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The Awesome Story of How Vic Mensa Got Signed to Roc Nation

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BY DAN GARCIA

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While we have known about the signing for awhile, Jay-Z made the official announcement that Chicago’s own, Vic Mensa, is the newest member of Roc Nation Records. Perhaps the most interesting part about the deal is the story behind the signing, which dates back from over a year ago. Jay-Z’s right-hand-man at Roc Nation, executive Lenny Santiago, shared an awesome story about how he first pursued and eventually signed Vic Mensa.

As Santiago shares, while Vic Mensa’s “I don’t care which label you’re from” attitude almost stopped a deal from taking place, it was Mensa’s love for the music and culture that made the partnership happen.

Check out the full story below!

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Listen to Raekwon and A$AP Rocky’s New “I Got Money” Track

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BY TER STAFF

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A New York legend and arguably the best new artist out of New York in the past few years join forces for ‘I Got Money’. Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon recruited A$AP Rocky for this one, and this has to be one of our favorite guest verses from Rocky of all time. After this collaboration, A$AP may want to step outside his comfort zone more often for non-trap verses, because this record definitely works!

Listen to ‘I Got Money’ below and check out our recent photos from Raekwon and Ghostface Killah’s Weekend One Coachella performance.

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Watch Big Sean Play Pictionary on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

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BY TER STAFF

Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

When comparing rappers Big Sean and LL Cool J, we now know two things. First, Big Sean’s ‘Paradise’ track (one of the best tracks on his newest Dark Sky Paradise album) is substantially better than LL Cool J’s track of the same name. Hell, LL’s hook goes “Paradise is very nice.” But now we also know that Big Sean is much better at pictionary than LL, as the two competed against each other on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

While Big Sean teamed up with Jimmy Fallon and drew a pretty solid tree house, LL Cool J gave a hilariously pathetic attempt at a tattoo drawing for his partner, actress Rose Byrne. Watch the two rappers compete below!

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Watch J. Cole’s New Video for “Wet Dreamz”

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BY TER STAFF

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Ever since the unexpected announcement and release of his 2014 Forest Hills Drive album (his best album to date), J. Cole has stayed busy. And with the release of his new music video for his ‘Wet Dreamz’ track (which coincidentally is about the first time Cole got busy), J. Cole is continuing to stay busy. Not only is J. Cole currently on a huge three-part worldwide tour, but now he is recording music videos where Cole co-stars with dogs (you read that right, dogs). Personification at its best use in a rap video for sure!

Watch Cole’s ‘Wet Dreamz’ video below, and Chicago fans be sure to catch Cole’s Chicago stop on his tour, July 28th in Tinley Park with Big Sean, YG and more!

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Coachella Photo Series, Concert Photos, Features, News

Coachella Photo Series: Run The Jewels

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BY TER STAFF

Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Last Sunday wrapped up our amazing experience during our first year at Coachella. The weekend was surreal, as music fans saw performances from Drake, Lil B, The Weeknd, Tyler the Creator, Toro y Moi, Action Bronson, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah, Vic Mensa and many more! While we posted a small selection of our favorite photos last weekend, to share our experience with our readers, we will be posting new photo galleries from Coachella EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT MONTH. We saw over 30 great performances this past weekend and we will share our collection of photos of each until we run out!

Check out our ninth Coachella Photo Series, of Run The Jewels’ Weekend One performance, below.

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Father and his Awful Records Collective Releases 15 New Songs

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BY WILL LAMPLEY

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Another day, another series of blessings on my SoundCloud feed. This afternoon, while sifting through the soulful Kendrick Lamar demo of Kanye West’s “All Day”, and whatever Spooky Black is co-signing these days, I noticed there were new tracks being released by Abra, Micah Freeman and Father. A few clicks later, I realized that today is an unoffical holiday, but not 4/20. It’s #AwfulHoliday, and in celebration, Awful Records has released an album’s worth of songs for free, as well as a video and some more of that pure, unfiltered debauchery that Father’s followers just can’t get enough of. Aside from this, Father’s new track with KeithCharles SpaceBar features artwork that hasn’t caught my attention and made me this uncomfortable since when I first saw the deluxe cover of Tyler, the Creator’s XL album Goblin in 2011. Even though it’s just a close-up of an Instagram flick of a security cam.

Listen to the new songs and watch the video below.

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Neil Young and Stevie Wonder Added to Summerfest’s 2015 Lineup

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BY TER STAFF

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Adding to its already diverse lineup, Milwaukee’s Summerfest has added two big name headliners to its 2015 schedule. Performing at the festival’s Marcus Amphitheater Stage on Saturday, June 27th will be Stevie Wonder and closing the festival on Sunday, July 5th (also at the Amphitheater) will be Neil Young + Promise of the Real. Wonder and Young now join Kendrick Lamar, The Rolling Stones, Kings of Leon, Keith Urban, Linkin Park and more for the “World’s Largest Music Festival’s” headliners this year.

This year Summerfest runs from June 24-28 and June 30 – July 5 this year, and tickets start at only $12! For those who don’t purchase upgrades to the main stage, fans can also see performances from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Bastille, Kaskade, Santigold, Gary Clark Jr., Weird Al, and many more.

Check out more of Summerfest’s 2015 lineup below and at its official website.

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Listen to a New Better Quality Version of Kanye West’s “All Day” with Kendrick Lamar

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BY TER STAFF

Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Last week a full original version to Kanye West’s ‘All Day’ track with Kendrick Lamar appeared online. Well as it turns out, it wasn’t actually a full version, as a new and better quality version with a full verse from King Kendrick (and new intro) has now surfaced. We weren’t huge fans of the last remix, but this one is definitely hot. If this didn’t make the final cut for Kanye’s forthcoming So Help Me God album, we can only imagine what will.

Listen to the new ‘All Day’ demo featuring Kendrick Lamar below.

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Migos Denied Bond in Recent Weapons Arrest

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BY TER STAFF

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‘Shooters’ rappers Migos (Offset, Quavo, Takeoff) were recently denied bond, as a result of their felony weapons charges. The trio is currently being held in Bulloch County Jail (Georgia) after their arrest outside a Georgia Southern University concert. Authorities searched Migos van upon their arrival, where officers found marijuana and multiple firearms. Migos were charged with possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm in a school safety zone and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

We will keep you updated as we have more information.

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