Black Selector Cap with PLAY IT FIRST. embroidery on a concrete ledge

Selector Cap

$40.00
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Black Selector Cap with PLAY IT FIRST. embroidery on a concrete ledge
  • Black Selector Cap with PLAY IT FIRST. embroidery on a concrete ledge
  • Woman under club stage lights wearing the black Selector Cap
  • Rotating view of the black Selector Cap with PLAY IT FIRST. embroidery
  • Man on a city street wearing the black Selector Cap
  • Front view of the black Selector Cap under dramatic lighting
  • Front view of the black Selector Cap on dark wood
  • Macro close-up of the white PLAY IT FIRST. embroidery
  • Back of the Selector Cap showing the BX Originals mark and snapback strap
  • Studio three-quarter front view of the black Selector Cap
  • Studio back view of the black Selector Cap
  • Studio front view of the black Selector Cap with PLAY IT FIRST. embroidery
  • Studio angled left view of the Selector Cap with SELECTOR side embroidery
  • Selector Cap
  • Black Selector Cap with PLAY IT FIRST. embroidery on a concrete ledge
  • Woman under club stage lights wearing the black Selector Cap
  • Rotating view of the black Selector Cap with PLAY IT FIRST. embroidery
  • Man on a city street wearing the black Selector Cap
  • Front view of the black Selector Cap under dramatic lighting
  • Front view of the black Selector Cap on dark wood
  • Macro close-up of the white PLAY IT FIRST. embroidery
  • Back of the Selector Cap showing the BX Originals mark and snapback strap
  • Studio three-quarter front view of the black Selector Cap
  • Studio back view of the black Selector Cap
  • Studio front view of the black Selector Cap with PLAY IT FIRST. embroidery
  • Studio angled left view of the Selector Cap with SELECTOR side embroidery
  • Selector Cap
Selector Cap

Selector Cap

$40.00

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Anyone can play it second.

Before there was a DJ, there was a selector.

In Jamaican sound system culture the two jobs were separate. The deejay talked over the record. The selector chose it. And a sound system's reputation lived or died on what it could play that nobody else had — dubplates cut for one sound alone, records held back for the right night, entire clashes decided by a single tune nobody in the crowd had ever heard.

Know the history, link to the free Vault article: Crate Digging: The Art of Finding Sound

THE DETAILS
  • 80% acrylic, 20% wool
  • Structured, 6-panel, high-profile
  • Flat visor with green undervisor
  • 6 embroidered eyelets
  • Black cap, white embroidery
  • BX Originals mark embroidered on back panel
  • Element name embroidered on front left panel
  • Plastic snap closure, one size fits most.
  • See chart for sizing details. Head circumference: 21 5/8″–23 5/8″ (54.9 cm–60 cm)
  • Blank product sourced from Vietnam or Bangladesh

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BX ORIGINALS — TRUE TO THE CULTURE
Hip-hop has four elements: DJing, MCing, Breaking, Graffiti. Each cap in this series carries one, set in that element's own lettering tradition. Not four versions of one graphic — four distinct hands held together by one system.

THE BX VAULT
Every BX Originals piece connects to the BX Vault — our library of long-form writing on hip-hop history and practice. Not marketing copy. Real research on the people, places, and decisions that built this culture. The culture on the cap. The context behind it.

FROM THE BRONX
BX Originals documents hip-hop's four elements from where they started. We're not a fashion brand borrowing an aesthetic. We're building an archive that happens to make things you can wear.

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