Tagged: Notorious BIG
Download Total Freedom’s Opening Ceremony Mix
Ashland Mines bka Total Freedom—who was featured as a part of Fade to Mind in our current story on electronic labels—has crafted a stellar mix for Opening Ceremony. Fans of Night Slugs will rejoice over … read more »
Donatella Versace Talks Notorious BIG
After years of Notorious BIG rapping about and wearing Versace, Donatella Versace breaks her silence and returns the love about her fashion brand’s biggest fan in a conversation with Nicki Minaj in the December/January issue … read more »
Daily Inspiration: Heavy D & The Boyz’ Blue Funk LP
Heavy D passed away yesterday at the age of just 44. I’m not entirely sure how to explain Heavy to a generation that probably has only a vague idea of what he did. He had … read more »
FADER Wins Folio Award for Notorious BIG Issue
Beating out both People and Entertainment Weekly (swag) in the single issue category, FADER picked up first place in the Folio awards today for our Notorious BIG Icon issue from this past spring. So that’s … read more »
CFCF’s Night Bus II Mix MP3
I understand the sentiment of the Night Bus genre and agree that it’s generally well named; it evokes a certain sort of feeling—long pans of America’s darkened interstate, headlights refracting off the window, alone among … read more »
Behind the Scenes: Ian Baguskas’ BIG Landscapes
For FADER #73 Ian Baguskas took an insane trip around the country, touring New York, Los Angeles, and North Carolina to capture landscapes from Biggie’s life. The resulting images, of places that continue to exist … read more »
Get Posters of Colin Hawkins and Seymour Chwast’s Notorious BIG Portraits in the FADER Store
When we started to work on our annual Icon issue, our photo editor unearthed an image of Biggie smiling, captured by Colin Hawkins. We fell in love with it, and knew immediately that it would … read more »
This Week in The FADER: May 22, 2011 Edition
** We premiered Kreayshawn‘s video for “Gucci Gucci,” and the world came to know what it means to have swag pumping out of your ovaries. ** The New Yorker‘s Kelefa Sanneh talked to Earl Sweatshirt. … read more »
FADER Founder Rob Stone Remembers Biggie on His Birthday
8-10 WEST 19th St., NYC. I enter the building through a narrow hallway, step into the elevator and press nine. The elevator door slides open and there is a glass door in front of me … read more »
Gimme The Look: Here Are the Winners of Our Biggie Cover Contest
One of the covers of our Notorious BIG Icon issue features a commissioned woodcut portrait of Big by legendary designer/illustrator Seymour Chwast. With the release of the issue, we thought we’d give you guys at … read more »
