Dec 12, 2008

credit where credit is due

You know, there was a time when Hong Kong pop-culture was embarrassing. 

Badly acted movies, no art scene to speak of, fashion that was a decade stale and music that was by-and-large recycled North American muzak with Chinese lyrics. 

You gotta give it to the island though, the past decade or so and HK has become not just an economic player, but a major cultural mecca in terms of fashion and pop-culture trends. 

Did you know hip-hop is just discovering the G-shock now? As in, they are cool again, worn by the likes of Pharrell and Kanye West. 

I think every asian kid this side of the moon had a G-Shock (or Baby G) when they were 12. 

Props to the chinks baby. We're so ahead of the curve you'd think this was a math class. 

2 comments:

Vivian Mau said...

i always wanted a pink baby-g, but i never actually owned one of those watches.

hey did you know that on kanye's graduation album the sneakers on that teddy bear are hyperdunks? weird, cause you just mentioned them in your last entry.

ehbaba said...

That has my vote for THE one-liner of 2008.