Recapping the Dub Magazine Project: Season 2, Episode 7

This week would be the third week that Machine Gun Kelly was the host. Overall, he’s doing good. I thought he was going to start jumping around and acting crazy… But I saw him in that Swift Car… of course, I was paying more attention on the car.

The first segment goes to my Italian crush, DJ Pauly D. If you’re in Vegas, you can catch him at Hard Rock Hotel where he works at Vanity… as the resident DJ. He continues by saying how much he loves cars, and he’s driving around Vegas in a 2011 Mercedes S500, and yes, that’s the one that Will Castro customized. I still don’t like the Pauly D on the trunk of the car.

Cullen Jones looking mighty comfy in a Rolls Royce Ghost. Far cry from that 92 Toyota Camry that was his first car. Didn’t know he’s originally from Jersey, but at the age of 5 he almost drowned, but at 8, he went back to the sport that almost killed him—swimming and stuck with it. He dropped some interesting statistics- 70% of African Americans can’t swim… and yes I am a part of that 70%. I went underwater and almost drowned a couple of times and that was enough for me. So Bernie's doesn't do large bodies of water... or a pool.

Of course, Dub Garage finished the cars for Tony Hawk, but the van still had some work to do.  Tony gave them three extra days and they were able to finish the van, giving him what he wanted- great sound system, off road tires, a ladder to reach the roof, and some storage space for skateboards, bags, etc. I’ve said it many times, but I’m so happy that Dub decided to work with multiple clients instead of one boring client because it shows all that they can do.

It’s Yo Gotti!!! As he rides around Memphis in a Jeep Wrangler… that has no doors on it. Watching him drive around in that doorless Wranger made me nervous. There’s too many “what if” factors. But he didn’t talk about cars soo…..

Jermaine Dupri is still the mayor of Atlanta??? Next!!!!

Macklemore. I like the name. I think he’s the first known rapper from the Northwestern part of the US. No matter how original he is, ironically, he’s driving around in a 1963 Cadillac Deville in Los Angeles.  

Watch the episode now and sadly, the season finale is next week....

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Recapping the Dub Magazine Project: Season 2, Episode 5

This week was the first week of MGK hosting. He calmed down a bit, and only offered a bit of hyperness. Maybe that’s a good thing. Either way, it was a nice look for him- especially he hasn’t been out for a long time. Wondering if he knows a thing or two about cars, because the previous two host has quite the collection of vehicles.

Grand Hustle’s BoB kicked off the first segment. Driving around in a city that I unfortunately know too well—Atlanta, in a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder painted Matte black. As much as I love BoB, his segment didn’t talk about cars too much, so on to the next one… What's with the first segments of the show not talking about cars?

Time out from the recap… I’ve been seeing a LOT of clips with Pauly D. I hope he’s gonna be on here. And Dub, don’t make his segment short.

Jonathan Davis from the group Korn. I love how he’s riding in that 69 Monster Camaro that West Coast Customs did for him.  What WCC did for him is took the car apart, and rebuilt it as a new car with the old school shell and gave certain interior aspects the old school look. He knows his cars.

YES!!! THEY SHOWED PAULY D!!! Note: this part is virtually nonexistent because I spent too much time staring at the tv and not typing. The only part I can remember is that Myles Kovacs gave him the bike and that he received another one. Basically a two for the price of one deal. 

Roadstarr got the hottest cars in LA? I guess that’s just Ronnie’s opinion, but hey, let’s keep going with Ronnie from the Jersey Shore’s segment. So Ronnie took an Audi R8 out on an extended test drive. I have a soft spot for Ronnie, simply because he’s from the Bronx. I have a soft spot for J-Woww, cause she’s from Long Island. I have a soft spot for Pauly D cause of his looks.  But Ronnie couldn’t test out the capability of the R8 because of the LA traffic. He should be use to it by now- the traffic on the Cross Bronx Expressway isn’t exactly the greatest either.

Speciality Car Craft has the shop talk segment. Their showroom looks uber comfortable. Looks like someone’s living room. I would just go there to watch Mob Wives and play pool. (I can’t play pool, so I’ll be pretending.) But the customizations they do are the understated customizations- it looks factory but it’s really isn’t. Basically customizations that doesn’t cheapen the car.

Ron Artest… I’m not gonna call him no Metta World Peace. Is he driving a Ford Focus??? Hold up, is he really driving a Ford Focus and is still trying to rap??? I’m done. Even if he’s from Queensbridge. *drops mic and walks away*

 

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Recapping the Dub Magazine Project: Season 2, Episode 4

I do like how they’ve switched up Tyga’s location. Instead of having him standing along side of a car like they did with the Game, they at least had him in the driver’s seat of a Bentley. Could very well be the Bentley that West Coast Customs did for him. But sadly, this is the last week for Tyga being the host…

First segment belonged to DJ Afro Jack as he leaves out of a hotel, hops into a Ferrari 458 Italia, driving around a familiar city… Las Vegas. As cute as he is, he didn’t talk about cars, so on to the next segment.

Travis Pastramo was filmed behind the scenes at a Dub Magazine Shoot. Aside from there, he takes you on a super behind the scenes look inside the Nascar world- from the building of cars, on the track, etc. He drives one expensive Toyota Camry… then again, I’m definitely positive that it’s nothing like the one my dad drives.

Dub Garage teamed up with Philly’s Killer Kreations as they take us into the creation of the bike for everyone’s favorite DJ- Pauly D. The first bike  that they did for him was for show, but they’re really redoing the bike for Pauly… who rides bikes just as much as he drives. KK cramed it into 4 days, but will they finish??? And most importantly, will they show Pauly D??? Side note: I loved how Myles Kovacs threw most customization shops under the bus by saying “Dub Garage does believe in collaborating with other shops”

Best Segment: Mister Cartoon started out as a graffiti artist and it inspires everything that he does. Driving around in a 1948 Chevy Fleetwood (Rendered priceless), he takes Dub into his studio—in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. There is where he did his photoshoot with Estevan Oriol… the great, as well as showing off the 1963 Milk Truck (again, rendered priceless). The number one thing I do respect about Mister Cartoon is that with his car customizations to his tattoos to his graffiti, it’s that it’s all done by freehand. No tracing, no stenciling, no Photoshop, no Abobe Illustrator. He didn’t take the easy way out, he just followed the advice that is just as priceless as his vehicles… Practice makes perfect. But I often wonder, what is the newest vehicle that Mister Cartoon own?

The shop segment went to Auto Extremes in Conyers, GA. The one stop custom shop that they do everything… even oil changes. Co owned by T-Pain, they discussed one of their famous projects, the joker mobile- which was a 72 Impala with a big block engine, took about a year to do since T-Pain is so fickle and couldn’t come up with the customizations that he wanted done.

It’s GUCCI!!! Time out—Gucci was in a movie? Oh lawd… I was honestly surprised to see Gucci was really pushing that Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8. The reason why because his past cars were, how should I say it? To quote him, “All my cars are immigrants” meaning all his cars were foreign ones. So to see him driving something American was a change, but then again, he was driving a Hummer when he pushed that woman out of it while it was moving… 

Here’s the episode and we’ll see how Machine Gun Kelly does next week...

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Update: DJ Pauly D Graces Cover of Upcoming Dub Magazine

Star of MTV's Jersey Shore, and Bernie's favorite guido DJ Pauly D will grace the cover of the upcoming issue of Dub Magazine. Appearing on the cover an issue after The Situation, Pauly talks about the new one-of-a-kind Suzuki GSX-R that South Philly's own Killer Kreations gave to Pauly with some personal touches.




P.S. And if you follow the show, everybody knows that he G-T-L'd before the shoot... Can't wait to read this issue.

Source: DD

Allow me to introduce two of Will Castro's newest clients...

Meet Mike Sorrentino, a sweet (can't confirm that one) Italian man who is originally from New York. He may look familiar cause he's on this little show on MTV called Jersey Shore and goes by the name of The Situation.



Season 2 of Jersey Shore didn't take place in Jersey, instead they took it to Miami, where he met Will Castro. Mike decided to take two gently used Bentley Continentals to Will to have them customized- one for him, one for his brother, Unique Autosports customized them, and in typical fashion, Will presented them to the Situation which will be aired on the Jersey Shore.









The second one happens to be my personal favorite from the Jersey Shore.



Meet Paul DelVecchio, more commonly known as DJ Pauly D from Providence, Rhode Island. After hearing that the Situation brought two Bentleys to Will, he decided to send his 2011 White Mercedes S550 to Unique Autosports for an upgraded sound system as well as...



Getting Pauly D on the trunk.

I see that they both like to have their names on their cars. Better them than me.

I guess GTLing and GFA has paid off. Guido Applications...