#3reasonswhy

[karenkedlig]

• Yup I responded, but in a #telepathic way tho #notsorry #wellabitsorrytho • 😬 ————————————————— #3reasonswhy #sassybitch #danishblogger #imscorpio @karenkedlig_kontorfitilihut (her: My MIND) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwhwxVgBzIy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9s2jijbh40rx

[littlesecretsofphan-blog]

This is an old Phan edit I made on 19th of October to celebrate the 8th Phanniversray of Dan and Phil meeting for the first time.

sorry for making you all cry and craft 13 reasons why phanies

[theuline]

#3ReasonsWhy I wish I already done KP so that I could still be on holiday: These Random Cheerios. (2/3) Those group picture where everyone's great but you look weird, yet you don't mind because they are so special. Luvs. Or maybe because the full team chance is only annually. Well.

[press-pause-blog]

Instagram sounds so familiar nowadays, but a year ago, not many were those who believed in what was at the time an iPhone exclusive application. A billion dollars and a Mark Zuckerberg later, Instagram is now everywhere from Apple to Android devices, and not many are those who don't believe in what is the future of social networking. 

Simplicity. The concept behind Facebook or Twitter is pretty simple. For the first you create a profile, add friends, poke the opposite sex, and exchange content. For the second one, you micro-blog, speak your mind, get information from billions of sources. Both these concepts are simple as hell indeed. What sets Instagram apart is the simplicity of the idea : sharing images from your mobile device and connect with other users throughout the world (wide web). Twitter and Instagram are often compared, because Instagramers are a bit like  people on Twitter. You can classify your photos by putting the infamous hashtags, and then see directly people that share the same interests as you, connect. "In reality, we livin' in a matrix" and that's where children of the Internet all meet, socialize and express themselves.

Besides, who said the Internet and high-tech accessories were for geeks only? I'm pretty sure your parents both own a smartphone, and they grew up without YouTube, tumblr, blogs or other virtual places were the youth wanders, looking for inpiration and freedom. That's where Instagram stands out: you shoot, put a filter on your square picture, and you're good to go. This simplicity is something that you won't find on the two blue-iconed sites. I'm sure you've heard more than once someone in your entourage holler for some help 'cause it is "hard to put photos on there", and sometimes, you get some quite funny things... From the parents that put names as statuses because they thought it was the search bar, to people that can't use #hashtags, the internet gave birth to a whole new form of tool misuse.

Pitures > Words. We're living at a time where everything needs to be quick, to be done almost before you start crafting it. No time for words in such an athmosphere. Why would you tell eveyone you're under the Eiffel Tower when you're not sure how to spell either 'Eiffel' or 'Tower' because when you were in school, you were too busy poking that hot girl from the other class on Facebook. You can from now on actually, and instead, post a badass-vintage photograph of you under the most visited monument in the World. Besides that filter makes you look even cooler than in real life, you almost look like one of those tumblr-boys that the hot girl from Facebook is interested in. Minus the terrible Chris Brown swag. And that's also a way for your mobile device's camera to finally be useful, and show the world how cool you are.

Many of us go by this motto: "PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN". You have no excuses from now on, especially if you have an Instagram account. And finally, if you're familiar with Instagram, you're probably familiar with those girls that post photos of them (and them only). Well sometimes they post photos of their friends too, just to show how pretty their duckfaces are. This is what we call "e-masturabtion": posting photos of your gorgeous cleavage with billions of hashtags just so when someone types for example "#paris", that person sees the twins, hence likes, hence brings your insatiable ego to wonderland. This is so sad, having nobody to tell you how beautiful you are, because, how to put this, in all honesty, posting pictures of your cleavage doesn't make you any cooler than a whore that has a smartphone. Sad life. Enough with the rant. "A Picture is worth a thousand words". I think that's something everyone's already heard. But in Instagram's case, a few pictures are worth a billion dollars. 

Facebook's Billion. Not much to add here... Let's wait and see. Money can’t buy success, but Instagram was successful before Facebook bought it. Rumor has it that a real life Instagram is in the making, and if it is so, now that Polaroid’s dead, a new era of people thinking they’re photographers might come.

-Tawfik Jasper

[press-pause-blog]

#5 of the 3ReasonsWhy Series

It is no secret that rappers love Paris. Paris is a synonym for luxury, wealthy lifestyle and class. Rappers often are attracted by those aspects of life. As a human being, gifted of sense and logic, you now see the bond between superstar emcees and the French capital.

It is physically impossible to dissert about emcees and Paris without mentioning the Throne. Their latest video to date “Niggas In Paris” is an ode to excellence and an open love-letter to the elitism à la Parisienne. I will be referring to this song, as it is, in my humble opinion the 2012 “Still D.R.E” : a song, an anthem that is well-known way beyond the elite of rap-connoisseurs. Throughout the whole collaboration album, Yeezi & Hov mention Parisian brands, or places: we all know how much American people love using French words. The almost un-pronounceable form that the words have over here is for you, America, one of the most obvious external sign of taste and eloquence.  You wish you were Parisian (and we wish we were New Yorkers). You wish this so much that either you are wealthy enough to come and live here, or, you are the average-Joe wishing you were, so bad that you’d buy anything that has French words or expressions on it. Brands are well aware of that, hence, they decided to please you (and me too, since I do own one of Marc Jacobs’ New Era PARIS cap). The LA based brand Diamond had the Eiffel-tower tee a couple of seasons ago, Marc Jacobs has the caps, and Japanese brand Comme des Garçons is French for “Like the Boys”.  And this is just a part of the hype… Some young entrepreneurs are even calling their brand with French names just because it sounds cool. French is the new black. If this is not enough for you to be convinced, just ask Jay where he spent a whole week sometime last year.

“No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative”

Also, and one could say ‘most importantly’, rappers have that fascination for the architecture that bring the domestic of the place to a whole other level. Once again, the Throne summed it up perfectly. Paris is cool for your eyes, that’s true. Huge Haussmanian Boulevards and buildings, Le Louvre, the Eiffel tower, the Pompidou museum and cultural center. All of these are huge inspirations and aspirations for rappers or designers. We all know the fascination that have rappers and rap-enthusiasts for sneakers, will it make you tick if you learned that the Air Max 1, one of the most iconic pair of all time was made by Tinker Hatfield who was literally obsessed by the Centre Georges Pompidou… Proof. If you needed one. The other interesting thing to notice is all a hype that a kid from the hood can get, in Paris. An adult with a rascal’s mind named Kidult. He is the PR for all the true Parisian youth that loves its culture and is fed up with big brands or companies that copies / pastes everything the streets does. This aspect shows way more than a whole paragraph on how Yeezi can wear Balmain or Givenchy. Balmain or Givenchy copy the streetwear codes. Don’t get it twisted, we’re fans of what the fashion houses do, but let’s all agree on that last point, or not, you’re free to chose.

 “Le Meurice for like six days”.

ASAP Rocky rocks Pigalle, and if today, Pigalle is a popular district in Paris, it once was the place to be if you were a thirsty bitch, literally. The small Parisian brand grew up really fast, helped by celebrities, American celebrities, for most of them. You’re not without knowing that the whole G.O.O.D. Music team was in Paris these last few days. Why Paris? Paris is a city where you can find what you can’t find in Milan, London or NYC. Those FW cities may look a bit too casual to someone that needs exotism. London is not as big as the three other cities are, fashion-wise; but NYC would be the perfect city for an American to launch his brand, don’t you think? Milan already sounds cliché in everyone’s mind, let’s forget about this one. But seriously, if the Donda team has offices over here in Paris, it is, before anything for inspiration. The will to differ from all the other American fashion houses is existing, Paris is the perfect place to feed this need for exotism and inspiration. It also works the other way around: at Kanye’s fashion show, you could find people like Shyne, Waka, Pusha or Mos Def. Not the usual popstars…  The point I’ve been tryna make for the last three paragraph now is clear, I hope. The rap industry loves Paris. And since they have money, Paris love them.

[press-pause-blog]

3ReasonsWhy they made it

Unless you're living somewhere under a rock, you're not without knowing that How To Make It In America season 2 started a few weeks ago. The series was rumored to end with the sophomore episodes, and as often, rumors are just rumors. You have probably enjoyed what you've seen so far, and you'll probably love even more the following episodes. But, do you really take the time to watch it like you should, with your own critics and everything ? If not, don't worry, you're just like everyone. You're just not like us. You see, we like to look for the tiny little details that could fuck up an episode, we're like that. Don't get it twisted though, we love the show.

  I mean who doesn't... Alright, so, you have KiD CuDi in the fucking show, who does that ? The man probably is the chillest motherfucker on Earth besides Pharrell and the homie Gandhi. Aside from that, the main duo works out pretty well : the insolent dude to whom everything works out, and the stressed out man. Kind of a good cop / bad cop combination here. I don't want to sound creepy but you also have the cuties... That's so important man ! Can you name a show that worked out without the help of a beautiful lady ? I honestly don't think so. So, yes, you have all these elements, but why does the show works. Even with the best ingredients, you can mess a dinner up. We're going to see why in a few.

1 - Soundtrack ridiculously dope.

On a scale to zero to a hundred, how would you rate the importance of music ? To us, music in a show like that is just as important as images. Imagine for a few seconds the stop motion parts with some shitty teenager sounds. Duh. Not good at all. We love the ability that has the show to combine dope visuals with dope songs. It just makes you hyped as fuck, and that's what's up.

The selection of the songs is really important, and it was vital for a show focused on street hustle not to only feature rap songs... The Rolling Stones, Sharon Jones, Cam'ron, Richard Hell or a Tribe Called Quest, just to name a few. This really sounds like everyone's everyday playlist, doesn't it ? And we haven't mentionned the nice contribution from Aloe Blacc, that widely spread knowledge about the show, worldwide. « I need a dollar » is the theme song to tons of people today too... Subprimes where y'all at.

2 - Shot in NYC motherfucker

You would chose NYC too. The city has so much history... When it comes to mixing history, coolness, liberty, social classes struggles, and money, I don't really think you can find better of a spot. To some people, walking around in New York City is like being on a movie set. Being surrounded with eclectic, and yet, at the same time very similar people. It is really no surprise that the show's shot here. Let's face it, even with the depression we're all dealing with today, NYC is the coolest place. Which other city in the whole wild World could you possibly think of to represent freedom and liberty when you have a city where you can actually climb to the head of the Statue of Liberty. Tell us if you find, we'd like to be the pioneers to this city.

3 - Good ol' recipe

The story is pretty simple : two childhood friends want to grow a business together, to live the dream. They have no diplomas, but a lot of ambition. How do you make it in the coolest city on Earth ? That's something we've already seen somewhere. Oh right, Entourage. How To Make It In America is nothing less that the hipster, eastside version of Entourage. We're not going to point out the similarities one by one, you're big enough to understand. Besides that, the road to success/richesse/fame/titties is something that storytellers have always loved to narrate. It just touches everyone. From the Lower East Side to Brooklyn, from Manhattan all the way to the Bronx... And us people love to see how do regular people become « somebody ». Thank you Bryan De Palma for making Scarface, you've inspired generations.

Now, we're not totally sure that the simplicity of the plot is to be put on the "pros" side of the chart... A little more complexity is always enjoyable at some point, especially when the twists are that predictable. With the beginning of this season, we can clearly notice how Domingo took another dimension. Instead of seeing him 30 seconds here and there on the first season, he's now here on every episodes, dating Rachel (those boobies) and having this feud with Ben. Let's also focus on the smaller stories in the story. We're far from Inception here, but it's appreciable to be able to follow the lives of several people at a time. Rachel's career, Crisp's launch, Capo's troubles, Rasta Monsta... All of that is fitting the spirit, adding the value needed and pretty much making the show better.