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Brooklyn Bound: Zola Jesus Interview At 4th State Metals
There’s a great American tradition of New York being a welcoming port and FADER teamed up with Converse’s new Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn to further it. Once a month, we’ll be welcoming touring artists … read more »
Brooklyn Bound: Zola Jesus Live at Converse Rubber Tracks
There’s a great American tradition of New York being a welcoming port and FADER teamed up with Converse’s new Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn to further it. Once a month, we’ll be welcoming touring artists … read more »
GEN F: Nicki Minaj
The first time I heard Nicki Minaj rap, I swore I was really listening to Lil Wayne. Taking in her well-enunciated verse on “Don’t Stop, Won’t Stop” from 2007’s Da Drought 3 mixtape, I thought … read more »
Young Dro: Wild Horses
Young Dro is swagged, tagged and ready to take off. Young Dro is the immediate future of TI’s Grand Hustle record label and characterizes his swagger with one very weighted yet very empty phrase. “Everybody’s … read more »
Soulland Stamps Menswear onto Your Envelope
Modern day fashion and the regimented ideals of the postal system aren’t the likeliest bedfellows. After all, mail’s most basic truth is that it’s what’s inside that counts. But perhaps understanding that they need a … read more »
Waka Flocka Flame Builds Up His Brick Squad Monopoly
For most, the biggest surprise of Waka Flocka Flame’s late 2010 debut Flockaveli wasn’t that his brand of lyrically inept, adrenaline-fed rap could sustain an entire album, but more that Waka played such a minor … read more »
Gen F: Tity Boi
In 2008, a year after Playaz Circle’s single hit, Tity Boi stood backstage at Lil Wayne’s I Am Music tour to be interviewed by Nicki Minaj for her video diary. “You the freshest nigga on … read more »
FEATURE: Puffy on Life After Biggie
The world knows Notorious BIG because of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs. As a young record executive, Puff sought out and molded one of Brooklyn’s finest rappers into one of hip-hop’s greatest artists. From good business … read more »
Itemized: New Era 9FIFTY Snapback
Every week a different FADER staff member will pick a clothing item or accessory that he or she has lately been spending a lot of time with—or would like to—and write a little love letter … read more »
Gen F: Anika
When Anika first auditioned with Beak>, the ongoing pet project of Portishead founder Geoff Barrow, she had no idea she was sitting in with the group whose albums shaped her elder siblings’ adolescent groove sensibilities, … read more »
