Danny recently hit South Africa for the first time to perform at an Adidas Originals event in Johannesburg and The Fader was there to capture it, check it out! (And peep this awesome DB mural in Soweto too… STYLE!)
The FADER enlisted some of their favorite artists to talk about “What We’re Thankful For.” Check what GrandeMarshall had to say, as well as French Montana, Charli XCX, Schoolboy Q, Le1f, How To Dress Well and more. Check it out, and soundtrack your Thanksgiving break with a free download of Grande’s awesome 800.
The latest edition of The Fader‘s excellent Beat Construction series (penned by none other than rapp guru Noz) features a chat with Cardo, who talks about the roots of his gangsta boogie, working with Wiz Khalifa, Pepto Bismol, and more. Check it out, and get Cardo’s debut instrumental release Everything I$ Gold, out now on FG!
Check some behind-the-scenes vids from Danny Brown’s Fader cover. #STYLE!
For The Fader’s Spring Style issue, who better to feature on the cover than our own Danny Brown? Joined on the flipside by Kendrick Lamar, you can pick up a copy of your own when it hits newsstands March 6th. But the entire Danny story by Duncan Cooper is available to read right now on their site.
Photo by Romain Blanquart
Danny Brown, Detroit’s son, is a product of his hometown, just as Big forever wore Brooklyn like a badge…
So says The Fader in their current issue, an all-Notorious BIG tribute that manages to cover all aspects of Christopher Wallace’s icon-dom, from his Bad Boy history to the indelible specter he still casts over modern day rap. You can now read the full Danny Brown profile on the Fader blog – but if you get the chance, be sure to pick up the physical issue on a newsstand near you. It looks damn sharp!
Check Danny Brown performing “Radio Head” (shout out to Samiyam!) live at The Fader’s private “Icon Issue” release party in NYC this past Tuesday. Danny’s featured in the new issue (Biggie cover, pick it up now it at a newsstand near you) and his DJ for the night, Nick Catchdubs, contributed a guest Vinyl Archaeology column to boot. For more from the party, peep Mel D Cole and Dorothy Hong’s photo galleries.
As seen on TheFADER.com:
“Resident Fool’s Gold dance maniacs Jokers Of The Scene know what a good music video looks like. And, ahem, so do we! Now that the Jokers have a new record in need of a video, we reach out to you, the upstart, unsung directors and visual artists of bloglandia, and throw down the gauntlet. SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT!
New JOTS single ‘Revolting Joks’ is a twisty piano clubber that’s just begging for a visual to compliment its jacked-up moodiness. To that end, we’re launching a contest to see who can come up with the most imaginative music video for the tune. Download the video edit here, make some magic happen, and send us the results by August 16th. The videos will be reviewed by the collective FADER and Fool’s Gold braintrusts, and the best ones will be re-posted for the world to see, earning its creators internet immortality (and some fine, fine prize packs from the label and the magazine). It’s time to revolt…”
This Friday on The FADER’s “The Let Out” on East Village Radio, they had ATLien and Killer Mike associate Pill by to kick some rhymes, and whaddayaknow, one of the tracks he goes over just happens to be Trackademicks’ “Topsidin” instrumental from the “Enjoy What You Do / Topsidin” single (available here and everywhere else digital music is sold, vinyl on its way!) Sure, it’s a “freestyle” in the most literal sense, but as always it’s cool to hear other rappers on our stuff.
Pill “Topsidin (EVR Freestyle)” [mp3]
Elsewhere on the internet airwaves, you can listen to this extensive Trackademicks interview with Streets Is Talking Radio right here. “In the words of Mac Mall, this interview is full of ‘Nathan But Game,'” says Track. Grab it!
This week’s Fader diary is up, check it out.