I'm old school and to me the "Bald fade" is the cleanest hair cut a brother can get. If you are about to throw a suit or you have to go a wedding or funeral ect... and you trying to look clean... you can't beat the Bald Fade.
I know some of these young cats with waves don't want to get a Bald fade because a lot of their waves are going to be cut out on the sides and back like the guy below. His hair cut would look a lot better with a bald fade then what he has now.
The Bald fade is still the cleanest and best looking cut to me... especially if you got waves. I also think a Bald fade makes most nikkas look younger. This guys fade is a little to high up IMO.
Back when I had hair... LOL... that's all I used to rock was a bald fade but my fade wasn't cut as high up as the picture above. If you saw me after I came from the barber shop... from a distance you would think I was bald but then when you got up on me you would see that crisp line up and then those waves... and then you would realize I'm not bald I just got very low bald fade.
This picture below is how my hair cuts kinda used to look minus the beard. I had the waves flowing and crisp line up but my hair was cut down even lower and back and sides would be faded up a little bit more... so like I said... from a distance you would think I was bald until you got up on me. Having waves with that Bald fade makes a big difference in the look. When I used to get hair cuts dudes would say... "Damn nikka... yo hair is cut low as fukk but I can still see the waves in yo shyt and can tell you got a fade too... I thought you were bald when I first looked at you". I used to hear that shyt every single time I got a hair cut.
Yeah... yall got a nikka reminiscing. Damn... sometimes I wish I still had hair.

LOL