Gorillaz Release Converse Track as Free Download.

Gorillaz have dropped their latest single as a free download.

"DoYaThing" features Outkast's Andre 3000 and former LCD Soundsystem member James Murphy and has been released as one of several tracks for the Converse Three Artists: One Song campaign. A video for the song is slated to drop soon.

Gorillaz are the latest to join the campaign, which has also featured collaborations between Soulja Boy, Andrew WK and Matt And Kim and between Graham Coxon, Paloma Faith and ex-The Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones.

Damon Albarn (who performed at the BRIT awards with his band Blur earlier this week) will be singing ten songs at this year's Honeyfest, where his opera Doctor Dee will be performed in Rockley, Wiltshire, England on April 14.

http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/musicnews/article/2456/Gorillaz-Release-Converse-Track-as-Free-Download

Soulja Boy - Im Leanin' (Music Video)

While looking at the drop off in sales of his last album, Soulja Boy tells the Wall Street Journal that social media and technical innovation will save the industry.

After amassing nearly 3 million followers on Twitter, Soulja Boy’s 2011 album, The DeAndre Way, debuted with 13,000 copies sold during its initial week of release. Jokes were made, and Billboard magazine even ran an article entitled, “Why Soulja Boy's 2.5 Million Twitter Followers Didn't Make a Hit Album.”

“I think over the next five to ten years, artists are gonna resort to touring, of course,” Soulja Boy told Lee Hawkins in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. “But I also think social media is gonna kick in to the next level. With the iPhone, the iPad and everything that’s coming out, there’s gonna be a new invention for the way people consume music.”

At the time he reached national prominence, Soulja Boy was a case study of sorts in how music was consumed. His single “Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)” remains the 14th best-selling digital single of all time, with 4.6 million downloads. And, with over 400 million YouTube views, he helped usher in the era of artists “going viral.”

To date, The DeAndre Way has sales just short of 100,000. The single “Pretty Boy Swag” has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and also made the top 30 list ofBillboard magazine’s Hot 100 chart.

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.18675/title.soulja-boy-predicts-a-new-way-of-consuming-music

Soulja Boy weighs in on the music industry, giving his opinion of how he believes artists will need to evolve in order to survive in the new generation of music.

SODMG head honcho Soulja Boy had a disappointing year in 2011 as far as album sales are concerned. The young rapper had heavily promoted his ‘The DeAndre Way’ album to his nearly 3 million Twitter followers alongside his millions of Facebook fans.

It turns out your Twitter popularity does not coincide with your album sales, as ‘The DeAndre Way’ went on to sell a painstakingly low 13,000 copies in its first week on retail shelves and digital downloads. The project did feature one breakthrough single in ‘Pretty Boy Swag,’ which managed to go platinum. The album has since moved right under 100,000 copies, which isn’t too bad considering the opening week.

Soulja Boy recently sat down with the Wall Street Journal to discuss where he thinks the future lies in the music scene with the rapid progression of technology.

“I think over the next five to ten years, artists are gonna resort to touring, of course. But I also think social media is gonna kick in to the next level. With the iPhone, the iPad and everything that’s coming out, there’s gonna be a new invention for the way people consume music,” Soulja Boy stated.

To many fans, Soulja Boy’s best days are behind him, and the rapper still holds the 14th slot for highest selling digital single of all time with his breakthrough single ‘Crank Dat.’ Soulja Boy is set to release his brand new ‘Promise’ album in the ensuing months.

http://thisbeatgoes.com/hip-hop-news/soulja-boy-weighs-in-on-the-future-of-digital-music-x-album-sales/

Soulja Boy & Game – Too Faded (Behind The Scenes)

A little behind the scenes footage of Soulja Boy & Game in the studio recording their new song, Too Faded.


http://dajaz1.com/2012/01/30/soulja-boy-game-too-faded-behind-the-scenes/

Mixtape Roundup: Chip Tha Ripper, MondreM.A.N. Soulja Boy And Young L, Young Dro, Blue Sky Black Death And Nacho Picasso

Soulja Boy and Young L – Mario & Domo Vs. The World

Soulja Boy has released three mixtapes since Dec. 30, 2011. Why should you download one of them, much less all three of them? Admittedly that’s a tough question to answer. For the past year or so Mr. Tell ‘Em has been caught in a basedworld holding pattern, rattling off mixtape after mixtape of the same bouncey, low-budget synth jams that owe a whole lot to music Lil B was creating circa 2008. The highlights of Soulja’s recent output are probably his collaboration with his Lil B, Pretty Boy Millionaires, and the Khalifa-indebted1up, but neither produced a certifiable hit on the level of “Speakers Going Hammer” or “Turn My Swag On,” which is a problem because Soulja Boy thrives on periodically producing these unexpected, weirdly addicting pop-rap anthems.

Like 50/13 and Gold On Deck, its immediate predecessors, Mario & Domo Vs. The World fails to produce a hit, but the album is noteworthy because it presents something more cohesive and entertaining than the genre-hopping 50/13 and the uninspired Gold On Deck. Soulja’s collaborator here is Young L, a rapper/producer who got his start making beats for and rapping with Lil B in the Pack but who has lately been producing some interesting stuff on his own.

Young L and Soulja Boy make a good team because Young L has the discipline Soulja Boy lacks as well as a consistent aesthetic approach: scorching keyboard lines, subterranean basslines, plenty of open space for Soulja’s wobbly vocals. As a rapper Young L also serves as a useful counter, rapping in a hoarse whisper and obviously not challenging Soulja for lyrical primacy – if you’re looking for verbal fireworks, this mixtape is obviously not for you. At its best, like the songs “Ba” and “Money Man,” Mario & Domo Vs. The World offers a conceivable middle ground between left-coast wobble and deep-south wamp.

Standouts: “Ba”; “Money Man”.

http://www.prefixmag.com/features/chip-tha-ripper-mondreman-nacho-picasso-soulja-boy-tell-em-young-dro-young-l/mixtape-roundup-chip-tha-ripper-mondreman-soulja-b/61079/

Soulja Boy “On That Ni**a”

Soulja Boy “On That Ni**a”

http://allhiphop.com/2012/01/29/soulja-boy-on-that-nia/