FADER VS MOMA: Battle of the Estelle Summer Parties
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You may be aware that Estelle was on our Summer Music issue cover last year. And you may have even been at our issue release party where she performed. Or maybe you aren’t or weren’t. Or maybe you are and you missed it and you wish you hadn’t and now you are like “Man it is summer and I want to hear Estelle.” This post is for you then, friend. Because Estelle is performing at MOMA’s annual Party in the Garden. Which is awesome. So, on the one hand, our party was free. On the other hand, theirs is in a garden. Not sure who wins yet. Go next Tuesday and report back.
Watch M.I.A. Do the Preggy Roll During “Swagger Like Us” at the Grammys
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We’d already moved on to the History Channel and Diplo’s Twitter by the time it happened live, but watching the S.L.U. crew in tuxedos and a sheer maternity mini might have been worth staying tuned in for. Watch it above, until it gets taken down, along with a few other notable Grammy peformances moments after the jump.
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posted on Feb 9, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags Coldplay, Estelle, Grammys, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, M.I.A., T.I.
Video: Estelle, “Pretty Please”
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Post-FADER 55 party there has been much office buzz about the general flyness of that issue’s and that party’s Wonder Woman, Estelle. Whether it was her voice or the woodblock bangle on her wrist, we are all bigger fans now than before, and so this flossy new video is just another reason to remind you that we are really smart for putting her on the cover of our magazine.
FADER TV: Estelle Live At The FADER 55 Party
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In T. Cole Rachel’s F55 cover story, he describes Estelle in their initial meeting as looking like a superhero. At the time, she happened to be coming out of wardrobe for her “No Substitute Love” video. We’re not sure if she felt like she was shooting a video last night, but onstage for our issue 55 release party, she looked (and sounded) like some kind of Wonder Woman. Her set was just long enough to inspire dudes to rampant holleration and short enough for ladies to endure some Bass Ale fueled game. Watch as she performs “Magnificent” and soak up some of that summer love in the exclusive F55 issue release party video. Special thanks to Converse for helping us make it happen.
Live: FADER 55 Party With Estelle, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson & Special Guests
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Last night we headed to Le Poisson Rouge to catch a lineup of epic proportions: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson warmed up the crowd with a bunch of songs from his OUT RIGHT NOW GO BUY IT self-titled release, as well as a couple new ones we’d never heard before. While we frantically rushed the bar for some Bass Ale between sets, we enjoyed the sweet sounds of forever FADER fam DJ Lindsey and Diddy’s premiere dudes Grind Music aka Sean C & LV. Meanwhile, Estelle presumably spent a bit of time in the green room creating futuristic sunglasses and finding a drummer who could pull off crazy drum fills, and even though we couldn’t see him we knew he was great. Estelle breezed through all the songs we wanted to hear—she did some raps and some singing and unsurprisingly ended with “American Boy”—no Kanye surprise appearance, but it didn’t matter. By the end of the night everyone was dancing and happy, smiling faces all around and looking like the last hour of a wedding reception. After the jump, see more of Dorothy Hong’s photos from the party, and stay tune for exclusive video on FADER TV.
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posted on Aug 12, 2008 in FADER tags DJ Lindsey, Estelle, F55, FADER, hip hop, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, rock, Sean C & LV
Freeload: Pitbull’s Free Agent Mixtape
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Pitbull’s Free Agent mixtape is predictably chocked full of party jams, money jams, and jams about partying with a lot of money, but not so predictably, remixes of songs by FADER Gen Fers B.O.B. and Kid Cudi. Another gem has Señor 305 riding out over issue 55 covergirl Estelle’s “American Boy.” Albeit about seven and a half years late, between channeling Edwin Starr and Kanye’s disco electrolysis, Pitbull has managed to turn a song about cross continental crushing into a call for political reform. Think of it as a MoveOn blast for the summer season.
Pitbull, “American War” (from Free Agent Mixtape)
Download: Pitbull’s Free Agent Mixtape
Video: Estelle, “No Substitute Love”
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If you’ve already picked up Issue #55 of The FADER, you may recognize some of the outfits in this video. If you haven’t, read T Cole Rachel’s cover story in the post below (or here if you’re coming in on a direct link) along with some lovely “No Substitute Love” on-set photography by the one and only Dorothy Hong.
FADER 55: Estelle Cover Story
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Estelle’s “American Boy” has already assumed its position in nearly everyone’s barbecue rotation, and now the followup singles from Shine are simmering as well. Not to say we told you so, but read T Cole Rachel’s feature from our current Summer Music issue on the Girl of the Summer (don’t accept any substitutes) after the jump.
Video: Daytona f. Estelle & CNN, “Stressed Out ‘08″
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Oh hey look it’s a song featuring all former and current FADER artists. We’re not going to say this is the best video ever because it’s really, really not, but that’s not stopping us saying something! It has Estelle and it has Daytona and it has Capone and a somehow even bulkier NORE trading verses in a stairwell. Why don’t people trade verses more these days? Did the entire rap industry forget how awesome it sounds?
Video: Jay-Z Performing An “American Boy” Remix Live
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We normally don’t make a habit of posting live videos, even if they are by artists we are feeling, but we’re doing it now because Jay rapping over “American Boy” is a big deal. We put Estelle on our summer music cover (did you know that yet? Did we tell you that? JUST KIDDING), and having Jay-Z rap over it is the equivalent of him holding up our magazine and co-signing it in front of like 73 million people. Alternately, you could just look at it as an awesome part of an epic show, or a preview of a remix that might be coming out.
