Tagged: Shabba Ranks
Stream: Vybz Kartel’s Shabba Ranks Diss Track, “Nuh More Dan Me”
In between hair braiding sessions, Vybz Kartel is still finding time to churn out songs to hold his reign as dancehall’s biggest star. Recently, shots were fired at his throne by former sitter and current … read more »
Read Our Interview With Ari Up from the Siouxsie Sioux/Shabba Ranks Icon Issue
Ari Up, one of the most inimitable figures in music, passed away last night at the age of 48. In addition to being one of the founding members of The Slits, Up was an outspoken … read more »
Ranks Pays Respect to Dancehall
This could be Shabba Ranks‘ year: not long after we honored the man in our Icon issue, a new clothing line has gone so far as to title itself with his surname. Ranks, based in … read more »
Ghetto Palms 109: Aidonia / TOK / Jim Screechie Riddim
I believe from now on this column will just be a laundry-list of news items from Ghettopalmsland, capped off with a scam email. Anything related to Third World music, soundsystem culture, urbanism and global development … read more »
Jonathan Mannion Remembers Shabba Ranks
Famed photographer Jonathan Mannion—a longtime FADER contributor—recently realized his lifelong dream of photographing dancehall superstar Shabba Ranks, who presently covers our Icon issue. Here, Mannion shares those photos and his memories as a lifetime Shabba … read more »
Live: FADER 67 Issue Release Party
To celebrate the release of our annual icon issue we headed to Williamsburg to party inside and outside at The Woods. Helping us celebrate the completion of what was probably one of the more difficult … read more »
Ghetto Palms 99: Shabba!
Yes, that Shabba; the ranking one. I am gonna have to keep this column dumb-short just to make room for the dumb-long tracklisting, still only a narrow core-sample of Shabba’s deep and broad 45-ography. I … read more »
Download The FADER Icon Issue: Siouxsie/Shabba
Around the same time in the early ’90s, MTV’s 120 Minutes replayed the macabre clip for Siouxsie & the Banshees’ “Cities in Dust” while Shabba Ranks’ “Mr. Loverman” entered heavy rotation. The latter featured Ranks … read more »
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Debate is healthy, but for the obstinate it can feel like being trapped in a loony bin when you know you’re sane. I got into a days-long argument in college about whether my friends only … read more »
Public School and The Invisible Man
Menswear line Public School have a muse of their own invention for spring 2010, a fictional character by the name of Eddie Red. He’s a young New York hustler circa 1975, a shadowy figure loosely … read more »
