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Riot Fest 2016 Chicago and Denver Lineups Announced

BY TER STAFF

Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

If its initial lineups are any indication, this will be the best year for Riot Fest yet, as festival organizers have announced the first wave of Denver and Chicago artists. Hitting the stage at Riot Fest this year will not only be the reunion of the original Misfits, but Morrisey, Death Cab For Cutie, Rob Zombie, Jane’s Addiction, Sleater-Kinney, Fitz & The Tantrums, Jimmy Eat World, All Time Low, Death Grips and many more will be performing at this year’s Riot Fest. And don’t assume that it is all rock either, fans will also catch memorable performances from Nas, Tyler The Creator, Joey Bada$$ and Method Man & Redman this year.

Riot Fest will kick off this year in Chicago on September 16-18th at Douglas Park, and September 2-4th in Denver at the National Western Complex. You’ll definitely want to grab your festival passes fast for this one, so visit RiotFest.org or Ticketfly.com for more ticket info.

Check out the first wave of Chicago and Denver performers below.

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Vic Mensa Working with the Gorillaz in Chicago

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Music fans have been more than excited that a new Gorillaz LP is currently under works, and we have now learned that a familiar face in Chicago is likely working on the new and highly anticipated project. Hours ago, Gorillaz-affiliated producer Remi Kabaka (voice of the Gorillaz’s Russel Hobbs) posted a photo of Vic in the studio in Chicago. While we can’t say for sure whether they were all working on the Gorillaz’s forthcoming album, it’s a definite possibility. This may seem like an unlikely collaboration on the surface, but Mensa definitely is a rock star, as much as he is a rapper. Whether it’s providing feedback or a guest feature, a Vic and Gorillaz record would be amazing.

 

Check out the Instagram post below.

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Giveaway: Win 2 Tickets to Spring Awakening to See Deadmau5, The Chainsmokers, Dillon Francis & More

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Spring Awakening is returning to Chicago to kick off your summer and it’s better than ever! And that’s why we are giving you a chance to see Deadmau5, The Chainsmokers, Dillon Frances and many more, and all for free. Taking place on June 10th through the 12th at Addans/Medill Park, Spring Awakening is a must for your summer this year so enter our contest now!

Winning is easy, enter at the link below and by following The Early Registration on social media, by sharing the contest with your friends, you gain entries that increase your chances of winning! Contest ends May 30th.

But why leave things to chance? Buy your tickets here before they sell out!

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Make sure you also enter our Mamby On The Beach Giveaway here!

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Puff Daddy Announces 25-Date Bay Boy Reunion Tour with French Montana, Lil Kim, Faith Evans & More

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It’s Bad Boy for life in 2016 as Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/whichever moniker you prefer has just announced a huge Bad Boy reunion tour. Featuring Lil Kim, Mase, Faith Evans, French Montana and more, this will definitely be a special event next fall. The reunion tour will get started August 25th in Columbus, OH and will make 25-stops in total (New York, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta & more) until the tour comes to an end October 8th in Oakland. Tickets go on sale this Friday (May 20th), so don’t miss out because for a tour this huge, they will go fast!

Check out the official tour dates below.

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Sia Announces “Nostalgic For The Present” North American Fall Tour with Miguel & AlunaGeorge

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If you missed Sia’s amazing and rare performances at Coachella this year, don’t fear, because the ‘Chandelier’ singer will be hitting the road this fall for a huge headlining North American tour. She won’t be traveling solo either, as singer Miguel and electronic duo AlunaGeorge will be joining her along the way. Kicking off things on September 29th at Seattle’s Key Arena, Sia will hit stops in Chicago, Phili, Los Angeles, Toronto and many more until her Nostalgic For The Present Tour concludes November 6th in Austin, TX. Tickets for the general public go on sale Friday at 10 AM, with a special fan presale beginning tomorrow (May 17th), so don’t miss out!

Check out the dates for Sia’s fall tour below.

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Chance The Rapper Confirms Mixtape with Childish Gambino

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Childish Gambino
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Childish Gambino news is rare in 2016 while Donald Glover has shifted his focus on his forthcoming FX show Atlanta. So when Chance The Rapper gave a fan on reddit this weekend a simple one-word response, Chance and Bino fans everywhere rejoiced. During Chance’s reddit “ask me anything” fan Q&A, a fan asked the Chicago rapper:

“Does the Chance and Childish Gambino collab album/mixtape still exist?”

With just a few letters, Chance gave the answer we were all hoping for by replying yes. While he didn’t give any details, the fact that the music has been actually recorded gets rap fans everywhere hopeful that the project will be released. However, since Chance just released his highly anticipated album/mixtape, Coloring Book, and given how busy Childish Gambino is, don’t expect the project anytime soon.

Stream some of our favorite Chance/Gambino songs below.

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Listen to Alessia Cara & G-Eazy’s “Wild Things” Remix

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Earlier this week, the lovely and talented Alessia Cara teased a remix to her second single ‘Wild Things’, from her debut album Know-It-All. Recruiting the talents of ‘Me, Myself & I’ rapper G-Eazy, Cara and G-Eazy go well together on the addictive record. While the Canadian singer’s parts remain unchanged, G-Eazy gives a great verse to the record. Alessia Cara, while pop, has definitely been embraced by the hip-hop community so we are excited to see more of her rapper collaborations in the future.

Stream ‘Wild Things’ (Remix) below.

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Album Review: Coloring Book | Chance The Rapper

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BY DAN GARCIA

After the long anticipated releases of Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo and Drake’s Views, there still remained two huge projects that rap fans were patiently waiting for in 2016, Frank Ocean’s sophomore release Boys Don’t Cry and Chance The Rapper’s first solo project since his 2013 breakout and sophomore mixtape, Acid Rap. And while Frank’s fans still have an indefinite wait ahead of them, the rap world rejoiced as Chance The Rapper finally blessed fans with his third mixtape free album. Titled Coloring Book, a title that was kept secret until its release, this may be Chance’s top project yet and a definite and promised improvement from his Social Experiment collaboration and heavily guest featured 2015 project, Surf. While Coloring Book still shares an all-star cast of features (Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Future, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, 2 Chainz and many more) that Surf made headlines with, it excels in the overall quality of music and is a much more cohesive project than Surf, similar to Chance’s efforts on Acid Rap, yet an album that differs from Acid Rap in many ways. Three years for a solo project since Chance The Rapper became the new young face of Chicago hip-hop may have seemed like an eternity, but we can now say that it was well worth the wait.

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Album Review: At Night, Alone | Mike Posner

At Night, Alone
BY DAN GARCIA

Mike Posner has made his most honest album yet with At Night, Alone. Titled after how the Detroit singer/songwriter tells fans the way the LP should be listened too, Posner certainly took his time for sophomore album. After the release of his 2010 debut, 31 Minutes To Takeoff, which was Posner’s third project in just two years (when you include his 2009 mixtapes which launched the singer/songwriter into the college music scene), Posner’s hiatus between albums even had Frank Ocean fans feeling sympathetic. And with the great success of Posner’s breakout single, ‘Cooler Than Me’, and a number of scrapped projects, fans began to wonder if they had seen the last of Mike Posner.

Fortunately for fans, Mike Posner shed any doubts that he could escape the “one hit wonder” title with the success of his single, ‘I Took A Pill In Ibiza’. Like the success of ‘Cooler Than Me’, Mike Posner’s second breakout single did not see it’s success overnight. Both tracks were available for many months before an upbeat club mix came in to save the day for the record’s commercial success. While I personally enjoy and prefer the OG versions of both records, the remixes were a smart move and much needed to share Posner’s music with a broader audience. And not only is ‘I Took a Pill In Ibiza’ on par with the success Posner saw in 2010, but the record landed him his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Music charts.

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Chance The Rapper Teams Up with Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz for “No Problem”

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Chance The Rapper’s highly anticipated follow up to his breakout sophomore project Acid Rap is less than a day away! Titled Chance 3, today fans have another sneak peak of the project with the Chicago rapper’s new Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz collaboration, ‘No Problem’. Debuting on Zane Lowe’s Beats1 this morning, ‘No Problem’ sticks with the gospel infused sound that Chance has helped bring to rap music, especially in the past year, and the track is fire. His first solo project since 2013, get excited for Chance 3 tomorrow, May 13th.

Stream ‘No Problem’ below.

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