About Time For A Makeover

So a while back I painted the interior and exterior of the BK famous clothing boutique known as "About Time". Well due to the nature of seasons and change it has come time for a makeover. B.E.T. came to film Lil Mama at the shop so I had to hook the place up the day before. For those that do not know About Time is located on 736 Franklin Ave. btw. Sterling and Park. They sell a wide array of sneakers, jeans, and tees by mostly independent designers. Heres a flick and pic of the stores new look.

THE LEVEE-MURAL

For those of you lurking and inhabiting the hipster friendly, cocaine sheik side of B.K. (Willy B). There is a dope ass bar with pool tables, big buck hunter, juke boxes, and free twizzlers and lollypops! It's called The Levee, located at 212 Berry St. and n3. I was blessed to be able to paint the indoor outside or patio area. My homie matt painted the bricks on the opposite side. and Leif also painted the outside...sorry dont have pics of the other artists' work, but you should go pay the bar a visit and see for yourself.

Teaching Art

WOW!! Kids are amazing!! There is something about their personalities and innocence that teach me more than I could imagine, and they always make me laugh. I got the opportunity to do a workshop with some kids at a day camp and I had a lot of fun. I think when I'm older and wiser I could do this as a part time gig!! I have a big respect for kids and teachers. Childrn are most definitely the leaders of tomorrow and there is no doubt in my mind that this special group will make some strong minded individuals, especially with the wonderful guidance their teachers are giving them.

Call Me- My First Music Video

Although I have been featured in a few videos and been making music for quite some time, this is my first music video. It was shot in HD by Dustin Highbridge and his film crew. If you like what you see you should facebook him he does some amazing work. The editing and effects were done by Kobina G. Baffour, you can email him at Kobina.Baffour@gmail.com. Stay tuned for the party and screening of this video and other works of Koby, Dustin, Myself and surprise artists. The date for that event will be August 28th.

Listen to Your Heart

First and foremost I got inspiration for this design from a t-shirt my homie made a while back. He has a design company and the website is - www.iwilldesign.net - you can also shoot him an email at willieherrera@gmail.com, just write that you want to get your hands on a shirt.



This design is on a good friend of mine and also a very talented MC. Randy Mason has got mad talent and just dropped this album...follow this link for a free download...definetely worth it!!!

http://www.datpiff.com/THE_SUPER_DJ_PRODUCER_KING_JAMES_Randy_Mason_DJ.m54178.html

Vincenzian Ink Slinging 101

In the heart of Vincenza Italy I roamed to Tattoo. It was a fun trip- I was gettin open with the color pallet which I believe is a big challenge. Here are some photos of pieces I worked on-

ZOMBIE PRAYING HANDS!!- Im really impressed with traditional designs. The history, line work, and graphic quality of these images are beyond immaculate. I use to hate on them back in the day, which shows how far up my ass my heads been hiding. The original praying hands was drawn by Albrecht Durer, a German artist born in 1471. The actual name of the brush drawing is "Hands of an Apostle" and it was painted in 1508. There you go.. a quick Art History fact for your savvy minds..ha. Here I added a bit of a twist which was what my client asked for. Its pretty self explanatory - The zombie seeks redemption.



THE LION OF AZTLAN- Im starting to dig Victorian borders. Lions are pretty sick too, very fierce, strong, majestic. You get the point.

Decks!

So I don't skateboard and I probably should not be doing this till i learn how to, but I don't have health insurance and they are awfully fun to paint!! They all have a theme and this series takes on traditional tattoo culture..they will be shown May 2nd... thats next Saturday up in Eastchester, they're $300 each. If you are interested in purchasing one send me an email at mrmetro7@yahoo.com . Either way you should go to the show!!

Japanese Sleeve

Heres a sleeve I started took reference from master Horiyoshi III for the bottom piece it is a Demon Hero ..the top is a one that i freestyled..a hanya...coolio love workin this style! heres some info about the hannya mask taken from wikkepedia..ill update with more info on the bottom demon..

Hannya (般若) is a popular Japanese nō theatre mask design, representing a jealous female demon. It possesses two sharp bull-like horns, glaring eyes, and a leering mouth split from ear to ear.
In the popular anime and manga One Piece, the character Hannyabal's face resembles the Hannya Mask. His name is also from the mask.
The character Hannya in the popular manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin wears and takes his name from this mask.
Yoshimitsu from the Tekken and Soul Calibur games wears a Hannya mask in battle for some of his costumes.
In the 4th episode of Shonan Junai Gumi anime, a tattoo of hannya appears back of the should of Nagisa when she turns into her other personality Yasha.
In the manga Y+M, Jubei wears a Hannya mask.
One of the antagonists, George Maxwell in the game Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within wears a Hannya mask
Some people also get tattoos with this style and there are books showing art focused on hannya masks.
They originate from a Japanese story of a beautiful woman, who became so jealous she grew horns.

Temple of the Foliated Cross

Wow so this was a bit of a challenge...my good friend Stephanie came all the way from Arizona to get some ink!! This woman is the ill Revolutionary..from holdin it down in Mexico with the Zapatistas to rockin out in the classroom with some school kids. She sent me an image of the maya, but we could not figure out where it came from...yall know me when it comes to this ..i need to research my work.. Finally after a long search we realized that it was a stone carving in the temple of the foliated cross in Palenque. It is highly decorated in native symbology and shows the ancestors heads growing from corn..This was only the first session ..shading must be added.

Brave Indians & Dead Cowboys

So my comrade Dedan comes back to the shop with the illest idea!! Stick Figures!! but these are not your ordinary child like doodles ...i took reference from designs of a shield cover of the Sioux. It depicts Natives in battle.. D had an idea to throw some dead bloody cowboys in the mix...amen ... Photos by Sara Hart

Te Amo

My homie Rachel gettin some sweet words for her son!! awwwww ...photos by Jendog Lonewolf

Franklin's Tattoo

My homie Franklin wanted to get Santa Katrina with some sick roses...a very fun tatu to work on .. photos by of Sara Hart

L.A. to Frisco Bay -Califas 2009

Went to visit a good friend of mine on the west side of things..it was dope!! I learned a lot and got to see some beautiful things..I was working hard tattooing some cool people..and I even got to paint with some kids at my friends school! (shes a hard workin teacher). Then I took a wild trip up north to san fran and stayed with another friend of mine who showed me some big trees!!

The Best Of Mistah Metro

Finally the release of my new album! This is a collection of tracks recorded from 2003-2008. It's some of that classic Hip Hop with an early 90's vibe. It features some of the best producers in the game! Black Panther, Koore Dub, Heks Heat, and Kahzy, also some new over seas talent is featured as well. DJ Blastik Ice from Izreal, and Sunz of Atlantis from Sweden donate some jazzy tunes. Last but not least the smooth blends and sound of Brooklyn based DJ Honeyknuckles. I also have some dope emcees featured on the album as well...Jendog Lonewolf, Brolly the General, Yang-Chi, DJ Black Pearl, and Bazill. If you like that real Hip-Hop and good music in general ..Im sure you'll dig this ...here are some links where you can pick up a copy...and stay tuned for the release party scheduled in early March!!

THE POSTER- I Have 200 signed limited edition posters that I'm selling for $25 each. You can get them on my website www.mistahmetro.com the poster was drawn and colored by Jeremy Povolny- jpovolny@gmail.com




Thats a link to get the CD thru Cd baby the other one u can dload the album also you can get the physical album or dloaded version thru my website... www. mistahmetro.com ...and a final option if you want to purchase some albums from other dope artist would be through www.undergroundhiphop.com just search for my name (Mistah Metro) and I should come up..

TATTOOS

I got a bunch of new tats to share with yall..This was a dope project on my homie Dedan Kasimu.. he has a group called Megabone... here are the links for him and for his band...They got a dope ass vibe and some shit that'll make you bounce!

Dedan- www.myspace.com/dedankasimu
Megabone-www.myspace.com/megabone

All the photos were taken by my homegirl Sara Hart-www.iHARTphotography.com



FOREARM-Another tattoo I did around my homies forearm


Hokusai- I did this tattoo on my cousins deltoid it is a painting of a famous Japanese artist another dude you should look up..


Bolivian Sun Door- an Image taken from the Sun Door Ruin in Bolivia- also found the same image on some pottery in Peru


Aztek Ancestor-An Ancestor emerges as the duality of the serpents and mystical hands cradle the figure..

WWW.MISTAHMETRO.COM

AAAAAHHHHH YESSS!!
Finally got a website and although it is still under construction and constantly being updated ...here it is! Go and Check out some old and new tattoos and paintings..listen to my music ...watch my videos and I will have many posters and T-Shirts coming very soon.. WWW.MISTAHMETRO.com ...and the site was created by Antonio Bryant you can reach him at tony@anythinganymated.com or check out his website www.anythinganymated.com.

FRIDA KAHLO

So yo between the music, tattooing and painting...its been hard to keep up a decent blog with mad details of everything like i use to...my apologies...but here is something i wanted to share with yall. I did a show a couple months back Produced by the fish and the Lion.. www.myspace/thefishandthelion they are making some beautiful things happen in the NYC some real positive shit too. This show was a benefit for the WPA (Women's Prison Association) a non-for-profit organization that helps women who are locked up and need assistance.. books, counseling, etc. to make donations and learn more visit.. www.wpaonline.org. So it was an art show and the theme was Frida Kahlo and Chaka Khan...2 very powerful women in the music/art world.. actually Frida is one of my favorite painters.. for those of you who are not familiar with her or her artwork .. I strongly suggest you look her up!! I had fun and met a bunch of cool folks at this event I will have posters of this painting which you can get on my website .. www.mistahmetro.com

MURAL AT SUCRE JAZZ CLUB

I've been putting much energy in to creating big scale murals. This one was done at a Jazz Club that recently opened. It is located on Dekalb and Bedford. I will also throw my record release party over there. I worked hard on it and broke night once or twice trying to create the likeness of Billy Holiday, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis (2 figures of miles both young and middle aged). Here are some pics and a vid of my work. Photos and video were taken by none other than Jendog Lonewolf, www.myspace.com/ilovejendog holler at her for a photo shoot anytime!!

Heres a short vid of me painting this piece-enjoy!


And a couple more fliks-