In an age where advanced knowledge of the music scene’s constantly evolving landscape is vital to artistic survival, Travis Scott is poised to lead hip-hop to a new era. A GOOD Music in-house producer, the 23-year-old’s music channels influences such as Kanye West and Kid Cudi into ultra-modern perspectives on life in the Internet era. He began to craft rumblings of greatness on the quintessential Days Before Rodeo mixtape in 2014, but a year later, he now has the opportunity to snatch greatness by its throat with his debut full-length, Rodeo.
Listen as Ju recruits Milwaukee’s WebsterX for his new single, ‘BURGUNDY’. The record is produced by Jae Genius and you can find it on Ju’s forthcoming project, THE CAGE EP, (released date TBD). The two work great on the track together, as it showcases the growing talent from both of the MCs. WebsterX is Milwaukee’s biggest emerging name in a long time, and as the ‘Latley’ rapper continues to land features and gigs, his notoriety in the rap game is only going to skyrocket.
Dickheads get ready, because rapper Lil Dicky is hitting the road again this fall for “The Looking for Love” tour. The ‘Lemme Freak’ rapper/comedian will be joined by California’s Iamsu! and the tour will kick off in Pozo, CA on October 3rd. LD will hit stops in Chicago, LA, Phili, New York and much much more, until the tour closes in Atlanta on Halloween. Read our review of Lil Dicky’s new debut album, Professional Rapper, and check out the tour dates below. You can look out for more ticket info on Lil Dicky’s website, LilDicky.com.
With the summer ending, so are the music festivals, and that leaves us with some added time on our hands. And while we hate to see the temperature dropping, like many others, we can’t wait for the sports season to start up again. NFL Pre-Season has finally kicked off and it won’t be long until everyone reserves their weekends for College and Pro Football. Then comes the NBA, NHL, College Basketball and much more, and in just a couple months. So even though delivering your music news, features, photos and interviews will always be our first priority, we are very excited to announce that we will be expanding our coverage to the Sport’s World as this fall!
The Early Registration Sports (still at home at TheEarlyRegistration.com) will be our whole new section dedicated 100% to sports. We are bringing on a whole new team of writers to deliver columns, lists, photos and news all throughout the sports world. You can expect the coverage to start this September, and as with our music coverage last year, we only expect things to grow more and more as time goes on. Stay tuned for more information and start looking out for our sports columns next month!
Watch as OVO Sound and ‘Tuesday’ rapper/singer iLoveMakonnen gets super turnt in his new video for his track, ‘Trust Me Danny’. The Danny Wolf directed video is super trippy as Drake’s signee gets wild in the awesome new visuals. Watch the official video for ‘Trust Me Danny’ below and check out our photos of Makonnon’s recent Chicago performance here.
Infinite joy without the truth of reality is unrealistic, and while not necessarily a bad trait, after a while it can get tiring and can be hard to relate to. Sometimes it takes an artist to somehow reach into the listener’s life to truly touch them. This may be through a specific lyric, a certain sample that invokes intense emotions, or even a slight nuance that while hidden may truly make a large difference. The harsh realness of life is what makes Depression Cherry so unique, the sound of Beach House waking up after a long daydream while still maintaining an ethereal aura. One thing intriguing with this album is how well it serves as a companion piece to their previous two albums Teen Dream and Bloom. While it stands very well on its own, Depression Cherry carries additional depth to uncover through context. If those previous two records reflected upon the joy of experiencing a crush and being in love with the idea of love, Depression Cherry goes into a much darker realm created by the tragic mess of rejection and losing touch.
These are the highlights of this past week in music! Hopefully you can bump these tracks on your way to work to brighten up your Monday mornings, and to stay up-to-date on today’s music. This week we have another new collaboration from The Weeknd and Lana Del Rey, a self-produced track from Big K.R.I.T., and a new song from Kyle.
Minutes ago, fans left the historic Wrigley Field, as The Foo Fighters played through the rain to give a killer set to a sold out Chicago crowd. Attributing the Windy City for the launch of his career, Dave Grohl told fans about the first rock show that made him want to be a rock star, just across the street from Wrigley as he saw his openers tonight (Naked Raygun) perform. In addition to Naked Raygun, fans tonight also saw great sets from more of Chicago’s finest, with Cheap Trick and Urge Overkill. It’s not easy to follow Billy Joel (who performed at Wrigley just two nights ago), but boot and all, nothing was stopping Grohl and The Foo Fighters from giving Chicago a hell of a performance tonight!
Check out our photos below and be sure to check out if The Foo Fighters are coming to a city near you.
Minutes ago, Billy Joel stepped off stage after his sold-out performance at the legendary Wrigley Field in Chicago, the home of the Chicago Cubs and a second home to Billy Joel in the nation’s Second City. Now the only musician to ever perform four shows at Wrigley and the only musician to perform at the ballpark in consecutive years, the Piano Man gave his Windy City fans everything they wanted and more tonight. Fans were also treated to an opening set from ‘Chariot’ and ‘I Don’t Want To Be’ singer, Gavin DeGraw.
Check out our photos from Billy Joel’s Chicago tour stop below and if he is coming to a city near you, get your tickets now (if it’s not too late)!
During his recent headlining tour, the King Wavy Tour, Ventura rapper/singer Kyle debuted a live performance of his new track, ‘Really? Yeah!” Whether you caught one of the preview performances live, saw it on YouTube, or have never heard it before, today we have the CDQ version of the ‘Keep It Real’ rapper’s new record. This one is fire, so don’t miss out!
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