http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:54:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/2-chainz-signs-to-a-major-label/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/2-chainz-signs-to-a-major-label/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:35:17 +0000 Claire Lobenfeld http://www.thefader.com/?p=172167 In an interview with XXL, 2 Chainz fka Tity Boi confirms that he’s left Ludacris’ Disturbing Tha Peace label to pursue his own endeavors through Def Jam, where Ludacris is also signed. 2 Chainz says … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/2-chainz-signs-to-a-major-label/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/01/cool-guys-remix-radiohead/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/01/cool-guys-remix-radiohead/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:15:12 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=129752 Ever since Thom Yorke started popping up at events with Flying Lotus and jamming with Burial and Four Tet and stuff, it was pretty clear that in addition to being the frontman to a rock … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/01/cool-guys-remix-radiohead/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/24/gen-f-tity-boi/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/24/gen-f-tity-boi/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 17:30:45 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=114135 In 2008, a year after Playaz Circle’s single hit, Tity Boi stood backstage at Lil Wayne’s I Am Music tour to be interviewed by Nicki Minaj for her video diary. “You the freshest nigga on … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/24/gen-f-tity-boi/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/10/the-fader-issue-73-podcast-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/10/the-fader-issue-73-podcast-mp3/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 15:00:58 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=111192 This was a BIG issue for us. But it featured plenty of artists beyond Brooklyn’s finest—rising stars like Waka Flocka’s Brick Squad Monopoly, Danny Brown, Fred the Godson and Angel Haze that reflect facets of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/10/the-fader-issue-73-podcast-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/04/t-pain-f-tity-boi-big-man-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/04/t-pain-f-tity-boi-big-man-mp3/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 22:17:48 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=109923 Monster production team Tha Bizness put together this “We Will Rock You” sampling track for T-Pain and Tity Boi. It’s got bone-crack drums and serious bass. Queen’s pretty massive source material to step up to, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/04/t-pain-f-tity-boi-big-man-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/03/grab-fader-73-digitally-from-zinio-right-now/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/03/grab-fader-73-digitally-from-zinio-right-now/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 21:45:53 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=109057 FADER #73 features personal accounts from the intern present during Big’s first meeting with Tupac. Diddy talks about life after Big and there’s a photo essay surveying how the most important landscapes in Biggie’s life—his … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/03/grab-fader-73-digitally-from-zinio-right-now/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/03/73/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/03/73/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 13:29:39 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=108830 Doris Kearns Goodwin always seemed totally nuts to me. What kind of insane person wants to fully know the lives of multiple presidents? But again and again she writes encompassing tomes on various leaders of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/03/73/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/29/video-young-jeezy-f-tity-boi-count-it-up-remix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/29/video-young-jeezy-f-tity-boi-count-it-up-remix/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:45:51 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=108610 Tity Boi sounds awkward over Larger Than Life™ beats tailor made for Young Jeezy, but that’s also precisely why he’s one of the more interesting rappers we pay regular attention to. He’s seemingly built an … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/29/video-young-jeezy-f-tity-boi-count-it-up-remix/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/20/video-tity-boi-goodnite/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/20/video-tity-boi-goodnite/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:00:50 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=106668 If you told us when “Duffle Bag Boy” came out that we’d be super enthusiastic about a rapper named TITY BOI a couple years later, we would have raised one eyebrow and been like, Okay … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/20/video-tity-boi-goodnite/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/12/waka-flockas-benjamin-flocka-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/12/waka-flockas-benjamin-flocka-mixtape/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:24:39 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=104964 So many affirmative yuhhhhs and uuhhhs from all sides (YG Hootie, P Smurf, Whoo Da Kid, Tity Boi and more, in turns) serving as a good stand-in for the morning coffee I haven’t drunk yet. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/12/waka-flockas-benjamin-flocka-mixtape/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/23/tity-boi-feeling-you-codeine-cowboy-mixtape-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/23/tity-boi-feeling-you-codeine-cowboy-mixtape-mp3/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:05:17 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=94542 Tity Boi’s new mixtape with his 2 Chainz kin has some Lex Luger and Drumma Boy production, rides hard like MARTA. There’s a massage-moment of rest right in the middle, though. The beat’s credited to … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/23/tity-boi-feeling-you-codeine-cowboy-mixtape-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/16/video-tity-boi-f-vado-lo-boots/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/16/video-tity-boi-f-vado-lo-boots/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:00:48 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=91542 Weirdly, Tity Boi and Vado have a lot in common. Both are dudes we were initially skeptical of in multiple separate instances (WHO IS THAT RANDOM DUDE ON STAGE WITH CAM WHO KEEPS RAPPING? And … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/16/video-tity-boi-f-vado-lo-boots/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/11/tity-boi-f-young-jeezy-and-pusha-t-kitchen-extended-version/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/11/tity-boi-f-young-jeezy-and-pusha-t-kitchen-extended-version/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:00:19 +0000 Judnick Mayard http://www.thefader.com/?p=90882 We’ve said it before, there’s a lot of information on the internet. With a simple google search you can learn to make anything, like layer-cakes, but also drugs. Tity Boi‘s verse on this song reads … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/11/tity-boi-f-young-jeezy-and-pusha-t-kitchen-extended-version/feed/ 6 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/25/video-tity-boi-f-yo-gotti-boo/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/25/video-tity-boi-f-yo-gotti-boo/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:30:02 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=88245 I just call her Boo, I don’t know her whole name/ Keep it on the low, man/ All we eat is lo mein. A celebratory clip for Yo Gotti whose “aggravated riot” charges were dropped … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/25/video-tity-boi-f-yo-gotti-boo/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/11/tity-boi-f-cyhi-da-prynce-and-dj-scream-stand-still/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/11/tity-boi-f-cyhi-da-prynce-and-dj-scream-stand-still/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:57:45 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=85932 Yesterday we said that most-everyone had given up on their weekly leak. WHOOPZ, guess we forgot about #2ChainzTuesday. On “Stand Still” Tity Boi and CyHi talk about other people’s lacking momentum over a kind soul-squeal … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/11/tity-boi-f-cyhi-da-prynce-and-dj-scream-stand-still/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/22/wayniac-f-tity-boi-rich-boy-check-ya-swag-prod-don-cannon-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/22/wayniac-f-tity-boi-rich-boy-check-ya-swag-prod-don-cannon-mp3/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:30:57 +0000 Peter Macia http://www.thefader.com/?p=84605 Shame on us for not following Wayniac on Twitter sooner, because he tweeted this over a week ago and we’re just now finding out about it, despite the fact that includes a new favorite (Tity … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/22/wayniac-f-tity-boi-rich-boy-check-ya-swag-prod-don-cannon-mp3/feed/ 0