BlusterOne: The Birth of a PNB Nation, Spirituality and Graffiti

Part 1

Part 2

This episode is brought to you by Peralta Project. Well not officially, I didn’t actually speak to Tony and his team but I’ve love what they’re doing over there. I’m a fan of Tony’s art and of course I love the clothing. Plus he’s been a guest on the show, click here.

Photography by Laurie Markiewicz

When Tony opened up his shop Taller Peralta, he connected with today’s guest to paint the front gate. Today’s guest is James K. Alicea aka BlusterOne. This is going to be a two part episode. In this episode, Bluster and I talk about growing up in the Lower East Side, his early graffiti days, Rakim lyrics, religion, spirituality, the Five Percent Nation and his introduction to Islam.

Enjoy.

Keep Up with BlusterOne

1. Official Website
2. Instagram
3. 1xRUN

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Part 2 Show Notes

1. Islam
2. Quran
3. Hadith
4. Hafiz
5. Islamic Cultural Center of New York
6. Charlie Hebdo shooting
7. How are you trying to grow as a human being?
8. Christianity
9. Buddhism
10. Dogma
11. The globe is bigger than the books
12. Nuyorican
13. Latin communities that are Muslim
14. Moors
15. History of Spain
16. Mecca
17. Make it to Mecca
18. Malcolm X Explains His Pilgrimage to Mecca 1964
19. PNB Nation Part 1 from The Limited Edition Magazine
20. PNB Nation VIBE Article
21. The 50 Greatest Streetwear T-Shirts of All Time by Jeff Staples in Complex Nov. 19, 2013 (Just a note tying this all together- Jeff was on the New York Said Podcast too- here’s his episode: Jeff Staple talks Streetwear Ambassador, 20 Years of Staple Design and Reed Space
22. PNB Logo
23. Post no bills
24. Cooper Union
25. Hardcore into Stamps
26. Casey Rubber Stamps
27. Afro-Latin Americans
28. Afro-Puerto Ricans
29. Shout out to Chessa
30. Graffiti Culture
31. Racking- stealing supplies for graffiti writing
32. Sullivan County Community College
33. Writer
34. Behold the Pale Horse (book) by milton william cooper
35. The Spook Who Sat By the Door YouTube Full Film
36. SS3Tony
37. Kahlil “Zulu” Williams Twitter @sergefc
38. Yuri Kochiyama (political activist)
39. Roger “Brue” Mchayle Twitter @Brueroc
40. Issac “West” Rubinstein
41. Sung Choi Twitter @sungchoi_
42. Post No Bills
43. Free Stylin‘: How Hip Hop Changed the Fashion Industry: How Hip Hop Changed …By elenaromero
44. Futura (artist)
45. 48 Laws of Power by robert greene (book)
46. Hello my name is…
47. Sean John
48. FUBU
49. Rocawear
50. Phat Farm
51. Phillies Blunt Street Wear
52. The 50 Greatest Pop Culture References In Streetwear by Complex
53. School of Hard Knocks (visual)
54. School of Hard Knocks Founder
55. 555 Soul
56. Union
57. FUCT
58. Stussy
59. Eric Brunetti Book FUCT
60. West Coast Streetwear
61. GAT-Gypsies and Thieves streetwear brand
62. Freshjive Streetwear brand
63. Tribal Streetwear
64. D12 Logo for Anger Management Tour
65. Keds
66. RockRubber45s Original Poster Art was done by BlusterOne
67. What’s Good with Stretch & Bobbito Podcast
68. ‘Rock Rubber 45s’ Q&A with Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love New York Said Episode
69. Respect for the culture
70. WBAI FM Third World Cypher Radio Show with BlusterOne and Brue
71. Shabba Ranks – Wicked in a bed – YouTube
72. Duffed
73. Lose with the mouth
74. Quality of Life
75. We don’t want no smoke
76. Many an L taken
77. Cool with those who are cool with me
78. If I have my headphones in that means don’t ask me
79. Amon is giving out fives
80. That was brought to you by the letter…
81. Most important lesson thus far is to be about your word. BlusterOne
82. Honesty
83. Deathstyles vs. Lifestyles
84. Forward
85. Fuse Green Episode: Gun Pockets: The Triumphs and Challenges of Fuse Green
86. Tony Peralta Episode: M. Tony Peralta shares Insight from his Growth as an Artist and Entrepreneur
87. Leo
88. Vault of Culture
89. Arturo Vega shares his Journey to the Ramones and Beyond Episode
90. TMNK – Art is my Weapon Episode
91. Lower East Side

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