Save the Drama for Yo' Mama - Legal Eagle Wall Beef is for the Birds

Its funny.  Ask anyone.  There is more beef around legal eagle walls than there is on the streets.

That's probably because the streets patrol themselves, while the specific mural guidelines are still being worked out.

Here is a funny situation in Korea Town, where a graffiti writer was jealous and bothered that another writer was getting some hype, so the one artist completely buffed out the legal wall mural from the other artist.

Not even a cap (as it would be on the streets) but a full buff.  Its kind of funny when stuff like this happens.

Riding above it all remains a burner from Jaber and a bird from Espy.  Save the drama for your momma--legal eagle beef is for the birds!

Bear Fighting Shark

A few days ago, M&F posted a feature from Venice about a bear fighting a man.

Well, bears seem to be starting trouble all over, and here is another sticker of a bear fighting a shark.  From Radical Taranukul in Hollywood.

Also riding with Jaber and JDI.

Never x Jaber - Dog Town Tribute in Venice

Never and Jaber team up to paint an insane Dog Town tribute mural in Venice Beach.

This wall is awesome.  The perfect tribute to the Southern Cali lifestyle with palm trees, surfing, skating, girls in bikini's, and, graffiti~

Dig it.  Stay up!

If You're Gonna Hate, Leave A Name

The Jaber teams up with a member from K4P on this mural in downtown Los Angeles, but half of it and the letters of the other writer have got crossed out by gray paint without leaving a name.

Eh.  Beef is beef, but if you're gonna hate, stand behind your work and leave a name.  The biggest writers are writing their names--and leaving them behind.  The haters just paint in gray like the buffman without leaving a name.

Jaber & Espy - X Games Graffiti

Jaber and Espy teamed up to paint a sick graffiti burner for the X Games.

Painted in Korea Town, where anything art related always draws a crowd.  Seriously, dozens of folks stopped by to check out the painting action.  Click the jump for more!

Same Names, Its Obvious

Some barbed wire was added to this spot behind Melrose, and some straight boards and obstacles were thrown in front to keep unwanted visitors out.  Still, the biggest names in LA are fighting the way to the gate and getting up.

Hits from Jaber, Hntr, Smear, 455er, Bankrupt Slut, Shie 47, Bozoe, Gusty Windz and a tag from Obvious.

Isn't it?

Save America One Sticker at a Time

Indeed.  Just like the title says, Jaber is 'Saving America One Sticker at a Time!'.

Dig this type of Patriotism~

Sunset Stickers

Stickers getting stuck up on Sunset.

Slaps from Jaber, 4ensik, Bankrupt Slut, Gone, Maus, Blind UAO, Rums CMG and more.

Jaber x Aware - This is Plan B

Takeover bombs from Aware and Jaber.

Tagged saying 'This is Plan B'.

Shiiiit.  If this is Plan B, Plan A would have been beyond epic.

Stay up!

Its Only Easy When You're Good

Sticker from Jaber saying 'Stickers are easy'.

Well, its only easy when you're good.  With that said, guess Jaber does make it look easy~

Riding with double pieces from Gone, including graffiti as well as a box affixed to the side, and much more!

Graffiti - Shake, Rattle & Roll!

A new video of LA based 'The' Jaber and Texas based Sloke CBS getting down at the Landmark graffiti shop in South Central LA.

Dig it.  Produced by Graff Head.  Check out the action and the shake, rattle & roll!

In Los Angeles, Everything Gets Bombed or Stolen

Its kinda true.  Stolen more than bombed, but bombed as well.

Like the frame of this scooter.  Not sure if everything that could get taken did, or if this is an installation piece.  But either way, soon after going on the street it gets bombed and comboed up with tags and slaps from Kayak, Fons, Jaber and more.

Jaber- And LA to Texas

And all the way back to Texas, doing as only Jaber does painting sick pieces and bombing hard the cities he visits.

Click the jump to check out a full run of Jaber's recent action in Texas.

Jaber - From Texas to LA

Jaber teams up with Sloke to paint a graffiti piece behind Melrose saying 'From Texas2LA'.

Jaber Goes Balls Deep

Jaber doesn't just scratch, er, rather, paint the surface.  Jaber goes balls deep in Los Angeles.

Here is Jaber's signature White Ninja character on a bombed roll down shutter captured deep down Pico.

Stay up!

Jaber - The War of Art

Jaber gets up with a soldier themed piece entitled 'The War of Art'.

This is not a stencil, but a freehand piece.

West Coast Wild Styles

West Coast Wild Styles from Branded RTH and Jaber.

Two iconic characters getting up on Fairfax.

Jaber - Street Jesus

Jaber gets bombed and gets some head with a piece saying 'Street Jesus'.

Spotted in Utah as part of Sundance.

Filth Grime

Bay area based street artist Filth Grime gets stuck up on Melrose.  Riding under a Zuckerberg Obey sticker, and a hand painted slap from New York artist Darkcloud on the pole.

Also posted with Jaber, High Profile, Phylo, Dint Wooer Krsna, Bly, Fatboi, Fail TPH, Skyler Gray, Soap One and more.

Best Graffiti Writer of the Year 2012

For most people, graffiti is a phase.  Many young hungry artists come charging out hard at first, only to eventually burn out, get bored, or get busted.  Getting up is a hard job with very little direct payoff, and even the most hardcore writers generally don't last longer than a few years on the streets.  Even then, the few brave graffiti artists who get up over a long period of time seem to switch back and forth between periods of getting up, and then down time, and then getting back up again.  But M&F has never met a graffiti artist who has a stronger passion to get up than 2012's Best Graffiti of the Year, Jaber.  To Jaber, getting up is a lifestyle.  Jaber gets up worldwide and smashes hard everywhere.  And his game is complete.  Jaber is perhaps most known for his graffiti pieces on trains.  But he also holds it down on the streets, even inventing new crazy fat tags, and Jaber stickers are everywhere.

The first time M&F ever saw Jaber's graffiti was way back in 2005.  We were living in Boulder, Colorado at the time and Jaber caught a hot spot right along the freeway with one of his signature White Ninja graffiti heads.  M&F did not know this was Jaber's work at the time.  In fact, as we saw this head repeatedly over time during the years preceding and following, for the longest time we thought it was a general kind of iconic graffiti character, kind of like how many different artists will paint variations of Bode's wizard animations.  But that isn't the case.  Sometimes biters will copy his characters, but Jaber is the only one painting his heads all over.  He is just so prolific that it seemed like an army of artists painting the emblem that has now become iconic.  

Jaber started painting graffiti in 1991 and he hasn't stopped since.  With the current state of online graffiti videos and Youtube hustlers, sometimes young bucks appear to be seasoned graffiti veterans when really they are just better promoters.  Jaber has been going at this hard for longer than some young writers have been alive.  He has scored some incredible gigs like going on tour with Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Pharcyde, LL Cool J and many more.  Jaber is a legend within the graffiti community, but he has never gotten that pot of gold that some street artists hope for.  Still, Jaber keeps getting up and keeps painting.  Jaber has never left the streets.  He has never taken a break off for down time.  Why does he do it?  He does it for all the right reasons.  When M&F asked Jaber what drives his insatiable hunger to get up, Jaber replied that he does it because its fun, and if its ever not, then that's when he'll quit.  Hope that time never comes. Jaber has more than earned the award for Graffiti Artist of the Year.  Stay up!

Special shout outs to other graffiti artists and writers killing it this year including Agod, Fishe KOG, Hamok, Sand One, Glaboe, CBS Crew, MSK Crew, Grime Crew, Movie, Avery, KYC, SYB Crew, Love Krew, RTH Crew, Jew, LOK Crew, J4F Crew, Merch, Lukas, and Hanos.