The new issue of Bonafide is out…we recommend you cop it, beautifully presented and loaded with excellent content, each issue is a keeper. Who better to give you the low down on what is in this issue than Bonafide themselves!

As per Bonafide PR:

For this new edition of Bonafide we convinced one of modern music’s most imaginative art directors, and one of our favourite creatives, to design the front cover. Jeff Janks, of Stones Throw records, certainly came up with the goods. His comic book-inspired cut-up of a Strong Arm Steady/Planet Asia/J Rocc photograph is dope to the power of 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. We also get 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.

Continuing the out-there theme we also speak to an animated Jamaican Commando who lost his arm in a secret zombie war and operates under the guise of a dancehall manager. Our interview with party animal Major Lazer comes straight from the front line. We also continue our exploration into the art & design of music promotion with Jeff Janks and closer to home, Jonathon Cooke from Village Green, the team behind Fabric’s distinct art direction and countless album covers. Continuing the UK angle we get down with Sheffield club Toddla T, beat boxer Shlomo and Task Force’s Farma G, who reveals another side to the country’s rowdiest rap group.

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