Aside from it being summer time, the season of titties and toes, another past time is among us. Contest season. No, I don't mean Maloof or by no means am I mentioning Street League, I'm talking about the time of year where bloggers (or whatever the fuck you want to call me) dig deep into our pathetic pockets, scowling for our last penny to find another way to entice viewers to come to our site.

Truth be told, I've been planning something like this for quite sometime, I just never got around too it, i.e. never got a pair of shoes I couldn't review myself. The good people at Habitat have hooked up a pair of Habitat Lark skate shoes. Fortunately for you, they're free but I thought I'd make it interesting. The only stipulation to get these is a small 2-3 minute video review. I thought about this after receiving emails sometime ago about how I'm "reviewing shoes all wrong" and how "I suck". This all may very well be true but I hate myself too much to care. Just kidding. I care, I love you all.......Gay.

The contest unfortunately is only for New Yorkers and I will soon be doing a California edition once I get out there. Eventually, I'll try to make this world-wide but thinking very small has gotten me this far so let's keep doing it this way. (for now)

The shoes are a 9.5, brand new in box and have never been skated. Upon meeting up, we'll film together at your spots and you'll rip these fucking shoes up. It sounds like a good time, you down?

Leave your comments, your youtube footage links and whatever else you think I may find interesting below so you can have these shoes. In the case where no one responds at all, I will fill these shoes with dog poo and put them in a brown paper bag on a door step and then I will light it on fire. It will all be documented and look something like this. 

"Tell em about it hoe" - Tha Realest.

It's not very often that I re-post something that's already featured everywhere on the internet. For such a rare occasion to happen, the material, whether it be video or written, must be re-post worthy and something that I don't want to go away so fast. As we all know, the lifetime of internet material is average 1-2 days. This interview with Ian Reid has some great stories to vicariously live through if you weren't fortunate enough to live in a NYC hood. Jenkem Magazine has some amazing articles and even a "Best of Jereme Rogers twitter" article. It's one of the best finds that I've found in a while.

To coincide with his interview, it's only right that I bring some hood shit into this post. Summer is around the corner and music is shittier than ever. Obviously, the radio isn't what it use to be and so I've compiled sources and direct links where to find music for your mood this summer. I've personally taken the route of going with the good ole' oldies but I'll try to cover all your needs.

When I want the latest mixtapes, I don't go to Datpiff but Mixtape torrents because of the lack of spam and it's categorized really well. Lately though, I can't stand current rap and hip-hop so I've gone with taking a time machine back into 1997 and 98'. Also, check out Dante Ross blog for random music gold. Like this one.

Because of the heat, I understand that rap and hip-hop can be a bit overwhelming at times so if you're looking for some chill music to just lounge out to, I'd suggest going to Unfound Sounds. Unfound Sounds is a blog I found and use to get my latest indie trip going. Use it to it's full potential and snoop around and try to find the next original song to use for your "worthy" montage.

If you have any sources for finding new music, don't be a bitch and share. Post it in the comments below. Stay cool ya'll!

Nigga Flip, found this thanks to this kid,
He's the truth.