Check out Rip It Up editor DJ Sir-Vere's latest blog entries... MUSIC: Stanza Track Download: I only recently heard about this Georgia MC, and everything I’ve heard has been stellar since. Fans of Little Brother, Justice League or De La Soul should check him out. I dig ‘High for Hours’ and now he’s done a track with 9th Wonder and it’s available online for download..
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Check out Rip It Up editor DJ Sir-Vere's latest blog entries... MUSIC: Stanza Track Download: I only recently heard about this Georgia MC, and everything I’ve heard has been stellar since. Fans of Little Brother, Justice League or De La Soul should check him out. I dig ‘High for Hours’ and now he’s done a track with 9th Wonder and it’s available online for download..
BLOG: Kicks Update #45 Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Kicks Update #45 Pics of the Nike ID Jordan Alpha 1s that I desgined at 21 Mercer in New York. On my video blogs from the World Basketball Festival I visited Nike ID at 21 Mercer in New York and designed some Jordan Alpha 1s. In all honesty I never intended to make any shoes that day, but when I arrived I saw that they had the Jordan Alpha 1 and, well, I was all in.
BLOG: J Cole Mixtape Download Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: J Cole Mixtape Download Link to new DJ Grady/DJ Ricochet, J Cole mixtape. The world is real hot on J Cole right now, and rightfully so. If you've only heard 'Who Dat', get a full scoop on this dudes skills via this nice set from Grady/Ricochet. Heaters include tracks over Mobb Deep's 'Shook Ones' and Cam'ron's 'I Really Mean It', 'Who Dat' and his latest street track 'Premeditated Murder' - heat indeed.
BLOG: World Basketball Festival Part 3 Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: World Basketball Festival Part 3 My New York trip in pictures and video - part 3 including Rucker Park, the Make Something space and the Air Force 1 movie premiere at the Apollo in Harlem.
BLOG: World Basketball Festival Part 2 Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: World Basketball Festival Part 2 My New York trip in pictures and video - part 2 including the player interviews and the Jay-Z concert. My trip continued with a visit to Radio City Hall to interview players and have a look around the famous theatre - followed by a performance that night by Jay-Z after the USA basketball team had played on the same floor - crazy.
BLOG: Kicks Update #44 Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Kicks Update #44 Killer Jordan 13 Bin 23's - got these on my NYC trip. One thing I bought back from my NYC trip to the World Basketball Festival was these killer XIIIs. Limited to 1,734 pairs worldwide, I copped these from my bro Jason from Extra Butter in NYC. check out Jason's webiste, this is where I get my kicks internationally now.
BLOG: World Basketball Festival Part 1 Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: World Basketball Festival Part 1 My New York trip in pictures and video (part 1). My trip to New York City in August was to attend the World Basketball Festival for Nike/Jordan and was one of the best experiences I've ever had. The following blog posts document my trip in photos and video.
BLOG: NYC Trip Part Two Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: NYC Trip Part Two DJ Sir-Vere's Part two of the video blog from NYC. And it continues.
BLOG: NYC Trip Part One Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: NYC Trip Part One DJ Sir-Vere's video blog from the US Part one. I'm in New York at the moment attending the World Basketball Festival, best way to catch up on where I'm at is the video blog, check it out!
BLOG: Kevin Casey Mixtape Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Kevin Casey Mixtape Killer set of classic NYC tunes from Kevin Casey. Kevin has put together a killer set of NYC tracks on 'Live From New York' including some of my favs like 'Invincible' from CNN and 'Skys The Limit' by Biggie - but y'all knew that :) Grab this awesome mix from Kevin's website here, the download link is on the right. Props to Kevin Casey for the connects.
BLOG: Major Flavours Vol 5 Video Blog Part 2 Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Major Flavours Vol 5 Video Blog Part 2 Video blog Part 2 at Brooklyn Hotel in Sydney. This weekend past I was in Sydney for the Major Flavours Vol 5 tour, and it involved a pretty decent airline fail - avoid Aerolineas Argentinas at all costs!
BLOG: Tyson Tyler DJ SMV Mixtape Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Tyson Tyler DJ SMV Mixtape Download links for killer new NZ mixtape. Tyson Tyler has been crafting his skills for some time, and he is getting better and better all the time.

On this mixtape project he's teamed up with DJ SMV (one of the top 5 mixtape DJs in this country - that's my word, hes fucking awesome) and done a bunch of hot rhymes over well known instrumentals - shit is fire.
BLOG: Major Flavours Vol 5 tour, next gigs Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Major Flavours Vol 5 tour, next gigs Flyers and details for this weeks Major Flavours gigs in Australia
BLOG: Major Flavours Vol 5 Video Blog Part 1 Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Major Flavours Vol 5 Video Blog Part 1 The Australian Major Flavours Vol 5 Video blog Part 1
BLOG: Major Flavours Vol 5 Tour Starts Today Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Major Flavours Vol 5 Tour Starts Today The Major Flavours Vol 5 Australian tour starts today and the CD is out tomorrow.
BLOG: Bun B Track Produced by DJ Premier Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Bun B Track Produced by DJ Premier Links for new Bun B track produced by DJ Premier.
BLOG: Kicks Update #43 Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Kicks Update #43 A couple of pairs of Jordans that I forgot to post up - the 6 retros are nice.
BLOG: New Rick Ross Kanye West track Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: New Rick Ross Kanye West track Link to new Rick Ross track, produced by and featuring Kanye West
BLOG: Scratch 22 Paydirt Mix Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Scratch 22 Paydirt Mix Link to killer new ARCxABC rare groove mix from Scratch 22 and Paydirt.
BLOG: Kicks Update #42 Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Kicks Update #42 Got the package I'd been waiting for from my Nike fams. The Jordan 6 Infared pack.
BLOG: Deceptikonz Video Shoot Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Deceptikonz Video Shoot A few weeks back I was asked to make an appearance in the new Deceptikonz video clip.
BLOG: DJ Premier Gig in Auckland Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: DJ Premier Gig in Auckland I DJed at the DJ Premier gig in Auckland last week.
BLOG: Kicks Update #41 Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Kicks Update #41 Got new shoes - Jordan 9 and Jordan 1 - nice
BLOG: Nike Store Opening in Takapuna Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Nike Store Opening in Takapuna Pics and info about the new Nike store opening as part of the Department Store in Takapuna.
BLOG: Update #40 Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Update #40 I have been picking up a few pieces, but neglecting to put them up on here - but here is today’s kicks. The top pair are the Pistons Retro 6s and the bottom the Lakers 6s. The Pistons were a nice surprise...
BLOG: Young Sid Foot Locker Instore Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Young Sid Foot Locker Instore Last week me and Sid did an instore at the brand new Foot Locker on Queen Street in Auckland. The shop had been closed for a couple of weeks for a refit and it looks real mean now. One of my mates Aidan works there, and I’ve been buying shoes off Min-Young for as long as I can remember.

A load of people came through and Sid dropped a killer freestyle - it was dope. Played tunes for an hour afterwards and signed Rip It Up mags and stuff. Good times. Nice new store, got check it out.
BLOG: Stanza Track Download Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Stanza Track Download I only recently heard about this Georgia MC, and everything I’ve heard has been stellar since. Fans of Little Brother, Justice League or De La Soul should check him out. I dig ‘High for Hours’ (video below) and now he’s done a track with 9th Wonder and it’s available online for download - check the link below
BLOG: Russell Peters Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Russell Peters On Sunday night I went to see Russell Peters at the Aotea Centre with Sarah, Joe, Molly and Mike Impact. I’ve been digging Russell’s stand up for a minute and it was awesome to catch him live...
BLOG: Game Time Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: Game Time I’m on deadline at the moment so don’t have time to be playing games, but these came to my attention via my workmates and they are mean as. The first is first person Tetris and basically it’s Tetris with an actual twist..
BLOG: The Rip It Up Cake Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: The Rip It Up Cake Have to send a big thanks to Angie Perkinson who sent us this wicked cake! Thanks heaps…consider it…EATEN
BLOG: New Dkonz Clip Brought to you by RIU
BLOG: New Dkonz Clip Oh hell yeah. As well as churning out quality work for Rip It Up, Elz is making videos too - hes a machine. Nice work mayn!

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