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'Soul Power' t-shirt

Soul Power 74 is a timeless tune that was adapted from the Godfather of Soul himself, Mr. James Brown. After the original was recorded, his main man Mace-o did an instrumental version that amounted to a re-edit with additional dubbed out horns amongst other studio trickery. Soul Power 74 to this day is an official soul banger that is played in every club from Detroit to Tokyo. Using the outstretched hand as a symbol of the people‚Äôs fight for liberation from tyranny and oppression, we decided to keep the vibe intact with a large thick font and nice sharp colors that will single you out on the dancefloor. Soul Power ! by 101 Apparel Availability:~~Royal Blue/MRoyal Blue/LRoyal Blue/XLRoyal Blue/2XL~~ Price: $24.00
'Living For The City' t-shirt

"Living for the City" is a 1973 hit single by Stevie Wonder for the Tamla (Motown) label, from his Innervisions album. For the Dj and city dwellers alike, this shirt features a 70‚Äôs inspired 2 color print. by 101 Apparel Availability:~~Army Green/MArmy Green/LArmy Green/XL~~ Price: $24.00
'High Life' t-shirt

High-Life is a traditional African style of music that originated in Ghana and rapidly spread throughout West Africa in the 1920's. The music is funky and rhythmic with guitars playing harmonic intricate riffs over bright jazzy horns with lyrics that touch upon themes of oppression and revolution. Recently, there has been alot of interest in High-Life due to diggers unearthing funky rarities from the villages of Ghana to the streets of Nigeria. 101 Apparel has been bumping these tunes for a while so we created a design that pays homage to all the artists invested in the High- Life movement. The shirt features the text "High Life" in the center with a kalimba, conga, djembe and microphone juxtaposed within the African inspired font. Afro-jazz junkies, collectors of ethnic music, and audio archivists this one is for you. by 101 Apparel Availability:~~Kelly/MKelly/LKelly/XLKelly/2XL~~ Price: $24.00
'Funky Kingston' t-shirt

Kingston is to Jamaican music what New Orleans is to American music; the original epicenter, the nexus of creativity from where everything else flows. Ska, rocksteady, and reggae were created in the Kingston ghettoes and if those early artists and dancers knew anything, they knew how to get down and funky. This font is inspired by the Jamaican architecture and vintage 45‚Äôs of the time, and the colors stay bright and funky just like a classic Studio One Session by the Jamaican seashore. by 101 Apparel Availability:Black/MBlack/L~~Black/XL~~Black/2XL Price: $24.00
'Dub Crazy' t-shirt

101 Apparel loves the dub and this design was inspired by the classic Studio One sessions where famed producer Clement Dodd experienced a resurgence of artistic vitality by working with new talent (Horace Andy, Burning Spear) and re-calibrating older Jamaican tracks and "dubbing them out"?. The Studio One Dub Sound is legendary by now among collectors, dub connoisseurs and music cognoscent i,this tee brings it all back into perspective with Jamaican colors. by 101 Apparel Availability:~~Army Green/M~~Army Green/L~~Army Green/XLArmy Green/2XL~~ Price: $24.00
'Disco Edits' t-shirt

"Disco Edits"? were first created by legendary producer and DJ Tom Moulton when he decided to extend the "break"? on certain tracks to keep dancers on a disco fueled frenzy. This design pays respect to all the originators who paved the way for the basic elements in dance culture; the "edit and the remix"?. This shirt comes in a hip 70‚Äôs flavor, with a 12"? record at the center and the text "Disco Edits" as the backdrop. A design that accentuates bright and funky colors just like the music that inspired it; this one is for the dance freaks, heads in the know, the dj-producer and the remixer. by 101 Apparel Availability:~~Royal Blue/MRoyal Blue/LRoyal Blue/XLRoyal Blue/2XL~~ Price: $24.00
'Afro Funk' t-shirt

When Tony Allen the famed drummer for Fela Kuti‚Äôs band discovered the music of James Brown; Afro- Funk was born. By infusing the propulsive African Rhythms of his native continent and adding the "funk"? breaks of American artists he created a hybrid style that influenced everything from the early acid-jazz and rare-groove scene in the UK, to traditional American funk and disco. This new design by 101 Apparel pays homage to Afro- Funk with congas , bongos, shakers, and tambourines encircling the bright and stylish text that reads "Afro- Funk"? (Body Music). by 101 Apparel Availability:Burgundy/M~~Burgundy/LBurgundy/XLBurgundy/2XL~~ Price: $24.00
'Africa 70' t-shirt

An afrobeat inspired tee from 101 Apparel, dedicated to Fela Kuti's great touring band the Africa '70, who initially went by the name Nigeria '70. The design features the silhouette of the African continent with a trumpet, a guitar, and a saxophone knocked out of it, and with "70," a giraffe, and a bird around the edge. by 101 Apparel Availability:~~Black/MBlack/LBlack/XL~~Black/2XL Price: $24.00