Big Sean Embarks In His I Am Finally Famous Tour

Big Sean is Finally Famous and wants all of America to know. Along side CyHi The Prynce, Shawn Chrystopher, and surprise guests along the way, the young Detroit rapper will be hitting the road for a 30 city tour.  Get your tickets over at LiveNation and TicketMaster now, Boi!

Oct. 2 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
Oct. 4 – Greensboro, NC – Green Street Music
Oct. 5 – Richmond, VA – The National
Oct. 7 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Oct. 9 – New York, NY – Best Buy Theatre
Oct. 11 – Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
Oct. 12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar
Oct. 14 – Norfolk, VA – Old Dominion University
Oct. 15 – New Britian, CT – Central Connecticut State University
Oct. 24 – Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University
Oct. 29 – Kalamazoo, MI – Kalamazoo State Theatre
Nov. 1 – Cincinnati, OH – Madison Theater
Nov. 2 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Nov. 3 – Columbia, MO – University of Missouri
Nov. 4 – Chicago, IL – Metro
Nov. 5 – Madison, WI – Orpheum
Nov. 7 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Nov. 8 – Des Moines, IA – People’s Court
Nov. 9 – Iowa City, IA – Blue Moose
Nov. 10 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
Nov. 11 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre
Nov. 12 – Denver, CO – The Summit
Nov. 14 – Salt Lake City, UT – Complex
Nov. 16 – Pullman, WA – Washington State University
Nov. 17 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market
Nov. 18 – Portland, WA – Roseland Theatre
Nov. 20 – Eugene, OR – Wow Hall
Nov. 22 – San Francisco, CA – Regency
Nov. 23 – Santa Ana, CA – The Galaxy
Nov. 25 – Los Angeles, CA – The Music Box

Rick Ross Covers October’s Issue Of XXL Alongside His Maybach Music Team

Call him a Police Officer, call him fake, hell, call him whatever you want to call him, but at least respect him. The Florida-born rapper, Rick Ross, blew up the hip-hop scene back in 2006 when his highly anticipated album “Port of Miami” took the world by storm. After releasing his second album “Trilla” back in ’08, a photo surfaced of the big-bellied rude boy in a Correctional Officer’s uniform (he denied it was him at first) in which he worked as during the early 90′s. Many thought that would end his career, but it might have been the best thing to happen to him.

After becoming arguably the hottest rapper in the game right now (easily my favorite rapper of all-time), how does one outdo himself? He goes out and starts his own team. Maybach Music Group, which features artists Wale (formerly with Interscope), Atlanta Trap Rapper Pill and Philadelphia street rider Meek Mill, not only have they taken the hip-hop game by storm during the second half of the year, they’re probably the best and most versatile group in rap. Lets not forget that he already has his “Go Hard” group Triple C’s (Gunplay, Torch and Young Breed). As the saying goes, give respect when it’s do. Hip-Hop magazine XXL decided to make a two issue series, one featuring The Boss by himself and the other featuring the whole crew. Like I said, whether you like him or not he’s here to stay.

“I’m self-made, you just affiliated.”

Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter IV” Album Sold 964,000 In It’s First Week!

According to BillBoard, Lil’ Wayne’s Tha Carter IV album has sold 964,000 records in it’s first leak! That number is pretty incredible considering that Ye-Z’s Watch The Throne joint only did around 350,000 AND they prevented their album from leaking. Weezy’s album leaked and sold nearly 3x as much as WTT. Musically, WTT > C4 but Wayne does have the teen and pop demographics that went out and downloaded or bought physical copies of the CD. While Wayne is celebrating, Birdman is at Best Buy buying up the rest of the C4 albums to reach a million, and Young Money CEO Mack Maine is sending subliminal tweet disses over to the real Mr. Carter.

436,078 People Watched The Throne This Week

436,078 people bought the digital or physical version of Watch The Throne in the first week. A million in 3 weeks is easily doable for Mr. Jay-Z and Kanye West. Did you Watch? I did and it’s great! Not classic but a solid 4 out of 5 stars.

Source – Billboard

Odd Future Announced Fall North America Tour

Golf Wang! Odd Future aka them OFWGKTA kids have announced a “Golf Wang Tour” and will be hitting cities across North America starting in San Diego on September 28th. I’m sure Tyler, The Creator and Frank Ocean will be headlining while the rest of the crew will serve as opening acts and appearances.

September 28 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
September 30 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield
October 2 – Portland, OR – Roseland Ballroom
October 3 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue
October 4 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market
October 7 – Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue
October 8 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre
October 9 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
October 11 – Lawrence, KS – Granada Theatre
October 12 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
October 14 – Chicago, IL – Metro
October 15 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
October 16 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
October 18 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
October 19 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
October 21 – Boston, MA – Royale
October 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
October 23 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
October 24 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar
October 27 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
October 28 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
October 30 – New Orleans, LA – Voodoo Fest
October 31 – Miami, FL – Fillmore
November 2 – Tampa, FL – Ritz Ybor
November 3 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham
November 6 – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
November 8 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre

Source – TS

Jay-Z & Kanye West Announce “The Throne” Tour Dates

Jay-Z and Kanye West officially announced this morning a Watch The Throne tour called The Throne. The tour will take the two superstars across the country for 24 stops. Pre-sale starts on Thursday and the public sale goes live on LiveNation on August 12th. Check out the tour dates below:

09/22 – Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
09/24 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
09/25 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
09/27 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
09/28 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center
09/29 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
10/04 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
10/06 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
10/07 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
10/08 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
10/10 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
10/13 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
10/14 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
10/16 – San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
10/17 – Sacramento, CA @ Power Balance Pavilion
10/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
10/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
10/21 – Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
10/25 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
10/26 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
10/29 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
10/30 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
11/01 – Baltimore, MD @ 1st Mariner Arena
11/03 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden

Watch The Throne Releases August 1st x Production Credits

It’s official (according to the USA TODAY), Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Watch The Throne will release digitally on August 1st and physical copies will be available on August 5th. With August 1st being exactly two weeks away, I’m expecting a leak within seven days. And to get you even more hype, here’s the album’s production credits:

1. No Church In The Wild feat. Frank Ocean (Prod. 88-Keys & Kanye West, Add. produciton by Mike Dean)
2. Lift Off feat. Beyoncé (Prod. By Kanye West, Mike Dean, Jeff Bhasker, Q-Tip & Don Jazzy) (Add Vocals. By Seal, Mr Hudson, Don Jazzy, Bankulli and Ricardo Louis)
3. Niggas In Paris (Produced by Hit-Boy)
4. Otis feat. Otis Redding (Produced by Kanye West)
5. Gotta Have It (Produced by The Neptunes)
6. New Day (Produced by The RZA)
7. That’s My Bitch (Produced by Q-Tip & Kanye West)
8. Who Gon Stop Me (Produced by Sham “Sak Pase” Joseph & Kanye West)
9. Murder To Excellence (Produced by Swizz Beatz & S1)
10. Welcome To The Jungle (Produced by Swizz Beatz)
11. Made In America feat. Frank Ocean (Produced by Sham “Sak Pase” Joseph) [previously Sweet Baby Jesus]
12. Why I Love You feat. Mr Hudson (Produced by Mike Dean & Kanye West)
13. Illest Motherfucker Alive (Produced by Southside & Kanye West)
14. H•A•M (Produced by Lex Luger and Kanye West)
15. Primetime (Produced by No I.D.)
16. The Joy feat. Curtis Mayfield

Drake’s “Take Care” Album Will Come Out On 10/24

Drake’s sophomore album Take Care will release on October 24th according to his “encrypted” Twitter post. A single should be out in the coming weeks and if it’s on anywhere close to the level as Marvin’s Room or Dreams Money Can Buy, he should be good money.

Is Spotify Going To Take Over The Music World?

Supposedly Spotify is THE music service in Europe and is making it’s way over to the United States. I’m not sure of all the logistics of how Spotify is providing the music but their whole concept is for consumers to play free music (all artists, all songs) that are accessible through any medium at anytime. Who has an invite for me? I’ll trade you a Google+ invite.

The award-winning music service that’s taken Europe by storm has landed on US shores. Millions of tracks ready to play instantly, on your computer and your phone.

Any track, any time, anywhere. And it’s free!

Video Case Study: Bing x Jay-Z

This is pretty cool.  Check out this video case study of the marketing campaign that was ran for Jay-Z’s Decoded book release in partnership with Bing.  I wonder which agency managed this?