REVOKED

I cant say much for MR. REVOK on a personal level because I dont know him but as a fan of graffiti I can say that REVOK is pretty much fucking dope as hell.(I did see him suplex a bouncer at PAINT LOUIS back in the day though, that was pretty cool) Growing up I was awe strucken by the magnitude of work that he was putting in. His art has inspired me greatly.

In fact finding REVOK's
blog earlier this year is what inspired me to get the hambloggger up and start doing some of my own commenting on the world wide web. (I know im a bit late since it seems like hes already has his shit jumping off for a couple years now, but the rock I was living under was really heavy and did not have electricity in it,anyways im glad to be out) The dude just does not seem to have any idea of what stopping means. Burner after burner after jumbo tag after burner, from the us to japan to a whole globe of other spots this dude really seems like he is having a hell of a good time.

His blog has actually become kind of like a guilty pleasure of mine. These days I rarely pull my eyes out of some literature about the GLOBAL ELITE or the FEDERAL RESERVE or something other that really has nothing to do with GRAFFITI and I feel good about this but sometimes I just gotta break out that maddness for a sec and see some graffilthy.. Here I find REVOKs site perfect. Its not that there isnt any type of political commentary that comes from his site, cause sometimes there is and when its there Im like word REVOK speak on that (That post he did on police brutality was crucial..RIP OSCAR GRANT)..but for the most part dude seems to really just be sharing with us some of the coolest graff and other art from all over the world.

Im really just getting over the initial shock of realizing how much graffiti has come to be a normal part of life. I know you still get in trouble if you get caught and im sure there are still pigs building files but shit i mean come on REVOK has a muthafuckin blog. Yeah im still not over the strangeness of the situation but whatever the world is a strange place and you can either sit in the highway and get ran over or you can find a cool spot on the side to do piece and be like word fuck yeah, that shit is hot!!!


Anyways REVOK is a dope artist and like I said he inspired me to the hambloggger man pushing out my theories. Im pumped to see what next level shit he is about to start pulling off. Im thinking its gonna be big. I cant wait tillthe autobiography comes out. im already knowing that shit is gonna be comedy and drama. So stay up REVOK keep doing the damn thing...the world is watching..

ASKEW ONE

Damn this dude has some crazy ass paintings. It would seem that burner after burner he is pulling off some mega dope styles. This is not the only reason why he is getting a shout out by HAMBLOGGGGGY. Reading into his bio was very refreshing. Right when I was starting to think that graff was becoming void of any deeper meaning then just peoples names (no hatred here) I was happy to find Mr. ASKEW1. Dude is hella thoughtful and in being so his works are thought provoking. His writings on the orgin of his style is some of the best stuff ive read all year. REAL TALK..



The all seeing eye is very prevalent in his works and in his blog at ASKEW1.COM he breaks it down for you. Now the all seeing eye should, in my opinion, be something that all graff writers are familiar with. Being that your constantly looking out for haters you come to realize that there are alot of people watching you other than just on the streets. You got cameras, alarms, dogs and a plethora of other entities out there just waiting to catch you slipping.

Yet it would seem that alot of graff today has simply turned into a game of who can get up the most and here in lies my fear that graff was losing something. When art stops commenting on the outside world its only a matter of time before the artist themselves becomes consumed. I know that the social engineers would love it if graffiti writers just stopped making social commentary and would stick only to their names because a name with out a face is easy to put away in jail, but an idea without a face is impossible to vanquish. In a sense graffiti will always be political because its is illegal. Its this illegality though that gives graff so much power. See when somebody sees something written on the wall and the person reading it knows that freedom was risked to convey the message they are going to automatically give it more attention, at least for a second.

Maybe im just getting old and grew up in a golden age but it seemed like back in the day thats what the productions were all about. Making some sort of comment on what was going on in the world and making it in a way that was separated from corporate sponsorship. Maybe thats part of the problem. Im not hating on folks making money, im hating on folks who let the money make them.



Whats really dope about his burners though are that alot of them are just up throw ups on roids. Like he was just doing some bubble letters and started tweeking them making up all three dee and shit.. SUPER TUFF.. His colors are outta control..His high lights are whats up though. Its cool to see a softball used in burners the way he do it..really something that no other medium can offer...you know what im saying...

So keep up the good work ASKEW. The Hambloggger Man has his eye on you and is super pumped up on the burners. Let these muthafuckas know what time it is!!!!