Kanye West and Mike Dean (Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration)
Here at The Early Registration we like to pride ourselves on our music knowledge. To stay polished on our musical expertise, our new feature is a little game of musical “6 Degrees”. For those who are unfamiliar, six degrees of separation is the theory that everyone in the world is connected by six or fewer steps, so we are now taking the liberty of connecting musicians whom you would never think could be connected, in exactly six steps. This week our 6˚ piece is dedicated to Kanye West’s new banger ‘All Day‘ and the vast team of nearly 20 artists and writers behind the track, which include Kendrick Lamar, French Montana, Vic Mensa and more. To keep things interesting we challenged ourself to connect one of its more random co-writers, rapper French Montana, to Allan Kingdom, the young Minnesota rapper featured on the track. The twist is can we do this using only other writers/artists credited on ‘All Day’? Find out below!
This past Saturday, electronic rock band Lotus performed for a sold-out crowd at the Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee. Performing a number of tracks off their 2014 Gilded Age EP (as well as songs from their entire discography), Lotus accompanied their mesmerizing light show with great vibes for one of their Wisconsin stops on the Gilded Age Tour. Check out our photos below, as The Early Registration’s Halley Shaw was there to capture some of the best moments of the night.
Check out the new track from Timbaland co-signed rapper Tink. One of our Chicago Artists to Watch in 2015, Tink has been making a big buzz for herself ever since Timbaland debuted the unofficial ‘Movin’ Bass‘ remix with Tink, Rick Ross and Jay-Z. Stream the Timbaland produced track ‘Ratchet Commandments’ below.
Chance The Rapper and Action Bronson made a great team last time, with Chance’s Acid Rap track ‘NaNa’, and now this time Action returned the favor by recruiting Chance for his new track ‘Baby Blue’. ‘Baby Blue’ is off Action’s forthcoming Mr. Wonderful album, and is produced by Mark Ronson (‘Uptown Funk’) and co-written by BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe. Be sure to get Mr. Wonderful onMarch 24th (available for pre-order now on iTunes) and listen to ‘Baby Blue’ below.
After debuting the highly anticipated song live for the first time at the Brit Awards, and a number of fake leaks surfacing on the internet, we now have a more proper version of Kanye West’s new So Help Me God single ‘All Day’. ‘All Day’ has been worked on for a number of months by the likes of Kanye West, Q-Tip, Mike Dean, Vic Mensa, Theophilus London and more. And it definitely sounds like all the work paid off. While it was originally scheduled to be the first single from Kanye’s forthcoming studio album, fans can listen to the track now (and download it here on iTunes), which features Paul McCartney, Theophilus London and Allan Kingdom.
Kanye West just got done speaking to students at Oxford University (United Kingdom) and it seems like he gave a speech full of quotable that can even top the public speaking that Lil B The Based God brings to college campuses. Check out some of our favorite quotes below, some deep and some funny, as transcribed by Oxford University’s newspaper The Tab.
Eat Pray Thug, the anticipated debut solo album from Heems (formerly of Das Racist) is available now for streaming. Check out the entire LP at NPR First Listen, and get yourself a copy next Tuesday, March 10th on Megaforce Records.
Check out Wale’s premiere of his brand new single ‘The Matrimony (Making Plans)’ featuring Usher. The new track marks the first single off the MMG rapper’s upcoming studio album, The Album About Nothing, which is schedule for a March 31 release. Listen to ‘The Matrimony’ below.
This past Saturday electro-house musician Steve Aoki brought his energetic Neon Future Experiencetour to Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom. Fans lined up for blocks in the Chicago winter, hours before Aoki hit the stage, and the wait was well worth it for the sold-out crowd. And while the line was starting to build at the Aragon, Aoki held a private listening event at Casabar for his Neon Future II project, the highly anticipated second half to his Neon Future album. Neon Future II is scheduled for a May 12th release and features Linkin Park, Snoop Lion, Matthew Koma and more (stream the video for its ‘I Love It When You Cry’ single here). Not only did fans get to experience Neon Future II last night, but Aoki also performed a number of cuts and fan favorites from his entire discography to keep the crowd hyped. Check out our photos below, as The Early Registration was there to capture some of the best moments of the night.
Cashmere Cat has really blown up this past year, and he is showing no signs of stopping. Not only is he currently supporting Ariana Grande on her Honeymoon Tour, but as soon as he is done warming up arenas, he heads to venues to headline a tour of his own. Last night Cashmere performed for a sold-out crowd at The Mirmar in Milwaukee, playing a number of cuts including his new DJ Mustard collaboration ‘Ice Rink’ as well as his highly anticipated Kanye West track ‘Wolves’, the first song on Kanye’s forthcoming So Help Me God album. Check out our photos below, as The Early Registration was there to capture some of the best moments.
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