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Introducing: Nick Brewer

January 30, 2015 No Comments Features

At first sight, Nick Brewer doesn’t look much like your quintessential rapper. A perfectly coiffed had of hair, he looks more like he should be part of the A/W Burberry campaign, but his clean cut appearance belies his talent behind the mic. Counting Tink and…
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Review: Lupe Fiasco – Tetsuo & Youth

January 29, 2015 No Comments Music Review, Reviews

Lupe Fiasco is one of the few rappers to have multiple classics under his belt. That’s undeniable. In Tetsuo & Youth, Lupe returns to his position as one of the connoisseurs of rap. It’s a stellar work from start to finish, with not a single…
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Outlook Festival announces its first wave of acts

January 28, 2015 No Comments Music News

Renowned for its unflinching dedication to showcasing the best in UK hip-hop, dub, grime, bass and d’n’b, Outlook Festival has continued to stand high and proud amidst the proliferation of copy-and-paste house and techno festivals around the same stretch of Croatian coastline. The first wave…
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Listen: Kaytranada – Drive Me Crazy (feat. Vic Mensa)

January 27, 2015 No Comments Listen, Music News

The Kaytranada/ Vic Mensa axis was always destined to work from the start. Their boisterous collaboration on last year’s Wimme Nah paired Mensa’s playful lyrics with typically industrious production from his Canadian counterpart. They have joined forces again on new offering Drive Me Crazy, the…
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Review: Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

January 27, 2015 No Comments Music Review, Reviews

In recent years, Panda Bear has acquired a certain critical following that has seen his status as a solo artist grow exponentially with each release. Taking breaks from his regular stint in Animal Collective, he has put out a series of records that have garnered…
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October 19, 2014 2 Comments

Watch: Bonafide TV Episode 10 – BADBADNOTGOOD’s 5 favourite donuts

Carrying our 5 Favourite feature over to Bonafide TV, we met up with Toronto-based trio BADBADNOTGOOD and asked them...
January 16, 2014 4 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 6 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 4 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...

January 27, 2015 No Comments

Listen: Kaytranada – Drive Me Crazy (feat. Vic Mensa)

The Kaytranada/ Vic Mensa axis was always destined to work from the start. Their boisterous collaboration on last year’s...
January 22, 2015 No Comments

Listen: Prayer – Pluvia

Despite his erratic online persona, when it comes to music Zomby is a purveyor of a very specific sound....
January 6, 2015 No Comments

Listen: Four Tet and Floating Points’ b2b set from the final Plastic People

It is with universal sadness that Curtain Road’s Plastic People has closed its doors for the final time. A...
December 18, 2014 No Comments

Listen: Bonafide x Solid Steel mix

We take great pride in providing a platform with our Bonafide Beats series to showcase artists we respect and...
December 15, 2014 No Comments

Listen: D’Angelo – Sugah Daddy, stream album Black Messiah

We’ve been living in perpetual hope for a while now, waiting for D’Angelo to reveal details about his long-rumoured...
December 12, 2014 No Comments

Premiere: Mad Professor – Atlantic Crossing

We have the pleasure of premiering Atlantic Crossing, the new track from Bonafide favourite Mad Professor, taken from his...
December 5, 2014 No Comments

Listen: Earl Sweatshirt & Lil Herb – Knucklehead

Fast rising Chicago MC Lil Herb has teamed up with Earl Sweatshirt on Knucklehead, a track released as part...
November 28, 2014 No Comments

Listen: Wu-Tang Clan – A Better Tomorrow

It’s finally here. A Better Tomorrow, Wu-Tang Clan’s first album in seven years was released online yesterday as a...
December 8, 2014 No Comments

UK Premiere: Smoke DZA – Errthang Valid Remix (feat A$AP Rocky & Cam’ron)

We at Bonafide have the pleasure of hosting the first UK play for the Jahlil Beats-produced Errthang Valid Remix,...
November 21, 2014 No Comments

Listen: Flying Lotus – Masquatch feat. DOOM

Two ex-Bonafide cover stars team up for a sparkling new track leaked from Grand Theft Auto V. Flying Lotus...

January 20, 2015 No Comments

Paper Tiger x Bonafide Beats #62

Our first Bonafide Beats mix of 2015 comes courtesy of Leeds outfit Paper Tiger. We spoke to them prior...
December 18, 2014 No Comments

Listen: Bonafide x Solid Steel mix

We take great pride in providing a platform with our Bonafide Beats series to showcase artists we respect and...
November 25, 2014 1 Comment

Sir Spyro x Bonafide Beats #61

It’s no secret that grime is enjoying a tremendous 2014. Wiley is back, a new breed of MCs headed...
November 20, 2014 No Comments

The Cyclist x Bonafide Beats #60

It takes some guts to make a house record for Stones Throw. Yet that’s precisely what Andrew Morrison aka...
October 30, 2014 1 Comment

HashFinger x Bonafide Beats #59

For the latest Bonafide Beats mix, Bradford's finest hip-hop export graces the wheels of steel for a sterling set....
October 3, 2014 No Comments

DJ Rhettmatic x Bonafide Beats #58

The World Famous Beat Junkies don’t really need an introduction…which effectively renders this piece redundant. So rather than explaining...
September 23, 2014 1 Comment

Mr Switch x Bonafide Beats #57

They say with football that a good team wins a title, but a great one defends it. The same...
September 9, 2014 No Comments

Soul Clap vs Wolf + Lamb x Bonafide Beats #56

Gadi Mizrahi and Zev Eisenberg, co-founders of the pre-eminent Wolf + Lamb records and eponymous DJ outfit team up...

December 11, 2014 No Comments

New Order Interview

Just the name ‘Joy Division’ exudes a subtle sadness. It’s like an eerie premonition of how the British post-punk...
November 16, 2014 1 Comment

Theo Parrish Interview

Theo Parrish was born in Washington DC, grew up in Chicago and went to school in Kansas, but it...
November 20, 2014 No Comments

Dels Interview

Former Bonafide cover star Kieran Gallear, or DELS to fans and friends alike, is a designer through and through....
November 17, 2014 No Comments

Introducing: Cole James Cash

Meet Cole James Cash – The homeless recovering drug addict who released an album about BBW porn stars. True...

January 23, 2015 No Comments

Watch: BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Ray Gun ft. DOOM

Earlier in the month, Toronto’s jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD and Ghostface Killah – who are soon set to release their...
January 16, 2015 No Comments

Watch: Homeboy Sandman – America the Beautiful

We have big love for Homebody Sandman at Bonafide, stretching from him being the subject of one of our...
January 15, 2015 No Comments

Watch: Flying Lotus – Coronus, The Terminator

Flying Lotus has released the video for Coronus, The Terminator, the latest to come from his landmark free jazz...
January 13, 2015 No Comments

Watch: Freddie Gibbs, A$AP Ferg, Young Thug – Old English

One of last year’s most ubiquitous rap bangers now has a video to match. Part animation, part lyric video,...

January 29, 2015 No Comments

Review: Lupe Fiasco – Tetsuo & Youth

Lupe Fiasco is one of the few rappers to have multiple classics under his belt. That’s undeniable. In Tetsuo...
January 27, 2015 No Comments

Review: Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

In recent years, Panda Bear has acquired a certain critical following that has seen his status as a solo...
January 22, 2015 No Comments

Throwback Thursday: Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein reviewed

With the announcement of their new album, The Blade of the Ronin, we’ve decided to dust-off our tribute to...
January 21, 2015 No Comments

Review: Rae Sremmurd – Sremmlife

Swae Lee and Slim Jimmy together form one of the hottest rap group in the world: Rae Sremmurd. Their...
December 31, 2014 No Comments

Review: Nicki Minaj – The Pinkprint

In writing a review about Nicki Minaj’s new album album The Pinkprint, the average critic is faced with an...

December 14, 2014 No Comments

Win £200 worth of clothing from Entrepreneurs

The season of good will is upon us, and to get in the spirit we have teamed up with...
December 1, 2014 No Comments

Win: Hessle Audio prize bundle

For such an important and progressive label, it may come as a surprise to learn that Friday 5th December...
November 7, 2014 29 Comments

Win a bundle of 33 1/3 books

Mixing intelligence, passion and exclusive commentary, Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series is responsible for re- defining the music essay and...

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...

December 23, 2014 No Comments

Bonafide Christmas gift guide

The time may have passed for you to buy Christmas presents for your loved ones, but we at Bonafide...
December 2, 2014 1 Comment

Limited edition J Dilla figurine to be released next year

Just as you were thinking that you probably had enough J Dilla merchandise and memorabilia to last you a...
November 27, 2014 No Comments

Nike x Mo’Wax Capsule Collection

Nike and Mo’Wax’s James Lavelle have taken their working relationship to new levels with a capsule collection of restyled...
October 17, 2014 No Comments

Win: A vinyl package of 6 x Nightmares on Wax records

As the final part of the ‘N.O.W. Is The Time’ campaign celebrating 25 years of Warp’s longest serving artists...

January 28, 2015 No Comments

Outlook Festival announces its first wave of acts

Renowned for its unflinching dedication to showcasing the best in UK hip-hop, dub, grime, bass and d’n'b, Outlook Festival...
January 27, 2015 No Comments

Listen: Kaytranada – Drive Me Crazy (feat. Vic Mensa)

The Kaytranada/ Vic Mensa axis was always destined to work from the start. Their boisterous collaboration on last year’s...
January 23, 2015 No Comments

Watch: BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah – Ray Gun ft. DOOM

Earlier in the month, Toronto’s jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD and Ghostface Killah – who are soon set to release their...
January 22, 2015 No Comments

Listen: Prayer – Pluvia

Despite his erratic online persona, when it comes to music Zomby is a purveyor of a very specific sound....
January 21, 2015 No Comments

Cannibal Ox announce follow-up album to their classic The Cold Vein

New York underground rap duo Cannibal Ox have finally announced details for the follow-up to their classic The Cold...

January 11, 2015 No Comments

Dan Lish Ego Strip hip-hop illustrations

Illustrator and graphic novelist Dan Lish has been on our radar for a while and it's great to he...
December 23, 2014 No Comments

Bonafide Christmas gift guide

The time may have passed for you to buy Christmas presents for your loved ones, but we at Bonafide...
December 11, 2014 No Comments

Build and Destroy Scent by Azzi Glasser & James Lavelle

With the new show at the Saatchi Gallery extending, albeit in an under the radar fashion, this year’s Mo’Wax celebrations,...
December 8, 2014 No Comments

In Medias Res by Jose Parla

In Medias Res is a new book by the acclaimed artist José Parlá published by Damiani and is a...

January 25, 2015 No Comments

Champion relaunches in the UK

One of the godfathers of sports logo sweats, Champion Sportswear, are gearing up for a UK relaunch. Established in...
January 14, 2015 No Comments

XLARGE unveils a capsule collection with Super Mario Bros.

LA streetwear brand XLARGE has teamed up with the most cult game of them all, Super Mario Bros., for...
December 11, 2014 No Comments

The Real McCoy’s shop opens in London

Influential Japanese brand The Real McCoy’s make their UK bricks and mortar debut this week with the opening of...
October 29, 2014 No Comments

Clothsurgeon bodies the game by bringing out a Nike sweatsuit

Have you ever thought to yourself, ‘wow I love Nike, I also love looking fresh in a suit, couldn’t...

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