ALIFE - Holiday 2009 - Footwear Collection

Finally, rounding out the Holiday 2009 product portfolio from ALIFE is its signature footwear collection. This season marks the return of old favorites - Everybody High Flood in full-grain leather, along with ALIFE Chuck in blue, red, or green suede. Plus, the classic Kennedy in 3 slightly new forms. Of course, this collection also marks the debut of new silhouettes, including Everybody Mono Hiker, Everybody Mono Quilt, and more. All footwear from ALIFE Holiday 2009 will be available starting this Friday, November 6th, at ALIFE flagship stores around the world. For those not near an ALIFE flagship store, the collection will also be available online at ALIFE TheUpset

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Mors Footwear

Mors is a new sneaker brand creating high quality, stylish footwear with a fresh perspective. Future classics inspired by iconic individuals, stylish products and retro futurism. Mors offers a wearable and exclusive product handcrafted from premium materials. Crafted in Portugal by traditional factories, mors footwear is detailed to the best standard from the highest quality leather. Butter soft and strong arctic elk leather is used on many of the products. Mors has avoided the temptation to cut corners with cheap materials and cheap labour.
At first only two styles will be released in a selection of luxury leathers, ‘hoop’ high top sneaker and ‘net’ low cut tennis sneaker. The ‘hoop’ will be available in premium elk leather, soft elk suede and white premium calfskin, ‘net’ will be available in white premium calfskin. Both will be available from the mors online store. More inspirational materials and styles will follow.
Mors is the concept of Jonathan Morss. Jonathan is an experienced footwear designer and has worked for international brands including adidas and Nike. He found inspiration for mors within vintage science fiction, iconic personalities and classic products. Available now at Mors online store. Pop the hood to view more.

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Ryan Leslie is the New Stephon Urkel!!!

Musical genius Ryan Leslie dropped his sophomore album "Transition" yesterday only months after his critically acclaimed self titled debut album. What really impresses me about this dude is not only his tenacity, but the fact that this man went into the studio ALONE, produced an album by playing ALL the instruments, and came out with a hot album with ONLY ONE feature from another artist! BOW IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS!
He begins the album with [my favorite] a funk inspired "Never Gonna Break Up". This song has probably climbed up my top 25 faster than any other that has ever been imported into my iTunes [currently #11]. I must say that I don't understand why Leslie titled the album "transition", because I would say its more of a follow up to his previous work, which is not a bad thing at all. Ryan Leslie has so much [for a lack of better word] swag for one individual. Not only is he singing on the album, he actually raps too, and it doesn't suck. He did a little rapping on the previous album, but he actually goes in on "Something That I Like" with Pusha T. Other songs of note include "Zodiac", and a Stephon Urkel reminiscent "Rescue U" on the deluxe edition. "Transition" is definitely a must have for any serious R&B buffs. Download it from iTunes here.
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Album Review: In Love & War by Amerie

Yesterday Amerie released her highly anticipated fourth album "In Love & War", and I must say that it is one of the best R&B releases this year. This album definitely proves that there is a place for Amerie in mainstream music.
After much criticism and a brief disappearance from the music scene, Amerie is back with much ferocity, and her sound is better than ever. With songs such as "Tell Me You Love Me", "Dangerous", and "Why R U" she reminds us exactly why we like her and rooted for her in the past. Not only does she give us her classic go-go sound, she delivers a different sound on "Higher", a 1960s Jimi Hendrix inspired groovy rock jam, and "Red Eye", a smooth ballad produced by Bryan-Michael Cox. Although I have never pinned Amerie as one of the best female vocals, and she does have some shaky notes throughout the album, she makes up for it with her unique sound. Get it on iTunes here.
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