New opportunities arise everyday, how a person capitalizes on that opportunity can make all the difference in the world.  For quite some time I have been working on building Thirteen Percent as a record label, a brand, and a lifestyle.  I won’t lie, it’s a tough road to travel, but I have great people around me who help me develop ideas every day.

As of late, I have found myself waist deep in t-shirt production.  Believe it or not, my off the wall ideas for shirts have become relatively successful this summer.  Not only do I create t-shirts for Thirteen Percent Records and our artists, but I’ve also created a t-shirt for fans of NBA player Nenad Krstic and youtube sensation 50 Tyson.

Nick Collison Reps the Krstic Posse.

Over the Independence Day weekend, Oklahoma City Thunder Center, Nick Collison posted a picture to his twitter account wearing a “Nenad Krstic Has a Posse” t-shirt given to him around last season’s all-star break.  The fan response from the social networking site was immediate, “Where can I get this T-shirt?”  Nick’s response was simply, “If u want one of the shirts hollar at @McNastee.”

I found myself creating a webstore for the newly-in-demand t-shirts at about 1 o’clock in the morning to supply Thunder fans with Krstic Posse Tees.  The shirt managed to find it’s way to various t-shirt blogs, sports sites, and was even featured by DIME Magazine.  As unfortunate and unsportsmanlike as the incident was, Nenad’s recent brawl at the FIBA World Basketball Championships renewed interest in the shirts as well.

At a time when I’d sworn off garment sales, I found myself in the middle of not one, but two exciting ventures. (continue reading…)

Pick up the album Pieces of a Broken Man on itunes, redrummedia.com, or rb-records.com (in Japan)

Download LikeWize Listenable Wraps right now!

What it is:

“A collection of tracks that were scattered on a bunch of free releases over the past few years, random collabs, and a couple old classic LW tracks all in one tidy lil’ mixtape. So check it out to see what you’ve missed, or just put it on your ipod and bump it.” – Likewize

Track List:

1. Jedi Voodoo

2. Run Like Hell w/ Intrinzik and Outbreak Monkey

3. Astro Creep

4. This Is Not A Test w/ Xqwzyt

5. Turn It Up w/ Renigade

6. Captain Spaulding w/ Mister Wax

7. Represent w/ Brutal and Dead Arm

8. Sex Change w/ Intrinzik

9. Grape White Owl

10. Pocket Fulla Candy w/ Dr. Gigglez and H8trid

11. I Got (Cotton Club Remix) w/ AJ Jordan and Grewsum

12. Pop Pop Pop w/ Nicotine Fiend

13. All We Wanna Do

14. Jimmy Likes To Sodomize Kittens

15. 24 Hours In The Club w/ Ignited, AJ Jordan, Renigade and Trips

16. Hip-Hop Megamix w/ 13 Amp, Epitaph, McNastee and Menacide

17. 8mm w/ Trips, Fetus and Scum Fuck Chuck

cop that shit and get acquainted…

http://www.zshare.net/download/752044975b0f921d/

External provides the first single from UGH 24

Arizona Emcee, External releases the first single from UGH24 titled “You Don’t Want None.”  Featuring Intrinz Ink and Underground Hustlin’ masterminds Intrinzik and McNastee, who also produced the track, “You Don’t Want None” is a figurative middle finger at the naysayers.

Listen to and Download “You Don’t Want None”

You can hear more external @ myspace