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In an attempt to better myself... j/k. The site needed a face lift.

The blog can now be found at DUSTINCANALIN.com.

Thanks for reading... Look for more entertaining stuff as well as some of my past, present and future projects.

Enjoy!

FLASHBACK FRIDAY - THE LAYUP AD CAMPAIGN

I'm in the process of gathering all the work that we've done in the last 5 years of being in business, While digging I started to see some of our old ads. This was at the time of the big NBA Dress Code launch. No more wearing timbs and Sean John Sweatsuits.
I remember Allen Iverson wearing a Bill Russell (Celtics) uniform on the sideline... and he was playing for the Sixers.

NOOKA INTERVIEW -

Nooka X Interview from ABB VIDEO on Vimeo.

Nooka creative director and founder talks about the Nooka brand. He also mentions the UNDRCRWN x NOOKA ZEN V.

These watches will be available on UNDRCRWN.com soon.

TWITTER CONTEST - WORST NBA TATOO

GO TO UNDRCRWN .COM FOR MORE INFO.

If I were in the NBA I think my tatoo of Tatoo would win.

Here is mine.

DON'T FAKE THE FUNK

THE HOUSE OF LOUIS VUITTON

This is the greatest bootleg of all times.

Not sure where this is but I wouldn't be surprised if it were on CANAL ST.

IMAGES COURTESY OF RACKED.COM

SERIOUSLY?- UNRELEASED SONG

I remember watching this fight and seeing 2pac walking in with Tyson. How ill is it that he wore a Yankees hoody into the ring. It looks like he just walked in off the street.

I didn't know that the song was a personalized.

DOWNLOAD HERE

MVPENNY TEE -EXCLUSIVE

"I'ma stay winnin rock the custom drop Bentleys, Never eat at Denny's and party like Lil Penny - can he live?"
WHO YA WIT - JAY-Z
An exclusive design available only at:
PICKYOURSHOES.com

Also available in Grey Heather and Black.

I drew this by hand (YES- It's been a while). It took for ever to give it the same feel as the original. Kind of quirky but you get the picture.

Check this link for the entire LIL Penny catalogue.

MICHAEL JORDAN- GATORADE COMMMERCIAL

EMOTIONS

Anyone that knows me know's that I'm pretty emotional (thanks mom).
Not that I would want any footage of me crying, I thought this was 1 of millions of pretty random things on the 24 hour live stream with Stephon Marbury....

Here are some of my favorite crying moments captured on video.





Congrats to the NBA for making the video of Kobe's emotional apology disappear off the face of the earth.

UNDRCRWN TWITTER CONTEST

GO HERE FOR MORE INFO ON HOW TO ENTER.

Word on the street is that the prize are some exclusive shorts and T-shirts.

STARBURY - MAKING SENSE

STARBURY MAKING SENSE.



STARBURY NOT MAKING SENSE. (one of the greatest interviews ever)


I wanted the Celtics to win so that Steph would win a ring.

THE GOOD OLD DAYS - DOMINO

So I just hit the jackpot... well let's just say Pete of UNDRCRWN found a few gems.

Pete is the guy who makes you wash your hands when you look at a magazine. Or that collects West Elm catalogues, Williams & Sanoma, Frank 151, etc. etc. He has multiples of stuff since the late 80's.

Today s find has been the Source magazine from December 1993. It's too good to show you everything.

Here is an add for the Domino album. West coast stand up!

YO MAMA! - Top 5 Shit Talkers of All Time

I remember growing up looking at the book SNAPS in the bookstore. I think I still have the book somewhere. During a random youtube search I stumbled upon this SHAQ interview that I thought was funny. This made me think about all the funniest snaps I've ever heard.

Here is my list for top 10 shit talkers of all time (SPORTS and NON SPORTS)

SPORTS (In no particular order)

1. Chad Johson - He raced a horse and changed his last name.
2. Gary Payton - I sat close to the court one time. He doesn't shut up. He's hilarous too.
3. Michael Jordan
4. Terrell Owens - I saw him play Hoop it Up 10 years ago with his boys. If I were his boys, I would not let him talk to me like that.
5. Rasheed Wallace
6. Sam Cassell - You just know he has tough skin.

7. Mike Tyson

8. Muhammad Ali

9. Prince Naseem

10. The Rock

NON-SPORTS RELATED (In no particular order)

I would chop off my finger to hear these guys go at it in a circle.
- ROBIN HARRIS
- EDDIE MURPHY
- MARTIN LAWRENCE
- JAMIE FOXX,
- DAVE CHAPELLE

- RED FOXX

- RICHARD PRYOR

- D.L. HUGHLEY

THE GOOD OLD DAYS - IVERSON | SIXERS

BEASTIE BOYS FT. NAS - TOO MANY RAPPERS

from GABEM510's blog.

CELEBRITY SIGHTING - ADAM SANDLER - EMINEM CARICATURE TEE

I heard through the grapevine that one of Eminem's new basketball buddies was Adam Sandler. Odd couple but makes sense for UNDRCRWN. It really shows our reach.

So last night I was watching Conan and saw that Adam Sandler was wearing the Eminem Caricature t-shirt. Come to find out he wore it to the premier of his new movie Funny People.

The devil is in the details - D&G

Recently was in SOHO and walked passed the D&G store on Broadway.
For such a design conscious brand it was pretty sad to see their doors.
Hopefully they were tired of people pushing the doors when they walked in.

AMAZING

Kenny Dobbs needs to be in the NBA dunk contest next year.
The NBA is about entertainment and selling tickets. I had more fun watching this on my computer than watching the timberwolves or bucks.

70% OFF EVERYTHING

We're going to give our entire website a makeover, so we needed to make room for the new goods.
Don't ever say that I never "hooked you up". This is a steal.

USE THE CODE "LastChance" at checkout.
While supplies last.

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COMEDY

I often think of the pinnacle moment in creation of things.

I wish I was there when this happened.

SNEAKER HISTORY - TENNIS SHOES

After watching a few matches of Wimbeldon a few weeks ago, it got me thinking... I grew up loving tennis shoes. I used to play tennis occasionally, but most importantly I used them to play basketball in outside on the concrete. They had a tougher outsole that lasted longer.
What happened to the importance in tennis in our culture? The shoes now suck. Cool tennis shoe commercials are non existent.
We used to have McEnroe, Agassi, &  Chang. Before then Rod Laver, Stan Smith. They all had dope shoes. Reebok even took jabs at Agassi and his flavorful assortment of shoe colors with his pump. We need some more sneaker beef!


Coming up I bought Agassi's signature shoe every year. Just like I did with Jordans.
So now, I'm in the process of photographing all of my shoes, (I have most of them saved in storage that I've accumulated since the early 90's) I'm seeing all kinds of old tennis shoes.

Here are my top 5 tennis shoes of all time.
5. NIKE AIR FLARE (great baskebtall shoe)
4. NIKE AIR TECH CHALLENGE (the first 2)
3. REEBOK COURT VICTORY PUMP ("The Michael Chang's")
2. Air Cross Trainer 1 ("The McEnroe's")
1. ROD LAVER (one of my signature shoes that I wear atleast 4 times a week)

Here were a few shoes that I did for Adidas a couple of years back when Agassi just signed to Adidas. (So weird I know, but gotta chase that check right?) Like a lot of streetwear ispired sports graphics, these shoes were inspired by his first Tech Challenges.

SUMMER PRODUCT SHIPPED

In a recent trip to the t-shirt factory, I was able to see all of the summer product that was shipping. Most should be instores already so you may even have a tee or 2 or more if you know better.

Look for all of this product to be online at UNDRCRWN.com in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned for more info.

EVIAN COMMERCIAL

SMACKFEST 05 - OLDIE BUT GOODIE

check out all of them here.

What happened to Victor Page?

I was wondering what happened to the slick left hander that ran the back court with A.I. at Georgetown. He was the truth.
I guess he had some issues.

MAKING OF JAM

Ron Artest - Michael Jackson Tribute

This made me uncomfortable.

The DOC ART Collection

So last night as I was on my way to Rich Medina's and Bobbito's Happy Feet party, I noticed some street art for sale by West 4th St. Park. Not even sure how the piece I purchased actually caught my eye. They were all so similar. 

Zorroz the artist himself was there selling them. When I inquired about price, pointing to the painting I was interested in, he quietly smirked and yelled out- "Oh you want the boooty- I just did that today... I had to get that booty just right."

As an ex artschool guy and an art collector, I know that the point of art is the story behind it and what it represents. I think "The Booty", will always be in my collection. 

48 HOUR SALE

USE CODE "UC48"

R.I.P. MICHAEL JACKSON

The greatest ever. So sad.

UNDRCRWN NOSTALGIA - CEREAL BOXES

If you've been purchasing UNDRCRWN since 2005, you will remember that we used to package all of our T-shirts in cereal boxes. We go sued for them looking too much like some famous cereal brand, so we had to discontinue producing them. We have big plans coming soon with our packaging, so stay tuned.  So if you have one of the old ones, they are collectors items. Also we did a special valentines edition box in collaboration with DJ Neil Armstrong that we only made 200 of. 

KARAOKE'S FINEST - WE ARE THE WORLD

NIKE COMMERCIAL - KOBE CELEBRATES

OFFICIAL "Best team to watch" ever, by Dustin Canalin

1st nominee: 2001-2002 Sacramento Kings:

21 Vlade Divac C
4 Chris Webber PF
16 Predrag Stojakovic SF
13 Doug Christie SG
10 Mike Bibby PG

31 Scot Pollard F -
51 Lawrence Funderburke PF
5 Hidayet Turkoglu SF
3 Gerald Wallace SF
24 Bobby Jackson PG

I was at the very first game Jason Williams played against the Warriors in his rookie year. He was so ill. I was a huge fan immediately. I still think he is probably one of the most entertaining player I've ever seen for the full 48 minutes. Even on the bench and in interviews. Dude is so hood. When we signed him when I was at AND1 we used to have to charter planes for him so he could have his medicine.

HAPPY FATHER DAY AKA SHAWN KEMP DAY

Oh he was making it rain more than anyone could imagine.
Encore Collection dropping soon...

I still can't believe there isn't an NBA team in Seattle. So sad!

Sorry non basketball nerds... this is why... Get it?

LEROY SMITH'S 2 ON 2 HALL OF FAME CHALLENGE

Amazing!
http://www.getyourbasketballon.com

SWAG JUICE BY UNDRCRWN

Are you low on swag?
You want to look like a rapper in pictures but you're having problems with all of your poses.
Do you not own an expensive car or a chain....
Well you need some SWAG JUICE. A new product from UNDRCRWN.com

PLease note that this drink is fictional and should remain fictional.

Not like the people who made this. Or this.

Or maybe we're just dumb and they're making tons of loot on it - Either way, We would like to dedicate this t-shirt to you.



Available here.

UNDRCRWN LOVES THE KIDS!

Last week UNDRCRWN fam, Jason Davis(twitter addy: @JasonDavis43), Fullback for the Chicago Bears along with Carey Davis of the Pittsburgh Steelers hosted a weekend Sportsfest in their hometown of St. Louis. (shout out to Ozzie Smith!) UNDRCRWN designed and prodocued the official t-shirt. In attendance was Adrian Peterson (Vikings), Nate Washington(Titans), Jason Avant(Eagles), John Broussard(Bears), Christain Morton(Titans), Matt Sinclair (NFL), Brian Scaffering (Browns), Martin Nance (Steelers).

This weekend Jason will be hosting a Football Camp in Chicago. We also did the tees for that as well. More photos coming next week. Be on the look out for the Bears this season.

SLAM DUNK TOOTHBRUSH

I want all of these! Thanks Gabe for finding this!

ROCKY III USB

Yes. I need all of these.

OBAMA game critique

NBA stars & legends analyze Obama's game... Thanks magic for making this uncomfortable for people to watch.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2PAC

Wish you were here to smack some of these corny sounding rappers!

KG ON JAMIE FOXX SHOW

This is old, but it was on today and it stopped me from working. Maybe it will be a good treat for you too.

What to wear to the parade.

Here are a few options to wear to the Lakers Championship Parade.
At the end of the day, we at UNDRCRWN would like to bow down and say congrats to Kobe. He did it... pretty much by himself.

First Choice:
Me Myself & I Tee. The exclusive yellow colorway is available at Mooseshirts.

It also comes in purple as well.


For those who live in the past (like myself). You can get a reprint of the Inglewood Dynasty Tee at Mooseshirts.

UNDRCRWN is on twitter

Follow us @ www.twitter.com/UNDRCRWN

We will be doing give-a-ways and contests via twitter soon.

ROOTS PICNIC

PIctures are worth 1000 words...
But how much are words worth? Here are some free ones...

The Roots Picnic was amazing this year. Not 1 million degrees like last year.
The highlights were:
- Santigold brought out Spank Rock on stage (he later shared the do-it-yourself barbeque grill with yours truly).
- Public Enemy x The Roots-Flav without Chuck D and Chuck D with out Flav is like the NBA players without white girls.
- seeing all of Philly back stage.
- trying to figure out how many people actually belonged back stage.
- Asher Roth wearing a Larry Bird Jersey until UNDRCRWN's Pete Small told him that Philly hates the Celtics... Asher eventually taped a piece of paper over the Celtics logo that read "PHILLY" - good move Asher!
- seeing people on drugs getting hauled off on stretchers- it's not woodstock people. Save your drugs for encounters with young Hollywood.
-Flavor Flav had the size label on his jeans still. (yes hipsters it was an accident-please do not try and add this to your scarf and dunks. It is not a trend)
- Everyone that wore the AIR YEEZY's must have spent days picking out the matching outfit with their friends.

DJ NEIL ARMSTRONG - UNDRCRWN Sweater cameo

Congrats to the homey Dj Neil Armstrong.
I know I'm a little late with this.

Buy the sweater he is wearing @ UNDRCRWN.com

FINAL SALE

UNDRCRWN.com is having a 40% off sale. Type in "finals09" at checkout.

PRODUCT OF THE DAY/INSPIRATION- DC VARSITY TEE

My cousin had a dope custom Georgia Bulldogs jacket.I wanted it so bad. So when I went to SF Pier 39 to buy it, I asked for it but the salesman must of thought I said "Georgetown" instead of "Georgia." I liked it so much that I bought it instead of Georgia. After buying it, I figured out what the Hoyas were all about. By then that they just won the national championship and Patrick Ewing was one of the best college players (shout out to Gene Smith/UNDRCRWN sales agency superstar. He was on the championship team) heading into the NBA draft. So since then I supported the Hoyas.
When Allen Iverson got there, I just liked the fact that he was in jail before the season and was an All-American quarterback. Plus his crossover was crazy. Teaming up with one of my favorite/least known players Victor Page they had one of the illest backcourts ever.
Buy the t-shirt here.


- DOC CIRCA 1988