Casey Veggies

Introducing Casey Veggies, a teenage rapper from LA that looks set to make waves.

Although just 17, he's collaborated with some well known rappers from the West Coast area including the likes of Pac Div, Dom Kennedy and Odd Future.

Being an LA native, Casey has links with Odd Future's Tyler, The Creator after the two grew up together and were performing at rap shows from the age of 13.

For one so young, Casey already has a distinctive sound and whenever he appears on a track, you instantly feel his energy and charisma.

He released his first mixtape – Customized Greatly Vol.1 – back in 2007, volume two followed in 2009, but 2010 was his breakthrough year after he released his third project Sleeping In Class.

His latest mixtape will be re-released on September 20th and this time, the deluxe cd will contain five extra tracks.

If you're a fan of cool mellow rap, I highly recommend you listen to this dude - Casey Veggies.

2011-12 Boot Review

The 2011-12 football season is up and running but rather than analyse the transfers that have taken place so far or give you my opinion on where I feel the league title's going, I want to look at the football boots the players are wearing today.

Gone are the days of the 1980's and early 90's, when players graced the pitch equipped with – in what we'd call today –'boring old boots' .

Puma's from the 1980's era

Players are now sporting some outrageously flamboyant pieces of footwear, and boot manufacturers seem to be getting more creative every season.

Check out some of the football boots players will be sporting this season.

ATTENTION: Some of the colours may cause you to squint – you've been warned!

Nike Mercurical Vapor - Orange: Worn by Real Madrid forward Christiano Ronaldo

Nike Total 90 - Blue/Volt/Black: The boot of choice for Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel

Adidas F50 adizero - Electric/Purple: Barcelona maestro Lionel Messi's weapons

Adidas adipower Predator - Blue/Electricity: Worn by Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey

Puma V1.11 SL - Green/Navy/White: Sported by defender Gregory van der Wiel of Ajax

Umbro Geometra Pro FG - White/Red: Seen on Man City goalkeeper Joe Hart

All the boots featured can be purchased from the Pro-Direct Soccer website.

Watch The Throne: Short Documentary

Jay-Z and Kanye West have linked up to create magic once again.

Watch The Throne is an exciting project that sees the two men put their brilliant minds together to create what is sure to be a masterpiece – with production from the likes of Pharrell Williams, Q-Tip and 88 Keys to name a few, the album is eagerly anticipated.

Check out the short but intimate documentary brought to you by Introspective and be on the look out for the album which is due to drop early next month.

Crazy Look-alike

Another sport entertainment combo here for this Crazy Look-alike post, as Bayern Munich's Austrian midfielder David Alaba is matched up with Odd Future's man of the moment Tyler, the Creator.

Take a look at the two and see for yourself, they look almost identical.

David Alaba

Tyler, The Creator

Ignore Alaba's hair, or just imagine Tyler with a perm...(PAUSE).

Seriously though, just look at the faces – the two guys have some serious similarities on the looks front.

Copa America 2011: Impressive Columbians

The 2011 Copa America is currently taking place in Argentina, and even though there has been an apparent lack of goals in the opening games of the tournament, the football on display has been decent.

Columbia played the hosts Argentina on Wednesday night in Santa Fe and held Messi, Tevez & co. to a well-fought 0-0 draw.

Although the game ended goalless, it was fairly entertaining – with both sides creating chances – a few of the Columbian players stood out on the night for me though.

Below, are four that impressed.

Fredy Guarin

Age: 24

Position: Midfielder

Club: FC Porto (Portugal)

Camilo Zuniga

Age: 25

Position: Defender/Midfielder

Club: Napoli (Italy)

Adrian Ramos

Age: 25

Postion: Striker

Club: Hertha BSC Berlin (Germany)

Carlos Sanchez

Age: 25

Postition: Midfielder

Club: Valenciennes (France)

With the European transfer window open, don't be surprised if you see some Columbians moving around this summer.

Bake Designs

Everybody get familiar with Bake Designs – an independent male streetwear brand based in Bristol England, founded in 2009 by Ben Hasking.

They have a website along with a blog and a shop area where you can purchase their latest offerings, which is fairly limited at the moment but definitely worth checking out.

Here are some of my favourite pieces below that are also reasonably priced, which is always nice.

Front View

Bakers Tee

£25.00

Back View

Front View

Hate Tee

£25.00

Back View

Front View

Military Reserve Tee

£25.00

Back View

Front View

Shield Crew

£50.00

Sleeve View

Bake Designs is definitely here to stay so keep an eye out and follow them on Twitter for more news about future releases.

Ricky Rozay – "Having a big belly, no underwear, shorts sagging, in chancletas."

Being tatted up seems to be commonplace in hip-hop culture these days with Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and many more all sporting the look.

MMG founder Rick Ross or Ricky Rozay as he's also known, is arguably the most tatted up of the lot, as this soundboard put together by Complex demonstrates.

Simply click on each tattoo to hear a different phrase or sentence uttered by the big Boss himself.

Have fun with it.

NBA 2011 Draft

It's NBA Draft day in two days time and I can't wait. The best college basketball players will find out who they'll be playing for in the 2011-12 NBA season.

It's every college player's dream to reach the draft process and enter into the NBA, but in order to get to this stage, you must have game. Each player in this year's draft possesses talents that will improve any NBA team. Some are more gifted than others but all are undoubtably gifted in their own right.

Below are some of the player's I feel will make giant leaps in the NBA.

Kyrie Irving - Duke

The shooting guard from Duke looks set to be this years No.1 pick, which will see him drafted to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Derrick Williams - Arizona Wildcats

This exciting forward likes to dunk and looks set to be this years No.2 pick, meaning a move to the Minnesota Timberwolves could be on the cards.

Jimmer Freddette - BYU

The shooting guard won a host of Player of the Year awards in his last year as a college player - big things are expected of from the BYU star.

Jacob Pullen - K-State Wildcats

Known as The Beard, Pullen is Kansas State's all time leading scorer with 2,132 points.

Kemba Walker - UConn Huskies

The guard guided his UConn team to the 2011 NCAA Championships and he was arguably the best player in the tournament.

Chandler Parsons - Florida Gators

The 6'10 forward will be a useful asset to any NBA side and he can shoot from behind the arch.

Morris Twins (Markieff, left Marcus, right) - Kansas Jayhawks

As well as being identical, the twins also have the same tattoo's. Both decided to skip their senior year at university to enter into this year's Draft.

The draft takes place this Thursday in Newark New Jersey and you can catch it live on ESPN from 12am.

J*DaVeY in London

J*DaVeY are about to embark on a long awaited European tour, bringing their fresh sounds to their fans in Europe.

The New Designer Tour goes Euro on July 6th, with Jack and Brook entertaining their German fans in Berlin and then in Holland two days later, performing for their fans in Amsterdam on July 8th.

July 12th sees the pair hit the Vibe Bar in London's Brick Lane, where the duo will be one of three headline acts on the night brought to you by Aesthetic Sounds.

Also performing on the night will be Jesse Boykins III and Sarah Fonteyne – that's a lot of talent in one evening.

Click here for tickets.

Stateside Look-alike

So it's NBA finals time in the US with the Dallas Mavericks from the west, taking on the Miami Heat from the east.

Miami Heat though have a player in Mario Chalmers that could pass for a well known rapper from New York, Fabolous.

The two men look "dead-stamp" – as my dad likes to say – of each other.

Mario Chalmers

Fabolous

Crazy huh!

Weird but Wonderful?

I don't know much about the group Odd Future and frontman Tyler, The Creator but I do know they've got a healthy following of fans due to their quite ODD style.

I came across the video for 'She' featuring Frank Ocean, last night and I liked it.

The first thing that drew me in was the beat, it sounded like something the Cool Kids would mess with and Frank Ocean can actually sing.

Check it out and if you like it, you're not weird...or maybe you are?

Mancienne says "auf wiedersehen" to Chelsea

Chelsea's Michael Mancienne is on his way to Germany after Chelsea and Hamburg agreed a deal to take the 23-year-old to the Imtech Arena.

This is a significant transfer not just for the two clubs involved but for English football, as there are currently no internationals - apart from David Beckham - playing their club football for teams outside England.

Mancienne joined Chelsea as an eight-year-old and rose through the ranks, representing England at junior level all the way up to the under-21's, where he was captain. He earned a call-up to the full squad in 2008 for the game against Germany.

This move comes after the defender just finished the season on loan at Wolves, where he helped Mick McCarthy's men successfully avoid relegation on the final day.

As a Chelsea fan, it's sad to see a young talent leave but I like the fact a young English player has moved to Germany. It shows that Mancienne's not afraid to take on a new challenge and he's ambitious.

So, good luck in Germany Michael and thank you for your services whilst at Chelsea.

Some French Fun

So the French Open got underway this week and all looks well for Serbian World No.2 Novak Djokovic, who took his unbelievable winning streak to 40, after his opening round victory on Monday over Thiemo de Bakker of Holland.

To get you in the mood for the classic clay court slam, check out this electro-funk track from French artist Martin Solveig and the part-British, part-Canadian electro group Dragonette.

Look out for cameo appearances from the man of the moment Djokovic as well as Frenchman Gael Monfils.

New Look Wizards

The regular NBA season finished last month but the Washington Wizards have already unveiled their new uniforms for the 2011/12 season.

2011/12 Washington Wizards uniforms

The striped top-half is a throwback to the 'bullet days' of the 1980's and early 90's.

Guard's Jordan Crawford & John Wall along with forward JaVale McGee, model the new outfits below.

Jordan Crawford and John Wall

John Wall

JaVale McGee

After finishing bottom in the Southeast division, the Wizards will be hoping their fresh new look brings the team more wins next season.

Summer Kicks

Check out the new Nike Lunar Flow shoe released just in time for the summer.

The shoe comes in three colours and follows the tradition of the Lunar Mariah with the soft LunarLon cushioned sole.

If you want your feet to breathe this summer and you're not a 'toes-out' kinda person, these kicks are the one for you.

Retail at £84.99

LunarLon cushioned sole

Let your feet breathe

Raincheck

Pardon the title, do not sleep on J*DaVeY!

This two-piece duo made up of singer/songwriter, Miss Jack Davey and producer Brook D'Leau, make some really creative music.

Their latest video for the song Raincheck was directed by John Mazyck and like the music, the video is super fresh.

Raincheck is off Evil Christian Cop: The Great Mistapes EP and is available to download for free.

Check out the video and if you haven't already, download the EP.

Not all doom and gloom for Portugal

With Portugal currently in the news right now due to their depressed economic situation, the country's football club's are in the headlines for more positive reasons.

S.L. Benfica, S.C. Braga and F.C. Porto have all made it to the last four of the Europa League, Europe's second tier cup competition.

Villarreal C.F. are the other team left in the competition and the team from Spain are most peoples favourite to lift the trophy in Dublin on May 18th.

Semi-final lineup looks like this:

First leg 28 April 2011

S.L. Benfica v S.C. Braga

F.C. Porto v Villarreal C.F.

Second leg 5 May 2011

S.C. Braga v S.L. Benfica

Villarreal C.F. v F.C. Porto

Check out some of the pics from quarter final night.

Portuguese Champions progress defeating Spartak Moscow 10-3 on aggregate

Benfica beat PSV 6-3 on aggregate to progress

Braga celebrate defeating Dynamo Kiev on away goals

Victorious Villarreal beat FC Twente 8-2 on aggregate

Goiás F.C. Porto!!!

Something for the summer

Cool Kid Sir Michael Rocks released The Rocks Report back in March and if you haven't heard it yet, I suggest you download it right away.

One of my favourite tracks on the mixtape is Summer Song, featuring Latif...quite fitting for the season.

Peep the video and download The Rocks Report.

French Swagger

When it comes to mainstream fashion, the French are known for being at the forefront and can boast some of the best names in industry. It looks like this trend has followed onto the football pitch.

Les Bleus now arguably have the best swagger in football thanks to their new away strip created by Nike.

Inspiration looks like it comes from the sailor uniforms worn by the French at sea, with the navy/white colour scheme going on and it really works.

Front View

Neck View

Team Crest

15 - Florent Malouda's kit number

Nike have really nailed it with this shirt.