The guys over at Free Gold Watch came in store with a bunch of cool gear for women. After some small talk they decided to challenge us to a game of NBA Jams. They got whoop! =) You guys ready for a rematch?
Imaginary Kingdom just sent us some interesting shirts. =) If you like naked b*tches, then these shirts are for you!
By popular demand we will be offering our dookie rope chains online! We will be stocking 30mm x 30in and 20mm x 30in gold and silver chains. Chains will be in next week instore just in time for the perfect Christmas gift!
If you look at some recent hip-hop videos, or even pictures from parties and concerts, you’ll notice artists such as Lil Jon, Nick Cannon, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Nelly and Nas bringing back the world-famous gold Dookie Run DMC rope chains — or as they were christened in the ’80s, dookie ropes (also known to some as dookie rolls and donkey chains). It’s a trend that’s making MCs think about the true-school innovators like Run DMC who first wore them and what gold ropes symbolized back in the day, as well as what these classic chains mean today.
Has the time come for MCs to put their platinum chains on ice? Not ice as in diamonds - they’ve been doing that for years. This time we’re talking about rappers setting their platinum down on the shelf for a returning favorite that’s old school to the heart like a dookie rope chain.
“It’s my way to pay homage,” says Cannon, whose new publicity shots show him wearing no shirt and a gold dookie rope chain. “Back in the day, most gold Run DMC chains were hollow. I had to go [with] the official one. Everybody been rocking platinum; you can’t tell platinum from stainless steel right now.”
“Platinum chains are wack, unless it’s a rope,” asserts Kanye West, who debuted his new heavy thick fat dookie gold rope in the video for Drive Slow. “I’m not trying to dis nobody’s chain, it’s just wack to me.”
Like Cannon, Kanye says gold dookie Run DMC ropes chains are appealing because they’re a nod to the past. “History repeats itself,” Kanye says. “It was throwbacks [jerseys], my album had the Tribe [Called Quest] sound. Now its gold ropes.”
Lil Jon agrees with Kanye’s theory about throwing it back. “We love the old school,” he says. “Everybody got pleasant memories of the ’80s. That’s when hip-hop was fresh and new, it was like a baby. All those pleasant memories, we trying to bring back. I grew up seeing the Slick Ricks’s, Run DMC’s and Big Daddy Kane’s dooky, but I was a kid — I couldn’t get no big-ass rope chain. I’m grown, I can do that now.”
“Things that are really authentic always return,” says original dookie-rope-rocker DMC Run DMC, one of hip-hop’s earliest innovators on the mic and in the jewelry department. “It ain’t a mere thing of just bringing the gold rope back. It means something.”
Kanye West Stronger Shades SOLD OUT!
Dec 6, 2007 Author: admin | Filed under: NewsThe limited edition Kanye West Stronger Shades are now sold out and we will no longer be carrying them in our store and online. Congrats to all who were able to purchased these limited edition shades.
OK we lagged a little bit on adding this brand to our site and we are almost sold out of most of these shirts. Hey, better late then never. We would like to introduce to you our latest brand we got in a couple of weeks ago called L.O.R.E. We picked up the collection, “The Nightmare Historian” The collection resembles real old school horror movies with zombies and skeletons etc.
The 90s – The Era of Big
Dec 4, 2007 Author: admin | Filed under: ArticlesThe 1990s saw an economic boom after the depression brought about by the oil crisis in the decade before that. Because of that, people had more money to spend and boy did they find ways, often outrageous ones, to flaunt and to spend all that.
This decade was the era of ‘Big’. Everything had to be big in size, impact and spending. Rock bands played in stadiums with fancy lighting and pyrotechnics. Even hairs had to be big so people spent a lot of money on hair sprays during those days. And yes, even earrings had to be of the extra large variety!
But one could not really be big for a long time during that decade. It was the 90s and people always craved for bigger things. In other words, there was a constant competition to become biggest whatever of them all. From oversized clocks as necklaces, chains and Cazal sunglasses. Another good example of this outrageous trend is the parachute pants. This style of pants was popular during the 90s. They were tight and usually had extraneous zippers all over.
While these pants looked normal enough, rapper MC Hammer took it over the top by taking its size to the extreme! Hammer had these really baggy pants (also known as Hammer pants) that were so huge, two people could fit into each leg of it.
People nowadays may find such crazy behavior funny, but who could blame the people of the era? Each generation has its definition of cool and in the 90s, the slogan was that bigger is always better. And how happy (and crazy) life was back then.
Do we see these Hammer pants coming back? Hmmm…We’ll see! =)
All of the sunglasses for sale at FilthyDripped.com are 100% Authentic and Brand New. We never dealt with fakes, imitations, non-original sunglasses. FilthyDripped.com.com offers Cazal brand sunglasses at affordable prices and all sunglasses purchased from us come with their original case (hard or soft, depending on the frame) and all the authenticity papers from the manufacturer or the official distributor. Each pair of Cazal sunglasses is a work of art. Whomever wears them will experience the luxurious grace of eyewear as if it were created for them alone. The comfort of this collection is unparalleled. Retail price: $499 Filthy price: $299!
80s Neon Clothing
Nov 27, 2007 Author: admin | Filed under: ArticlesTake out your darkest pair of shades because this thing might blind you. No, we’re not asking you stare at the sun but rather to look at the neon clothes of the 80s.
Neon clothes can shock the uninitiated. Why? Because they are so bright that it is nothing that the first timers have seen in their entire lives. Actually, they are bright enough to be seen even at night. Nothing can get brighter than them except for halogen lights, maybe.
They were the in thing during the 80s and they were not only popular in clothes like sweaters but also in other fashion accessories such as shoe laces, hats, neon jelly jewelries and even on guitars! Popular colors were neon green and hot pink as well as the brighter varieties of orange and yellow. There were also shades of bright violet and blue but they weren’t as popular as their brighter counterparts. And as if one piece of neon clothing wasn’t enough, people back then actually preferred to match them with other pieces of neon clothing and accessories.
Neon is trying to make a comeback in the mainstream fashion scene with the latest from Coogi, Durkl, Caliber and more. Now would be good to have a pair of Cazal shades in handy because really, they can blind you far worse than a laser pointer or by staring straight to the sun. The world is a much brighter world to live in again. =)
Black Friday Sale 2007
Nov 21, 2007 Author: admin | Filed under: News
The biggest shopping day of the year comes around this Friday, November 23 and Filthy Dripped will be acknowledging this day with:
40% off everything instore from 8am-9am
30% off everything instore from 9am-11am
20% off everything instore from 11am-7pm
Come early and save BIG! The 20% off sale continues all weekend until Sunday!
Many other specials are going on throughout the store; Like a 50% off rack and table all day with many goodies. Our most popular accessory instore and online will also be 50%! It’s time to be the popular person who gives out the cool gifts for Christmas! =)
Happy Thanksgiving and we will see you Friday morning!
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