Pusha T covers The Source Magazine’s November Issue for the first time in his Solo career.
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“Twenty years after releasing ‘Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers,’ Method Man returns to Staten Island’s Park Hill Projects to detail how he became known as a rapper, the recording of the legendary album, and his special technique of serving drugs to customers in automobiles.”
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Lily Allen releases the video for “It’s Hard Out Here.” Watch the satirical visuals inspired by the current trend of twerking, misogyny, the objectification of women and more below.
Cassie Ventura appears on Solange Knowles debut compilation Saint Heron contributing her vocal steams to “Indo.” a track written and produced by Solange for Cassandra of Bad Boy who keeps releasing new music this year bridging the gap prior to the release of her second studio album project, which currently has no scheduled release date. Get into the breezy and addictive track in full below.
Jhene Aiko releases her highly anticipated “Sail Out.” EP. The 7-track EP features submissions from Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul and Vince Staples. Stream 7 track EP exclusive to Spotify below, “Sail Out.” EP is available to purchase on iTunes now.
Rapper 2 Chainz releases the visuals for “Fork.” lifted off current album “B.O.A.T.II.” The video explores the main theme of the rap song based around the scenario of 2 Chainz dreaming that he hasn’t sold enough records, gets dropped from his label and therefore has to return to his old neighbourhood, living an alternative cash rich lifestyle funded by selling dope. Watch the video below.
Moët & Chandon have created their latest limited edition innovation by introducing a new creation in the form of Moët Nectar Impérial Rosé Leopard available in a limited-edition 6-liter, Methuselah-size bottle.
According to Moët & Chandon the new blend of exclusive champagne was invented to be the perfect champagne to enjoy “during exceptional and celebratory moments,” Moët & Chandon has created 60 limited edition bottles which feature an eye catching leopard camouflage pattern which is instantly recognisable and represents the boldness of the luxury rose demi-sec champagne. “The leopard’s noble rosette effect on each of the 60 Moët & Chandon bottles were engraved by Frenchman, Arthus-Bertrand. 22-carat gold leaves add an extra level of luxury to the champagne presentation.”
“The whimsical characters of Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon have long been considered household names to children, teenagers and even adults — Pharrell Williams is one of them. Having recently left an imprint on Theophilus London’s LVRS label, Pharrell employs the yellow and porus sponge along with his slow-witted starfish friend for a 2013 fall/winter ICECREAM capsule collection. Catching up with the Billionaire Boys Club co-founder in New York, we learn of how cartoons played a vital role in Pharrell’s life while growing-up, how he first got introduced to SpongeBob and why ICECREAM took the time to collaborate with the lovable character. Watch the video above for a shared lesson on originality and the deeper meaning behind SpongeBob SquarePants.”
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The life of Solomon Northup—the free, black, middle-class, violin-playing New Yorker who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841—lives on in his memoir, 12 Years a Slave, one of the most vivid accounts of human bondage in American history. He is passed from one plantation to the next as property. He is whipped after underperforming in the cotton fields. And he is forced to lash the plantation owner’s slave-mistress nearly to death under the psychotic gaze of Master Epps. But with the film-adaptation by director Steve McQueen, Northrup’s legacy has inherited a new memorial vessel: Chiwetel Ejiofor, the film’s Nigerian-English breakout star (seen previously on the cover of FADER’s 2006 film issue, and in smaller roles in Amistad and Children of Men). Even when it’s painful, it’s impossible not to watch the way Ejiofor’s Northup tells the story with his eyes: moist, heavy-lidded, and focused on survival. It’s the gaze of a man whose mind is drifting away from the hell he’s been banished to, toward somewhere more pleasant. It’s the perspective of someone who knows he should not be in the place where he is, and that the system of dehumanization, perpetuated with an indignant logic everywhere he looks, should never have existed in the first place.
McQueen’s visually stunning treatment of a historic moment is generating Oscar buzz, and will surely propel Ejiofor to more leading roles. The London-based actor spoke with The FADER about his process, the legacy of slavery in today’s society and happy endings.
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