It’s fair to say Big Sean has been feeling some type of way lately. Glancing over the past couple years, one could pick out that his last album, Hall of Fame, was ironically average and commercially poor, and on top of it all, he endured a very public and bitter split with his ex-fiancee and Glee star, Naya Rivera. Lately though, not only has Sean rebounded with another tabloid-attracting lover in songstress Ariana Grande, he has signed a new management deal with music-juggernaut Roc Nation, but more importantly, he has been killing every feature or single released from him in the past few months. With this overflow of amazing music, not only is he making up for lost time and turning heads in the process, but he has managed to craft his best studio album to date in his latest effort, Dark Sky Paradise.
“New sound. New deal. New album. New Era. Its finally coming. #In2015 #MikePosner”, reads an Instagram post from Mike Posner’s Manager, Patrick Cline. In the photo, the ‘Cooler Than Me’ signer is on location for a video or photo shoot, which makes fans very optimistic for the return of Mike Posner. The new album, Pages, is one of our most anticipated album of 2015 and now it looks like the project will come with a new sound and new deal as well. As for the new sound, all we have heard is good things, most specifically from representatives of Beats Musicand Philymack Inc. It also looks like Mike may even be working with Odd Futre?
During his visit to Power 105.1′s “The Breakfast Club” this morning, Kanye West revealed to Charlamagne and friends the inspiration behind his Vic Mensa and Sia track ‘Wolves‘. “The Wolves song came from a conversation that me and Drake had, when we was gonna to do an album together. And the album was called Wolves,” said Kanye. Kanye also revealed that he hoped that revealing the inspiration would help the album actually happen. Wow! Both parties are interested, the two started sending beats for the album, now let’s just hope the two commit to the idea. Watch the whole interview below.
Although it appeared that the song may have been scraped, it now seems as Kanye West’s anticipated track ‘All Day’ is still coming out. Earlier today Kanye paid a visit to The Breakfast Club and told Charlamagne, DJ Envy and Angela Yee that he was working (that day) on the track, with Vic Mensa and Q-Tip. Also today, Vic Mensa tweeted about the track. Originally, in his interview with GQ, Ye told fans that ‘All Day’ would be the first single from his forthcoming album. However, so far we have only heard a rough draft of the track that leaked. It may be a blessing though that it hasn’t came out yet, since now Vic Mensa is contributing to the final cut of the song.
Following the release of his ‘Just a Picture‘ track with Kehlani, rapper Kyle has released his next song ‘Wait On Me’, his most personal track yet. The Ventura, CA rapper took to his Twitter to release the track, which is dedicated to his late grandfather Thomas Harvey. Check out ‘Wait On Me’ and its cover art below.
Canada’s premier music fest, Squamish Valley Music Festival, has revealed its 2015 lineup. Taking place at the Centennial Fields in Squamish, British Columbia, this year’s festival runs from August 7-9 and includes a number of great acts. Headlining the festival this year includes Drake, Mumford and Sons, and Sam Smith but the undercard is just as great. Squamish fans in 2015 will be able to check out performances from Chance the Rapper, Schoolboy Q, Brandom Flower, Alabama Shakes, Hot Chip, George Erza, Vance Joy, Benjamin Booker and many more. Check out the lineup poster below!
It definitely was entertaining last time, and now (less than a year later) Kanye will be a guest on Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club” tomorrow, as he is in New York for New York Fashion Week. The Breakfast Club’s Charlamagne Tha God took to his Twitter today to announce the return of Yeezus. Check in tomorrow to see what news DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne can get out of Ye, or see if Kanye has had enough with Charlamagne’s trolling. Peep the tweets below and watch Kanye’s interview from last time.
Toro y Moi has released his new music video for the first single of his forthcoming What For? album, titled ‘Empty Nesters’. Check out the fun retro video below, which is shot and directed by Chaz Bundick (Toro y Moi) himself.
What For? will be available on April 7th via Carpark Records.
Ralph Lauren took to their Twitter to post a backstage photograph of Kanye West meeting the American fashion God that is Ralph Lauren. The two met each other backstage at a runway show during New York Fashion Week this morning and Kanye looks like a kid on Christmas morning. If you don’t know just how much Kanye idolizes Ralph, you might need to re-watch Kanye’s infamous “It ain’t no Ralph tho” interview with Sway (also below). The respect is mutual though as Lauren made comments, during his Style.com interview, on Kanye’s “it ain’t Ralph tho” moment. “That’s very cool. Well, that’s great. If I were to cater to Kanye, he would know that I’m catering to him. The fact that I make what I make—he gets it. He gets the quality and he respects it. And I think that’s the key, why I work all the time is to do that. That’s the fun.” Check out the photo of the two below.
Big Sean’s forthcoming Dark Sky Paradise album, is looking to be Sean’s and 2015’s best release yet. And now today, another collaboration between Sean and his mentor Kanye West has surfaced on the Kanye fan forum KanyeToThe. First fans were given the Sean, Kanye and Drake collaboration ‘Blessing’, later followed by Kanye and Sean’s John Legend featured track ‘One Man Can Change the World’. Today we have the soulful sampled track which was first previewed on Big Sean’s Dark Sky Paradisetrailer. Pre-order Dark Sky Paradise now on iTunesand listen to ‘All Your Fault’ below, which also features production by Kanye, Million Dollar Mano and OG Webbie (and even some ad-libs from Travis Scott).
