Been Ballin (Video)

Big Trin dropped this in my email a few weeks back check out his new visual for Been Ballin

Cayan - A.D.I.D.A.S. (Video)

New Video from the DMV homie Cayan

Nyck Newz - Red October

New Tape for the homie Nyck Newz 


Young Roddy - Trying (Music Video)

Roddy has to be one of my favorite guys out the Jets camp check out his visual for Trying 

Little Simz - AGE 101: DROP 3​|​000

Im a few days late this hit the net on the 18th finally getting around to it Simz is to dope check out the 6 track EP below  and pick up your copy 

WALE - Miracle On U Street (Produced by Tone P & That Boy Good)

                                                             

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Premiere: Drique London- You Don't Know. (Music Video)


Raleigh North Carolina emcee Drique London Premieres the visuals to his single "You Don't Know " Directed by  Kevin Parkinson & Gregory D. Moore at Vinark Motion Pictures.“You Don’t Know” serves as the first set of visuals for his forthcoming album Sounds of the Rising Sun, which is set to release January 2015

We went through alot to get this visual done took a little longer than expected but we got it done thanks to Kev and Greg for flying out and making my vision  possible thanks to all the actors and thanks to all the supporters I hope you enjoy The new album "Sound Of The Rising Sun" will be out top of the year thank you    - Drique London 

Sunday, November 30, 2014

NIKE AIR MAX PLUS “SAFARI”


Done up with its iconic build based in white, shades of blue and black pounce on the runner’s signature wavy structure. Complete with the headlining print stretching from the toe to the heel in premium grey-sueded fashion, - NiceKicks.com
 This is a crazy sneaker the Nike Air Max Plus “Safari” is available now exclusively at Foot Locker AU. for $239

Friday, November 28, 2014

Sonyae- Leave of Presence (freEP)

 New Project from my homie Sonyea check it below 

Friday, November 7, 2014

Nike Doernbecher Freestyle 2014




   Nike and the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital officially unveiled the Doernbecher Freestyle for 2014. 
I think these are crazy The entire Nike Doernbecher 2014 releases will be available at select retailers Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 with all proceeds going to benefit OHSU Doernbecher.

Kendrick Lamar on 93.7 The Beat!

Kendrick Lamar sits down with Devi Dev on 93.7 The Beat! This was a cool interview I wanted to share looking forward to Kendricks new album 

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

#ODL Interview: Dalvin Breezy, D Trell Kosher, & Shotta



We caught up with these young - dope - up and coming MC's out of the CAROLINA's! Check out our convo and get to know their music, life, and purpose.

 Dalvin Breezy, D Trell Kosher, & Shotta 

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Stalley "Ohio" Album Promo Tour Recap EP 3 & 4


OHIO Oct 27th 

Nike Air Force 1 Mid “Wheat”

Styled with a tonal tan nubuck approach throughout its entire iconic build, a hint of outdoor green adorns the tongue and heel tab branding. Topped off with rope laces and a gum rubber outsole finishing off the boot-like aesthetic- Nicekicks

 This is a dope shoe a must cop for me make sure you all pick yours up November 1, 2014
for $125

Donovan McCray - Dedicated (MusicVideo)


The homie Don hits us with the visual for Dedicated from this mixtape Purpose

Young Roddy - Legal Dealing (FreEP)



New freEp from Jets Life spitta Young Roddy with features from Smoke DZA, Curren$y and more.

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Wale x Power 106






Wale sits with Power 106 to talk , new album and more

Kendrick Lamar - "i" Prod. by Rahki



 Im feeling this joint alot ready to see what kendrick about to to i know that album is gonna be crazy 

Rockie Fresh - Hesitate

Rockie has been  quiet this year, good to see him back releasing music check out his new jam

Rome Fortune - One Time For (Music Video)



Im a little late to the Rome train just recently started jamming to homie hes super dope and he always have the coolest art work

Stalley - "Ohio" Album Trailer




Available in Stores and Everywhere October 27th

Sunday, September 21, 2014

J Bizzle - Flashback (MusicVideo)


  
I was out Selma shooting a video a few weeks back during our down time I asked who was making noise in joco my mans played me this dope jam from J Bizzle check him out

Friday, September 19, 2014

Nike Air Max Penny 2014 Retro – Release Date

Among the first colorways for the shoe will be the original “Orlando” look that pairs up black, white, and royal blue. - Sneakernews

Majestic put me on to Penny's in 08 haven't  stop rocking them since this has to be one of my favorite basket ball sneakers I already have a pair from 2011 but I gotta get another pair  make sure you all pick yours up 10/25/14

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with ROME JETERR #RaleighDay




The ODL Blog's Mic Genuiz speaks with Raleigh North Carolina Rapper on EVERYTHING including #RALEIGHDAY 9/19

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Keith Haring x Reebok 2014 F/W “Crack is Wack” Collection






The late Keith Haring’s famous “Crack is Wack” mural from 1986 is the inspiration for one of their latest projects for 2014 Fall/Winter. Loud orange accents on images directly from the mural itself make up this pack of the Instapump Fury, Omni Lite, Court Victory, Running Dual and Aerobic Lite silhouettes - TSG

If you are in to art  you need this pack pick up the Victory Pump Hi over at Oneness and cop the The Instapump Fury over at Reebok’s site look for these to release later this month

Stalley X The Breakfast Club Power 105.1


OHIO Oct. 27th

Friday, September 12, 2014

[Mixtape/Album REVIEW] Lil' Kim - Harcore 2K14: The Mixtape


Review By: Mic Geniuz 

Beginning Thoughts: 

Let me first say that anyone who knows me, understands clearly that I am one of the biggest Lil Kim supporters since I was old enough to be a supporter!! I grew up listening to Lil Kim. My mother being from Bed Stuy, my father being from Flatbush… lets just say, it was a given to hear Biggie, Kim, Foxy, Jay, Puffy and that whole era ...everyday, all day!!  Through whatever, good and bad, happy or mad, I run with and ride with Kim. One the realist to ever do it, the Queen of this Rap and Hip Hop thing, fashion icon, put in work, proved herself amongst many!! Game changer!  I feel a lot of people forgot and don’t give credit to her. Its sad.
Do ya Homework!! (lol)

So, when I heard that she was coming out with a mixtape last year titled “HARDCORE 2k13:Back To The Streets” I got super hype!! Cuz that meant that the hungry, deep voice, ghost of BIG, lyrical Kim was coming back for blood……….. Though, I was slightly skeptical about her naming it HARDCORE. Being  that Hardcore  is her most iconic album and… it’s a big risk naming something after it……………and then there was no mixtape. However she has  been dropping songs consistenly since 2009 like ‘I Am Not The One’, ‘If You Love Me’, ‘Keys To The City’ feat Young Jeezy and so on and so forth…. along with the Black Friday mixtape which wasn’t a favorite for me at all!! and in 2007 she dropped her mixtape Ms. GOAT, which got extremely slept on but was super dope!! All in all, her mixtape dropped today, well kinda. It was supposed to drop 9/11 at 9:11pm. Great marketing idea and good for suspense but…..  for some reason, her website was over capacity and the moment that could have been great was tarnished. I blame her team or whoever she gives responsibility and power to because in the past couple years, her business has not been done so properly and everything has been slightly tacky.
Regardless, the TAPE is here. The mixtape has arrived! ‘HARDCORE: The Mixtape’ and… here is my review. Song for song.
Lets Go.

1)Intro –
A conversation based on what happened when Kim dropped that infamous squatting poster for promo of the original Hardcore lp back in ;95-’96. Hilarious listening to the dude  tell the story. Great way to remind these people of the frenzy she caused back then!

2)Stadium Music featuring Yo Gotti -

The beat is super hard… Real gritty and hip hop. I love that! Not a big fan of Yo Gotti but I respect him. Kim could have delivered her verse more harder with her iconic flow… but its street and she get a salute from the streets.. im sure. Just when you get into it… the song is over…. I could have got another verse.

Stand Out Line: “ 95 south I used to move it through the traffic/ Brooklyn Kim- Black Kardashian”

3) Identity Theft -

Kim dropped this a couple weeks ago which caused an internet frenzy of course. This song was a diss to Nicki Minaj. If real Kim fans can  remember when Kim put out her trackslist for Hardcore 2k13 she had a song called “ Be Careful” listed… I believe it was this one, switched up to Identity Theft after her ‘beef’ with Nicki came back up… I honestly think that this song should have came out back when the beef was fresh years ago…. The momentum had left but however. “Ya’ll got just what ya’ll wished for “ she delivered this song well to me. It grew on me. Glad she added on the tape. Goes with the flow of everything.

Stand Out Line: “ I wont stop till I see my enemies rest/ they probably get locked up for identy theft”  
4)Real Sick featuring Jadakiss

Yo!!! This is my favorite song on this whole mixtape. Real talk!! And she is accompanied by one of the greatest rappers to ever do it!!!!! Jadakiss murdered his verse… we have never heard them on a track together since The Lox – Money Power Respect and I salute both of them. I need a visual asap… and Kim… come on… can we get another verse to complete it! This song is radio ready to be pushed as a single… Lets go!!! Definitely been on Repeat.

Stand Out Line: “ Let it off then we fleein’ the scene / They aint seen us but they heard that its me and the Queen”

5) Trendsetter

Lil Kim is mos def a trendsetter. The blueprint, the PINK print of all these female rappers after her. TRUST! So this is cool. It’s the sound of today. So im sure fans of the current Hip Hop scene and sound will like this. I am personally not a fan of it but im sure it will grow on me a little bit… great album/mixtape filler.

6)Migo – featuring Young Bondz and TLZ

This beat go hard. Shout out to Young Bondz!! IRS, D.R.U.G.S all that!!! Again, not a fan of the sound but probably sounds mad good played loud in the club or party setting. Its like a Migos song or Future song or all the other cats out right now…. It is perfect for radio.
I personally don’t like Lil Kim sound and flow on here… but hey, they like it, I respect it.

7)Whenever You See Me – Lil Kim feat Cassidy

This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! First of all … applause and respect and homage and salute to Cassidy. This beat is dope and I love KIM flow on it. This reminds me of something 50 Cent/G Unit would have did. One of my favz on the mixtape. I love the hook. Its hip hop to me. Real Brooklyn, Real Philly. Cassidy verse !!! He delivered… as he always did…. As he always do. But again….. we need another verse. (im sure you are going to see me say this a lot through the rest of this review). But this song should definitely be pushed with a visual.

8) Work The Pole

I don’t like this song. But its what Kim is known for as far as that raunchy rap and over explicit lyrics. So im sure the people are going to feel it. Again, perfect for the club. It is only like 1:56 seconds long… Like an interlude… could have been a whole song… but yea.

9)Suicide feat French Montana

This sounds crazy with bass!! But I feel the same way  about this song like I feel about Trendsetter and Migo. But because French on it and the flow of the song, the streets and people are going to run with it. Cant do anything but respect it. Shout out to French and his grind…. I mean… I get it.

10) Dead Gal Walking -

Honestly, since this was released last year…. Its been on heavy RO… definitely should have been a visual… but Kimmy was pregnant and focused on Royal but I love this joint! I put everyone I know on to it when it dropped. I always said I wanted to hear Wyclef on it or somebody of that type of artist. Kim, if you ever shoot a video… let me direct it!!!! And its not too late!! Again… ya’ll know what im going to say….. yea…. Too short… doesn’t sound complete…. Definitely a mixtape fav.

11) Kimmy Blanco

This song grew on me throughout this past year. She dropped it around the same time she dropped Dead Gal Walking. Nothing bad to say about it. Epic Lil Kim flow. I would have liked another verse… but for what it was, im satisfied. This should have been a mixtape starter. Its like an introduction song that kind of set the tone of whats to come. Respect!


12) Haters

Hated this song at first!!! But this my joint now. Its on heavy rotation! Shout out to B FORD. This song get me super hype. Its definitely a get ready for a party or event, im feeling myself song….. another verse from Kim would have completed it. 

***
All in short, The mixtape is cool. I wouldn’t have named it Hardcore. I would have let that legacy live on for what it was. The mixtape is put together like an album and you can listen all the way through. It goes by very quick though. Its more like a teaser to what is coming. With an EP that never came, a delayed mixtape, no album, no official singles, I believe KIM and the LIL KIM brand has done a good job staying in people mouths throughout the years. Whether negative or positive, she is still talked about. Who you know still hold weight like that? At the end of the day respect it.
Kim is the queen of this and if her business and her executions were right, she can live good independently. I want to be on her team and have a say so…. but I’ll just remain her PR in my head. LOL !!
DL the mixtape for entertainment, embrace the new Kim and just wait for what she got coming next. If you aren’t satisfied, blast HER old stuff.... Either way, she’s Lil Kim and it don’t look like she is stopping anytime soon.  We just need an album. Throw it on itunes and do a little tour and bow out gracefully. Its not over yet. 

SHOUT OUT TO BIG FENDI, DIRTY MONEY, IRS, IRS SOUTH, QUEENBEE ENT, TIFFANY FOXX AND THE WHOLE FAM! 
That QUEEN BEE Reign just wont let up!!



- Mic Geniuz

Instagram and Twitter: Mic_MalX


Wednesday, September 10, 2014



Florida Rapper RIO 24K dropped his new single today featuring VISION titled 'Not The Same' 
#MusicWithAMessage 

ASICS GEL LYTE III (SNOWFLAKE)








Inspired by snowflakes, this women’s edition features an ice blue tint suede upper nestled upon a bed of snow sole unit and as a special treat for you feet the sock-liners have been printed up with some fancy flakes. Ice cold. -
See these  at select ASICS retailers in the coming weeks or get them now over at Over Kill Shop

Kaydee- The Drill Prod. by LA Chase

The Homie Kaydee sent me this a few days ago finally got around to checking it out real dope Jam

[NEW VIDEO} Nyemiah Supreme - ' Downgrade'

Jamaica Queens femcee/Timbaland co-signed/SisterHood Of Hip Hop reality show star Nyemiah Supreme drops her new video for her single DOWNGRADE.
Nyemiah Supreme mixtape ' There Can Be More Than One' out now! 

New Balance 1400HR Made In USA Available Now


Clad in olive green suede prominently featured about the upper, grey mesh and fiery red accents add the final chapter to this premium release.- NiceKicks

This is a real dope sneaker you looking to pick up a pair head over to Feature Sneaker Boutique to get yours for $160

[VIDEO] Audio Push - "Reppin"


New Music with visual from Cali's own AUDIO PUSH.
Directed by: Peter Baltimore and Gravity XL
" West side where u @?"


Rapsody-I'm A Beast (Hoover Street Freestyle)


The Jamla homie Rapsody put raps over Q's Hoover Street Beauty And The Beast ep Oct 7th

Wale - The Body f. Jeremih

Wale links back with Jeremih for the first single off Album About Nothing

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Well$ - An Awfully Rude Reintroduction ( Prod. Tutankhamen Brothers & THE BL∆CK HE∆RTS CLUB)

New jam from Well$ me and homie gotta link soon and get some work done

Nike Air Zoom Flight 96 Coming this Holiday Season




As you can see, both pairs feature carbon fiber tooling on the uppers, which some say could be apart of a pack that will have different models. As far as colors, both are classics with one featuring black/white and the other grey/white/black. - SneakerFiles

I'm getting my hands on these once they drop they will hit Nike retailers later this year I will keep you up to date with a release date.