In 2014, we at The Early Registration have been able to cover and send our photographers to a lot of great shows throughout the country. Check out our list below (in no particular order) to see some of our favorite shows and best shots of the year.
Last night singer Jhene Aiko performed at Chicago’s legendary House of Blues, accompanied by Odd Future‘s The Internet and TDE‘s SZA as part of her Enter The Void Tour. Jhene performed a beautiful set for the sold-out crowd, closed by her Sail Out single ‘The Worst’. Coming off a recent Grammy nomination for her debut album Souled Out, Jhene is definitely having one of the best years in R&B. Check out our photos below!
The ‘Tip Toe Wing In My Jawwdinz’ rapper took to his Twitter today to announce that his sophomore and junior albums, following the 2014 release of his debut Neon Icon, will drop on June 1st of 2015. According to Riff Raff, the Peach Panther album will be a “neon rap album” with Riff on the hooks and zero features (except for his dog Jody Husky). The Purple Panther album will be a “neon rock album” with live instruments and two members of Riff’s band. Check out the details and his all-caps announcement below.
Check out Kevin Gates’ newest video, for his track ‘I Don’t Get Tired’ with August Aisina. Download his newest project Luca Brasi 2: A Gangsta Grillz Special Edition now on iTunes and check out the Jon J. directed video below.
Last night BANKS performed the headlining set for FM 102.1‘s Big Snow Show 9 concert at The Rave in Milwaukee. BANKS performed a number of tracks during her first ever show in Milwaukee, including her hit single ‘Begging for Thread’ and her Goddess track ‘Brains’ (one of our Top 30 Tracks of the Year). Check out our photos below!
On Thursdays we review albums that are considered “classic”. This week we will review the classic LP that has been recently named the most ground-breaking album of all time by Rolling Stone, Kanye West’s game-changing 808s & Heartbreak. While Mr. West had always stepped away from conventional rap structure since the inception of his career with The College Dropout, Ye really reinvented the wheel with this one. Creating a concept album that contained 11-tracks (and one live bonus track) of music made entirely from an 808s synthesizer, themed around love and which all contained heavy use of auto-tune, Kanye made a musical masterpiece which was widely misunderstood and polarizing during its initial 2008 release but which is now the most influential album of all time. This album paved the way for today’s popular artists (mainly Drake), further introduced the world to brilliance of Kid Cudi (who had a vast influence on the album’s sound), and showed us that even when Kanye “can’t sing” he can make a singing album better than anyone else.
Fans who tuned-in to The Colbert Report last night were given a treat as rapper Kendrick Lamar performed a never-before-heard and untitled track. While this one may not be as radio friendly as his recent single ‘i’, this powerful performance should get any rap fan excited for Kendrick’s upcoming sophomore album. Still no word as to when we can expect the project, but certainly be on the look out real soon. Check out the full performance below.
Earlier this summer, Lil B released one of his deepest tracks to date, “No Black Person Is Ugly”. Four months later, The Based God has released a song inspired by the racial tension throughout the country and in honor of Eric Garner, who died after an altercation with a NYPD officer. Despite Garner pleading with the officer that he could not breathe, the grand jury decided not to indict the officer. Throughout the country, people (Lil B included) have been showing their support. Check out the 7-minute track, “I Can’t Breath” below.