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.
We have yet to hear a high quality leak of the track since Kanye West debuted his ‘All Day’ record at the BRIT Awards. However Ye did give the green light to fellow ‘Wolves’ rapper/singer Vic Mensa, to play the track at a recent DJ set of Mensa’s. Listening to the audio of the track gets us even more hyped. Stay tuned for more news on Kanye’s forthcoming So Help Me God album, which should be coming soon, and watch Vic spinning ‘All Day’ below.
This year, February was jam packed with great releases from a variety of artists. Some came to us as a surprise, others beating expectations, and some just simply getting it right. Check out some of the best releases the month of February had to offer.
Listen to Ab-Soul’s first taste of new music since last September, as he leaked his own ’47 Bars’ song on Soundcloud. The track, which is produced by The Alchemist, is a tribute to Capital Steez (the Pro Era rapper who died in December 2012). Stream ’47 Bars’ below.
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