What Happened To 1UP? (Graffiti Crew) 

I had a sick basket goin, hey don't ship to England :-(

@@rad44rroh what :(

oh when you do these contests, can we do digital art too?@@rad44rr

​@@Jakraff-oi3wcHe meant that they will be remembered even in the far future

oh for sure bro

They all getting two down in detention.

Just like 7UP☝️

Sky arts did a doc on her couple of years back, sure it’s online somewhere.

Yeah bro!!

heck yeah

yeah!

me too kinda

They were one of the first crews I thought were really dope when first dipping my toes.

glad you learnt something! thank you for watching!

One united power

nice !

they are cleannn for sure !

nice !!

most defiantly

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Always thank you heaps bro!

glad to hear that bro! thank you heaps

haha nice !

Thank you so much!!!!!

my man always !

niceee!

romania?

czech for sure

@@ShakoNaTrypu Slovakia

Brooo true hah!

Hey manN thank you heaps bro! and yeah i can loook in to that

nice !!

I even have my own authentic 1UP Slap "sticker" they slapped a tonne in Medborgplatsen-Stockholm (one of the only places with a graff store) so I grabbed one for my blackbook haha.

They are smart enough to do this in every country. They always work together with big crews of the country they are in. And most big graffiti shops know some of them because that's where you also find the artists

@@nathanvrvrt They also allow well known writers from other countries to write 1up, or atleast they used to

Thank you heaps man! will do!

Glad you enjoyed it thank you heaps eyck

bro it’s the bestttttt background music , i love eeeet

thank you heaps ! i appericate you

@@youfosignhere Of course [Subscribe] clicked. :) Cheers!

legend brooo thank you heaps !

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bro thank you heaps !

so true !

My bad i full forgot !! haha

Vayne gets mad up all over the country. I've seen him up in places like NYC to Hawaii

hey man! i can for sure loook in to it but if they are only locally known idk if it’s worth doin a video on em that’s the only thing

@@youfosignhere yeah that's basically what I'm looking for

@@youfosignherecheck out NHC Nasty habits crew

thank you heaps bro!

oh wow !

I think if I was a member of your local ('90's) '1UP', that would make me want to puke. Though I guess you could always go the 'stolen valour' route!

yeah! haha

forever !!

nice !!!!

very lucky !!

@@youfosignhere true

thank you heaps man and yeah hope you enjoy em!

wow 6 !!

No problem at all bro! thank you for being here and watching

for sure bro!

Yeah man completely !

yoooo!

oh yeah!

thank you man will do and thank you for the suggestion!

Hey man thank you for the suggestion!

yeah man it’s allowed

@@youfosignhere ok thanks man!

yeah man!

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oh realy

oh nice

looking for the what to choose? and thank you heaps bro

yeah hahaha

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yeah bro!

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I love it!

I appreciate that!

thank you so so so much!! legend brother !

yeah true !

Hell yeah !

"that female photographer"💀

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Yeah man was crazy!

Few weeks bro :)

@@youfosignhere ok thanks, just posted my submission on Instagram 👍

Few weeks bro

oh wow

was it legit tho ;)

@@youfosignherena it was small as and in led Pencil lol 😂 💀

true !

i winder if it’s legit :o

goooood man

cheers man!!

i’ll take a look in to it bro! thank you so much for the suggestion

I miss SDK! I didn’t know anyone even remembered them, they got me into writing 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Hey bro! glad to see you back dino

yeah!

thank you for watching !!

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i fine lad indeeeeeeeed

@@youfosignhere KANGAROOBALLS

yeah :/

really!

Yes

It’s everywhere I see it alot

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i’ll take a look in to it !!

:o

what hahaa

indeed!

I think so!!

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wow

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enjoy man! have fun with it

yeah bro!

Naw, I don't get why anyone would want to be part of a crew that big with no~one "runnin' ting" or nothing! I know that there have been (are?!) outfits that have been international, _intercontinental,_ even, before the World Wide Web came along, but I'm pretty sure 1UP could not really exist in the form they do without the internet. They do go BIG, and they do go _everywhere,_ which is bloody impressive, I'm not gonna lie, but there's also a helluva lot of them! And I know - everyone's a critic(!) but I think its fair to say, they're not especially noted for elaborate or innovative work. Then there's the problem of, who actually *is* a member?! For those who are familiar with it, it reminds me of an episode of '00's(?) UK/Irish comedy 'The IT Crowd', where the (doofus) 'hero' Roy claims to be a member of the Anarchist - Hactivist collective 'Anonymous' - before trailing off, mumbling something like "- Or at least I _think_ I am, anyway..." And that's just the more - or - less bona fide 'associate' or prospect - type members; there's got to be thousands, probably, of wannabes and just out - and - out fakes. At least if you're in a biker gang or a street gang, there are _'repurcussions'_ for people 'taking it's name in vain', and appropriating 'cred' that isn't theirs! And while it's great 'n all that you can fly into Auckland or Valparaiso or wherever and be bombing that night with friends and assured of a bed, are you really gonna tell me that a member from a town of 30 or 40,000 people in (sorry!) a relative backwater like Ireland or New Zealand is _really_ going to carry the same prestige, irrespective of _how_ much of a wizard they may be with a spraycan, as a member living in a glamourous capital like Berlin whose skills may not be dazzling, but they're hanging in the right clubs at the weekend..? Or can you imagine some founding member in his 40's (50's??) watching the trains and trying to strike up a conversation, and he's getting blanked on the assumption he's the Filth?! That would have to make you feel kinda sick! Or going back to our friend in Nelson (or wherever) - supposing they get lifted... Can they count on that great 'Unity' then, or is their a7se going to be out there in the breeze? OK, I sure wouldnt want to be in any clique with a literal membership list, but do 1UP have anything like a bust - fund? I'd be mega surprised if they did. You might have gathered, but I do think crews kind of lose something when they get really big. Not the least, exclusivity! Even going back to the earliest days, this was what finished the 3YB, New York's 3~Yard Boys, at that time (early/mid '70's) the biggest crew in the city; but for all that that was their greatest bragging point, it ceased to mean much when literally (almost) anyone could be a member! One way to deal with that, of course, is to restrict membership, impose and maintain standards - but how do you effectively do this, when there's no real leadership? There's something to be said too, I think, for the idea that you can network with a good share of your crew just by being in the same park or at the same bench on a Saturday afternoon; and if you don't know a brother (sister) by sight, you'll know them by their name or rep. Call me Oldskool, Hell, call me a Fossil, but for me a crew should basically limit themselves to their city, or their region. You can still have honorary, associate members in distant cities, or overseas who you can liaise and collaborate with when travelling, and vice - versa; or if a member moves to another city and continues writing s/he can grow the thing that way - but the thing is, it's organic. Being 'the biggest' isn't the be all and end all. Let the quality of your work, and the coups you achieve do the talking. Although, as to the latter, 1UP have pulled their share, I'll certainly give them that! Anyway there's my Op~Ed piece, I submit it to all, for whatever it may be worth... (Never mind the Quality, Just feel the Width!)

@@richiehoyt8487 1-UP (before they began signing VMD a lot, I won't give any more details) had a true BERLIN tradition which is the whole reason 1-UP even exists in the first place. I won't type the story on the internet from a hardcore observers perspective but up until that point EVERYTHING made complete sense and the styles were the best. This is what I'd call Phase 1. During Phase 2 the world becomes more important and getting into the James Bond stuff that gave them the mainstream appeal, but it's also when they started travelling to super boring countries (my opinion since I love the hardcore and only the hardcore, especially since I live in another city very similar to Berlin which still requires having a very hardcore mindset). Styles also became a lot worse in regards to regular chrome pieces. Since that's what I love the most from Berlin that instantly became the moment where I noticed the shift. (1992-2006 ish is the BERLIN peak eras of chrome pieces imho) Phase 3 is when they got into the Olympics mindset and onwards. When they took the drone actions to a whole new level. I'll always respect what they did, but nothing beats that pure raw BERLIN MINDSET which exists within a few crews and writers to this day so many decades later. Have fun & and adapt. That's the "Religion Called Bombing " and it's also the BERLIN way. To those still keeping the bombing traditions alive, You KNOW exactly who you are and it's done. It's for us!

for sure bro

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YO YOOOO

i could bro

yeah bro!

2down and 5up’s 💀

@@youfosignhere 💀💀💀💀

nice !! they are truely everywhere

yas yas