Cope - Keep Sayin' It

The Legend, Cope 2 gets capped on Melrose.

Cope smashed out this wall in beautiful, multi-colored throw-ups. This has ridden untouched for months. But last night someone capped over it writing 'Who? Say Something Else!!!'. The cap is very poorly done, and it looks like it is the first time this person has ever used a can of spray paint. The letters are all kinds of whack, and the cap is a textbook example of pretty much everything that can go wrong with a piece. This has fades where you don't want them, outlines that don't line up, and plenty of badly placed drips.

It looks as though one person started trying to write 'Who?', and another person was like 'No. Like this.' They tried to go big with the 'Say' but then it seems they got worried about running out of paint, or maybe just disappointed with how crummy it looked, so they went smaller, and changed the style. Finally, to finish it off, they really went for it on the exclamation points making them nearly twice the size of the letters, giving it a muddled and crummy look.

But even though the cap was trying to talk shit on Cope, the end effect is it just shows how spray painting is a skill. The cap was done so poorly that it really shows how difficult it is to paint a name and do it with style. Cope is a true legend of the game, and his signature letters are one of the most recognizable tags in the world. On another level, if writing graffiti is about getting your name out there, a wall like this is a powerful statement. And the way Cope puts it together with the letters and the colors is truly a thing of beauty. We love seeing it, and say Cope--Keep saying it!