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CAUSE WE GOT STYLE!

OUT NOW!!!

now in stores!

or you can order the book here:

http://www.dokument.org
http://www.amazon.com
layup.ch
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Edited by Rosy One and the Dopepose Posse
published by Dokument Press
http://www.dokument.org


144 pages
more than 150 full-colour photos
hardcover
ISBN 978-91-85639-36-6

contributing writers:
Mr.Puppet, D.D.Fresh, Zeb.Roc.Ski, Hanifa,
Flo Kaufmann, Mickey, Björn Almqvist, Martin Jones

interview with Dan de Ticaret and DJ Supreme


WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT: "Cause We Got Style!"

JAMEL SHABAZZ:

"...In many of the images you see crews posted up against freshly painted graffiti walls. Others show youth with spray paint cans and pilot markers, indicating that they are graffiti artists. Some include kids rocking gold chains around their necks with facial expressions of pure confidence. One of my favorites is one of a crew looking out windows of a train covered in graffiti. As a photographer viewing this particular photograph, it reminds me of a truly iconic image like so many of the others in the book that have now have become frozen in time.
Cause We Got Style! is a visual time capsule for the next generation of visionaries to study and learn from. As I would always tell the subjects back in the 70’sand 80’s, this work may not make sense to you now, but trust me years from now it will have its place in history, and offer their children a glimpse to how life was in that time period."

OTHERS:

"I just good the book this morning. Thanks. It does indeed look good !
Funny, looking at all those crazy 1980's kids bring me back… Way back."

"I finally got the book. is very well done and the people you get hook up are classics.
is a honor to be in your book."

"Super isses geworden, heftig wie man sich beim anblick selber zurück versetzt fühlt...
grosses kino."

"Auch wenn mans nicht selber ist - da kommen die guten alten unschlagbaren Gefühle rüber,
die mich wohl bis ans Sterbebett begleiten und hoffentlich auch dann noch ein Lächerln auf mein Gesicht zaubern werden können."

"Vielen lieben Dank für dieses großartige Dokument Europäischer Hip Hop Kultur...ich bin stolz dabei sein zu dürfen."


HOW TO DO A DOPE POSING PHOTO:

1. first of all you simply have to look good!

2. There are different types of posing: (you can choose one of these examples)

- "Bad Boy": the face makes the look. push your bottom lip forward. bend your brows. (Tim Dog)

- "Gangster" : cars, money, nacked women and guns are very important. (NWA)

- "Vaughn Bode" : bend your body backwards, it makes you look more gum. (Cheech Wizzard)

- "Outta Space" : send laser blasts with your hands. (Flash Gordon)

- "Think about it" : direct your forfinger meditative to your head. (Def Jeff)

- "Bodybuilder" : forget it, if you dont train your body at least once a week. (LL.Cool J)

- "Holy" : in view of the sky below, fold your hands in front of your chest. (Afrika Bambaataa)

- "Adidas" : Pose your feet in the right position (make the three stripes seenable.) (Run DMC)

- "Pointer" : Your finger points at something. (good for graffiti writers to point on their piece)

- "Freeezer" : You stop to dance and freeze to please... (Crazy Legs)

3. Send your picture to: cheechwizzard@dopepose.com

4. Thank you very much for your participation. Now you are a official Dopeposer!!!


VERY IMPORTANT: (we will write it next to your picture)

- your name, country, year...
- your email, myspace - or websiteadress...
- what posing means to you...

Thank you for your participation.
The Dope-Pose-Posse


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