The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has awarded the HP Tree House by mmp Architects the 2012 House of the Year. Suspended high above the forest floor surrounding Mt. Whitfield in Cairns, Australia, the building floats on a galvanized steel support structure – inviting the surroundings inside the home thanks to full glass walls and open to the elements breezeways. The AIA jury noted, “A house which cleverly engages its rainforest shroud from every room and interstitial space. Its unassuming exterior belies a sequence of varied scaled interior spaces that embody a relaxed tropical lifestyle in all possible weather conditions.” -Hypebeast
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The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has awarded the HP Tree House by mmp Architects the 2012 House of the Year. Suspended high above the forest floor surrounding Mt. Whitfield in Cairns, Australia, the building floats on a galvanized steel support structure – inviting the surroundings inside the home thanks to full glass walls and open to the elements breezeways. The AIA jury noted, “A house which cleverly engages its rainforest shroud from every room and interstitial space. Its unassuming exterior belies a sequence of varied scaled interior spaces that embody a relaxed tropical lifestyle in all possible weather conditions.” -Hypebeast
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The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has awarded the HP Tree House by mmp Architects the 2012 House of the Year. Suspended high above the forest floor surrounding Mt. Whitfield in Cairns, Australia, the building floats on a galvanized steel support structure – inviting the surroundings inside the home thanks to full glass walls and open to the elements breezeways. The AIA jury noted, “A house which cleverly engages its rainforest shroud from every room and interstitial space. Its unassuming exterior belies a sequence of varied scaled interior spaces that embody a relaxed tropical lifestyle in all possible weather conditions.” -Hypebeast
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The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has awarded the HP Tree House by mmp Architects the 2012 House of the Year. Suspended high above the forest floor surrounding Mt. Whitfield in Cairns, Australia, the building floats on a galvanized steel support structure – inviting the surroundings inside the home thanks to full glass walls and open to the elements breezeways. The AIA jury noted, “A house which cleverly engages its rainforest shroud from every room and interstitial space. Its unassuming exterior belies a sequence of varied scaled interior spaces that embody a relaxed tropical lifestyle in all possible weather conditions.” -Hypebeast
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The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has awarded the HP Tree House by mmp Architects the 2012 House of the Year. Suspended high above the forest floor surrounding Mt. Whitfield in Cairns, Australia, the building floats on a galvanized steel support structure – inviting the surroundings inside the home thanks to full glass walls and open to the elements breezeways. The AIA jury noted, “A house which cleverly engages its rainforest shroud from every room and interstitial space. Its unassuming exterior belies a sequence of varied scaled interior spaces that embody a relaxed tropical lifestyle in all possible weather conditions.” -Hypebeast
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The Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) has awarded the HP Tree House by mmp Architects the 2012 House of the Year. Suspended high above the forest floor surrounding Mt. Whitfield in Cairns, Australia, the building floats on a galvanized steel support structure – inviting the surroundings inside the home thanks to full glass walls and open to the elements breezeways. The AIA jury noted, “A house which cleverly engages its rainforest shroud from every room and interstitial space. Its unassuming exterior belies a sequence of varied scaled interior spaces that embody a relaxed tropical lifestyle in all possible weather conditions.” -Hypebeast

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“JAY-Z THE RULER”

With all that Jay-Z has managed to accomplish, is there anything else he can possibly shoot for? No real rappers in his sights that pose a threat. He’s rubbing elbows with worldly moguls. Still breaking records and making trends. He’s set a standard for what making money your way should look like… But as I draw my seat closer to Jay Hova. I notice one thing he still doesn’t have a firm grip on… Managing his artist. 

Jay Electronica, who is signed to Roc Nation and has been for a while. Jay Elec is possibly the most gifted MC Jay’s had in his ranks since Beanie Sigel waits in the background for the cosign to start unleashing his talents to the world. There’s footage of Jay-Z saying this debut album is scary good. Well what’s the hold up? Do we have another J. Cole situation on our hands or is this just mere coincidence? 

Granted Jay-Z has been on tour since the release of WTT, he’s still a money driven vehicle. He operates on the idea of knowing that double the dollar signs will come back when a product/artist is released. Rita Ora got the green light and it’s been peachy for her ever since. Possible speculation circles the growing elephant in the room that Jay Electronica isn’t “radio friendly”. Nor does he wanna produce that type of record. Sometimes you roll the dice on what you think is real to figure out what’s fake. 

Once in a blue moon, you get someone who comes along who’s magnificent in their craft, and well respected by their peers but the higher ups who wanna eat off them can’t figure an angle on how to turn them into a cash cow. Sound familiar? Def Jam didn’t want much to do with Jay-Z or Nas in the early beginnings. The record business is strictly product based. It’s watered down and if you want freedom to be you, understand it comes at a price. A number of artist have sold their soul to keep radio playlist relevancy. In turn lost the respect of their fans. Long money for a short existence vs. Shorter money for a legendary existence.

We all gotta eat and that’s the standard, but where does Jay-Z draw the line with his artist? When does he rage against the machine and take a calculated risk on the intelligence of the fan? Jay-z The Ruler has more leeway than any other business mind in rap. Jay Electronica could possibly be the next coming of raw rap. Not saying it doesn’t exist right now, but he stands on a mountain surveying the others that struggle to carry the load. It’s up to Jay-Z to clear the runway….

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Don Cheadle will play Miles Davis in Biopic “Don has confirmed that the project is in the works. However, the film is not expected to be your ordinary biopic. No, Cheadle says the film will be more art: “His story won’t be a straightforward biopic so much as a “cubist” “gangster pic” set in 1979, when the iconic American musician wasn’t even active in the music world.”  The film’s director is George Tillman Jr, the man behind the lens of Notorious.The bulk of it takes place in ’79, in a period where he actually wasn’t playing. But we traverse a lot of it his life, but it’s not a cradle to grave story.” - 2Dopeboyz
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Don Cheadle will play Miles Davis in Biopic

“Don has confirmed that the project is in the works. However, the film is not expected to be your ordinary biopic. No, Cheadle says the film will be more art: “His story won’t be a straightforward biopic so much as a “cubist” “gangster pic” set in 1979, when the iconic American musician wasn’t even active in the music world.” 

The film’s director is George Tillman Jr, the man behind the lens of Notorious.The bulk of it takes place in ’79, in a period where he actually wasn’t playing. But we traverse a lot of it his life, but it’s not a cradle to grave story.” - 2Dopeboyz

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