Gilbere Forte - Some Dreams Never Sleep

The Hundreds has partnered with rising hip-hop artist Gilbere Forte to present his newest EP entitled “Some Dreams Never Sleep” – the highly-anticipated project releases today, October 4, 2011. Beyond an apparel brand, The Hundreds is considered a lifestyle project, influenced by a spectrum of youth culture’s defining traits – with flagship stores on both the west and east coasts of the United States, drawing inspiration from hip-hop culture, and the pre-existing friendship between Forte and The Hundreds, it’s only natural for The Hundreds to join forces with the Philadelphia-based artist. -Take Five

The Hundred's helped release Gilbere Forte's mixtape. It's always nice to see The Hundreds do what they can to give artists some extra publicity or to see artists contribute to giving The Hundreds a larger audience.  It features a lot of musicians such as Asher Roth, Big K.R.I.T., Bun B, Casey Veggies and Pusha T, impressive ones at that. I haven't listened to many tracks yet, but so far it's that real hip hop.

Hot (In this Bitch) Remix - Gilbere Forte ft. Jim Jones & Pusha T

Black Chukkas Remix - Gilbere Forte ft. Asher Roth & Bun B

You can download here for free.

R. Mack

Reigning Champ Polartec

Fall is here and Winter is near. The past few days have been quite windy and cold in my opinion. It makes me sad, but then again that means I have been given the chance to pull out my Reigning Champ zip up for the Fall, Winter and Spring. It has to be the most useful pieces of clothing that I own. It's constructed of Polartec Thermal Pro, a lightweight fleece with a high weight to warmth ratio. It's quick to dry and highly breathable. I wear it as is in cool weather but when it comes Winter, it acts as a layering piece. I know you can purchase some sale pieces from Livestock. No word has been said about the next season, but maybe Reigning Champ will release a newer model.

Love the North,

R. Mack

Victorious Secret

A couple of my buddies from highschool and I decided to put together a basketball team in the City of Saskatoon's Senior Men's league. It is split into divisions from A-F, and when you start a new team you begin at the bottom, so that's where we'll be. I'm hoping we can clean up shop and move up a division or two, because the more competitive the better!

We decided to call our team "Victorious Secret" and we will be rocking some deadly American Apparel Tri-blend Cranberry Tanks. Come out and cheer us on every Sunday.

You can check out our team info and season's statistics here: Victorious Secret

AC Milan sponsorship

Milan is now sponsored by the ever so famous Dolce & Gabbana. The contract will be present for the 2012/13 season. The team as a whole and as individuals took part in a photo shoot and by the sounds of it, the team is very happy with the new sponsorship. The shoot included stars such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Alexandre Pato, Clarence Seedorf and Robinho.

R. Mack

Drake - Headlines

Drake ~ Headlines (Official Video) from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.

NBA 2K12 Commercial

I'm a Bull's guy so I have to agree with MJ.

R. Mack

NBA 2K12: How far we going back? Way back!

NBA 2K12 is going old school folks! Probably because of the lockout the NBA is currently going through, but lets not get into that or this may turn into a rant…

NBA 2K12 will be available with three different covers, featuring one of three NBA Elites: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, or Larry Bird. The main selling point for this game is the 15 unique challenges for 15 different legends and the 36 complete historic teams. The 'My Player' mode is supposed to be really great this year too, it will include everything from getting drafted, playing the games, post-game interviews, and even a chance to get your player to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

I personally am most excited about doing some cross-era battles between the best NBA Teams of all time, here are some teams that I can't wait to play as:

1985-86 Boston Celtics:

This team is the reason I am a Celtics fan today. This was my dad’s favorite team, so when I was growing up all I heard about was how good Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Danny Ainge, and Dennis Johnson were. This team set the record for the best home record ever, going 40-1. Not too shabby for a team led by an unathletic white-boy from French Lick, Indiana!

1988-89 Pistons:

This team was nicknamed the ‘Bad Boys’ for their rough, aggressive, and often dangerous style of play. Some people thought they were thugs and just outright dirty players, but I challenge you to find another team that bought into a single team concept like these guys did… even if that concept was to hurt and intimidate opposing players. There’s a whole highlight video of just their brawls on YouTube!

2001-02 Kings:

This is the Kings team that was involved in the notorious series with the eventual champions LA Lakers in 2002. There was some downright horrible refereeing going on that series, rumors and allegations have it that the series was rigged in favor of the Lakers. I am pleased that the Kings are finally getting recognition they deserve, ring or no ring. Couple words to describe this team: Versatile, Balanced, and Fun.

Needless to say, I’m pretty excited for this game. The release date is Tuesday, October 4^th. The 2001-02 Kings is only available as a pre-order bonus, don’t miss out!

Stay classy Saskatoon,

Jason Tran

Reigning Champ: Shawlneck Pullover

Reigning Champ has just arrived at Momentum and I managed to get my hands on a sweater. Like I've said in past posts, it's made by Vancouver Canada's CYC Design. It fits great and because it is made of a heavy recycled polyester cotton (18 oz.), it will be nice for the fall. It's hard to find clothing that fits me so Reigning Champ's slim fits work perfectly for my body type. Stay up to date on their releases, they always have quality products.

Love the North,

R. Mack