Ghetto Palms: Mavado (Gully Gone to the World!)

Every week resident FADER selector Eddie STATS runs through dancehall riddims and other artifacts from the ghetto archipelago.

If you read FADER you may have noticed that our favorite thing is to go out on a limb for new-brand artists we really fuck with. That is partly for the just cause of shining a light on deserving creative endeavors but also partly so we can sit back and congratulate ourselves with every future success that artist has (which is way better than being mad at an artist’s success, if you think about it). The intrepid staff here at thefader.com have done a pretty good job of chronicling the mounting successes of F42 cover star Mavado, but it seemed like high time to take a step back and ponder the overall phenomenon he’s become this year and say, Wow.

Mavado Megablend:

Mavado f. Serani, “Dying Pt. 2”

Mavado, “Step In the Future”

G Unit f. Mavado, “Let it Go”

Mavado & Asafa Powell, “On the Go”

Mavado f. Jay-Z, “On the Rock”

Mavado, “We Need Barack” (Green Lantern special)

Mavado, “Mr. Palmer”

Mavado, “Life of a Gee”