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Lil Wayne’s Master Plan
With tracks off Drake’s soon to be released album, Take Care, already breaching the Billboard Top Ten before the album release we can start to visualize that the YMCMB crew may be passing down the torch. Business strategy, fate, who knows, but Drizzy’s following and musical output can now be put along the same lines as his master, Lil Wayne. As Weezy approaches 30 (now 29), his glamour will no longer contain the same Young Money swagger it once had. We can view this as Drake, now 25, overcoming the natural tale of time, replenishing the YMCMB motto (with counterpart Nicki Minaj, now 28, drawing in the female market). Ultimately, the growing YMCMB business will grant Lil Wayne enough money to live to old age in immense steadily growing wealth. He has accomplished his ultimate goal, and soon Dr. Carter can sit back and hope his Young Money farm team raises another YMCMB star into the majors. - S.R.
Written by Uptown Soldier correspondent:
Steven Reubenstone
Album Updates
Waka Flocka’s “Triple F Life” Gets a Release Date
Waka Flocka has announced that June 12th will be the release date for his sophomore album Triple F Life: Friends, Fans and Family. With singles including the remix to ”Round of Applause” featuring Drake and “I Don’t Really Care” with Trey Songz, as well as a possible feature from Tyler, the Creator, this album is shaping up to be worth a listen.
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No single, no title, just a date. Fiff was on a little tweeting rampage last night and let go the new official release date for his upcoming 5th album. It’s July 2nd. Can it happen? We’ll see.
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It appears that Frank Ocean’s breakout tape Nostalgia, ULTRA won’t be getting the “So Far Gone” treatment. Nostalgia, LITE as it has been called was supposed to feature roughly seven tracks from the tape and be re-released for the masses. Mr. Ocean took to Tumblr to announce that the tape was “never coming out” stating that re-releasing it was “not icey” . Could it be that the issues surrounding “American Wedding” is what really spoiled things?
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Bobby Ray is gearing up to drop his new single “Where Are You (B.o.B vs Bobby Ray)” tonight, but drops off his album cover in the meantime. Strange Clouds hits stores May 1st.
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Wiz Khalifa’s Mixtape Listening Session In NYC (Video)
XXL was on hand to grab some footage of Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J, Chevy Woods, Cardo and more during the listening session for Wiz’s upcoming mixtape, Taylor Allderdice. Get ready for March 13th, expect something soon as well.
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I sorta could sense this was coming, but as you can see Nicki has announced a new date for her upcoming album. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded was set to drop on Valentine’s Day, but Nicki really ain’t buzzin’ right now. The single is ehh and they need some time to push the right music to make this album another smash hit for Barbie. Good move on this one. April 3rd should be perfect.
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Kid Cudi x Dot Da Genius W Z R D (Tracklist)
Cudder lets go the official tracklist for his upcoming album with Dot Da Genius. W Z R D will have 10 tracks and is dropping on February 28th. Hit the jump for the tracklist.
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Kid Cudi’s W Z R D Pushed Back To February 28th
Yesterday Dot Da Genius took to Twitter to announce that his upcoming project with Cudder, W Z R D, will be pushed back from its original Jan. 30 release date.
Hey Guys, WZRD Update. Me and Cudi have been working on our debut album and it’s almost near completion. We are in the final stages of mastering but we really had to take time and pay attention to the sonics as this is new territory for us. With that being said, we have decided to change the release date. We are looking roughly at Feb 28th. Y’all know how Cudi is’ and I’m the same way. Everything has to be in place and now it is. I know it’s late notice, we were trying to keep the date but got wrapped up making this album perfect for y’all. However for making you guys wait a little longer we will release ‘Brake‘ & ‘Teleport 2 Me‘ on iTunes on the previously said date (Jan. 30th). AS WELL AS ‘DOSE OF DOPENESS‘. Hopefully that will hold you guys over until the album drops!
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Chiddy Bang – Breakfast (Artwork & Tracklist)
It seemed like for a while, this album was never going to get a date or actually drop. Well the latter is still up for grabs but last night the duo Chiddy Bang released their album artwork, tracklist, and release date for their debut album Breakfast. Hit the jump for the tracklist and get ready for February 28th!!! Pre-order it here.
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After just a short 5 weeks, Drake’s sophomore album Take Care has finally gone platinum. This makes Drizzy 2 for 2 with his solo projects after TML went platinum last year. If you enjoyed the album, check out our review here.
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DJ Khaled Announces New Album Title (Video)
Khaled took to Twitter to announce the title for his next studio album. Expect Kiss The Ring in mid 2012.
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Cudder and Dot Da Genius’s joint album gets the artwork treatment. Seems a bit basic to me but the album drops January 30th, 2012. First track we’ve heard is “Brake” and the first official single “Teleport 2 Me” should be dropping very soon.
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Young Jeezy – TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition (Official Tracklist)
There had been rumored tracklist’s for Jizzle upcoming album TM 103, but today Def Jam hooks up the official list. Unfortunately, the Gibbs/Em song “Talk To Me” misses the cut. Hit the jump for the list.
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Slim The Mobster Reveals Debut Album Title, The Movie (Video)
After releasing his street-album/mixtape War Music about a month ago, Dr. Dre’s protege stopped by Bootleg Kev’s spot to reveal the name of his debut album. The Movie is expected sometime in the upcoming summer.
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J. Cole’s Cole World: The Sideline Story Certified Gold
J. Cole’s number one debut album is now officially certified gold. Cole tweeted the official document today which you can check out after the break. 500k huh? Who said Cole wouldn’t sell? Eat your words!! Hard work pays off.
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Kid Cudi Says Common Will Narrate Man On The Moon III
Cudder took to Twitter last night to inform the world that he is planning to get Common to narrate the third part of his Man On The Moon series. Its not official yet, but Cudder seems confident it will happen. He will be releasing his joint album with Dot Da Genius on January 30th and MOTM3 should be out in the summer.
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Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV Is Certified Double Platinum
Weezy’s fourth installment of his Tha Carter series has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. Only took Weezy 3 months, but he did it. Add another plaque to the collection.
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Drake’s Take Care Debuts At #1 On The Charts
It’s not official yet, but HDD has reported that Drizzy Drake’s sophomore album Take Care will be debuting at #1 on the charts. Right now the number is 659,190 which is 200k more than his 447,000 in Thank Me Later‘s first week, but the official numbers come in tomorrow. Stay tuned for the official announcement, but for now take care.
UPDATE: Final number via SoundScan: 631,466
Digital: 264,845 | CD: 366,621
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Nicki Minaj Announces New Album Title & Release Date
Finalllyyyy we get an announcement from Barbie herself about some new music. Nicki took to Twitter to announce that her next album will be titled Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and is set to drop on Valentines Day of 2012. Get ready Barbz!!
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