This shoot was preposterous. Plaza Hotel, all day. Cop the issue.
That right there is a photo of a photo from VIBE’s now never-to-be-seen September Juice issue cover shoot. Lil Wayne and Kobe Bryant clutching the NBA championship trophy. Shot by the great Kenneth Cappello. Alas, we had a banger of an issue coming. Some more VIBE artifacts coming (maybe) here soon.
"I obviously fucked up. But I can’t fuck up once? If people think that I’m not going to fuck up, there’s no reason to even come and watch me."
It’s 11:25 and we’re still going.
Alex Pappademas’ fascinating collection of archival MJ videos. The shrink sketch and “Leave Me Alone” clips are choice. Hard to say how self-aware he was as a kid. As an adult, he was too aware of himself.
"It’s like Thriller was this generation’s answer to the Louis-Schmeling fight or something. Oh, the Pyrrhic victories of the disenfranchised."
"It’s just the right way to play. Everybody looks at the offensive end, but you win games by defense. It doesn’t make no sense if you score and the other team scores too."
— Getting ecited about the Toney Douglas era for the Knicks. You can’t help but be heartened by the way Donnie Walsh has handled everything so far.
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