My Take On Play Cloths...

I'm taking a new approach to creating an authentic blog where I will personally give my opinion on issues concerning hip-hop, sneakers, fashion, and southern culture.

My Take On Play Cloths...

I don't have to prove to anybody that I am an authentic sneaker and streetwear connoiseur. That does not mean that I go to the Gucci store and pick the sneakers with the highest price tag or I cop every Jordan that comes out or I go to the local boutique and ask what's hot. If that's how you get down, that your perogative, but you are a true hypebeast. I don't rock skinny jeans (I'm 6'3" 250 plus) and refuse to buy anything on hype alone. Therefore, I feel the need to say this about Play Cloths...its all hype.

No disrespect to the Clipse...they are one of my favorite hip-hop groups and I respect their trendsetting in the area of "fly." However, I am very much so against rapper-created fashion. My belief is that the streets influence the rap game, not vice versa. Staples in the urban fashion game (such as Timberland, Nike, Carhartt, etc.) became staples based on the streets embracing them and rap being the voice of the streets. I personally don't care what the Clipse wear because I am a grown man with my own sense of taste. When the hip-hop world embraced Bape and BBC it helped that popular rappers wore items from the lines, but the rappers wore the items because of the quality of the lines and their rising popularity. Nobody wears Bapes because they think Nigo can rap.

In the end, the current state of hip-hop is all hype, so I cannot hate the Clipse at all for capitalizing from it--its the American way. I cop from many of the shops where Play Cloths is sold and it seems to have a considerable impact in the urban apparrel market. Nevertheless, I am not a fan of the brand beyond the fact that one of my favorite groups own and wear it. The colors and designs are not very edgy or artistic. It is very label/logo oriented, of which I am not a big fan. I am not in any way knocking anyone who makes, sells or buys Play Cloths. I can only hope that some of the new lines push the envelop of creative urban fashion and that the next able "Til the Casket Drops" is as dope as "Hell hat No Fury."

To see the current line, hit www.playcloths.com or your local boutique. Mines is www.sneakerpolitics.com