J. Cole & Dreamville presents “Born Sinner” | Episode 6: Cedric “Ced” Brown

In preparation for the release of his sophomore album, “Born Sinner” (available for pre-order on iTunes), rapper J. Cole shares his “Born Sinner” series (created by the Dreamville collective). The “Born Sinner” series highlights unique, personally curated content/stories surrounding J. Cole’s life, others like rapper Kendrick Lamar, Grammy-award winning singer Miguel, Ibrahim “IB” Hamad, and more. 

In episode six, J.Cole & Dreamville documents Dreamville’s producer Cedric “Ced” Brown reflecting on his past and discussing his passion for music. 

Stay tuned to http://bornsinner.com for more episodes as we inch closer to the released date of J. Cole’s highly anticipated sophomore album “Born Sinner” on June 18th. If you haven’t, take a peek at his latest music video for ’Power Trip’ (ft. Miguel) — here and download the single from iTunes. Also, Cole dropped a touching song entitled ‘Crooked Smile’ featuring TLC this week which can listen to — here and download — here

When checking out bornsinner.com, you can listen to the full album version of “Born Sinner” on the site. It’s great, trust me! Don’t forget to grab his latest mixtape ”Truly Yours, 2” if you haven’t — here. If you missed the last two episodes, view episode 1 — here, episode two — here, episode three — here and lastly, episode four & five — here

Watch episode six: “Cedric “Ced” Brown” below.

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Summer Music: Ciara & HAIM cover Fader Magazine’s June/July 2013 Issue

Magazine: Fader Magazine, June/July 2013 ‘Summer Music Issue’ #86

Cover Stars: Ciara & HAIM 

Photographer: Dorothy Hong 

Stylist: Mobolaji Dawodu

Key Point(s): Ciara is joined by girl-band HAIM on the cover of Fader Magazine’s annual ‘Summer Music Issue’. On this cover, Ciara’s new do looks great! View Cici’s BTS photoshoot and the covers below!

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New Video: Bruno Mars - ‘Treasure’

Artist: Bruno Mars 

Song: ‘Treasure’ 

Album: Unorthodox Jukebox (available on iTunes/Amazon

Video Director: Cameron Duddy & Bruno Mars 

Key Point(s):Get tickets for the Moonshine Jungle World Tour by heading to http://brunomars.com/moonshinejungletour. German fans can watch the music video — here. As for the rest, watch ‘Treasure’ below.

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Cara Delevingne for YSL Fall 2013 Beauty Campaign

Model: Cara Delevingne, Storm Model Management 

Campaign: YSL Fall 2013 Beauty Campaign 

Label: Yves Saint Laurent 

Key Point(s): She’s currently reign supreme as the face of Saint Laurent’s Fall 2013 womenswear campaign, the label’s Baby Doll mascara and now Cara Delevingne is featured in the new Fall 2013 YSL Beauty Campaign. Shown above, the English model rocks a vampy lip (with a daring black dress to match) and bold look-at-me eye makeup. The Fall 2013 YSL Beauty Collection will drop this August

View a show of the palette Delevingne is modeling in this new campaign below.

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Taking It to The Streets: Jourdan Dunn, Daphne Groeneveld & More cover Antidote Magazine’s ‘The Street Issue’

Magazine: Antidote Magazine, Spring/Summer 2013 ‘The Street Issue’ 

Models: Jourdan Dunn, Catherine McNeilDaphne Groeneveld, Monika Jagaciak, Zuzanna Bijoch, Frida Gustavsson, Anna Selezneva, and Barbara Palvin 

Photographer: Hans Feurer 

Key Point(s): Antidote Magazine editorial team decided to create an issue based around one of fashion’s greatest source of inspiration — the streets.  Photographed by Hans Feurer, some of fashion’s favorite faces cover the Spring/Summer 2013 issue of Antidote Magazine.
 
View the pictures below!!

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