Already signed to Island Def Jam Kanye took to the Twitter to announce that G.O.O.D. Music will drop a compilation album next Spring. Wonder if we’ll hear anything from Mos Def Yasiin Bey on there too. Anyways, hit the jump for the press release of the whole thing.
KANYE WEST’s G.O.O.D. MUSIC LABEL SIGNED TO EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE LABEL AGREEMENT WITH ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP
BIG SEAN’s OFFICIAL DEBUT ALBUM, FINALLY FAMOUS, IS FIRST NEW RELEASE ON G.O.O.D. MUSIC – CONTAINING HIT SINGLE “MY LAST” FEATURING CHRIS BROWN
(June 27, 2011 – New York, NY) 14-time Grammy-winner (and 30-time Grammy nominee) Kanye West’s independent record label G.O.O.D. Music, has been signed to an exclusive long-term worldwide label agreement with the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG). The announcement was made today by Kanye West, Barry Weiss, Chairman & CEO of Universal Motown Republic Group (UMRG) and Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) and Steve Bartels, President & COO, Island Def Jam Music Group.
The first release under terms of the new agreement will be FINALLY FAMOUS, the official debut by Detroit rapper Big Sean, arriving in stores June 28th. The album, executive produced by Kanye West, has already spun off G.O.O.D.’s first bonafide hit single, “My Last” featuring Chris Brown. The track is #1 on the Billboard Rap Songs chart, and #4 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
A protégé of Kanye West, 22-year old Big Sean (Sean Anderson) was signed when he was still a teenager. Big Sean is now the flagship artist on the G.O.O.D. Music roster. Kanye West will continue to serve as a core recording artist at Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Recordings.
“G.O.O.D. Music is an exciting new chapter in the long and successful association of Kanye West and Island Def Jam,” said Mr. Weiss. “As a recording artist and a producer over the past eight years, there is no one who has made a greater impression on the game than Kanye. We look forward to working closely with the new and established artists that he will be bringing to G.O.O.D. Music, which is already off to an impressive start with Big Sean.”
“Kanye’s genius has been proven time and time again on records and onstage,” said Mr. Bartels. “He not only pours it out for himself, but he has made the difference with his presence on innumerable projects with other artists who are indebted to him. Kanye is an integral core member of the IDJ family, and G.O.O.D. Music continues his unselfish tradition of bringing along great new artists to the forefront.”
Kanye West is a cornerstone artist on the Def Jam roster. His combined albums and singles have sold in excess of 20 million copies worldwide, starting with his RIAA double-platinum debut of 2004, The College Dropout, and triple-platinum follow-up of 2005, Late Registration. The two albums spun off multiple hit singles, and generated five Grammy Awards, including consecutive wins for Best Rap Album of 2004 and 2005, as well as Best Rap Song (songwriters’ award) of 2004 (“Jesus Walks”) and 2005 (“Diamonds From Sierra Leone”), and Best Rap Solo Performance for 2005 (“Gold Digger”). Kanye’s next album, Graduation generated another three Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Song for 2007 (“Good Life”), and (in 2008) Best Rap Album and Best Rap Solo Performance (“Stronger”). 808’s & Heartbreak (2008) was Kanye’s fourth consecutive RIAA multi-platinum-selling album. It was followed by My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010), his fifth consecutive #1 Soundscan debut, named the best album of the year by a majority of critics in the U.S. and UK. In addition to his own records, Kanye West has been featured as a guest on countless tracks over the years, and has shared in at least six Grammy Awards for his work with other artists.
so what?
When is Black Hippy releasing a album together. .
G.O.D.S. music will be devine im sure…
Can’t waitt!!!!!!
Oh and fuck the haters!
“G.O.D.S.” Music will be devine im sure!
This should be pretty sick. Hopefully they leave all the G.O.O.D. Friday songs off the album and give us all new material. Click my name to check out my blog if you are looking for another source for new music. Thanks.
I bet Mos Def will fuck us over and be on most of the tracks but sing on all of them except 1.
press release of what mufucka…it aint say shit about the album…meka u a hoe
Damn, talk about choking on his nuts! Was this a press release or the introduction of a new cult society? Pre-tt-y sneeky sis…
To everyone wondering if they will put their old G.O.O.D. Friday tracks on the album — why would they put out an albums worth of material that has been on the internet for FREE for over a year? That would be hustling backwards. However, I do hope that they have at least one posse cut featuring everybody on the roster. That would be beyond dope. I look forward to hearing this ASAP.
For the record: Kanye posted this tweet just recently. So, it’s official.
http://twitter.com/#!/kanyewest/status/126770388121292800
Can we get a CRS album out of this deal or what???
not expecting anything amazing.. just gonna be a bunch of good friday-esque tracks. i ain’t mad tho
Can we get a CRS album out of this?????
PREACH @dockness and @booty juice johnson CRS= classic hey lupe fiasco is goin to nicekicks in texas and said he has something special to announce..he has been in the works with kanye….idk bout yall but him announcing that he’ll join G.O.O.D. music after his contract is done then it’s the second coming
Fuck yes, he kind of cheating himself though because the G.O.O.D Friday tracks could have been an album. Glad to hear this shit though
Hell Yea I knew that he was going to do a group album, I just didn’t know when it was going to be. I think he needs to sign Talib, Nas and XV and then his label would be complete.
Doesn’t Kid Cudi have a higher ranking and larger fanbase than Big Sean in G.O.O.D Music?
only artist worth listening to in the G.O.O.D music roster is Common & Kid Cudi. Others are blabbing about how much money they got/spend aka “luxury rap”. & If they wanna classify their music as this, then they need to take notes on how to rap like it first of all. (E.G Big Daddy Kane, Eric B. & Rakim)
^^niggas on twitter telling kanye to keep big sean off or they aint buying that shit.dont even mention big sean name in the same breath as cudi. cudi going on his third album really the only artist on g.o.o.d that kanye give a fuck about.
@getrichquik
I remember when MBDTF was coming out when he was doing Good Fridays and how Kanye was tellin’ Jay Elect to come to the studio on twitter. Hopefully whatever the fuck that was will appear on the album.
@getrichquik idk, I know it really doesn’t matter but Sean got quadruple the amount of followers Kid Cudi got. HAHA
^^^On twitter
^^^On twitter, those are fans
Yall know Cudi left good music this past summer right?
Some of these comments explain what’s wrong with hip hop nowadays… too many critics(haters), not enough fans.
Unless you have the ability to make a better album than I’m sure that this will eventually become, please STFU.
this shits gonna be dope, besides shady 2.0, G.O.O.D is the dopest label out, but fuck big sean, his flow is straight wack & kanye said in a interview not to long ago “cudi is my favorite artist in the world” so yeah fuck big sean, & cudi didnt leave G.O.O.D or he wouldnt have been at the labels showcase with Yeezy, so yeah……Extra G.O.O.D
@ kavie why do you care so much who kanye likes. what does that accomplish for you. you think just cause you dont like big sean everybody else gotta hate him? so he bigged up kid cudi… so what? does that mean big sean isnt his artist anymore? does that mean kanye hates big sean? you sound like a fucking female. why you need niggas to cosign who you dont like? at the end of the day you still aint gonna be shit and big sean is still kanye’s artist… so yeah fuck you.
any sentence that starts with “niggas on twitter….” from a nigga trying to convince of something is falling of deaf ears. im sorry.
@frank
tellem why you mad son
NIGGAS ON TWITTER need to get there ass off twitter and do something.
this albums gonna be better then watch the throne thats for sure.
they have a good versatile roster with king kanye in charge.
dopeness on the way. hopefully big seans only on like 2 of the 18 songs.lol
kanye went in the wrong direction though
GOODMUSIC should have been as follows: kanye , lupe, cudi, j legend,rhymefest, glc, …
throw out wack ass sean, and cyhi and pusha REALLY DOE
respect one out word is super glued bond
ya’ll niggas hating on big sean? i mean who dont wanna hear him rap wittity wittity sippity sippity giggity giggity? somebody get this nigga the ENTIRE fuck outta here.
Country implemented compulsory education, junior middle school the following from tuition, fees, textbook, is a child to read a book living expenses, also want to social help you burden? I don’t know that parents who is it?
Man , Yall should just stop all the big sean hate. The dude can rap when he really wants to. The dude has a great following fanbase and makes hit records. theres defenitly something to him that appeals the masses and if its the swag it is what it is. if its the music it is what it is aswell . At the end of the day the dude his only doing good for G.O.O.D music and def jam. Ive been a big sean fan since 2008 and I admit dude was better when he started. Thats cause of the hunger to get in the game. alot of rappers goes through that phase. and when they make it theres no need to them to go hard no more cause they already in the game and gettin paid. the just take it easy and do music. Sean fell the fuck off but sum of stuff is till good to me thats why i still listen.
FUCK YES.
but who is g.o.o.d. music – pusha t, big sean, cudi, john legend, glc & cyhi?
lol
666 likes????? =O coincidence?? FUCK YOU ILLUMINATI!!!
I am sure it is going to be a good compilation, (no pun intended). He should sign T-Rock especially after the song he produced for him, Let Me Live… http://www.mediafire.com/?qq1yr9yy4sse7jw
TI Freestyling, bow wow, common, kanye videos and delas on concert tickets http://atlgravity.com/Thevault/2011/10/20/new-videos-t-i-freestyle-bow-wow-brisco-snitchin-neyo/
@ Frank, if your coming at me like that over a blog cause i stated my opinion, your the female…..i was simply stating a fact, go do something with your life instead of blogging on some bullshit
big sean cant be as bad as everyone thinks cuz there would be no need for kanye to sign him if he was flat out horrible kanye must have seen something in him