NEW YORK –KID CUDI, whose unique multi-format breakout hit single, “Day ’N’ Nite” is a radio and digital smash, is joining the artist roster of Universal Motown, the label announced today.
“Kid Cudi is at the vanguard of a game-changing new generation of artists,” said Universal Motown President Sylvia Rhone. “He crosses musical boundaries with an appeal that goes beyond genre, format, race, language, and culture. Cudi lives easily in the hip-hop, indie rock, pop, and R&B worlds – a diversity that shows in his innovative music and his all-embracing persona. He is a born storyteller who brings a positive, life-affirming message to his brilliant lyrical flow and compelling music. There are no clichés in what Cudi does. He is a breath of fresh air – a dynamic and important new voice, not only in the next phase of hip-hop, but as a groundbreaking trendsetter who represents the future. I am thrilled to welcome Kid Cudi into the Universal Motown family.”
Cleveland, Ohio native KID CUDI (pronounced CUT-ty, with short ‘u’), now residing in Brooklyn, New York, is completing his debut album, Man on the Moon: The Guardian, for late summer 2009 release on Dream On/G.O.O.D. Music/Universal Motown. Cudi also is launching his own label, Dream On, along with partners Emile and Plain Pat, in a joint venture with G.O.O.D. Music later this year. “Cudi is a combination of constant inspiration, struggle, reality and dreams put to melody!” declared superstar producer/artist and G.O.O.D. Music label founder Kanye West. KID CUDI holds two slots in the Billboard Top 20 singles this week: as an artist on his own single, and as co-writer of West’s double-platinum smash “Heartless.” “Partnering Kid Cudi with Universal Motown and Sylvia Rhone couldn’t be a more natural fit,” commented Emile and Plain Pat. “They were the first major company to take notice of our movement and truly grasp our vision. We are thrilled to extend and deepen our relationship. It’s a great feeling to watch the world discover the talent we saw in Cudi over these past years.”
The ingenious, spaced-out wit and sparse but addictive electronic arrangement of “Day ’N’ Nite” has already made the song a Top 5 iTunes download – No. 4 on the Top Songs list, and No. 3 on Rap/Hip-Hop — while debuting in Billboard’s Hot Digital Tracks chart at No. 6, at the threshold of gold certification with over 450,000 digital singles sold; and on Hot Ringmasters at No. 10. “Day ’N’ Nite” is a bulleted No. 7 On Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart and is Greatest Gainer in sales on that list. On national radio, the track is Top 5 in the Rhythmic-Crossover format, Top 25 on Mainstream Top 40 and Top 15 on Urban formats, where it is among the week’s top 5 Greatest Gainers in spins. Alternative stations are also following, in a building multi-format surge. Online, the song has driven almost 5 million page views on MySpace.com, and several posted tracks have generated nearly 30 million individual song streams.
“Day ’N’ Nite” is also building an immediate worldwide story, with radio and sales breakouts in Canada, New Zealand, Sweden and especially Belgium, where the track is already Top 5, and the U.K., where the club mix of the track by Crookers entered the national singles chart at No. 2. “Kid Cudi is that rare artist who exists without boundaries of genre,” said Universal Motown Senior Vice President, International Kirk Harding, who last summer initiated the talks between Universal Motown, Cudi and his management team that led to his signing. “You don’t meet many like Cudi, with that breadth of musical spectrum,” he added. “That’s how we identified his international potential long ago.”
KID CUDI released his first mixtape, A Kid Named Cudi, in July, 2008 as a free download sponsored by New York streetwear company 10 Deep, leading to an introduction and signing to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music imprint, and in turn, to Cudi’s co-writing of four tracks on the platinum Kanye West album 808s & Heartbreak, including the Top 5 single, “Heartless” and stepping out in a featured vocal on “Welcome to Heartbreak.”
Cudi appeared on television and cable shows including MTV’s Dogg After Dark, BET’s 106th and Park, MTVu’s Spring Break special and NBC’s Last Call With Carson Daly to debut the single and video, while being tipped as an artist to watch in such authoritative print outlets as Rolling Stone, Vibe, The Source, Interview, and XXL.
Adding to a deafening buzz with a much-commented-on appearance at South By Southwest’s music festival, KID CUDI is currently on a national press and radio promo tour, scheduled to run through late spring and beyond, that will also include stops at such festivals as Bamboozled and Rothbury. He is also prominent in MTV’s Spring Break programming across its various cable platforms, and is this week’s greatest gainer in spins on FUSE’s video playlist
Kid Cudi
Man On The Moon: The Guardian
Dream On/G.O.O.D. Music/Universal Motown
www.KidCudi.com
www.myspace.com/KidCudi
Universal Republic has released the new album from Cash Cash entitled Take It To The Floor as a digital only release (the CD will be available in stores on Jan
uary 20th). Cash Cash has also formed an alliance with iLike, who will stream one new song every Tuesday via their iLike Artist Page which is located at: www.iLike.com/cashcash.
Cash Cash EPK:
http://umrg.edgeboss.net/qtime/umrg/_promo/cashcash/cash_cash_epk_.mov
“Sugar Rush” streaming audio:
http://umrg.edgeboss.net/qtime/umrg/promo/cash_cash/token/sugarrush/sugarrush.mov
http://umrg.edgeboss.net/wmedia/umrg/promo/cash_cash/token/sugarrush/sugarrush_1000k.asx
Check out the winner of the Cash Cash “Party In Your Bedroom” YouTube contest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZITKbXAeK-A&feature=channel_page
Tour dates:
1/21/09 - @ Jerry’s w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - BAKERSFIELD, CA
1/22/09 - @ The Artery Foundation w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - ORANGEVALE, CA
1/23/09 - @ Satyricon w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - PORTLAND, OR
1/24/09 - @ El Corazon w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - SEATTLE, WA
1/26/09 - @ Avalon Theater w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - SALT LAKE CITY, UT
1/27/09 - @ The Marquis Theatre w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - DENVER, CO
1/29/09 - @ The House of Bricks w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - DES MOINES, IA
1/30/09 - @ Subterranean w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - CHICAGO, IL
1/31/09 - @ The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - PONTIAC, MI
2/1/09 - @ Xtreme Wheelz w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - BUFFALO, NY
2/2/09 - @ Mr Small’s w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - PITTSBURGH, PA
2/3/09 - @ Blender Theatre at Gramercy w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - NEW YORK, NY
2/4/09 - @ The Barbary Coast w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - PHILADELPHIA, PA
2/5/09 - @ Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - WASHINGTON, Washington DC
2/6/09 - @ The Casbah at Tremont Music Hall w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - CHARLOTTE, NC
2/7/09 - @ The Brewery w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - RALEIGH, NC
2/9/09 - @ The Masquerade - ATLANTA, GA
2/10/09 - @ The Social w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - ORLANDO, FL
2/11/09 - @ Orpheum w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire TAMPA, FL
2/13/09 - @ Meridian w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - HOUSTON, TX
2/14/09 - @ White Rabbit w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - SAN ANTONIO, TX
2/15/09 - @ Emo’s w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - AUSTIN, TX
2/17/09 - @ Launchpad w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - ALBUQUERQUE, NM
2/18/09 - @ Modified Arts w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - PHOENIX, AZ
2/19/09 - @ Soma Sidestage w/ Millionaires & I Set My Friends On Fire - SAN DIEGO, CA
NEWCOMERS CASH CASH TO WORLD-DEBUT ONE NEW SONG A WEEK, EXCLUSIVELY ON iLIKE
Eclectic New Jersey Techno-Funksters To Premiere New Tracks On iLike Starting Today
Beginning today, Cash Cash, Universal Republic’s emerging New Jersey techno-funksters, will world-premiere one new song a week on iLike, the leading social music discovery service. The band will stream one new song every Tuesday via their iLike Artist Page which is located at: www.iLike.com/cashcash. The band will also personally introduce the tracks to fans in a weekly video blog message which iLike will syndicate across the Web.
Cash Cash’s highly anticipated Universal Republic debut album, Take It To The Floor, is available for exclusive pre-order beginning today at iTunes and will be widely released at retail on January 20, 2008. The album’s digital release date is December 23, 2008.
“We’ve always been into getting our music out there in as many ways possible,” said Cash Cash’s lead singer, Jean Paul Makhlouf. “When we first started the band I would go into NJ and NYC clubs every week with bags and bags of CDs handing them out to everyone just to get our music hear. With iLike it’s awesome cause we can debut new songs and videos to our existing fans as well as new listeners.”
“We’re so pleased that established and emerging bands alike are selecting iLike as the means to get their music heard by fans,” said Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike. “It’s a pleasure to help introduce such a fresh, dynamic band to music fans on our leading Facebook app as well as our other syndication platforms across the Web.”
Cash Cash will debut the following three songs, exclusively on iLike:
Concerta (December 16, 2008)
Sugar Rush (December 23, 2008)
Electric Hearts (December 30, 2008)
To listen to one new Cash Cash track each Tuesday for the next three weeks, go to: www.iLike.com/cashcash
About Cash Cash
This charismatic band is currently riding the wave of their insatiable hit “Party In Your Bedroom,” thanks to the turbo-charged chemistry supplied by brothers Jean Paul Makhlouf (vocals, guitar) and Alex Makhlouf (keyboards, programming), and the band’s riveting rhythm section: Sam Frisch (bass, vocals) and Anthony Villacari (drums, percussion).
Hailing from Roseland, New Jersey, Cash Cash has seeded their close-knit camaraderie with an interchangeable musical DNA that reaches all the way back to Jean Paul’s and Sam’s third grade roots. Known for fusing 70s pumped-up funk vapors into infectious 80s-styled pop, the group’s harmony-anchored hooks sealed their appeal, with the band inking a deal with Universal Republic Records in early 2008.
Ratcheting up gleeful gems such as “Breakout,” and “Two Days Old,” Cash Cash relies on a relentless connectivity that powers both their live shows and sizzling studio efforts that has seen them win over online fans and club-goers across the U.S. The band just wrapped up a successful tour with dance-pop hypsters Metro Station and Tyga. The group will be be heading back to their native New Jersey on December 20 to perform in South Hackensack, NJ. Scheduled to continue their live trek, the band will launch the release of their debut heading out on tour with the Millionaires. The tour kicks off on January 21st in Bakersfield, CA and runs through February 19th wrapping up in San Diego, CA.
Cash Cash official site:
http://www.cashcashmusic.com
and on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/cashcash
Expect BIG PARTY MUSIC when Polynesian Hip-Hop artist Savage releases his U.S. debut album, SAVAGE ISLAND, December 23, 2008 on Universal Republic Records!
Check out the brand new video for “Swing”
Savage Highlights
- 500,000 combined digital product sold
- #14 at Rhythm (with a bullet)
- #26 at Rap (with a bullet)
- #65 on Billboard Hot 100 (with a bullet)
- #30 on iTunes Top 100 chart
- Multi-Platinum album & single in Australia
- Recently Featured in Billboard Magazine
TMZ are ya’ out there???? Universal Republic Records’ signature rock band 10 Years have just unveiled the world premiere of their new video, “Beautiful,” from their soon-to-be released album, Division, (due in-stores May 13) on the Universal Republic music site, UniversalRepublic.com, on Monday April 21 at 4pm EST/1pm PST.
Check out the video here: http://video.universalrepublic
The clip, directed by Paul Boyd (The Cult, Blind Melon), revels in its satirical look at the co-dependent atmosphere spawned by the Lindsay-to-Britney-to-Paris media-merry-go-round that has swept up the paparazzi and American tabloid culture. The female lead in the new clip is none other than Rebecca Ginos, significant other of Maroon 5 lead vocalist Adam Levine.
Streams are available of two songs featured on UMe’s release of New Found Glory’s best-of CD, “Hits” which is available in stores now!!
Snippet stream of “Situations” (unreleased track):
http://ume.edgeboss.net/wmedia/ume/newfoundglory/01_situations.asx
Snippet stream of “Hit or Miss (Waited Too Long)”:
http://ume.edgeboss.net/wmedia/ume/newfoundglory/02_hit_or_miss_waited_too_long.asx
Angst fueled by hooky guitar riffs and old-school hardcore breakdowns. Defiant, yet upbeat. One of the first bands to fuse emo and punk-pop, add a tinge of hardcore, and bring it to the mainstream, New Found Glory has sold nearly 3-million albums while delivering the quintessential rock sound of the 2000s–melodic, fun, and personable. Countless gold- and platinum-selling bands have credited New Found Glory for being the inspiration that sparked their own formation. Now, for the first time, all of the band’s best-loved singles and album cuts have been brought together for Hits. (DriveThru/Suretone/MCA/Geffen/UMe), released March 4, 2008.
Hits also includes a couple of rare gems–“Constant Static,” previously available only as a Japanese album bonus cut, and “Situations” (streamed on the Warped Tour Website for only one month and never before commercially available). All of the tracks were personally selected by the band members.
Founded as A New Found Glory (the “A” was later dropped), the group formed in Coral Springs, Florida, in 1997. After an indie EP and debut album, Nothing Gold Can Stay, singer Jordan Pundik, lead guitarist Chad Gilbert (formerly of hardcore band Shai Hulud), guitarist Steve Klein, bassist Ian Grushka and drummer Cyrus Bolooki made their major label debut with 2000’s self-titled album. Including the Top 20 Modern Rock hit “Hit or Miss” as well as “Dressed To Kill,” the album was boosted by a tour with Blink-182, sold-out headlining tours, and a spot on the Warped Tour, and eventually was certified gold.
New Found Glory’s most recent album, the movie covers project From The Screen To Your Stereo Part II, was released in September 2007, and a new album is expected in summer 2008.
Hits Preferred Retail Link:
http://www.amazon.com/Hits-New-Found-Glory/dp/B00128X6VE/ref=pd_bbs_7?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1204242569&sr=8-7
New Found Glory MySpace Page:
http://www.myspace.com/newfoundglory
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