LA ROUX…
RANDOM WEEKEND FLIX

so the homey Proh from Far East Movement hooked me and my girl up with tickets to see La Roux last weekend in downtown LA…. FM is on the same label as La Roux, so he hooked it up VIP styles…
the show was dope, short and sweet but ole girl got the hipster shuffle down crazy! it was also the 1st time I’ve seen an artist bring a cup of tea onto stage and drink it in the middle of a show smh lol…

thank Proh!
had a good time, then headed over to BCD for some spicy soon tofu








MAD LOVE TO PROH, FAR EAST MOVEMENT…. CHERRYTREE RECORDS + INTERSCOPE RECORDS

so we saw papparazzi chasing after that girl from Eclipse…. I gave about less than finger fuck…
walked to Valet…..


after as said… headed west to k-town to get some grub

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had some friends from out of town come visit and where do they wanna go? the grove/farmers market (NO WAY? smh) it was stupid hot!

I complained about the weekend… but I think Apolo’s complaining more lol ;)

anyways….
had a photoshoot yesterday in the outskirts of koreatown… at MacArthur Park; yes the home of notorious gang MS13 and my running grounds as a child/teen…. I haven’t physically been in that park for almost 23 years or so.
I miss the days of the Mean Streaks, uni and ultra wides…. RTD, real hip hop and of course the Radio Tron which was right across the street!


this is such a dope monument of what really this area means to a lot of people…. shit it’s been a long time since 1982 when they shot Breakin’ here and stuff.

After bumping Rakaa’s Crown of Thorns track “Mean Streak” where he shouts me out with all the OG old school hip hop shit, It put me in a rude mood…. reminiscing of the good old golden days (RIP SINE ONE, RIP ROB ONE, RIP GEO)

after the photoshoot was done…. had the photog from Norway shoot a quick pic with his fancy camera

so anyways…. my girls family had family come into town too, so we hit some sight seeing shit; hit the americana and Venice Beach…. It’s been a while since I walked down Venice Beach… Venice Beach has meant so many different things to me, from body builders to hard core street basketball (white men can’t jump) to pit bulls and of course my days of working with NIKE and the nike blue house (thanks Bee, fuck the swoosh though)

right before we all linked up…
I stopped by my old barber who I haven’t seen in over 25 years in koreatown

so we strolled down the boardwalk for a lil bit (pics are on my personal facebook, but here’s a few joints)


man…. when I was a freshman in high school, me and my cousin went to see an early screening of Child’s Play and shit was no joke and scared the hell out of us…. Actually Nic’s cousin is lightweight traumatized from Chucky and when I called homey over, she got shook…. and I felt bad, but she later took a pic with him too lol

I was supposed to go to the OC Fair today, but my fat ass has gained a nice belly, so I need to chill the fuck out and the last thing I need to do is see Deep Fried Twinkies and Oreos and a long list of other shit I can’t eat.

two fingers!
(I hate motherfuckers who say Deuces if it ain’t related to drive by shootings or gangster shit!… Oh I also can’t stand people who use the term “whatevs” THROAT CHOP TO YOU MONKEY MOUTHS!)

13 Responses to “LA ROUX…
RANDOM WEEKEND FLIX”

  • Tucson:

    Quick question Ben, what happened between you and Nike? I seen your pics from the AMC days but never heard why you dont wear Nike anymore.

  • me:

    Been reading your blog for a while now found it trough shock mansion. It is actually inspirational. You sound like youre alot happier now exept with your dads condition, but im sure he will get better. I also been in situations like that and it is one of the most fd up feelings because you feel helpless when you would do whatever it takes to help. But right now your doing it big living good,eating good,beautiful girl, bad ass vacations (ima check out that spot in MX you went to looks nice). YOUR DOING IT BRO.

    P.S.
    Do you happen to know John Jarasa? He runs a magazine called Heavy Hitters and Bound By Ink he is also in LA. It looks like yall could do big things together.

  • yeh, I know John real well…. he did one of my 1st write ups in a magazine called “Ballin”

  • me:

    I was saying cuz from his blog and yours it seems yall would cross paths every now and then (yall frequent some of the same places). Also that was my first time ever commenting on a blog so that should say alot about yours. I aint gonna say keep up the good work cuz thats FN cliche AND your already doing it.

  • rich:

    haha dam ben u brought up old memories with the mean streaks i rememeber those from my high school days in fact i still got some somewhere in my room. i rememeber i was the only one to ever have one that had 8 colors in it had to chop them up nicely…

  • rich:

    yo that barber kinda look like that dude from american me thats gets killed at the end. i forget his name

  • Teeboy Londonboy:

    La Roux sucks….just my opinion….from when she said “all r’n'b singers dress like sluts” she needs a “throatchop” as you so put it…shes an idiot…i don’t expect everyone to like hip-hop or uk grime but respect an individuals craft…not once any person for does two industry diss her….but she needs to learn to close her mouf real quick

  • when i touchdown im heading straight for bcd tofu…maybe i can spot beeezy out?i heard the lock ness monster is easier to spot….lol

  • CrazyMTF:

    This time baby I’ll be Bullet Proof.

  • @tucson, nothing major, just owed me a lot of bread, they operate like a church/scientology program…. extra lame rules and shit
    after witnessing it, I just got super fed up, they made promises and didn’t follow through when I was a very instrumental player to their marketing boost and shit…
    and then some other shit just made me hate them (hate is a big word to me)

  • @Teeboy Londonboy… WHAT????? DID SHE SAY THAT? MY GIRL ESTELLE IS FROM THE UK! I GOT STUPID LOVE FOR LONDON AND ETC… damn?????
    link me please to that!

  • Teeboy LondonBoy:

    Boyyyy aint even got the link Ben…if anything just youtube, “tinchy styder, la roux” or “tulisa n dubz, la roux”….at the end of the day even if you don’t like something these a difference between having an opinion and being plain rude….and does two artist I mentioned I’m not even a fan but they do what they do so let em be…but that rnb comment she made jus pissed me hella off

  • dam beezy waiting for nov is like a little boy waiting for xmas…waiting for a light bright….lol…

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