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DJ Slow’s 5 favourite The-Dream records

April 24, 2014 No Comments Features, Listen

DJ Slow‘s chops behind the decks have never been in question. Winner of the prestigious DMC DJ Championships four years in a row back in his native Finland, his scratching style of mixing hip-hop has earned him plaudits around the world. Also an accomplished producer,…
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Review: Jaguar Skills x Nervous Records – 90s Hip-Hop Revisited

April 22, 2014 No Comments Music Review

Prior to the release of his new mix for Nervous Records, Bonafide caught an hour with Jaguar Skills to sound him out on his 500 mixes, Knightrider and life behind the ninja mask.
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Jonwayne and Kutmah gig at Beat Bar

April 23, 2014 No Comments Music News

Jonwayne and Kutmah hit the intimate Beat Bar venue, Leeds, this weekend for what promises to be an exciting journey into hip-hop and beat culture
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Jneiro Jarel x Bonafide Beats #50

April 15, 2014 2 Comments Exclusive Mixes

In the almost 5 years Bonafide has been running we have had the privilege of meeting and working with some of our favourite artists (some of whom have recently told us about their favourite artists) but it’s a special thrill when they create something for…
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Watch: Kidkanevil, Tall Black Guy & Eric Lau rifle through Mr. Things crates to create a beat for Record Store Day.

April 19, 2014 No Comments Watch

Today is Record Store Day and First Word Records have put together a special double 7″ for the occasion. Mr Thing invited Kidkanevil, Tall Black Guy & Eric Lau over to his lab to browse his ridiculously extensive vinyl collection, the idea being that each…
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April 7, 2014· Music Review, Reviews

Review: Teebs – E S T A R A

Teebs makes music like Flying Lotus would, if he wanted to reproduce Los Angeles again but all his work took place on a tropical island in space. Teebs is Mtendere Mandowa, an artist in the music sense and artist in the painting sense, from California….

April 3, 2014 · Products No Comments

Earl Sweatshirt collaborates with Lakai for signature shoe series
March 31, 2014 · Listen, Music News No Comments

Stream Ratking’s debut album, So It Goes
April 2, 2014 · Music News No Comments

Matt Sewell A Crushing Glow LP
March 29, 2014 · Watch No Comments

Watch: Essa – The World Belongs To You (Produced by Ta-Ku)
March 27, 2014 · Style No Comments

Epperson Mountaineering Day Pack
March 25, 2014 · Music Review No Comments

Review: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata

January 16, 2014 No Comments

Watch: Bonafide TV Episode 9 – Run The Jewels

“A hyper violent rom-com” Some musicians just exude a sense of watchability. El-P and Killer Mike are two such...
July 14, 2013 No Comments

Watch: Mr Throwback Vintage store documentary

Bonafide magazine editorial team member Lev Harris has been involved in putting together this documentary short on the Mr Throwback...
June 12, 2013 5 Comments

Watch: Bonafide TV Episode 8 – Killer Mike

With a debut appearance on Outkast’s classic Stankonia, Killer Mike’s path towards the A-list of the rap game was...
April 4, 2013 No Comments

Documenting Concrete Culture: Reykjavik

Paragon Pictures in association with Bonafide TV. An extended peek at the Paragon Pictures X Bonafide TV no-holds barred expose...
November 21, 2012 No Comments

Bonafide TV Episode 7 – Roots Manuva

Roots Manuva from Paragon Pictures This summer Bonafide TV sat down, pre-gig, with Brigadier Smythe/Cecil P.Y.L.M Pim Pimpernel/Hylton Smythe/IQ...
November 2, 2012 No Comments

Bonafide TV Episode 6 – Tim Westwood

Westwood Interview Bonafide TV from Paragon Pictures Drum roll please, or perhaps that should be loud bomb-like sound effects...
October 12, 2012 3 Comments

Bonafide TV Episode 5 – Homeboy Sandman

“We don’t control the media, we only absorb it.” With his First Of A Living Breed LP further cementing...
August 31, 2012 No Comments

Bonafide TV Episode 4 – Riz MC

Bonafide TV Riz MC Interview from Paragon Pictures on Vimeo. For the latest instalment of Bonafide TV we catch...
August 14, 2012 1 Comment

Bonafide TV Episode 3 – Ice T

Bonafide Magazine – Ice T – The Art of Rap from Paragon Pictures Late last month saw the release...

April 24, 2014 No Comments

DJ Slow’s 5 favourite The-Dream records

DJ Slow‘s chops behind the decks have never been in question. Winner of the prestigious DMC DJ Championships four...
April 11, 2014 No Comments

Chromeo’s 5 favourite hip-hop albums

Despite an outer sheen of Italo electro funk, Chromeo’s relationship with hip-hop runs deep, and is visible in small...
March 31, 2014 No Comments

Listen: Jamie xx – Sleep Sound

Jamie xx is set to release a new 12″ featuring the tracks Girl and Sleep Sound. His first solo...
March 31, 2014 No Comments

Stream Ratking’s debut album, So It Goes

The latest hip-hop troupe to emerge from the Big Apple, Ratking have carefully honed a unique style that is...
March 20, 2014 No Comments

Listen: Wu-Tang Clan – Keep Watch

Everyone’s favourite clan have returned with brand new single Keep Watch. Featuring a soulful chorus from Nathaniel and production...
February 28, 2014 No Comments

Listen: Snoop x Madlib – Cadillacs, final details of MadGibbs project

Listen below to Cadillac, an exclusive collaboration between Snoop Dogg and Madlib, taken from the forthcoming Thats My Work...
February 21, 2014 No Comments

Listen: James Blake reworks Kendrick Lamar’s m.A.A.d. city

James Blake has returned for a second stint at BBC Radio 1, and his first playlist included a remix...
February 14, 2014 No Comments

Listen: Hudson Mohawke – Slow Jams Chapter VII

Another year, another Valentine’s Day. And that can only mean one thing: The annual Hudson Mohawke soundtrack to your...
January 30, 2014 No Comments

Listen: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Robes feat. Earl Sweatshirt and Domo Genesis

As the release date for the MadGibbs joint project Piñata draws ever nearer, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have shared...
January 22, 2014 1 Comment

Listen: Bishop Nehru collaborates with Disclosure

Disclosure‘s love of hip-hop has been no hidden secret – they count Slum Village’s cult Fantastic, Vol. 2 as one of their...

April 15, 2014 2 Comments

Jneiro Jarel x Bonafide Beats #50

In the almost 5 years Bonafide has been running we have had the privilege of meeting and working with...
February 20, 2014 No Comments

Strand x Bonafide Beats #49

We don’t hear an awful lot of music by Spanish producers over in Britain and as such, don’t really...
January 23, 2014 1 Comment

Mr Chop x Bonafide Beats #48

The use of hardware in the wrong hands can sometimes come across as more of a gimmicky publicity stunt...
November 28, 2013 No Comments

Debian Blak x Bonafide Beats #47

You get the sense that Debian Blak is enjoying himself at the moment. One cursory look through his Twitter...
October 23, 2013 No Comments

Sir Froderick x Bonafide Beats #46

Hot on the heals of our interview with Sir Froderick, comes the latest Bonafide Beats mixtape. Entitled LA Meltdown,...
October 1, 2013 No Comments

Elaquent x Bonafide Beats #45

Bonafide Beats exists as a forum for artists old and new to explore imaginative musical adventures and we’re pleased...
August 29, 2013 2 Comments

Letherette x Bonafide Beats #44

R&B sampled house and disco has been a well-documented phenomenon these past couple of years, but you would be...
August 8, 2013 No Comments

Imperial X Bonafide Beats #43

We came across Imperial when he ordered his copy of the DOOM issue and it transpired that he was was...

March 12, 2014 3 Comments

Cover Story: Jeff Jank

For Bonafide magazine issue 03 we hooked up with Stones Throw art director Jeff Jank to talk records, films...
December 7, 2013 No Comments

Cover Story: Ricky Powell

“One of those landmarks of New York culture. You might not know what they really do but the energy...
November 12, 2013 1 Comment

Jonwayne Interview

Following an incendiary year, which even saw this Los Angeles native incur the legal wrath of the tobacco conglomerate...
November 14, 2013 1 Comment

Introducing: A Thousand Words

Whilst the popularity and proliferation of clothing that re-uses classic images from yesteryear continues to surge, few labels can...

April 19, 2014 No Comments

Watch: Kidkanevil, Tall Black Guy & Eric Lau rifle through Mr. Things crates to create a beat for Record Store Day.

Today is Record Store Day and First Word Records have put together a special double 7″ for the occasion....
March 29, 2014 No Comments

Watch: Essa – The World Belongs To You (Produced by Ta-Ku)

Watch: 'The World Belongs To You', a brand new track from Essa, the rapper formerly known as Yungun –...
March 17, 2014 No Comments

Watch: Trailer for new Supreme skate film

Leading streetwear brand Supreme recently unveiled their Spring/Summer lookbook, and have now released the trailer for their first ever...
February 26, 2014 No Comments

Watch: Fantastic Man – A Film About William Onyeabor

Noisey’s music discovery platform You Need To Hear This yesterday unveiled their documentary Fantastic Man, which tracks the five-year...

April 22, 2014 No Comments

Review: Jaguar Skills x Nervous Records – 90s Hip-Hop Revisited

Prior to the release of his new mix for Nervous Records, Bonafide caught an hour with Jaguar Skills to...
April 21, 2014 No Comments

Review: Oneohtrix Point Never – Commissions I

Daniel Lopatin continues to cement his lofty position at the boundaries of electronic music. The Brooklyn-based wizard has made...
April 7, 2014 No Comments

Review: Teebs – E S T A R A

Teebs makes music like Flying Lotus would, if he wanted to reproduce Los Angeles again but all his work...
March 25, 2014 No Comments

Review: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata

A quick review of Freddie Gibbs’ career to date suggests a few bum hands in terms of his luck....
March 18, 2014 No Comments

Review: Chuck Inglish – Convertibles

The Cool Kids took an age to release their debut album When Fish Ride Bicycles and Chuck Inglish has...

January 13, 2014 No Comments

We’re listening: help shape the future of Bonafide magazine

As we move on to issue 09 of the print mag, installment 50 of Bonafide Beats and over 1000+...
December 2, 2013 No Comments

Win: Tickets to Hessle Audio showcase at Fabric and Fabriclive mixes

Still the purveyors of the most forward-thinking British electronic music around, Hessle Audio are gearing up for a special...
October 3, 2013 No Comments

Win: WeMoto Rap Idols t shirts

We’re offering three people the chance to win a pair of hand-drawn t-shirts from the Rap Idols series courtesy...

December 19, 2013 No Comments

Download Clams Casino’s final Instrumentals mixtape

Continuing along the theme of free festive offerings, Clams Casino has decided to jump in on the act, releasing...
December 17, 2013 No Comments

Download 17 unreleased Four Tet tracks

Four Tet has celebrated reaching 100,000 followers on Twitter by putting a host of tracks up for free download....
December 11, 2013 No Comments

Download Flying Lotus outtakes

As an early Christmas present to his fans, Flying Lotus has given away a bundle of unreleased cuts in...
November 10, 2013 No Comments

Listen: Kendrick Lamar – Compton State of Mind Pt. II mixtape

Released to relatively little fanfare, considering how the internet threatened to self-combust following good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick Lamar...

April 3, 2014 No Comments

Earl Sweatshirt collaborates with Lakai for signature shoe series

Leading skateboard shoe brand Lakai Limited Footwear, founded in 1999 by Spike Jonze, Mike Carroll and Ric Howard, have...
February 20, 2014 No Comments

Danny Brown x Carhartt WIP x DR. Romanelli

Another collectible to add to the wish list. Danny Brown has unveiled a new collaboration with Carhartt WIP (Work...
February 12, 2014 No Comments

Stones Throw release new Quasimoto 12″ on limited edition 45-rpm vinyl

When it comes to cult icons, you can’t look much further than Madlib and his Lord Quas project. Following...
February 6, 2014 No Comments

Souls of Mischief’s ’93 Til Infinity 20th anniversary box sets revealed

We reported last year that West Coast titans Souls of Mischief would have their classic debut album 93 ’til...

April 23, 2014 No Comments

Jonwayne and Kutmah gig at Beat Bar

Jonwayne and Kutmah hit the intimate Beat Bar venue, Leeds, this weekend for what promises to be an exciting...
March 31, 2014 No Comments

Stream Ratking’s debut album, So It Goes

The latest hip-hop troupe to emerge from the Big Apple, Ratking have carefully honed a unique style that is...
April 2, 2014 No Comments

Matt Sewell A Crushing Glow LP

Playful graffiti artist, ace illustrator and sometime Bonafide contributor (see our DOOM dedicated issue) Matt Sewell has just put...
March 21, 2014 1 Comment

DMC DJ Championships 2014

Started in 1985, the DMC DJ Championships are the definitive annual competition for thousands of aspiring turntablists from around...
March 20, 2014 No Comments

Listen: Wu-Tang Clan – Keep Watch

Everyone’s favourite clan have returned with brand new single Keep Watch. Featuring a soulful chorus from Nathaniel and production...

January 21, 2014 No Comments

Schoolboy Q unveils Oxymoron album artwork

Schoolboy Q announced 25 February as the date for his second album’s release via slightly unconventional means in December,...
January 14, 2014 No Comments

Espo: A Love Letter to the City book release

Street sign writer Steve Powers (AKA ESPO) is releasing a new book, A Love Letter to the City, this...
December 4, 2013 No Comments

Shok-1 X-Rainbow Exhibition at POW

Shok-1 is set to illuminate the capital this Christmas with his new solo show at Pictures on Walls. Entitled X-Rainbow,...
September 8, 2013 No Comments

James Lavelle’s 5 favourite record covers

It’s Yours – T La Rock & Jazzy Jay The ﬁrst Def Jam 12” just because of how iconic...

March 27, 2014 No Comments

Epperson Mountaineering Day Pack

At a time when many small clothing labels have exploited technology to tell their story and expand their reach,...
March 30, 2014 No Comments

Sneakers: The Complete Limited Editions Guide

London agency U-Dox – which has recently merged with and Spine TV to make UMI (U-Dox Moving Image) –...
February 20, 2014 No Comments

Danny Brown x Carhartt WIP x DR. Romanelli

Another collectible to add to the wish list. Danny Brown has unveiled a new collaboration with Carhartt WIP (Work...
February 17, 2014 1 Comment

Supreme Spring/Summer 2014 Preview

The daddy of all street wear brands just dropped a preview of their upcoming Spring/Summer collection for 2014. Incorporating collabos...

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