Tagged: Killer Mike
Killer Mike and El-P to Release Album as Run The Jewels
“So me and my friend started a rap group,” wrote Killer Mike today, after former collaborator El-P announced the pair’s new joint project, Run The Jewels. The name, which references a 1990 LL Cool J … read more »
Video: When Saints Go Machine f. Killer Mike, “Love and Respect”
Copenhagen’s artful pop four-piece When Saints Go Machine, whose 2011 LP Konkylie deserved far more praise, have taken an unexpected route with their followup, Infinity Pool, wrangling Atlanta rapper and onetime FADER cover star Killer … read more »
Stream: Phaseone, “Hunter”
Adult Swim’s Williams Street Records will release If I Tell U , a new LP from Brooklyn producer Phaseone, on May 7th. Intricately-arranged “Hunter,” the second song we’ve heard from the record, features an ethereal … read more »
By The Numbers: Big Boi’s Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
In By The Numbers, FADER looks at a big record release and breaks it down in basic digits. This week, we tackle Big Boi’s second solo album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, out today on … read more »
Live at Tree Sound: Killer Mike
It’s always a pleasure to link up with our favorite rappers in New York and on the road, but our friends 3 Little Digs, based out of Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta, are enviably close … read more »
Video: Killer Mike, “Reagan”
Perfectly in time with tonight’s presidential debate, Killer Mike drops a clip for “Reagan.” The video is entirely animated—with flavors of Basquiat’s drawing style at moments throughout—but despite its lack of real-life visuals, the war … read more »
Killer Mike f. Emily Panic and Chamillionaire, “Anywhere But Here” MP3
The original version of Killer Mike’s “Anywhere But Here” was a compact song about Mike driving through various areas of New York and Atlanta where he’s seen death. It’s a bleak song, told with humanity, … read more »
Video: Killer Mike f. Scar, “Untitled”
Killer MIke illustrates “Untitled,” the personal mission statement from his recent, Southern history-revising album R.A.P. Music, with a series of living portraits, drawn from various eras but all rendered in a uniformly dim, baroque style. … read more »
Coachella Announces Cruise Festival
Coachella is not landlocked anymore. It has been announced that the festival will take to the sea for two rounds this upcoming December via the S.S. Coachella, 122,000-ton ship that can host 2,800 attendees. The … read more »
Video: Killer Mike f. Bun B, T.I. and Trouble, “Big Beast”
Killer Mike’s video for “Big Beast,” featuring Bun B, T.I. and Trouble (who does not appear), does not fit the prototypical rapper heist/strip club narrative. Instead, it shares more with Nicolas Winding Refn’s getaway flick … read more »
