BONAFIDE MAGAZINE
Ladies and Gentlemen, B-Boys and B-Girls, welome to Bonafide Magazine. Check the Freshness.
Bonafide is devoted to individuals who have not compromised their ideas and values in pursuit of success. Heads who have changed the rules of the game. Without trying to frantically put a thumb on the zeitgeist, Bonafide is a celebration of dope old school, mid school and new school creativity.
The magazine is produced by people who care. It’s crafted outside of our 9-5s to create something that we’d like to read and know there are a loads of people out there who like it too. Our aim is simple; provide original coverage on where hip-hop has been, is at and where it’s heading.
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Bonafide started out as a printed magazine and still very much is a printed magazine. Bonafide 01 dropped the bomb. A limited run printed with blood, sweat and tears, it gathered interest from all over the globe. We’re now on issue 03 and if you hadn’t already gathered it’s bigger, better and badass-ier. Not sure if that’s an actual word but I think you get the idea.
BONAFIDE 03
For this issue we some how managed to convince one of our favourite, and modern music’s most imaginative art directors to design our front cover. And Jeff Jank (Stones Throw records) certainly comes up with the goods in this comic book-inspired cut-up of a Strong Arm Steady/Planet Asia/J Rocc image - dope to the power of a gazillion.
Inside the magazine we delve deep into the psyche of some of the most exciting MCs of the last 20 years including the polemical Mr Lif, renaissance man Raekwon the Chef, avant-garde sound sorcerers Anti-Pop Consortium and native tongue pioneers De La Soul. As well as getting the lo-down from two of the finest purveyors of modern funk, Malcolm Catto and Dam Funk who reveals he’s “more Gary Numan” than Sly Stone. On a slightly surreal tip we speak to an animated Jamaican commando who lost his arm in a secret zombie war - it could only be party animal Major Lazer. We also continue our theme of exploration into the art & design of music promotion with Jeff Jank and closer to home, Jonathon Cooke from Village Green, the team behind Fabric’s distinct art direction and countless album covers. Continuing on the UK angle we got down with Sheffield club kid-come-Radio 1- tastemaker Toddla T, beat boxer extraordinaire Shlomo and Task Force’s Farma G who reveals another side to the UK’s rowdiest rap group.
BONAFIDE 02
With crispy clean visuals and incisive editorial throughout, issue 02 has exclusive features and in-depth interviews with Neon Neon, Large Professor, Peanut Butter Wolf, Kid Acne, Kidkanevil, Flying Lotus, Ben Eine, Gareth Bayliss, Mo’ Wax and more. You can get one here. Stocks are now limited so hurry up and grab one ’cause once they’re gone they’re gone for good. Peep it.
BONAFIDE 01
This is where it all kicked off, featuring One Self, Kool Keith, George Dubose, DJ Woody, Mystro, Ehquestionmark?, Answer, Eelus and more. Click Here to grab a copy. We only have a few few left so don’t be sure to make sure you get yours.
