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I've been hoping that Prodip or Conroy would send over a 24 Herbs skateboard deck (designed by the former for the latter's HK rap group). I can stop hassling the postal deliverer now that Dan Wu personally delivered it to Sawtelle. Our mutual pal turns out to be a pretty good mule, and I wonder how got past the rubber-glove test.


He also brought the deluxe double CD, which has Prodip's hands all over it. Our favorite HK designer has been on a real roll with the Project After Dark documentary and his work with Michael Lau. The music? It picks up where LMF left off (Kit and Phat are in it), with more hip hop than rock. Maybe a little more than half is in Cantonese, the rest in English. The group isn't afraid of catchy beats or shit talking.


Why is HK's CD packaging the best? There's so much bootlegging that they have to do stuff like include a sticker sheet, not one but two booklets, and a second CD with remixes and bonus beats. No faker is going to go through that much effort. Prodip could have gone buck wild with the design, but kept it simple and tasteful.


Listeners are invited to use the bonus beats and share their creations for potential use in a future 24 Herbs remix album project.


HK is also crazy with collabs, logos, and partnerships. Check out the GR logo placed among the the 8Five2 shop, the Know1edge clothing brand, Project After Dark, Eric Haze, and other Kowloon homies. One day they're going to come after us looking for a favor...

Not only did Dan bring over the goods, but he's putting together an article on the 24 Herbs guys for our next issue. Read about the Q&A and photo sessions on Brian "HongMotherFuckingKong" Siswojo's blog.