Meet Brandon Bales, a local talent that is a must know. Bales is a photographer that is making a name of himself through the music scene of Oklahoma. He’s had his works in Face and Rckstr Magazine. I’ve personally known Brandon for a few years now and has seen his business grow a lot from what it used to be. It’s great seeing good people do amazing things. Not only has he worked with us on a lot of hip/hop events (Lush Life / Fall Ball), he’s a staple to the underground electro scene in Oklahoma. Now Brandon is traveling all over the U.S. taking pictures at shows and crazy parties. Here’s some of his pics:
U-N-I @ Lush Life 09
Brandon’s picture of Trash Yourself in Rckstr.
I have no idea what this is but it’s dope!
It seems these days everyone is a photographer or something of the sort. What sets Brandon apart from all these other people out there is his personality and love for his craft. Anyone can pick up a camera and call themselves a photographer, but what’s the use if there’s no love and dedication behind it? This guy has a very good head on his shoulders and us at Grp Fly wish him the best of luck!
If you need any photography done by Brandon contact him on his site!
The Extravaganza was a cool little chill session, thanks to everyone that came out and showed us love. Much respect to the Tree and Leaf family for letting us set up shop. The day was full of laughs and cold winter winds. The Dallas homies and Jabee even stopped by before heading to studio to make hip hop classics. FLY OR DIE.
Cao is handling bidness for the brand!!!!
Will rocking the original Worthy Tee (deadstock 1 of 12).
The Fur Face Boy even came to show love. Check his line out, DOPENESS!!!!!
Dallas raised artist Mes the Jive Turkey has been making quality hip-hop music for over 10 years. After living in LA for 3 years we’ve watched him grow into the mature, seasoned emcee that he is today. Inspired by the new found sunshine and beaches of Southern California he is making his best music to date.
Wonderful is a great exhibition of Mes’ talents including great writing and production on this beast of a track. Digging into his roots he calls in fellow artists Headkrack & Dawg Wonder both calling Dallas their current home. These three show off some great chemistry and bring us a perfect summer song to play at every pool party and get those pretty girls dancing. Wonderful…
After a solid year without an official release, Mes the Jive Turkey returns to the music scene with the help of DJ Fishr Pryce. Their latest mixtape, Stealing Stars, is an action packed mix of brand new songs over (mostly) stolen beats. After sitting and waiting for his producer friends to send him some beats, Mes decided it was taking too long and his ambitions couldn’t allow him to wait any longer. He decided to steal beats from his friends and a few other well known producers in order to create a project that he could be proud of. Knowing that Fishr is always a worthy accomplice in such shenanigans, the two began putting together a list of stolen music and making it their own. This isn’t your normal jacking for beats kinda project, though. Each song becomes something brand new and you can feel the time and effort put into the recreation. This isn’t just taking an already top 40 song and trying to make it better (everyone already loves Jay-Z’s verse, why would you try to rap over his song?). Producers such as PicnicTyme, Rob Viktum, Jake One, S1 & The ARE might be a little upset to find their music has been jacked, but we think they will understand. Now the people who make a few angry guest appearances ranting about the stolen items Mes & Fishr have made off with in the past, that’s a different story.
Shouts out to my whole Puzzle People Crew that killed the show, I was bummed to be on the road from Chicago during this event. Here is a quick glimpse of Jabee tearing it down!!!! Oh yeah!!! check the new Season Two tee he is rockin, more on the way. Fly or Die
Okay, okay here is a sneak peak of one of our new season two releases only a few of our peeps got em (U-N-I and Jabee to name a few). Shouts out to my man, Hannibal King (featured in Hip Hop Weekly), out of NYC, for rocking this limited edition item for his 09 campaign. This joint is not even out yet!!!! More freshness to come. Check for more pics after the jump.
Last weekend Austin, TX was invaded by music lovers from all over the world at SXSW. So it was only appropriate that our homeboys Picnic and Nero be on a stage somewhere rockin’. Picnic, is apart of a collective with Erykah Badu called the Cannabinoids (ill musik). Word on the street is that they killed it on stage. Check the collab tee Picnic is repping for the whole world to see. Good-lookin out fam!!!!!!!
