http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:03:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/12/blaqstarrs-blaqstarr-the-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/12/blaqstarrs-blaqstarr-the-mixtape/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:30:46 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=105091 When we spoke to Blaqstarr two months ago, we could swear he said this was going to be a Baltimore Club mixtape. It’s not, and it’s hard to say what is. The self-titled mixtape features … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/12/blaqstarrs-blaqstarr-the-mixtape/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/10/video-dr-dre-f-snoop-dogg-and-akon-kush/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/10/video-dr-dre-f-snoop-dogg-and-akon-kush/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:30:22 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=82600 There’s some sci-fi Rush Hour/Con Air time suspension plot going on in this high-budg hangout but we are missing that and fixating unreasonably on this question: What stylist put Dre in an asymmetrical mid-life Euro … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/10/video-dr-dre-f-snoop-dogg-and-akon-kush/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/09/video-michael-jackson-f-akon-hold-my-hand/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/09/video-michael-jackson-f-akon-hold-my-hand/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:00:19 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=82453 Some of the people in this video are really upset, some of them are really happy. There are just so many people, and what’s kind of weird to think is—let’s say you’re muscle-making girl at … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/09/video-michael-jackson-f-akon-hold-my-hand/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/21/this-week-in-the-fader-november-21-2010-edition/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/21/this-week-in-the-fader-november-21-2010-edition/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:00:30 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=79399 *Dre, Snoop, and Akon bragged about their “Kush” and we felt one step closer to Detox. *We talked with Kathleen Hanna about The Raincoats, building the Riot Grrrl Archive, and crying when she met Lesley … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/21/this-week-in-the-fader-november-21-2010-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/16/dr-dre-f-snoop-dogg-and-akon-kush-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/16/dr-dre-f-snoop-dogg-and-akon-kush-mp3/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:28:01 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=78326 Is it weird when adults don’t stop hyping how many nuggs they’re about to throw down after age 40? Not if they’ve cultivated a high/not high zen like Snoop and can still put things in … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/16/dr-dre-f-snoop-dogg-and-akon-kush-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/15/stream-michael-jackson-f-akon-hold-my-hand/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/15/stream-michael-jackson-f-akon-hold-my-hand/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:00:14 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=78082 This is the first single from the new Michael Jackson journey/album MICHAEL. Akon said “the world was not ready” to hear the song when it was recorded then leaked in 2007/8. In what way, Akon? … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/15/stream-michael-jackson-f-akon-hold-my-hand/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/akon-f-rick-ross-give-it-to-em-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/akon-f-rick-ross-give-it-to-em-mp3/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:15:46 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=75183 In case you were wondering, this song is produced by The Runners and is completely new, instead of being stored in a time capsule from the olden days of 2008. But we’re not posting this … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/25/akon-f-rick-ross-give-it-to-em-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/06/ghetto-palms-117-angola-mozambique-syria-india/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/06/ghetto-palms-117-angola-mozambique-syria-india/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:45:28 +0000 Eddie "Stats" Houghton http://www.thefader.com/?p=72548 I think I mentioned I just came back from India. While I was there, the Bombay papers were reporting on the fact that Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan just signed Rain Man composer Hans Zimmer to … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/06/ghetto-palms-117-angola-mozambique-syria-india/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/07/parental-advisory-quincy-jones-f-akon-video-teaser-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/07/parental-advisory-quincy-jones-f-akon-video-teaser-mp3/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:43:24 +0000 Judnick Mayard http://www.suite903.com/?p=5450 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/07/parental-advisory-quincy-jones-f-akon-video-teaser-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/03/video-sneak-peeks-from-we-are-the-world-2010/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/03/video-sneak-peeks-from-we-are-the-world-2010/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:30:00 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.suite903.com/?p=4985 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/03/video-sneak-peeks-from-we-are-the-world-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/03/stream-akon-f-keri-hilson-oh-africa/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/03/stream-akon-f-keri-hilson-oh-africa/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:37:01 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.suite903.com/?p=4981 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/03/stream-akon-f-keri-hilson-oh-africa/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/20/video-keri-hilson-f-akon-change-me/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/20/video-keri-hilson-f-akon-change-me/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:35:00 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.suite903.com/?p=4891 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/20/video-keri-hilson-f-akon-change-me/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/09/premiere-french-montana-nutin-2-meee-married-to-the-streetsmp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/09/premiere-french-montana-nutin-2-meee-married-to-the-streetsmp3/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:15:49 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=13793 read more »]]> 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