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I know Kanye was pissed that a few unfinished tracks started to leak and he threatened to cancel G.O.O.D. Friday, but I really appreciate him blessing us with another amazing track yesterday. ‘Ye name drops like every dope ass model out right now and he got Banks on this one. IMO, Banks has surpassed his laughable ‘mentor’ Curtis. Enjoy!

Dare I say it … The G.O.O.D Music crew might be the best squad in hip-hop right now. I know a lot of people are on Young Money’s nuts right now, but they’ve got maybe 2-3 superstars and 1 true talent, the rest are garbage. Check the G.O.O.D Music roster: Kanye West, Common, John Legend, KiD CuDi, Big Sean, Mr. Hudson, Pusha T, Cyhi da Prynce… DAMN, now that’s a talented bunch! Enjoy, the new single, Good Friday, with the dopest rhymers in the game right now.

New track off Perajok & Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Ass Mixtape, dropping on Monday.

KiD CuDi joins forces with Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend) & Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast) for Converse’s “Three Artists. One Song.” campaign. Enjoy!

Nahright.com is reporting this as the first single off of CuDi’s sophomore album, Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager, due September 14th.

I hope this is not the case, this song sounds incomplete and way to slow since CuDi promised a more ‘hype’ sound on the next album.

The beat is LCD Soundsystem’s Dance Yrself Clean and it’s AMAZING, enjoy!

One of my favorites tracks off Man on the Moon just got the video treatment. Spotted over at Nahright.com, so check it out!

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A leftover track from CuDi’s Man on the Moon that would have been a great fit, not sure why he left it off. He is one of the best at riding a beat whether the chorus or his unique flow and Snoop does his thing. Check it out!

WOW! Aziz Ansari just took it to a whole new level. This dude is hilarious and he calls out every hot rapper out right now. You gotta check out the first single off his Raaaaaaaandy Mixtape (that’s 8 A’s).

I posted a trailer for a show a few months back called “How to Make it in America” and here is an interview, via Nahright.com, with two stars of the show Scott Mescudi (KiD CuDi) and Bryan Greenberg. As Bryan states, “it’s all about the grind” and I’m really liking the idea of CuDi character Domingo, the fun party guy. It definitely sounds like a show I’d enjoy, so I can’t wait for it to premiere.

This seems to be a left over track from the early days of KiD CuDi which was produced by Dot the Genius, the man behind the smash hit Day n Nite. I’m a big CuDi fan and can’t wait for the new album Cudder, all those not feeling the “emo-rap” will get a different sound from the man. Enjoy!

Kanye surprised the L.A. crowd at KiD CuDi’s show with a acapella freestyle. MAN, this has me super hyped about his next album. I know he’s going to bring the heat with a return to his hip-hop roots. Taylor Swift, you can exit stage left … it’s ‘Ye TIME!

via @ Nahright.com … pretty dope performance by CuDi, check it out!

Mark Wahlberg is back at it with “How to Make It in America”, which is being dubbed as an East Coast Entouragesque comedy. The show follows two Brooklyn twentysomethings as they hustle their way through New York City to chase the American Dream. In this comedy, you’ll follow Ben Epstein ( Bryan Greenberg) and his friend and business partner Cam Calderon (Victor Rasuk) use their street knowledge and connections in New York’s competitive fashion scene. The show also stars KiD CuDi, who plays the character, Domingo (read more about his role, from the man himself). This sounds like it’ll be a hit, check out the trailer.

This is my favorite track from Cudi’s “Man on the Moon” aside from Day N Nite. Check out the new video directed by Josh Hartnett with cameos from Drake and Consequence.

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Awesome new remix from the G.O.O.D. Music crew. After the fall of Roc-a-Fella and disappointments of Dipset, G-Unit, Terror Squad etc … they just might be the dopest crew in Hip-Hop hands down. Check out the remix!