concord elevens are out on dec. 23rd, are you ready for them

must pick up best deal going, tees are 30, crewnecks 50, but the package is 65?? man can't beat it.

D&D Designs & Printing Promo

behind the brand: Distinguish'd Minds Clothing (bay area)

Shark Sinatra - Classic (prod by Remshot)

shark does it again, one of his latest tracks classic is currently making crazy headwave.

catch shark in Distinguish'd Minds gear at a show near you!!!

fall 2011 lineup preview

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venon league

supreme vision

oregon pucks

bottom feeders

flawless victory

bulletz

louieocto

kickstarter is soooo genius

our kickstarter is underway 45 days to make $5000 whos with us?? tell all of your friends and family, show us love.. 
click below to here our story http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/distinguishdminds/distinguishd-minds-clothing-fall-launch

Smoovie Baby "First" (feat. LoveRance & akaFrank) OFFICIAL VIDEO

distinguish'd minds interview at first video shoot

Strobe servin in the diamond mouthpiece tee

distinguish'd minds art expo 1

summer showcase preview -by @hugostigletz_

cardinal 7 commercial kinda..

up late again, shot a quick video for the cardinal 7 gear, and covered it with wales 11.1.11 theory poem let us know what you guys think. the editing is still getting slowly but surely stronger. lol, but we went for the old memory film look so hopefully we succeeded at that.

distinguish'd minds promo video

mister jason robinson was up late working, and threw a few clips together to show love to one of his favorite artists, jedi track is entitled know im dope. and can be found at www.teambackpack.net
its always love, remember, always distinguish yourself from the rest.

El Negro x Blue Drink x Twisted Tradition

vallejo rapper el negro, with his new track, is seen here rocking a distinguish'd minds "diamond king" crewneck. yet again, so much love and appreciation to artists rocking with us, and distinguishing themselves from the rest. everyone keep a look out for the music video, and good music coming soon. you can check him out at www.elnegrorbr.com

DOLLAZ VS SCORPION | BATTLEFEST CALI AT WOD TOUR

catch my bro scorpion rocking the distinguish'd minds tee in this battle as he takes the win over dollaz in battlefest at world of dance vallejo. it's truly a blessing to see such an amazing artists wearing our clothing. keep up the good work bro, ur super dope, and we look forward to continue working with you as time goes by. thank you for distinguishing yourself from the rest.

fresh off of the Distinguish'd minds art expo.

"the cultivation of the west coast art scene,"

"music, dancing, poetry, clothing, food, and good people. just an on point event."

"i won't ever miss another event you throw."

"you guys are doing it not just for you, but for the right reasons, that truly helped in making it as special as it was."

those were just miniscule of the reviews we recieved from the Distinguish'd Minds Art Expo, as we attempted to do in cultivated the scene of art, and succeeded. We seen so many styles of art ranging from: hip hop, rnb, acoustics, light rock, dubbstepp, pop, contemporary dance, turf dancing, Brazilian dancing, krump, popping, light choreo, clothing, poetry, spoken word, and a lot of comical moments. i a room full of talent, not one performance fell by the waste side, every artist showed up, and rocked the house out of this world. it was very surprising, not one artist at all fumbled. it was  exciting, with super highlight performances, from family not friends from richmond, ca, as they supplied the crowd with spoken word, rnb hip hop and smooth soulful grooves. miss kristinalove from the fairfield area turned the stage up performing her sexy single, movie, heating up the crowd and stage. and most of all, teambackpacks very own jedi and shark sinatra rocked the stage with there original style keeping the bay area REAL hip hop scene alive. and just when we thought the show was over, we recieved a highlight performance from two of the bay area's up and coming turf style original dancers, strobe and scorpion, as seen on so you think you can dance, the George lopez show, and often in on youtube, and in san fransisco turning up any battle you can think of. home grown talents of rebecca and marcel, and the brothers duo anthony and andre, lifted our stage with their live acoustics leaving everyone in awe at the talent, with vallejo's el negro and pryro the banga flipped the script with an original bay area hip hop style. dj nicwats rocked the building with his master dj'ing skills as well. all for an amazing cause of the widower's children foundation, who played a large part in supplying us with food, and assitance.

the best part of the expo was the love of every art form. it was truly a cultivation of arts, allowing for so much networking and talent to be mixed, and you guys will most likely be seeing it continue to grow as more events come along. we are prepping for the Distinguish'd minds art expo 2 here shortly be prepared to preorder your tickets, as we will sell out and looking to have numbers in the 1,000's. artists if interested feel free to contact us as soon as possible to be put on the card. God bless all of the artists, and look out for many careers to blow coming soon. special shouts to all the booth in attendance: clarence lee enterprises, royal rose tattooing and clothing, and bamr clothing and art.

special shoutouts to: carla hughey, dj nicwats, joey wells shark sinatra, bridje ledesma, andrea de alba, steven beronten, el negro, pyro the banga, the brothers duo anthony and andre, rebecca and marcel, strobe, scorpion, jedi, kevin shaw, family not friends group, family never fails group, kristinalove, bridje ledesma, bliss urban group, luis garcia, guy guttah holmes and the house of thugs, myiesha hamilton, tashiana johnson, jenaette george, elijah matias, all the photographers especially the talented mr. vijay tidwell, karina malykhina, ryan cain, laura enriquez, and all of the artists involved that i may have missed.

thank you all for distinguishing yourself from the rest.

photos can be viewed at:

 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2313028509729.2133299.1369911655

distinguish'd minds x paperback monsters/elijah matias

boy oh boy, how do we continue to come across such amazingly dope artists?? well my long time brother, elijah matias is simply one of the dopest, i repeat dopest artists on this earth. the guy does music, paintings, tattoos, grafitti, and clothing, and ohh yes photography of course, and he's dope at each and every element. well, here's how it came about, this is the man that taught me the true juice about illustrator. so i had this old piece in my computer, and band the artists side of us went mind in and we spruced it up to be what is the masterpiece you see before you. hope you guys enjoy. its headed to the print shop real soon. so get excited.  check out elijah's mixtape smoking buddies on youtube, and feel free to add him on facebook. God bless, and "distinguish yourself form the rest."

win the "legacies live forever" tee before it comes out.

tupac week: first repost this on your wall. now, you must do two things to win. you must send me a pic of you with the west side thrown up. i will then put tupac's face on yours set it as you background pic and promo www.distinguishdminds.blogspot.com what will you win you ask?? "the legacies live forever" tee. before it drops. =) lets get it going. the person with the most likes on there picture or retweets will win.

pretty simple rules, legoooooooo =)

updates updates, and new designs without release dates..

aaite yall, so a quick update, art expo, is like way huge now a days august thirteenth, the distinguish'd minds art expo, please rsvp on facebook, and keep checking back with us. we have jsut about filled every slot. and we are excited. there will be a major after party in sf at club recess hosted by punky cotoure, as well as their fashion show that we will be in yaaaaay, and the event on the 20th is called "what the games been missing, same concept of our expo, but hosted by another good fella, we will be there too, so follow us where we go for giveaways and fun stuff.

this week we release to your eyes the legacies live forever tee, we usually explain our tees but this one kind of speaks for its self. the slight detail that may miss is the cities in the background, that just represents how each artist put their cities on the map. the second pic we are hoping big sean will love so that we can use him as apart of our legacies live forever part 2 tee. we want to use him, j.cole, and and a couple other names. lets see, if he does not like the pic, we will indeed take it down, and discontinue the use of it. check us out sean, and let us send you some gear, come ride with us at the expo, and well yeah keep that good music coming g.

it's all love to everyone get to our store put in your orders, and most importantly,, what??? "distinguish yourself from the rest."

amber rose items up

aaite you guys, so about a few months back we attempted to drop the one design prepared to change the game. "the amber rose joint," the shirt was set up with like 60 preorders already made, and millions of people from the u.s. to europe ready to make their orders, when we received devastating news that we received misprints. we at that time were a very small company doing what we could, and put all of our money into those copies, and the man who printed them refused to work with us. we returned all of the money, and took the biggest lost, that could have easily ended the young career of distinguish'd minds, but here we are this summer with more items now than ever, but we wanted to take you guys back to where it all started with a new printing crew, and might i add the best printing crew i have seen, we guarantee beautiful copies of this "amber rose joint" tee, and we wanted to give you the crewneck, but we all know its too hot so we will release it in winter time.

bio:
the "amber rose joint" says something very distinctive that has been confusing many people, from positive to negative, "the rose that grew from kanye." many people were like what does that mean. so here it is officially.  when i first spotted amber rose, she was in a few videos, but that wasn't til after i noticed her on yeezy's arm in quite a few photographs and award shows. since then the gorgeous miss rose had "stemmed" off her own career and is now not only a sex symbol, but one of the only women that i know that can pull of a nice sexy bald head. many have tried, and failed.  she is and will be on the map for years to come. this is what i mean by, grew from kanye. there is no disrespect intended for either party, i have love for both artists, just attempting to show my artistic side just as they always have. =)

God bless and Go get yours today. =) this shirt will probably sell it sooooooooooo fast. Dont get left out. and always, "distinguish yourself from the rest."

wear all my gymrat homies??

the gym rat tee shows the distinguish'd minds brain logo looking super hubb straight from the gym, in a nice red/black color way, the tank is a really simple design, mainly designed for my meat head gym buddies, but so nicely done easily accessible for my tank top wearers. cop yours on preorder now. over in the shop. =)

diamond king sneak peek plus a lil more

aaite guys, before we get into this diamond king sneak peek, we want to take the time to give you guys a huge thank you for our support, and patience. thus far it has been a long hall, but its been exciting making things happen. we are sitting back waiting to get the giants tees, c.breezy crewneck (check out at www.cbreezy.com) and the card7 joints.  we are interested in getting a lot of stuff to you, just need you support. enjoy our store, give us feedback, good and bad suggestions, and everything, it all helps us. God bless each and everyone of you. we have a nice little line up coming for you in july as well. thank you, simply, thank you.


now as we were. they well anticipated "diamond king" sneek peek. the diamond king joint came about as i was working on another project. i was sitting there, like man this dont even suit the project im working on but its legit. it started out a lot more complex. those complex designs will most likely be stickers. but for now check out the "diamond king." the diamond king represents the grind. the eyes are in the shapes of gears, and as they grind hard, and the more pressure endured, you get diamonds. after all "cole under pressure makes diamonds." i think it was j.cole that said that. but back to the subject. once you see the diamonds, which are represented by the eyes, you now as the hood says, "want to eat." the terminology "eating" means seeing your fair share of the profits. this is why the diamond king has a diamond in his mouth. and women always flock to not only the diamonds, but the king himslef, which is why there is a lipstick kiss mark on his cheek. well there you have it. the diamond king.

we are not yet sure on the release date for the crewneck, but we are thinking of doing a package with this crew and the amber rose joint. feel free to add in your thoughts on color ways, and etc. the original color way is made to match the poseidon foamposites. =) keep it locked keeps those orders coming.

stay blessed, stay focused on your craft. support someone next to you, say something positive to someone everyday that you normally wouldnt even talk to. trust me it helps, thank God for all of success. hardwork dedication, prayers, and belief. but most of all always, "distinguish yourself from the rest."

richmond steelers/oakland dynamite peewee promo tees

lets vibe to the memories of pee-wee football with the second and third entries to the rep your city line form distinguish'd minds clothing. all my late teens and older from the bay area already knows wsup when ever you hear the terms richmond steelers and/or oakland dynamites. the two major pee wee football teams have been around since before i can remember and are a collectible part of the hood classic struggle to keep kids off the streets.i myself personally was a baseball man, but the positive out look the inner city football leagues had on many of my folks were quite positive so we had to take the opportunity to commemorate and remind all of us older folks what the leagues did for us, after all i am an urban street wear designer, so i take every opportunity to bring you the streets, and remind you what your child hood was about, as well as trying to bring you some of the flyest designs.these tees will be sold at $22 dollars with a a secret discount code. designs are still coming fully together, this is just a first peel feel free to ask about color ways, shirt colors and etc. and always remember be proud of who you are where you are from and rep your city, but most importantly, "distinguish yourself form the rest."

wait

 got a city that you rep that us over here at distinguish'd minds are forgetting about. got a whole city behind you that you know is ready to rep their city? contact us and lets put your city on the map today.

the flawless victory promo crewneck sneek peak

this distinguish'd minds piece, is another poetic play on words. as a kid, we grew up playing mortal kombat in the 90's. before there was tekken, and all these new games like call of duty there were only two that mattered. street fighter, and the infamous mortal combat. when you played mortal kombat and won without getting hit once at all, the game would call out to you, "flawless victory." which was a distinguish'd feeling, the feeling of success. the crewneck sweatshirt says "flawless victory: life will always be a game of mortal kombat." seriously think about what that means. everything we want and need in this world relies on the decisions, and emotions of another. that is the concept of "mortal kombat." we must battle with mortals at all times to grind out and get what we want. at the end of the day the man who knows that life is all about the battle will be victorious if he can stay calm right?? cool heads prevail. when you wear this crewneck remember that you are so full of swagger that no one is touching your swag. use your finesse, and cool calm hipster attitude to acquire anything you want in this world, remain a distinguish'd mind, and no one can touch you, now thats a flawless victory. this a very simple design, but holds so much substance, get ready...


august 2011

first view of the design 

"flawless victory"

man confessed to the murder of tupac shakur in the 1994 shooting

A man has admitted to shooting rap star Tupac Shakur in 1994 after allegedly being paid $2,500 dollars by James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond inside Manhattan's Quad Studios in November of 1994.

Dexter Isaac, a former friend of Rosemond, is an inmate currently serving life in prison for murder, robbery and other offenses. 

Isaac came forward Wednesday (June 15th) with the information on the eve of what would be Tupac's 40th birthday. 

He confessed to his involvement in the November 30th, 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur to AllHipHop.com, after Jimmy Henchman identified him in a statement, relating to Henchman's indictment for dealing numerous kilos of cocaine. 

"I want to apologize to his family [Tupac Shakur] and for the mistake I did for that sucker [Jimmy Henchman]," Dexter Isaac told AllHipHop.com from prison. "I am trying to clean it up to give [Tupac and Biggie's] mothers some closure."

Henchman, who is currently on the run from Federal officials, claimed that Dexter Isaac, along with other incarcerated inmates were cooperating with the government in an investigation of his alleged drug dealing activities. 

"If the government is relying on informants like Winston “Winnie” Harris, a convicted drug dealer and Jamaican deportee, who came to me and motioned via hand signal that he was forced to wear a wire and begged me to skip town or Dexter Isaac who is serving life in prison plus 30 years, then I’m sure I will not be offered a fair trial,"Henchman said in a statement released to AllHipHop.com in May of 2011. 

Dexter Isaac told AllHipHop.com that he decided to confess to the robberies to prove Jimmy Henchman's involvement, in addition to clearing his conscious for the shooting. 

Isaac said he was comfortable going on record relating to the robbery and shooting, since the statute of limitations had expired. Legally, no one can be prosecuted for the assault at this time. 

Isaac was a lifelong friend of Jimmy Henchmen, who helped the former mogul set up his first company, Henchman Entertainment, in 1989. 

Isaac claims he never cooperated with the government in any investigation, and Jimmy Henchman's allegations infuriated him. 

Isaac, who is also from Brooklyn, has long been suspected of being involved in the Quad shooting of Tupac Shakur, along with an associate name Spencer "Scooter" Bowens, who is also serving a life sentence. 

According to the confession below, Dexter Isaac not only knows what happened to Tupac Shakur's jewelry, but he claims he is also in possession of the Hip-Hop star's chain that was taken during the altercation on that infamous night on November 7, 1994. 

The shooting on November 30th, was the start of a deadly feud that resulted in the murders of both Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. 

Their murders have never been solved. 

Isaac was indicted by the government in 1998 and was subsequently sentenced to life in prison for murder, robbery, fraud and witness intimidation charges

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reaction:

 man what timing this guy has. on the dawn of what would have been tupac's 40th birthday comes this confession, and as much as i want to believe it for closure, it is hard to believe. maybe if this guy turns over the chain he claims he has, then we can be a little closer to believing him. what do you guys think?? let me know below.

but with all that said, God bless the soul and family of the late greatest, Tupac Amaru Shakur. there will never be another, and another should never attempt to be.

STUDIO SHOOT WITH VIC

model, singer, producer, rapper victoria brito gives a lesson in swagger and takes you through her day.

i know all of my #braingang is gonna to enjoy this because you guys love beautiful women with style right??? check her out here. let us know what you think. the rest is self explanatory.

and remember to "always disitnguish youself from the rest.

big sean's debut album finally famous leaked and cyhi drops a banger of a mixtape

okay so you guys want the good news or the bad new first?? okay good news???

http://www.datpiff.com/Cyhi-Da-Prynce-Royal-Flush-mixtape.160473.html

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cyhi the prince drops a super banger mixtaped entitled "royal flush." he has a very similar line to the name on the end of j.coles mixtape where he said "royal flush to kiss my royal nuts." needless to say the guy is very nice with the mic, and is subject to making a very big name with himself from this mixtape.  the mixtape has 17 track of pure madness. go download and cop that thing, do not be left behind on g.o.o.d. music. i know yall liked the way i added that in there. lol.

now for the bad news. one of the most anticipated albums of the summer, leeked. big seans debut album finally famous leaked to the public late the other evening. this event was tragic to hip hop but an absolute  blessing to the fans who seemingly were inpatient with the release. i personally chose to not listen until i can buy the album, but i have heared that the album is absolute fire. cop the album on june 28th. and fans make sure even if you leeked it to still buy it. he is one of hip hop's most influential artists right now, and deserves every sell. this will be the album of the summer. i know it is worth the hype.

from then ill be looking forward to j.cole's album next, then lets see what we can get from frank ocean.

until next time always remember to "distinguish yourself from the rest." also check out our gear at the shop above. and if any of you artists took the time to read this, we would love to have you guys at the art expo.

cultive helps distinguish'd minds get closer to our dreams

well, let me start of by saying it was an absolute scorcher today in vacaville. today june 13th we teamed up with vacaville cultive to help raise money for the distinguish'd minds art expo. everyone that went in mentioned distinguish'd minds art expo, and bang we recieved a fair precentage to go to the art expo. a special shout outs to the cultive team, and all of our supporters who went in. all of your efforts are so appreciated and will not be overlooked at all.

so yet always remember 'distinguish yourself from the rest." and at time go grab some yogurt, and "get cultured."

tees dropped in our new store

wsup #braingang we are now gonna start bringin' you our amazing distinguish'd gear to the net. you can cop every new product now in our store online. look up.. bangggggg there it is the store. its like the golden ticket of our website. right now you can cop 3 of our new products. two are the jordan release products. and the other is the world championship giants bobblehead tee.

we decided to give you guys a tee to go with the cardinal 7's release last minute to keep you guys distinguish'd. the tee shows a cardinal tryning to run away with the 7, which represents the jordan shoe, but is a poetic style aka a metaphor. lol. we have the tee and crewneck. the tee is an all over tee meanwhile, in respect for our sports fans, the crewneck has unique touch to it. it is very jersey and logo styled. these pieces are on of a kind and up for a limited time only. order now. these items are very cheap in price because we want to keep your swag up after you go blow your check on your jay's retail value of items.. $30 for the tees and $50 but we are going to bring the most special prices of $22 tee shirts, and a $30 crewneck. now thats what i call a win.

but wait wheres my #teamgiants at??? your world series champ, the bay area's very own sf giants. so we went out did our studies, and put our swaggified brain onto a giants bobblehead to turn your swagger up, and give you guys a taste of winning. the tee shirt says take pride in your city which for some reason leaves me to believe that their may be more teams to come.. hmmmmm..  cop those gthangs for $25 bucks.

last and the most important.. we will be doing a huge raffle. im we get 100 orders on the jordan release product, we will be giving away 1 pair of the actual jordan 7's, and 100 for the giants tees, we will be giving away a pair of tickets to the giants game..

epic, just remember to always.... "distinguish yourself from the rest."

entry forms for the distinguish'd minds art expo

entailed are all entry forms for contests and booth, remember that street show entries will be done the day of.

also as an update the event date has changed to sunday july 24th. flyer will be printed very soon.


and our list of artists are growing quickly so download asap and get you spot in the show and or booths.

click here--distinguish'd minds entry form--click here

distinguish'd minds art expo

So ambitious - Jay-Z (feat. Pharrell)

song is one of the realest songs.. he says the motivation for me is them telling me what i could not be. i know we all have people that tell us we can never reach the stars, lets all prove them right and not touch the stars, but prove them wrong by becoming a star! lets go its time..

distinguish'd minds art expo

 

okay so here it is, the official art expo

distinguish'd minds clothing is teaming up with the straight to the heart foundation and the widower's children foundation, as well as a few other names to bring you the biggest art to hit northern california. this event will be mind blowing and the procedes will be given to charity.

this event is for artistis of all kinds such as: tattoo artist, musicians. dancers, cooks/chefs, hair stylists, poets, painters/drawers, magicians, clothing designers and any thing that anyone out there considers art.

not only are going to host contest for cash value prizes, but we are also going to have huge give aways, booths and prizes, and performances from some of the hottest artists out as well as up and coming.

this event is for all ages focusing on showing people that there are so many ways to express yourself other than just violence and and non sense. come on out and support, eat, and have a good time in the sun and show us what you got.

booth info: if you are interested in renting a booth to showcase you stuff please contact me asap. you can reach me in my facebook inbox or
via email: jrobinson717@gmail.com

also if you are interested in entering contest sign up will he among us here soon, but go ahead and email me as well so that i can have your name listed.
via email: jrobinson717@gmail.com

Okay you guys art expo update.. July 9th most likely at will c. Wood high school. Tickets will be $20(good cause guys remember that) its going be $50 to enter any contest with full cash prizes soon to be announced. Street shows will also be open booth rentals will range from $150/200.. contact me for further info.

more updates coming soon...