Courtesy of @PaulEDrayton

Courtesy of @daRealDDub

Courtesy of @AinzNeal

Ominous post title, huh? Well let me share some context with ‘ya. My friends at SH Collective teamed up with DDub to present a mixtape influenced by artists that all passed at the age of 27–weird but true. Here are some words from the press release:

The Dead 27 showcases and displays D-Dub’s ability as a producer and embodies a broad range of musical styles including hard core rap, R&B, pop, and rock. D-Dub states,

’Dead 27 ’is influenced by four musical icons Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Jim Morrison. Who not only made a mark with their music but also impacted our culture with their sudden passing.

The mixtape also blends these four with four other Hip Hop heavyweights of my generation and their rhymes. Consequently, bridging the gap and recreating space and time, both past and present with my beats.

Download HERE

Keys open doors to a world of possibilities. In the case of Ainz from SH Collective the meaning of the items on his key chain go deeper than just what opens the door to his home. See below for his story:

I never really took a look at my key chain until Kenji asked me to give a little insight to what i carry around with me everyday.
As i look at it now i am really getting older i use to keep a whole bunch of different things on my key chain. I guess now it seems everything that i have a taste for is modern looking and clean.

The first thing that pretty much stands out is my key chain from Leeman Designs, i had a Crooks and Castles one before this and i rocked it to death.
This one i actually jacked from a friend of mine, the price points are not too crazy on them. I just took a liking to the way it was designed plus it has the clean little light on the end for when i am tipsy and struggling opening my door in the dark.

The next thing on my key chain is my jump drive, i use to loose these things like crazy until i got this one from Staples. I pretty much keep everything i need for SH Collective on this drive from beats made by client D-Dub to samples of another one of my clients Designer Ty-Juana Flores clothing.

The next thing up are my keys, i really don’t try to keep many up here because these are my personal set and my work keys have about 50 or so keys on them.
So i since i do not like to walk around with a lot of stuff in my pocket i just keep a set of 5 keys on this ring. Two are for my house those are important because my crib is like my get away from everything. I had to share everything growing up as a kid so to have my own space is very important to me. The second set is the keys to my brothers house i keep a set just in case of emergencies. The last key goes to my PO Box i had to set that up recently i did not want everyone having access to me.