Gary The Creator
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The Game's Label Sues UMG and Virgin, Saying Drillmatic Got a Third of Its Marketing Money
100 Entertainment says UMG and Virgin promised $500,000 to market Drillmatic: Heart vs. Mind, spent $179,274.79, and put nothing toward radio.
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October's Anniversaries: T.I. at 25, Lloyd Banks at 20, and the Classics From Ghostface, Michael Jackson and John Legend
T.I.'s debut got him dropped and Lloyd Banks' sophomore album got called a slump. Then come Once Again at 20, Ironman at 30 and Invincible at 25, plus Big Crown Records at ten.
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2Rare and Amerie Bridge Generations on 'BussDown (1 Thing)'
2Rare links with Amerie and producer Hitmaka for "BussDown (1 Thing)," a cross-generational collision that reworks Amerie's signature hit while folding in the rhythmic DNA of Busta Rhymes' "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See."
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Jamal Roberts Bets His Idol Win on Classic R&B With 'The Journey'
The record-setting American Idol champion skipped the gospel lane and the crossover play, toured with Brandy and Monica, and called Tricky Stewart. His debut album, The Journey, is a grown R&B record.
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Bill Withers' Publisher Is Suing Over a Melody - That Is the Right Fight, Aimed at the Right Companies
The suit over Olivia Dean's "I've Seen It" is pleaded on melody, the one element courts still protect after Blurred Lines and Sheeran, and it targets the labels and publishers, not the singer.
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DaniLeigh's Miami-to-Lagos Album Was Written for Her Daughter and Her Late Father
Two years after her father died of cancer, DaniLeigh released With Love, From Dani, a 13-track album with Tink, Fivio Foreign and Olamide, written under one rule: her daughter had to be able to hear every song.
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Tinashe's Popstar Debuts at No. 6, Her First Top-10 Album After Twelve Years
Tinashe's Popstar opened at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 with 35,500 units, and more than 60 percent of them were straight-up sales. Twelve years after Aquarius peaked at No. 17, the fans she built on her own finally showed up on the chart that counts.
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Ovrkast. to Release STRIKING on Friday Under the Name OutKast Is Suing Over
STRIKING arrives Oct. 9 under a stage name OutKast's company says Silas Wilson agreed to retire by July 15. Here is how the rollout and the lawsuit lined up, and what the case could mean for the album.
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Nao Is Independent Now, and Her First Album Without RCA Is a Jazz Record
After four albums with RCA, Nao is releasing Autumn on her own Little Tokyo Recordings on October 16, the first chapter of a four-album series that starts with jazz.
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Yung Miami Sets Watch Dis for October 23 With Quavo, Lil Baby, Vybz Kartel and More
Yung Miami has put a date and some serious weight behind her first post-City Girls solo album. Watch Dis arrives October 23 with 20 tracks and guests including Quavo, Lil Baby, G Herbo, Kodak Black, Shenseea and Vybz Kartel.
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Lucky Daye Wants a Real Conversation on New Single 'Talk to Me'
Lucky Daye turns romantic distance into an invitation to reconnect on “Talk to Me,” the latest single from his forthcoming album ALOUD!, arriving October 16 via Warner Records.
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Ari Lennox Turns 'Vacancy: Late Checkout' Into Almost a Second Album
Ari Lennox adds nine songs to Vacancy with Late Checkout, an expansion substantial enough to feel less like bonus material and more like another chapter of the album.
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