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The Early Registration has partnered up with React Presents to give away a pair of tickets to Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples and Remy Bank’s upcoming “Not Redy 2 Leave” tour in Chicago! The show will take place this month on Sunday March 29th at the Concord Music Hall (2047 N. Milwaukee) in Chicago and you want want to miss out. Check out the contest details below, but don’t risk leaving it to chance though, buy your tickets here before they sell out.
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A jury today found that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams got to give it up (it being roughly $7.4 million dollars), as they decided that Thicke and Pharrell’s track ‘Blurred Lines’ infringed upon Marvin Gaye’s 1977 ‘Got To Give It Up’ record. After weeks in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the jurors awarded over $4 million in damages to the Gaye family, deciding that the infringement was not innocent (but also not willful). A crucial piece of evidence were interviews of Thicke and Williams saying they were inspired by Marvin Gaye and that they wanted to channel Gaye’s ‘Got to Give It Up’. Today may not only be a big loss for Thicke and Pharrell’s bank accounts but also for producers everywhere who want to blur the line between permissible and impermissible sampling of records. Compare the two tracks below.
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It has become a Coachella tradition for its performers to bring out big name artists for surprise appearances. Drake has made it a tradition of his own to bring out surprise guests, no matter where he is. In the past, Drizzy has brought out Kanye West, Eminem, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, TLC, Stevie Wonder, A$AP Rocky, J. Cole, Ma$e, Lauryn Hill… need we go on? So we can’t even begin to imagine who Drake will bring out for arguably the biggest live performance of his career, as he headlines the closing night at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival next month. Correction… we can imagine it. And we did! Hit the jump to check out our photoshopped fantasy headlines of the absolute best scenarios for how Drake’s set can go next month.
Photo Editing by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
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We told you Charles Hamilton is back! After recently signing with Republic Records, Charles Hamilton has now released his latest single ‘NY Raining’ featuring the lovely Rita Ora. The song is featured on soundtrack for Fox‘s new hit TV show “Empire”, and you can catch Hamilton and Ora performing the track on its season finale. Stream ‘NY Raining’ below.
Continue reading New Music: Charles Hamilton ft. Rita Ora – “NY Raining”
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No, he didn’t skip out because he was salty about losing to Macklemore. Earlier this morning, Kendrick Lamar sat down with radio personality Big Boy and revealed the real reason that he didn’t attend the Grammys this year to accept his awards in person. “I had to turn that album in,” Kendrick explained. “I was on a deadline, on the clock. It’s crazy, as a kid I never thought of no Grammy… writing raps that was way over my head. Just to be accomplished with any award it can be BET Awards or anything, it’s a compliment to me.” As Big Boy’s first guest on his new show, Kendrick also took time to spit a few bars on some Biggie beats. For those who have yet to hear, Kendrick’s new album will be available on March 23rd, and despite rumors, the title of the LP will not actually be called Untitled. We are still awaiting its official title, as Kendrick can’t reveal it because “Tod Dawg (Entertainment) will kill (him)” if he does.
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Last month we speculated whether Big Sean was planning a new tour in promotion of his new Dark Sky Paradise album. Now today, about a month after the first date was announced in Milwaukee and weeks after the announcement of his tour in support of J. Cole, Big Sean has announced a number of dates for a 2015 solo tour. The tour will hit a number of stops throughout North America and will run from March until May, with more dates to be announced in the future. Check out the confirmed dates below!
Continue reading Check Out the Tour Dates for Big Sean’s 2015 Solo Tour
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No two artists quite have the pipes and song-writing talents of John Legend and Sam Smith. And in support of the charity Comic Relief, the two combined talents for a brand new recording of Smith’s single ‘Lay Me Down’. Check out the charitable duet below and buy it now on iTunes. 100% of the profits go to Comic Relief, which aims to change the lives of the poor and vulnerable in the U.K. and Africa. Both Smith and Legend graciously opted-out of receiving any royalties from the proceeds on this one and you can also watch the two perform the track live (for the first and only time) on Friday, March 13 on Comic Relief – Face the Funny via BBC One.
Continue reading Watch John Legend Join Sam Smith for a Duet of Smith’s “Lay Me Down”
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The best and brightest of this past week in music, as well as a throwback track! Hopefully you can bump these tracks on your way to work to brighten up your Monday mornings. This week we have new music from Action Bronson and Chance the Rapper, Meg Myers, Kid Cudi and more! Continue reading Songs of the Week ft. Action Bronson, Meg Myers, Kid Cudi & More!
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Listen to Milwaukee electronic/future soul production duo Kiings‘ new debut album WWYDF and its WebsterX collaboration ‘1984’. The duo consists of Sean Foran and Chris Siego, and the two recruited a number of artists for WWYDF: including WebsterX, Milo, Christopher Porterfield (of Field Report), Rae Cassidy, Christine Hoberg, Pizzle, Bliss & Alice, Piper Davis, King Courteen, Siren, Colin Plant, & Torrice Albarakat. You can stream or download it in its entirety below and check out its WebsterX collaboration ‘1984’, which also features bliss & alice and King Courteen.
Continue reading Listen to Milwaukee Production Duo Kiings’ WebsterX Collaboration “1984”
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After debuting the highly anticipated song live for the first time at the Brit Awards, and releasing the track on iTunes, fans can now watch the full length video for 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 but the video is all Kanye. The video is still just a fan recording of its premiere but now you can watch it in its entirety, after a preview was released online yesterday.
Continue reading Watch the Full Video for Kanye West’s “All Day” Track
