GoodWood x Ease DaMan – Wooden Camo Frames

Mishka’s Ease DaMan links up with GoodWood to collaborate on a pair of wooden camo frames.  No word yet as to how many will be produced, but we will keep you updated. 

SOURCE: SneakHype

Heineken x GoodWood NYC – “Heineken Inspire” Tour Custom Jewelry

One of the industry’s most watched jewelry designers, GoodWood, has made a splash with its Jesus piece and is keeping things going with intricate wood-carved pendants that they label is know for.  As with any industry these days, when a designer or brand has finally “made it”, collaboration requests come pilling in, and with GoodWood it’s no exception.

GoodWood has customized pieces for Heineken’s “Heineken Inspire” Tour, an open event featuring some of the hottest artists and DJs of today including Wale, Fabolous, Cold War Kids, The Hold Stready, Matt & Kim, Joel Madden, and more.  The tour kicked off this past weekend in Miami with Fabolous and Wale performing and launching the collaboration.  This collaboration sports the Heineken logo and the Heineken bottle carved as wooden pendants and pins.

The tour will be hitting other cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City.  Aside from new tour dates, there will also be other limited edition product collaborations to come, so stay tuned.

Defam|Nation x Life Of Villains Collaboration Now Available | GoodWood Piece Pre-Order

Defam|Nation x Life Of Villains

Now available at the Defam|Nation online store.

Pre-order the Defam|Nation GoodWood piece today for $50.00 USD. For all pre-orders, they will ship out next Wednesday, March 24th. The official release date for the Defam|Nation GoodWood pieces is on Friday, March 26th, and they will be retailing for $65.00 USD each. Head on over to the Defam|Nation online store now to reserve your’s today!

GoodWood Black Jesus Piece Release Information

On November 27th, Black Friday, the highly anticipated GoodWood ‘Black’ Jesus piece will release at GoodWood’s online store for 24 HOURS ONLY.  The Good Wood Jesus piece will be available at midnight EST on Black Friday.

SOURCE: GoodWood NYC

Ill Banger Thursdaze – November 19th, 2009

Ill Banger will now take place at a new location. It will be at the prestigious Alibi Lounge in NYC. Ear Candy all-night long provided by Teddy King, Jon Blak, and Illy P, including guests Rugged One and Mirandom. As usual it’s sponsored by The Goodie Bag, GoodWood NYC, and Wealthy Hostage. Let’s try to pack up this new spot and make it a night to remember!

INTERVIEW: Jeremy Sullivan (UGHH.com)

 

Hey, tell us a little information about yourself.  Who are you and where are you from?

In short, I’m Jeremy Sullivan A.K.A. Sir Remington III and I manage UGHH.com out of Boston.  I grew up skateboarding in the 90’s, and this culture connected me to so much creativity in art & music.  Most of my interests can be traced back to this golden era.  The underground Hip Hop movement of the late 90’s led me to DJing, and little did I know this site called undergroundhiphop.com that I checked regularly for new music would be where I ended up working.

 

 

What is life like up in Boston, As far as music, fashion, and popular culture?

Packed into less than 50 square miles, Boston is such a unique city.  The never ending rotation of students attending the 100+ colleges alone makes for a lot of excitement.  But, besides all the colleges, sports teams & history it’s typically known for, the Boston music scene has always been solid.  The Hardcore and Hip Hop from the mid to late 90’s got a lot of people’s attention and there is still a lot of local talent.  More recently, Boston has seen a surge of local DJ’s running shit. Most nights you can find some local staples holding it down w/ a wide variety of sounds.  You can always check them w/ guest DJ’s at our monthly DJ event, Fresh Produce, which is running 3 years strong.

 

As for fashion, there have been a lot of boutiques opening doors.  Heavyweights Karmaloop def. have a strong presence in the city, as well as Bodega and Concepts.  What makes certain places stand out in Boston are the people behind them and their involvement in the local scene.  Everyone has their own experiences that shine through their styles of products & events.  We all do have many of the same interests and run similar businesses but it doesn’t necessarily mean we’re in competition…it’s great to see consumers interested in what we’re all doing.  We’ll always point our customers to other boutiques with purpose in Boston.  

 

 

Tell us a little about UGHH and the people involved?

Undergroundhiphop.com or as the kids say “UGHH” was est. in ’97 and is the one-stop shop for all Hip Hop related merchandise. We carry a broad range of products & thousands of titles, updated weekly, to satisfy all Hip Hop fans around the world.  UGHH has become the industry standard…we select all the best products available and put them all in one convenient store.  You still hear this notion of Hip Hop being a trend, but for anyone in the know, it’s obvious that there is so much depth to what Hip Hop is and we’re here to represent all elements of it.

 

UGHH is what I like to call a small giant b/c within our niche we are very well known, but our operation is pretty tight and we do things on our own terms.  There are only a handful of us cranking everything out over here…CEO, Quest created this beast back in college and along with many other things handles all programming of the site; You can catch Van Stylez VJing & editing all of our exclusive interviews when he’s not doing customer service for the site; a_ronious is the face of our store front and is also responsible for bringing in select products and putting the word out in our blog descriptions; Rain holds down our warehouse, which is no small task, and also finds the time to snap product photos and produce records – look for his upcoming albums on Brick Records in 2010; DJ Food Stamp, who has been down since day 1, makes all those buttery mix CDs we give away; As for myself, I’m always looking to refine what we’re already doing and add on where it makes sense…one of those projects I started back in ’05 was making clothing available on UGHH, which now makes up the majority of my work. Besides the people on payroll we do have many remote supporters via street teams, message board moderators & loyal customers who all play important roles to our success. 

 

 

What kind of brands does UGHH carry?

When I first started buying for UGHH I only carried graphic tees closely related to Hip Hop, but now that people know to check UGHH for gear, we’re expanding to a lot of lifestyle brands w/ slick outerwear & accessories.  Everything is closely tied to streetwear, but some of it is just more mature.  We also stock a good amount of limited headwear.  What you can always count on is that the brands we select have timeless designs and are at a reasonable price.  I would have killed for a lot of this stuff years ago and know I will be reminiscing on the styles in the future.

 

 

What are some of your favorite brands out right now?

From the 60+ solid brands we currently carry, some stand outs are 101 Apparel, Acrylick, Beautiful Decay, Bloodbath, Cardboard Robot, Conart, Dissizit!, Flud Watches, Free Gold Watch, Frank151, GoodWood, Imaginary Foundation, Listen, Manifest, Methods NYC, Novem, Official, Quintin, Rocksmith, Scifen, Secret Society, Society, Tank Theory, The Seventh Letter & all the Upper Playground brands (:Shinganist:, 12 Grain, Estevan Oriol, Fifty 24SF & superFishal).  We also have some new brands coming up I’m excited about and we look to keep adding new styles & brands.

 

 

What new upcoming events or releases are you currently working on?

Our most recent installment of Fresh Produce @ Good Life in Boston happened on Sat, 10/24 and we’re featuring Diamond D of D.I.T.C.  We’re also threw an album release party for Edan’s upcoming Echo Party CD/LP @ Good Life on Wed, 10/14.  You can always check out our front page for upcoming events & in-store performances. 

 

As for releases, check out our hat line called HATCH we put out w/ some brands last year.  We had them custom made so we could have full control of the details and the end product is amazing.

 

What would you say are the most difficult aspects or being in your line of work?

Well, it’s really a bittersweet situation because I get to work in what I love, but I’ve also made my hobby work.  A lot of times I skip out on things I would have never missed b/c I’ve been immersed in it all day.  Besides that, we’re always facing the challenges of a small business…there is never enough time to do everything we want.

 

 

The fashion and music worlds are often tied together…What music artists out right now are grabbing your attention?

Yeah, that tie is unbreakable, and so much of it overlaps.  Every song out there has a matching style.  Labels like Stones Throw delve into both sides of product, which always keeps me interested.  Their newest CD/LP from Mayer Hawthorne is no joke.  A couple other albums that have sparked my interest are the Tame One & Del collabo & the new Black Keys project.  I could talk about music for days…I’ll have to save the rest for another time.  P

Sneak Peek: New Colourways For GoodWood Jesus Pieces

Plain Pat, the dude who helps craft Kid Cudi and Kanye West’s sound got his hands on some exclusive colourways of the GoodWood Jesus Pieces.

NiceKicks x GoodWood NYC

GoodWood hooked up with NiceKicks to produce a few lace locks for some of the exclusive kicks in their line-up that feature the NiceKicks speech logo lasered and burned.

GoodWood also produced extra which will be given away free on the official NiceKicks website.

GoodWood For Grizz And Dot Com Of 30 Rock

Grizz and Dot Com of the hit NBC Show 30 Rock just got some serious love from GoodWood NYC.  They were some of the lucky few to get the uber-exclusive Black Jesus Pieces.  Their Black Jesus Pieces feature the “30 Rock” logo followed by their names.

 

SOURCE: CtotheJL

Good Wood for Grizz and Dot Com from 30 Rock from Chris Lee on Vimeo.

Lil Chuckee Dressed To Impress With GoodWood!

14-year-old Young Money Ent. rapper Lil Chuckee truely understands fashion and accessories.  Check out the following pics of him reppin’ GoodWood to the fullest.