It seems to me that sex related ads seem to be some of the most creative I see around. It must stem from a sentiment that lies somewhere between the fact that people who work for these types of companies and on these campaigns are thinking inadvertently about sex, making them have creative thoughts and the fact that they are already talking about a taboo so they can push the boundaries more than most. Either way the result is impressive. The other thing is the audience and the effectiveness because on one level, you are dealing with a shock and awe type of market. So many factors go into whether someone practices safe sex or not that without leaving an extremely lasting impression you are dead in the water.
Its party music at its finest, no matter what you want to say, if that was the party your boy/girl was txting you about all week, you wouldnt want to miss that. I love the 6 keeping that Bay Vibe alive, all fun 24/7. Shouts to Shugz with the cameo too. At the end of the day, Aris Jerome makes hits, every video is a banger. The idea of going from one first person camera angle to another via daps is genius, not to mention the beer goggles at the end. Keep it going bruh and we might have to collab in the near future.
Jene Morris, 11th Pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft to the Indiana Fever
I gotta show love to Jene Morris and getting drafted to the WNBA. We go way back to 8th grade, used to hoop on the Ernest Ingold San Francisco Boys and Girls Club Rebels squad, opposite teams of course. Its always great to see someone you’ve know for so long reach their dreams and be able to inspire others. I think of my little sister on her 7th grade basketball team and think anything is possible. Hats off.
There is an inherent link between hair, race and class. I used my hair, braids at the time, as a means of hiding my economic class when I was in high school. I went to high school in an affluent, white environment, the Bay Area’s version of a New England prep school. I found out quickly that hair and clothes, outward appearance, was a place where I could control how people judged me. I could control the way I looked in a way that I could not control whether there was meat available for dinner or whether there were roaches at my house. I dressed to fly that a girl even came up to me at my high school and told me that my house must be nice, since I dress so nice and I had so many clothes.
Way back when, while still in high school, I wrote an article called “Hair Scare” about getting dreads and racial profiling in the Bay Area. At the point where I first wanted to get dreaded, as an expression of my Caribbean roots, being a first generation American, I had to consider whether I was taking my own life into my hands.
An interesting take away from this video is that society has taught black women to strive for something they can never have. They can never have lighter skin, or flowing hair; they can never have that white baby, the one that looks like the doll.
On a funny side note, the girl in the picture above, taken from Chris Rock’s Good Hair documentary, went to Amherst College, the lord jeffs are everywhere.
"Had such a hard time dancing with this chick last night, it was like I was listening to the music + she was slappin her iPod" -lil Bruh #fb10 hours ago
