Isis Rose and Ill Legit (The Gent$) are two uniquely passionate driven talents that have collaborated over a period of time to create their latest project, "Animated Affliction, Isis&Illy EP 2011". They began recording in early 2010, hitting it off musically from the first moment of introduction. From then on, fueled by their "animated" personalties and the "afflictions" in their lives, they continued to work on music until they completed their project, a 10-track collection of eclectic music from two brilliantly accomplished individuals. Here is that story.
While a senior at the University of Oregon in 2007, Aaron Firestein began drawing on shoes and posting the pictures to Facebook. He viewed white, canvas sneakers as a medium to showcase his art and spent hours expressing himself through this unordinary platform. Aaron's "wearable art" became an instant hit with his peers and he started selling the shoes out of his apartment as a hobby. In 2008, Aaron moved to Buenos Aires and took BucketFeet with him. While volunteering with children in an impoverished area of Buenos Aires, he met fellow volunteer Raaja Nemani, who had just started a year-long backpacking trip around the world. They immediately hit it off while playing fútbol with kids from the local neighborhood, and Raaja even bought his first pair of custom BucketFeet a few days later. Shortly thereafter, Raaja moved on to explore another continent while Aaron stayed back to start an event photography business, but they managed to stay in touch and remain close friends.
Two years later, Raaja moved back to Chicago after working in Abu Dhabi, while Aaron was continuing to sell his one-of-a-kind shoes. Both Raaja and Aaron were itching for a new opportunity and neither could silence their entrepreneurial minds. Raaja reached out to Aaron in May of 2010 and they agreed it was the perfect time to take BucketFeet to the next level. Well, as they say, the rest is history! BucketFeet was born (again) with a mission to sell awesome kicks and make an impact in the lives of kids worldwide. The new company’s motto, Buy a Shoe, Build a Community was born!
WHY BUCKETFEET
BucketFeet exemplifies individuality and confidence. Not only are BucketFeet super comfortable, but the one-of-a-kind designs fit any personality and are sure to get you noticed. Our mission is to bring you the most original, colorful shoes you’ve ever seen!
BucketFeet is wearable art that aims to mesh awesome shoes and up-and-coming global artists to bring attention to the arts and help kids worldwide. We want to inspire people to broaden their horizons and see the world as we have seen it. Each consumer can buy a shoe to build a community and “get involved” with change, one step at a time.
Whats goody? So this is my first entry as D83 on One's blog and i guess i should tell you what my purpose is. Long story short, im doing art and fashion reviews, so lets get it poppin! I guess ill b that dude and feature myself first....
DENSE93.. no wait... 83! Im DENSE83.
While Dense83 evidently didn’t retain much about the American Constitution in his seventh grade history class, he did find the inspiration that would jump start his interest in design. The bubble and tag letters that late graffiti writer Kizer snuck in notes to #83 during the school day evolved into a unique style by the hand of the writer now known as Dense83. The influence of Dense83’s graffiti foundation has made its way onto several hundred walls, garbage cans, street signs, canvases, planks of wood, windows, and other found objects now exhibited in (and on) an array of galleries, coffee houses and retail stores across the city's of Chicago, and Austin Texas. Vibrant and energetic color palettes, violently mechanical lines and graphic underpinning inherent in that style of street art characterize even his more abstract, nonrepresentational works less noticeably inspired by graffiti.
Things aren’t looking too good for the people of Chicago with this blizzard coming through this week, possibly shutting the city down. Now would be a great time to download some heat from Chicago Indie Hip-Hop artist OneTwoKnow…
Fresh on the scene with plenty to prove OneTwoKno has plans to leave a lasting impression on the minds and hearts of this planet’s populace. The Chicago and Evanston native continues to persist in making a name for himself and prove his actual namesake to be quite true. From appearing on a plethora of independent releases over the last few years, OneTwoKno has definitely paid his due, earning him the respect that he deserves amongst his peers and critics alike.
From the the early age of 5 his adulation for music was instantly ignited upon first seeing Prince perform in the film Purple Rain, it was at that very moment OneTwoKno realized he wanted to create the same excitement Prince could contrive. As the years progressed, the amount of influences grew through relatives. Tunes spanning from late afternoons with his grandfather cooking while playing Jazz and Soul records to uncles introducing him to the likes of Big Daddy Kane, Houdini, Tupac, EPMD, Rakim and Souls of Mischief (just to name a few).
OneTwoKno’s love for music has continuously stayed consistent, whether it be promoted shows w/ Mike Schpitz, Slot-A, Add-2, Verbal Kent, Prob Cause, Lokua,Astonish, Ill Legit, Drunken Monkeeee, Swift, Lungz, Sincere, Garo, DJ Grimmace, Vanysh, Mr.Robotic, and many more. Or Played events w/ The Roots, Gym Class Heroes, Estelle, Sadat X, Lupe Fiasco, B.O.B. The Rapper, Producer, Songwriter, Engineer, and Promoter definitely keeps plenty cards in his deck and KNOWS how to use them properly. By using lyrics inspired by real life as a nucleus to his creations, OneTwoKno gives the listener a complete front row seat into the soul of someone as real as it gets. So prepare yourselves, no need to adjust your screen or headphones all we need is your undivided attention, get familiar, he’s OneTwoKno.
“…the wrinkles on a persons face not the makeup they apply to hide the wrinkles…”
