The odds were against this one from the beginning. When Kanye West founded label G.O.O.D. Music in 2004, it was just him, Common , and John Legend – three guys who, despite a few obvious differences between them, shared enough ground to make sense as a team. But in the years since, Kanye has added the likes of Pusha T , 2 Chainz , Big Sean , The-Dream , CyHi the Prynce , and Kid Cudi , some of whom are viable creative presences, some of [...]
B. Michael Payne steps into the arena. It must feel weird being even a relatively old-school hip-hop head. Back in the late 90s and early 00s, you only knew Kanye West as a Roc-a-Fella producer with occasional placements on semi-underrated Jay-Z projects. The College Dropout leak and College Dropout album were game changers, but for critics, they often had more to do with music geekery - i.e. making the leap from producer to rapper and bringing together backpacks and Bentleys. A decade later, it's illegal in Dubai to stare directly into [...]
After getting our hands on the snippets , it appears the entire Cruel Summer is now available for streaming. While some of the snippets were underwhelming, perhaps a full listen will do a better job of winning us over. The opening track with R. Kelly is rather lovely, for example. I just wish some of these singles hadn't been floating around the radio for such a long time, it would have made for a fresher sounding release. Anyway, there it is, ready for you to tear apart and critique until the end of time. Did the G.O.O.D. [...]
By now, most people are either a full way through their first listen to Cruel Summer or firing up their mobile device and seeing the news that the album sprung [...] The post Kanye West, Big Sean, 2 Chainz & Marsha Ambrosius - "The One" appeared first on The Smoking Section .
Big Sean is on total fire these days and I for one am a complete fan. He has managed to come from the bottom ranks of the music business to the top in what has surely not been the smoothest of rides. Signed to Kanye 's GOOD Music label in 2007, and then Def Jam Recordings in 2008 [1] Sean is a product of the "New" music industry, and a highly adaptive business model that has seen him release mixtapes and singles strenuously, but consistently over the passed few years. His signature flows [...]
The G.O.O.D. Music collaborative album Cruel Summer is less than a week away from hitting stores, and lucky for us iTunes released a pre-order for the album which conveniently came with a 9 0 second preview of each song on the album . The official tracklist was released last week confirming 12 songs are on the album, all but two of which are collaborations featuring an array of artists from R. Kelly to Jadakiss , and of course all the usual G.O.O.D . suspects ( Kanye, Pusha T, Big [...]
Kanye West 's highly anticipated G.O.O.D. Music album, Cruel Summer is almost here (September 18th!), and the tracklist boasts verses from Jay-Z , R. Kelly , Ghostface Killah , Raekwon , The-Dream , Kid Cudi , Common , Pusha T , 2 Chainz , Big Sean , Chief Keef , among others. iTunes is generously offering 90 second snippets of every song on the album, so check that out right [...]
As the release of G.O.O.D. Music's Cruel Summer approaches, it appears snippets of each track have materialized on iTunes. Someone took it upon themselves to compile each track and throw it on Soundcloud, and now we get a sneak peek at what this album is going to sound like. We don't really know what to expect from this album, but the features list is quite impressive. The only question that remains is whether or not the execution will be at the same level as we hope. With that said, after skimming through the snippets, [...]
iTunes is now streaming 30-second snippets of all 12 tracks included on Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music' s upcoming group album, Cruel Summer . You can stream them here , or all mixed together in the SoundCloud widget below (via Rap-Up ). As previously reported , Cruel Summer features Jay-Z, R. Kelly, The-Dream, Pusha T, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Common, Kid Cudi, John Legend, and more. It will be released by Def Jam on September 18th. [...]
L'album Cruel Summer sera disponible d'ici quelques jours, l'occasion pour nous de vous faire découvrir l'une des dernières pistes de l'écurie G.O.O.D. Music. Intitulé Clique, ce titre est né de la collaboration entre Kanye West, Jay-Z et Big Sean, le tout avec Hit-Boy à la production. Le rap game est de retour en force !
G.O.O.D. Music's "Clique", the future Cruel Summer song that generated tons of excited "Kanye talks about Kim's sex tape" blogosphere headlines in its previously leaked Kanye-verse-only snippet form, has now arrived in full, and similar to damn near everything else that has dropped from this crew ever, it's a helluva musical event. Anchored by Hit-Boy 's fittingly epic (and destined to be endlessly freestyle'd over) production, the big, bad and bold "Clique" kicks off with Big Sean -both continuing his Most Improved ride following yesterday's mixtape dope Detroit and strengthening his worth [...]
A day after Kanye and Co. dropped " Clique ," the G.O.O.D. Music crew is back with the tracklist for the forthcoming Cruel Summer , a record that's out in a couple of weeks. Personally, I didn't need to read past the first track to feel completely amped about the release. Head below to scope it. Read More...
For the latest installment from the G.O.O.D. music crew comes one of the bigger collaborations to date. Starring their clique leader Yeezy and featuring Big Sean and HOV as the supporting cast, the newest single will most likely be one of the last before the Cruel Summer album is released on September 18th. G.O.O.D. Music - Clique by Pusha T iTunes Clique [...]
Kanye's been hinting towards this collaboration all week - it started with a 30 second teaser, and last night he went ahead and released the track in it's entirety. This is the latest cut off G.O.O.D. Music's upcoming album Cruel Summer, which is slated to hit stores on 9/18. Some serious ... Read More
Thanks to online shopping juggernaut Amazon.com , we now have the complete tracklist for Kanye West 's highly anticipated new G.O.O.D. Music album, Cruel Summer . As expected, Kanye West is only vocally present on a little over half of the album, mostly tracks we've already heard in one form or another ("Mercy," "New God Flow," "Cold," "Clique," "I Don't Like Remix"). Like label albums are wont to do, Cruel Summer focuses on the smaller players surrounding Kanye's G.O.O.D. Music . [...]
The tracklist for Kanye West and G.O.OD. Music's upcoming album Cruel Summer has been revealed on Amazon.com . According to its product page listing , the album is officially titled Kanye West Presents G.O.O.D. Music Cruel Summer , and spans 12 tracks. Among the included tracks are the previously revealed singles "Mercy" , "Cold" , and "Clique" (which hit the web yesterday), along with the remix of Chief Keef's "Don't Like" . A new version of "New God Flow" with Ghostface Killah [...]
September 18 can't come soon enough. With four singles already released, including the latest "Clique", I'm am extremely excited for the new G.O.O.D. collaborative album, Cruel Summer .Clique is a Hit Boy production and features verses from Big Sean , Jay-Z , and Kanye . The introduction includes a sample of James Fauntleroy , a member of Cocaine 80s , and a high pitched "hey" sample from James Brown . Yeezy throws down a sick verse on this one with Hov not too far behind. When you look at [...]
We're not going to pretend we watched last night's MTV Video Music Awards, but from what we've read this morning, we still feel pretty confident saying that the latest G.O.O.D. Music track is more exciting than anything that show had to offer. The song made news earlier this week when a 30-second excerpt surfaced that included Kanye West rapping, "Eat breakfast at Gucci/ My girl a superstar all from a home movie." For those of us who aren't into gossiping about Kim Kardashian's sex life, though, the big news is that "Clique" features the first collaboration between West and Jay-Z [...]
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After snippets had leaked earlier in the week, today we get to enjoy the new track from Kanye West , Jay-Z and Big Sean that goes by the name of "Clique". The track is set to appear on G.O.O.D. Music's upcoming and highly anticipated release, Cruel Summer , which is set to drop on September 18th via Def Jam. If you missed it over the weekend, G.O.O.D. Music made an appearance at Jay-Z , and his Made [...]
In addition to " Clique " hitting the web last night, the final track listing for G.O.O.D. Music's Cruel Summer compilation appeared. And it's...well, it's kind of underwhelming. Even though we had heard that Jay Electronica, Frank Ocean, and Yasiin Bey were slated to appear, they are nowhere to be found here. Also, the track listing looks like a re-up of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy , which isn't the worst scenario obviously. It's just kind of frustrating. 1. To The World – Kanye West, R. Kelly 2. Clique – Kanye West, [...]
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