Quick Swag Update

So I'm back again, as promised, and this time I'm bringing you a quick swag update because right as I finished that last one I found some new swag stuff and some not swag stuff. I'll start with the swag and eventually get to the not swag, saving the worst for last so to speak.

First off is Respect this Fresh who just dropped some new snap backs

Even though it's a snap back they're reppin the D (and demanding respect for our fresh, finally!) so they get a pass on that, although seeing as it's new era they should have just gone straight to fitteds.  As a native Detroiter I have no idea where Respect This Fresh is, this may mean they don't have a physical location or that they're one of those places that reps Detroit but is way out in the burbs somewhere, either way you can get their fresh at their online store.  Also, you can probably expect more snap back news soon as I have it on good authority that the new motivation stuff will involve wolverines gracing snap backs and is supposed to be dropping in mid April (in case you haven't noticed I'm a sucker for wolverines, it is also mid April).

The next new hat is from Bape:

It's too bad I didn't have this one before because it goes perfectly with the motif from the last post. It's swag, it has a monkey, and I have no idea where you can buy it.  Actually that's not quite true, there are plenty of stores that sell Bape that are easy to find, I just don't have a link (and no, I'm not looking for one either).  Since the company got bought out a while back it has been a little difficult to find Bape stuff and their production also slowed down a bit, now it appears they're getting back into the swing of things and this hat shouldn't be too hard to find if you're already a Bape fan.  

The third piece of swag is from Exclusive Game (a name that has just about the same ammmount of swag as "respect my fresh"):

Yea, that's another swag crest, and on top of that it looks kinda redwing-ish.  I've been searching for a nice wings hat in my size for a while now and this may serve as a replacement when it actually comes out.  The hat hasn't dropped yet, but it has been previewed extensively around the web, and at Exclusive Game, and a select few celebrities have gotten their hands on it, so it should be out soon. 

On to the things that are distinctly not swag. It's a sad day when a swag blog is forced to discuss things of the un-swag variety in the same proportions as things that are swag, this is that sad day.

 The first sad swag report is from The Hundreds:

If you can't see it, that's a Lil B shirt.  It's tough to tell if this is worse than the Lil Wayne hat.  On the one hand, Lil B is probably one of the worst rappers in the world (clearly worse than Wayne), on the other hand this shirt at least shows some creativity in incorporating Lil B's trade mark move, as opposed to the lameness of a hat that just says "Lil Wayne".  It's sad that we even have to go over this though, as the hundreds is normally known for sticking to swag and for putting out great stuff, they're one of my favorite brands, hence their spot in the blog roll.  This is a serious slip up on the west coast, and I'm pretty sure they know it's a slip up too since they wrote a half hearted defense of their collab with this artist on their blog when they announced the shirts' release (note to the Hundreds: if you have to justify working with someone to your fans you probably made a mistake working with them).  

The second one is just random but I've seen this making the rounds of certain blogs and people are apparently trying to get it for no discernible reason, other than bad taste:

Why? I don't understand why anyone felt the need for this hat to exist.  Not only is it not a cool logo and makes you look completely geeky (in a bad way for those of you who might misinterpret the word geeky as a compliment), but the game isn't that good either.  Everyone likes street fighter better, and what's more, everyone knows that combat is spelled with a "c" not with a "k".  So yeah, not swag, don't get this unless you want to be mocked and ridiculed.

The third hat is also random and weird and normally wouldn't need to be addressed, however, it is also making the rounds of the blog world

BOOOOOOO! (not in the scary sense of the word but in the angry sports fan sense). This is like a faux fitted with a flat top, and is done by new era, and I'm not sure why it exists either.  I would think people wearing fitteds would understand that this is a no-no but maybe they don't, I'm not sure.  Aside from the fact that this has no design, weird paneling and a terrible looking brim, this hat is great; unfortunately those are all the aspects of the hat, so what I'm trying to tell you is that this hat sucks on every level.

So there you have it, sorry to do that again but to make up for it XV just came out with a new mix tape that is pretty awesome, it's called zero heroes and you can get it at live mix tapes or datpiff (google it, it's real simple).  So you're welcome for that and hopefully I'll be back again soon.