Albuquerque is not necessarily known as a hot-bed for Graffiti but you wouldn’t know it by the turn out we had last Sunday
Posted in graffiti on January 30, 2010 by mpcrewAn Asshole in every bunch!
Posted in graffiti on December 28, 2009 by mpcrewSometimes you come across someone that you say to yourself,You cant be that fucking STUPID!Are you? Granted Ive been gone for a long time but,There are some basic rules that have been around since the beginning of time 1-If your going to go over someone make sure your piece is better! 2-And the most important ,respect the people that have been @ this game a while! Since i started writing in 1977 i think its fair to say i qualify you asshole! Can anyone guess what the throw up on the right says? Me either it took 2 weeks before someone said its shyne spelled backwards. And here is the kicker he’s 25 yrs old (Not a kid).Well now it all makes sense, his cousin and 3 people know who he is. Here is a tip if your reading this Shyne spell your name so people can read it!This shit isn’t some encrypted messages from lost episodes of Jeopardy its Graffiti! I mean i started writing because i wanted people to know who i was.This is where i straddle a line of trying to promote and be a ambassador so to speak for a art form that i truly believe in.And then i get a call from the property owners saying someone destroyed your painting with some Graffiti.And that is my dilemma.The Graffiti that he did is unfortunately the Graffiti that main stream America thinks of when they hear it.And that is why it is a very difficult task for aerosol to be taken as a serious art form by the main stream public. Try competing for funding whether its the private sector,Or grant money through municipalities for mural work, and you will find more often than not it will go to traditional artists i,e. (brush).And that in it self is a hard up hill battle.But i will continue to move forward! Shit i sound like someone’s father! Back to the matters at hand. . Hey i understand bombing .I understand getting up.But there are rules! You like beef ? Shit i started one of the crews that put beef on the map in Graffiti History! so im not impressed.Hey my style compared to some is the equivalent of a rock and chisel im okay with that! When i bombed and got up it was 30yrs ago. Yes that’s along time ago and a lot has happened since then but i wouldn’t trade it for anything.Because in the big scheme of things considering where Graffiti is today.I’m one of a handful of people that can actually say they experienced and lived where Rap music was invented.Painted Trains in the City that put Graffiti on a world wide map. All through a time period that can never be replicated again! I lived it! So learn something!
Clash of the Titans
Posted in graffiti on October 22, 2009 by mpcrewIZ THE WIZ (RIP)
Posted in graffiti on June 18, 2009 by mpcrewAfter his recent show this past Friday held at Tuff City Studios in the Bronx, IZ THE WIZ died yesterday, June 17, 2009. The graff community mourns the loss of this legendary bomber whose legacy will carry on for many years to come. Our respect and condolence goes out to his family and close friends.
Photo: Martha Cooper
In Memory of IZ, done by Mr. Went www.myspace.com/mr_went



















