Tagged: 2Pac
Staff Selects Playlist: Thugged-Out R&B
Every week, a different FADER editor compiles a playlist to highlight a new release and give you a guide to that artist’s web of influences and peers. These Staff Selects live in our Spotify app, … read more »
This Week in The FADER: July 3, 2011 Edition
** Lil B’s new album I’m Gay dropped on iTunes, unexpectedly like bird shit. We like it a lot, and charted the Art Historical influences on its cover. ** Two Death Row era 2Pac cuts, … read more »
New Old Tupac Songs Leak, Everyone Gets Dissed
Two Death Row era 2Pac cuts, previously unreleased in their original form, found their way to the internet last night. “Watch Ya Mouth” and “NY ’87,” featuring Tha Dogg Pound, one time Ice Cube signee … read more »
A Good Day For Hip Hop Photography History
First Missinfo.tv unearths this behind the scenes footage of David Lachapelle’s infamous bathtub photoshoot for Tupac which we find out, has a title —”Becoming Clean.” Then Jonathan Mannion, the man behind the covers of most … read more »
Video: E-40 f. ROD and Mic Conn, “I Love My Momma”
Here’s E-40‘s entry in the genre-spanning canon of hip hop momma dedications. Someday when everybody’s dead and rap is barely a memory an enterprising space anthropologist will dig up all the matriarch tribute tracks and … read more »
2Pac f. Fatal & Kurupt, “Ride For Me” MP3
This previously unreleased jam could have been made in 1832 and it would still sound relevant—that classic West Coast shit never really feels dated because it evoked a mood and lifestyle before a particular sound, … read more »
Bun B f. Pimp C, 2Pac & Trey Songz, “Right Now” MP3
Bun B recently sat down for an interview with FADER TV to explain “Right Now,” Trill OG and a bunch of other stuff. Last night he generously gave his big collaborative tribute to the ladies … read more »
