20. Just Chewing OR Wisdom Teeth Surgery

Most of these photos are born of Earl making a deliberate point of looking as nasty and clueless as possible. This picture is no different.

19. Earl Sees Himself In The Mirror

This is the most awake Earl has looked in his entire life.

18. We’re Gonna Hurt You In Gym Class

Where the hell did Earl find rec-specs, and why did he have to smirk with them on?

17. Moca Desire

Alias game on lock. Bob-cut on lock. Androgynous swagger on complete lock. Moca Desire is Earl’s “Mona Lisa” of uncomfortable.

16. Ee-yawh
It’s criminal how rarely Earl unleashes his foot-long gums on the world.

15. Thinking About Jerry Maguire Earl swoons for the man who truly is everyone’s hero, Tom “Vanilla (Sky)” Cruise.

14. Last Known Footage of the Creature
This Steve Harvey-like creature ate the camera moments later.

13. First Known Footage of the Creature
Even undead or incredibly old, Earl still chucks his signature deuces. The kid is too smooth smoov.

13. Good Kisser
It was only a matter of time until someone squished Earl‘s famous lips.

12. You Deserve Rounds “I could treat you right, girl.”

11. You Deserve Rounds 2: I’m shy…;)
His peace sign is so weak he’s almost petting himself.

10. Sad & Confused Deuces
Now, the deuces are a shield from the world that hurt Earl so badly.

9. Genuine Happiness…?
Maybe dinosaurs just put him at ease. Nothing wrong with that.

8. My Friend’s Dad Is Drunk
He’s definitely trying to slip out of that British grasp.

7. Pie Hat
Stop looking at us like that.

6. Chubby DemonTyler really only befriended Earl for the headlock appeal.

5.’70s Boy Band Member, Locked In A Basement

No showers in this dojo.

4. Breathing Hard Or Hardly Breathing?

Aaahhgghhhchgh.

2. How Dare You?
Earl is appalled!

1. Picture Perfect OR 72 Hours Awake

Go to sleep, dude. Like, at least once in your life, sleep.

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As A$AP neared an end, the crowd buzzed with discussion of where to head next and SBTRKT proved the overwhelming favorite. The duo of electro producers from London played without their masks, mixing and looping music on the spot, keeping the party alive. Bodies were moving without abandon as the beats and sounds forced the packed crowd into nonstop dancing. The one-two punch of A$AP-SBTRKT was only to be topped by the third charm: Snoop.

He made everyone wait an hour, but the crowd held strong, filling the entire main stage area. After endless debate throughout the day on whether he would perform as Snoop Dogg or Lion, everyone needed to see for themselves. And it was worth it. Snoop came out in stellar form, first performing all of his classics, then transforming into Snoop Lion for his most recent release. His finale was most memorable– the entire crowd of thousands singing the chorus to “Young, Wild and Free” in unison, creating an incredible sense of camaraderie that lasted the entire packed train ride home. On Saturday night, everyone caught the spirit.

A$AP Rocky

SBTRKT

Snoop Dogg Lion

Shouts out to Evenko for the pics

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Last week we gave you our thoughts on the Elzhi show and now you have our images. After all, this is a photo journal of hip-hop culture. Looks fun, right?

Photo by Lexi Tannenholtz/RESPECT.

Photo by Lexi Tannenholtz/RESPECT.

Photo by Lexi Tannenholtz/RESPECT.

Photo by Lexi Tannenholtz/RESPECT.

Photo by Lexi Tanneholtz/RESPECT.

Photo by Lexi Tannenholtz/ RESPECT.

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Here’s what he had to say about the show (sent through email):

I didn’t know what to expect when I got to Highline Ballroom last night in NYC. My nephew who is 18 years old had told me that KreayShawn is the latest “KreayZe” among all of the girls in his age bracket. So about 5 days ago I went to YouTube to start my research on her; much to my astounding shock her song “Gucci Gucci” has close to 12 million views. Even as I am writing this email, the video of her performing last night has close to 25,000 views already. KreayShawn sold out NYC and proved that the culture is moving in a very ambitious direction. I teach my nephew about Pete Rock and CL Smooth, Pharcyde and other great hip-hop of the 80’s and 90’s and he gets to show me KreayShawn, such irony. Lol. I had a lot of fun seeing what she was about and actually found myself bouncing. To be about the culture is to be about the culture. I watched DJ Enuff and his Protege DJ Quiz (A good friend of mine, both from Hot 97 who are great HIP-HOP heads) witnessing the same thing I did. She has a huge following. You can’t really ignore her even if you’re a hater.

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Wale and J.Cole got together yesterday in Pasadena, California to shoot the video for “Bad Girls Club.” Keep an ear out for more details about the upcoming album.

The new kids are about to take over.

All photos taken by Jered Scott

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