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I still haven't done the thing I talked about doing last week , opening this column up to late-night peformances or fan-taped camera-phone concert vids. I might still eventually do that, but this turned out to be a very good week for the traditional notions of music videos, and the best one in a while for big-budget major-label videos. As a fan of all the late-'90s/early-'00s videos where labels shipped rappers down to Caribbean nations and blew big money on their clips, I'm happy to include two such videos on the below list - and both of them are [...]

Trinidad Jame$ goes to the islands in the Jonathan Mannion-directed video for "Females Welcomed," one of the standouts songs from Don’t Be S.A.F.E. and clearly a track that fans have [...] The post Trinidad Jame$ - "Females Welcomed" Video appeared first on The Smoking Section .

Legendary photographer Jonathan Mannion, takes it back to ’98 and reflects on DMX’s blood bath. The shoot resulted in the cover of X’s second album, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood. Tags: dmx, jonathan mannion Read more [...]

We're heading toward the end of last-minute present season, but there's still time to pick up quick gifts for the music people in your life. Buy a FADER subscription for a friend and give them ... read more �

Alice Goodwin Do People Have More Sex During The Summer? [Village Voice] Adele Song Wakes Girl From Coma [Prefix Mag] Jonathan Mannion And Stalley Talk The Creative Process [Karmaloop TV] [...]

This special feature sees the first meeting between legendary photographer Jonathan Mannion and Maybach Music rapper Stalley. The two sat down with our man Wahid to talk about Mos Def, Richard Avedon, the creative process, and most importantly, dreams.

Mick Boogie has done a lot of mixtapes throughout his career, yet has never made one centering on the music of the Beastie Boys.  It's something he always wanted to do, and with the Beastie's recently being inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame, finally felt the time was right.  The mixtape is entitled Grand Royal, and will drop tomorrow.  For the mixtape's cover, Mick Boogie linked with Jonathan Mannion to recreate the Beastie Boys' iconic cover of Paul's Boutique . Mick Boogie + Jonathan Mannion = Creating The [...]

If there was ever any one person I could pick to shoot my album artwork, it would be Jonathan Mannion. Having grown up on his shots from XXL, along with [...]

For our NOW issue fashion feature, Prime Numbers, style editors Alex Frank and Mobolaji Dawodu highlighted seven key silhouettes for winter and the designers that best realized them. To capture each look they enlisted long-time ... read more �

Since his 1996 cover shot for Jay-Z's groundbreaking album "Reasonable Doubt", photographer Jonathan Mannion has been a major force in hip hop. Through his strong relationships with the musicians who trust his instinctive ability to capture their artistry on film, Mannion has created a body of work that has left an indelible mark on pop culture. Reebok Classics teamed up with Mannion for the 2011 Art Basel Miami show. The four day gallery exhibition event "CLASSIC" explores a number of Mannion's most celebrated collaborations with legendary hip hop artists by examining both the iconic and the never-before-seen [...]

Leica Camera's turns the focus on Jonathan Mannion, well-known photographer of all things Hip-Hop culture. Instead of Mannion telling rap's stories through his photos, the interview below allows him to [...]

Stussy , Lafayette und der Fotograf Jonathan Mannion haben sich zusammengetan und eine Shirtserie mit Hip Hop Größen wie Rakim, Notorious BIG, 50 Cent, Jay-Z und Slick Rick herausgebracht. Die Teile sind limitiert und ab dem 17. September über Lafayette erhältlich. via

Go behind-the-scenes with legendary music photographer Jonathan Mannion.In the video, Mannion discusses the music legends he's captured over the years, including Kanye West's first magazine cover. He also goes into the redesign of bar/club Fedora, his camera toys and tricks, and wisdom as to how he got to where he is today.The video is the latest edition of Phone Tap, a new FADER TV mini-series

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Phone Tap is a new FADER TV mini-series hosted by Kam Tambini that looks into the daily grind of some of our favorite musicians, artists, personalities, and overall interesting people living in New York City. ... read more �

Great episode of Hype Men - this time featuring Jonathan Mannion , who's taken a shitload of iconic Hip-Hop pictures, featuring everyone from Jay-Z to DJ Quik : " Legendary photographer Jonathan Mannion joins the Hype Men to discuss how he got DMX to bathe himself in blood + what Jay-Z thinks of his Jay-Z impression + breaking new artists from Eminem to Lil' Mama + Game's Compton street reality + trashing hotel rooms with Sum 41 + the madness of Foxy Brown + Lil' Wayne's genius water + the ODB-Donna Summer connection + [...]

First Missinfo.tv unearths this behind the scenes footage of David Lachapelle's infamous bathtub photoshoot for Tupac which we find out, has a title —"Becoming Clean." Then Jonathan Mannion, the man behind the covers of most ... read more �

After the preliminary clip , TDK releases the full "Life On Record" segment with Nasir. Click and listen as God's Son speaks on growing up in QB, his range of musical influences - Tribe Called Quest, MC Shan, Kurtis Blow & Queen - and the impact cassettes and mixtapes had on his early learning. There's a handful of deleted scenes residing on TDK's Facebook page . Previously: 5 Questions About Mixtapes With TDK Chronicles & Gotty™

A few months ago, I was asked to share my memories and stories as a part of TDK's "Life On Record" project. I didn't get the video treatment Nas got but I feel completely honored to be involved and had a great time reminiscing about pushing 'boxes together to make tapes, my thought processes as a young yardie/wannabe DJ and all of the aspects of what music once was to me. Why did you make it/who was it for? Any tape I made was [...]

Nas does and the clip below is the trailer for a short film on his and others' experiences surrounding childhood mixtapes as a part of the TDK Life on Record Chronicles film series, which pays tribute to the days of cassette tapes and the anatomy of the mixtape. Directed by the talented photographer & film director Jonathan Mannion. The full mini-movie's set to drop on January 19th. Visit TDKHiFi.com for additional info.