http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/19/video-callikos-quad-city-legacy/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/19/video-callikos-quad-city-legacy/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:50:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=161914 When Calliko was 13 he got a chance to rap for Twista, who was performing in Calliko’s home city of East Moline, Illinois. Calliko impressed the Chicago legend, and Twista invited him to be his … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/19/video-callikos-quad-city-legacy/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/17/video-twista-20-years-in/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/17/video-twista-20-years-in/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:50:14 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=152954 Twista calls the ’90s an era of rap that will never come back. “Technology messed the industry up,” he says, pushing artists independent. But 20 years into his career, dude’s still having fun. Card tricks? … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/17/video-twista-20-years-in/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/15/video-twista-overnight-celebrity-live-in-chicago/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/15/video-twista-overnight-celebrity-live-in-chicago/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:50:07 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=154712 On stage in his home city of Chicago, here’s Twista performing his classic fast rap verse off “Overnight Celebrity.”]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/15/video-twista-overnight-celebrity-live-in-chicago/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/08/coming-soon-twista-20-years-in/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/08/coming-soon-twista-20-years-in/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:00:07 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=152929 Twista always finds a way to fit music into his life. Here’s a taste of his upcoming uncapped documentary, looking back to Chicago in the ’90s and forward to the city’s future.]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/08/coming-soon-twista-20-years-in/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/05/photos-vitaminwater-uncapped-live-in-chicago/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/05/photos-vitaminwater-uncapped-live-in-chicago/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 16:00:49 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=110049 Last night, before leading the Chicago Bulls to a hometown playoff victory, Derrick Rose dedicated his league MVP trophy to the Windy City. Not saying vitaminwater uncapped LIVE wouldn’t have popped off the way it … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/05/photos-vitaminwater-uncapped-live-in-chicago/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/27/chicago-vitaminwater-uncapped-live-with-twista-shawnna-and-calliko-54/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/27/chicago-vitaminwater-uncapped-live-with-twista-shawnna-and-calliko-54/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:00:42 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=107977 The vitaminwater uncapped LIVE tour is heading to the windy city. We’ll be at The Shrine on Wednesday, May 4th from 8-11PM with a crazy hometown bill featuring Twista, Shawnna and Calliko, with support from … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/27/chicago-vitaminwater-uncapped-live-with-twista-shawnna-and-calliko-54/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/27/dj-khaled-and-everyone-make-a-rap-video-camron-and-vado-also-make-a-rap-video/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/27/dj-khaled-and-everyone-make-a-rap-video-camron-and-vado-also-make-a-rap-video/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:30:05 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=107955 Used to be that posse cuts were a fun way for a bunch of friends to get together and rap about fun stuff and then get a lot of press and money and possibly a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/27/dj-khaled-and-everyone-make-a-rap-video-camron-and-vado-also-make-a-rap-video/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/28/video-lil-b-illusions-of-grandeur-what-it-feel-like-remix-f-twista-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/28/video-lil-b-illusions-of-grandeur-what-it-feel-like-remix-f-twista-mp3/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:11:54 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=101964 Lil B drops a video for the title track from his new renaissance-y mixtape, Illusions of Grandeur. Best use of Imogen Heap this side of The OC. And in the best use of Twista since … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/28/video-lil-b-illusions-of-grandeur-what-it-feel-like-remix-f-twista-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/15/dj-khaled-f-ludacris-t-pain-busta-rhymes-mavado-twista-birdman-ace-hood-fat-joe-jadakiss-bun-b-game-waka-flocka-welcome-to-my-hood-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/15/dj-khaled-f-ludacris-t-pain-busta-rhymes-mavado-twista-birdman-ace-hood-fat-joe-jadakiss-bun-b-game-waka-flocka-welcome-to-my-hood-remix-mp3/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:30:31 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=99400 The beauty of this song is that it can exist in different iterations until the end of time. DJ Khaled wandering the earth like a troubadour finding new rappers to get on a forever extending … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/15/dj-khaled-f-ludacris-t-pain-busta-rhymes-mavado-twista-birdman-ace-hood-fat-joe-jadakiss-bun-b-game-waka-flocka-welcome-to-my-hood-remix-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/25/young-dros-equestrian-dro-mixtape/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/25/young-dros-equestrian-dro-mixtape/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:30:22 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=95323 Downloading this took forever, our KB/sec dipping toward nonexistent, just another cosmic block between Young Dro and our eager iTunes. But we’re deep in it now. We sat strong and avoided distraction, and Equestrian Dro … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/25/young-dros-equestrian-dro-mixtape/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/chris-brown-f-lil-wayne-and-twista-look-at-me-now-remix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/chris-brown-f-lil-wayne-and-twista-look-at-me-now-remix-mp3/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:29:56 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=88029 Twista hops on Diplo and Afrojack’s minimalist wheeze, replacing Busta Rhymes on the original, and saying “Now let a track go past like this and Twista not fuck with it? Ya’ll done lost your mind.” … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/chris-brown-f-lil-wayne-and-twista-look-at-me-now-remix-mp3/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/30/dj-kay-slay-f-busta-rhymes-layzie-bone-twista-and-jaz-o-60-second-assassins-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/30/dj-kay-slay-f-busta-rhymes-layzie-bone-twista-and-jaz-o-60-second-assassins-mp3/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:30:35 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=80264 What are those punching bags that boxers use? Not the big ones, but the little ones they punch a lot of times really fast. This song is the audio version of that. In addition to … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/30/dj-kay-slay-f-busta-rhymes-layzie-bone-twista-and-jaz-o-60-second-assassins-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/16/interview-with-twista/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/16/interview-with-twista/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:00:57 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=78355 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/16/interview-with-twista/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/stream-twista-f-waka-flocka-flame-hands-up-lay-down/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/stream-twista-f-waka-flocka-flame-hands-up-lay-down/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=74849 New track from Chicago’s former Tung Twista. A long trip from Aceyelone through a Micro Machines looking glass to linking with James Flames. Not mad. “Hands Up, Lay Down” from Twista’s upcoming The Storm.]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/22/stream-twista-f-waka-flocka-flame-hands-up-lay-down/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/11/twista-f-chris-brown-make-a-movie-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/11/twista-f-chris-brown-make-a-movie-mp3/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:30:28 +0000 admin http://www.suite903.com/?p=6806 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/11/twista-f-chris-brown-make-a-movie-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/29/video-twista-f-lil-boosie-fire/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/29/video-twista-f-lil-boosie-fire/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:24:11 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=21896 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/29/video-twista-f-lil-boosie-fire/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/14/twista-f-kanye-west-alright-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/14/twista-f-kanye-west-alright-mp3/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:50:51 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=9432 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/14/twista-f-kanye-west-alright-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/09/twista-f-lil-boosie-fire-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/09/twista-f-lil-boosie-fire-mp3/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:30:36 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=9023 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/09/twista-f-lil-boosie-fire-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/07/freeload-twista-f-oj-da-juiceman-gucci-mane/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/07/freeload-twista-f-oj-da-juiceman-gucci-mane/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 14:57:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/07/freeload-twista-f-oj-da-juiceman-gucci-mane/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/16/freeload-trae-f-krayzie-bone-twista-i-won-t-change/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/16/freeload-trae-f-krayzie-bone-twista-i-won-t-change/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:20:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/16/freeload-trae-f-krayzie-bone-twista-i-won-t-change/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/23/freeload-twista-wetter-prod-traxster/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/23/freeload-twista-wetter-prod-traxster/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/23/freeload-twista-wetter-prod-traxster/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/21/freeload-jim-jones-f-lil-wayne-twista-noe-swagger-from-us/ http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/21/freeload-jim-jones-f-lil-wayne-twista-noe-swagger-from-us/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:30:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/21/freeload-jim-jones-f-lil-wayne-twista-noe-swagger-from-us/feed/ 0