The Brand

Caution is a streetwear brand influenced by the hip-hop and skateboarding culture. We take advantage of clothes as an effective way of sharing messages. Through all the trials and struggles that come along with building a brand, we are driven by three short sentences that sum up what we’re up to.

Reverse The Triangle.

Think. Then Act.

We aim to empower the minds of the masses. We make thought-provoking designs to wake up the people and tell them to fight for what is right. We work for the unity of the workforce and the middle class to grab the power away from the oligarchs.

We Are The 99 Percent.

Overthrow The Establishment.

Reverse The Triangle.

Think. Then Act.

5 by 5: Bambu

Top 5 Artists

Andre 3000

Jeru the Damaja ca. 95

Ice Cube ca. 92

Kendrick Lamar

Kixxie Siete

Top 5 Albums

Ice Cube's "Death Certificate"

Outkast's "Aquemeni"

Group Home's first lp

NWA's "Straight Outta Compton"

Souls of Mischief's "93 Til Infinity"

Top 5 Places (other than LA - Bam)

Philippines

Honolulu

New York City

Oakland, Ca

Seattle, Wa

Top 5 Books

Philippines Society and Revolution

Autobiography of Malcolm X

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

The Tao of Jeet Kun Do

Revolutionary Suicide

Top 5 Frequently Used Expressions

"Fuuuck!"

"Shiiiiit!"

"Serve the people."

"Isulong!"

"Bang bang!"

Learn more about Bambu in his interview with Purveyr here. Photos by Oleg De Leon. Shoutouts to Rye of Renegade Collective and Music Colony  for setting this up. Mad props, sir!

Culture Nurture Ep. 26

Oktoberfest na, y'all!

The month starts with Bambu's album dropping out tomorrow. And for more excitement, here's an album sampler from the ill cat.

WCKD will have a reprint of their notorious Wicked Life shirt. And it's special this time around, as the black edition was supposed to be an Abra exclusive but will now be sold in limited quantities. Go check out all the details in their facebook page.

October 13 will be a grand event for hip-hop's four elements. Wall Lords will commence at B-Side on 12 pm, followed by DOPE MNL on 7 pm. With graffiti, rap battles, bboy battles, and hip-hop music going down under one roof, this will surely be a historic date.

And lastly, Abra's first music video as a solo act is finally out. A collab with Thyro and Jeriko Aguilar, Gayuma will surely make you laugh till the very end. Peep the video, spot today's hottest hip-hop acts joining the fun, and share this joint to all your friends.

Culture Nurture Ep. 25

Wussup, y'all! Takits sa Brown Rize tonight!

FlipTop Battle League is on the road again next month with FlipTop Central Luzon’s Aspakan. Head out to Party Piknikan in St. Jude, San Fernando, Pampanga as lyrical warriors battle it out on October 6.

 The Purveyr fam gives out an early Christmas present with their fully-loaded contest prizes. Latest gear from today’s illest brands plus 6 issues from Clavel will be handed out to three lucky winners. Click here to know more about this contest.

And finally, the much-anticipated “The Pharmer’s Guide to Higher Ground” has been released by The Pharm. And the best part is, this album is up for free download. So click here and drown your ears with the latest lyrical assaults from Skarm, Liquid, Flexx and Lloyd.

Culture Nurture Ep. 24

Let's start the week with a blog entry, y'all!

 

Standards Manila releases their maiden graphic tee, FRSTPLCRS. Be on the lookout for the second video and unreleased details.

   

It Was Written does it again! While we're still recuperating from the previous episode's flames, IWW was on it again. The Capital G fam join Mike Swift and Heez on this one. 

And Capital G is celebrating their first year anniversary, y'all! Head to their store at Robinsons Galleria this week for some mad fun. Just check out the poster for all them details.

Culture Nurture Ep. 23

An event and coupla videos for y'all tonight!

Wordplay heads to Big Bad Wolf once again this September 11. Vito Crew plays host as always and DJ SPNZ and DJ Buddha will be the sound providers for this one. See you on Tuesday!

It's laughter galore again for the second episode of The Zaito Show. This show always deliver so make sure you watch each installment

Konektado also released the latest episode of It Was Written. This one's a breathe of fresh air for IWW. Easily one of my favorites, hands down.

Culture Nurture Ep. 22

It's Friday, y'all! Make sure you go out and support all them dope events tomorrow night.

WIP Caps will be launching the second installment of one of their most iconic caps, Corruption. This run's dubbed the Corruption Paisley and a party will ensue at complex in Alabang Town Center on September 15. Be there!

The Internet has a new resident courtesy of the almighty Astron. Make sure y'all stay tuned to www.purveyr.net/ for all them dope updates in style, art, music, design and lifestyle. Y'all can stay tuned by liking www.facebook.com/Purveyr or following @Purveyr on Twitter.

B-Side just posted this month's schedule for Boombap Friday. The fun starts tonight so make sure you head out to B-Side. And take note of Boombap Friday on September 21 as MC Dash launches his music video for Return of the Phunky Juan. That night's also laden with performances from loads of sick emcees.

And lastly, Subtle Scheme Clothing just posted their steezy lookbook for their September Release. Check out the rest of the set here. Suporta Schema!

Culture Nurture Ep. 21

What's good, y'all! Here's some updates that y'all need to know.

Soulfiesta drops a gem today with Fly Space from Kristyles, Rjay of LDP and JOLO. Head over to www.soulfiesta.blogspot.com for all the fun.

Subtle Scheme came up with a coupla beasts to decorate your chest. Watch out this September as they release their new designs.

Six The Northstar, Elemento and Bent Lynchpin graces the stage of Subflex on September 12. Head over to B-Side Wednesday next week for some out of this world eargasmic exploration.

I've been waiting for this one, and y'alll should never miss it, too. Duende: GapXNimbus9 will rock Big Bad Wolf PH for Big Bad Nights: In the Belly of the Wolf with Vito Crew on September 25. Regularly check out VC's facebook page here for all them updates.

Culture Nurture Ep. 20

What's up! How's your weekend so far? Hope you're having a good one!

Let's start this entry with an event update. To keep y'all stoked for next week's ruckus at Cubao X, here's the teaser for THE Clothing's anniversary release. Yeah, it's ok to drool and salivate. Now make sure to be there, aight.

Yeah, September's one cool month to cop gear from your local hustlers. Especially from Chief, where you can score steez from The Beach Pack at a lower price. Suporta, kap!

It's a different kind of Tuesday night at Big Bad Wolf this September 4 as Vito Crew gives us another treat. It's kinda late at night already and honestly, I'm too lazy to think of something to say right now so here's how VC describes the experience that we're up to on this one:

"A casual and laid back session of original productions and beats by some of Manila's very own bedroom beatmakers curated by the BuwanBuwan Collective.

 Glitch-hop/abstract-hiphop/future trap/neo soul/ambient/breakbeat/experimental/
electronica/idm/dubstep/drone/noise and everything in between. . . 

Visuals by id'lakech

 Performances by:
The After-School Special
Projectile Projections
LikeAnimals
August Wahh
Binspants
Similarobjects

 and special performances from surprise guests! "

Culture Nurture Ep. 19

OPM is dead!? Fuck that! We keep on churning ill music.

Bambu and Mastaplann finally unveils the music video for their collab track Welcome To Manila. Witness sights from our nation's capital and clips from their successful Homecoming concert.

Here's the debut music video of Dash Calzado a.k.a. MC Dash, Return of the Phunky Juan. Yeaahh! Be on the lookout for the album Return of the Phunky Juan, y'all!

And we're presenting once more, Sige Lang from Quest. Why? Cause this music video's chilling right now at the top spot of Myx Daily Top Ten, y'all! Let's give it up for Quest, Turbulence Productions, FlipMusic and Happy House Manila.

It's that time of the year, y'all! THE Clothing is inviting everyone for their 3rd year anniversary on September 8. Time to rock Cubao X once again! They've got new dope gear, DJ sets, and fun contests for us next week. Peep all the details here. And here's their video teaser for your viewing pleasure.

And also on September 8, rap battle scene's spotlight is on Calabarzon. Emcees clash on Kamalig Bar in Rosario Cavite for this one. Support, y'all!

Culture Nurture Ep. 18

Events barrage as usual, y'all!

Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan cooks up a fund raising gig for the farmers that were badly affected by the disastrous monsoon rains. Let's all head to Freedom Bar in Anonas, Quezon City this Friday and be part of the cause. And look at the lineup for the night, for sure we're up for some hella good music.

This Saturday is August's last so y'all know what it is. Time for another Wordplay sesh! Heads converge at The Deck, Ronac Art Center for poetry and fun. For those who wanna know more about Wordplay, check out www.WhenInManila.com and www.wonderscribbler.wordpress.com writer Marla Espiritu's blog entry here.

And the war that FlipTop started this year is finally down to its last night. On August 31, Juan Tamad and Harlem (Schizophrenia) clashes with Shehyee and Smugglaz (Team SS) for the final match of the Dos Por Dos Tournament. 

And to further leave B-Side into ashes, the country's illest battle emcees take the stage and etch another colorful chapter in rap battle's history. Beatbox Philippines also hosts their first 2 on 2 beatbox battle at FlipTop.

Make sure you cop them tickets that's on presale right now, 'cause they're gonna be 700 bucks at the gate. Check out SSO Clothing Line at facebook for all the details.

Culture Nurture Ep. 17

A fresh new music video and a dope sale for y'all today!

LDP drops their latest gem, Taking Backkk The City. And for a li'l history, here's some words from Sir B-Roc:

"Taking Backkk The City was a Soulfiesta initiative some two years ago. Taking Backkk The City was conceptualized as a digital memorabilia of Kase, one of the freshest grafitti artists in Manila accompanied by his works and three songs from LDP, AMP and Nimbus9 x Gap respectively. Its pretty crazy how it took awhile to materialize and the songs are still alive and Kase, has grown from being a graf artists to being an entrepreneur in standardizing urban Manila."

Meanwhile, it's Christmas in Pasig this time of the year. Calle gives us a treat with their sale. Cop a deck with your one grand, score some Vans shoes on discount, and a whole lotta more. Head to their shop in Buting, Pasig City this coming Saturday or Sunday.

Culture Nurture Ep. 16

Coupla events coming our way, y'all!

GudVibes Clothing and FlipTop battle emcee BLKD came through with their collab shirt. Release is this Saturday, August 11. Come over and hang out with FlipTop Calabarzon's BLKD, Icaruz, Rapido, Papew, Batang Rebelde, Mizayld and Aklas.

Vito Crew is hosting a hip-hop night at Big Bad Wolf this coming Tuesday, August 14. Be there and witness performances from People's Future, RBTO. August Wahh, Lyrically Deranged Poets, DJ SPNZ, and the Wordplay fam. Takits!

Seen Scene Ep. 10

Got a few snaps for y'all today. This one's a dope exhibit that I managed to peep on it's last night.

Sisa Lleses' show "Amateur Theories" opened up last July 19 with a dope night courtesy of Vito Crew. Too bad I didn't manage to head out to Big Bad Wolf that night.

Nevertheless, here's her works. If y'all would recognize, some of them pieces were used as album covers for some of them VC albums.

Seen Scene Ep. 9

For today, here's a li'l recap of Wordplay x It Was Written, held last Saturday night at The Deck, Ronac Art Center.

I'm really feeling lazy right now, but let's just say that it's another "let the pictures tell you how it went down" episode again. But to guide you on what went down, it was Heez' birthday salubong, more ill performances, a cypher session, and of course, "It Was Written Ep. 13" which was the ender for the video blog's Season 1. 

First, check out Threedown Clothing's video footy of all the mayhem:

Then here's some shots from my good friend RJ Villarmino:

And here's the video for It Was Written Ep. 13. This one pretty much sums up how fun Wordplay is, capturing the friendship forged by the emcees and poets that write and perform for this event.

And spot GnarRate dropping some rhymes and rocking the Caution Clothing x Protege shirt.

Big thanks to Rjay, George, Allen and the whole Wordplay fam. To DJ Buddah and DJ SPNZ for the beats. And to Heez and Mike Swift. Huge props, y'all! Peace!