G.O.O.D. MUSIC TO RELEASE FIRST INDEPENDENT ALBUM G.O.O.D. MORNING, G.O.O.D. NIGHT EXCLUSIVELY

Download the First Single "Magic Man" ft. Kanye West, Common, John Legend & Malik Yusef

G.O.O.D. MUSIC TO RELEASE FIRST INDEPENDENT ALBUM G.O.O.D. MORNING, G.O.O.D. NIGHT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH 101 DISTRIBUTION

Kanye West is one of the most innovative and influential artists walking God’s green earth today. Within the past five years, the Chicago icon has released three full-length albums, moved over 13 million units worldwide and won ten Grammy Awards. That is simply astonishing and the Louis Vuitton Don is just getting started.

Now he is on the verge of releasing the FIRST and ONLY independent album from his G.O.O.D. Music label to date as he and Malik Yusef present G.O.O.D. Morning & G.O.O.D. Night, which is available exclusively through 101 Distribution, releasing worldwide May 26^th, 2009.

With Mr. West serving as the executive producer of Yusef’s sophomore set, G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night is two-disc collection consisting of 30 emotional tracks with each song representing a distinctive 48-minute time period of the day.

“We talk about the circular aspect of life and how things are 360. The morning and night represents one full day cycle,” Yusef explains. “G.O.O.D. Morning shows the more light aspect and G.O.O.D. Night represents the more sullen aspect of life.”

“Magic Man” featuring Common, John Legend and Kanye West will serve as the leadoff single, and the album will feature collaborations with the finest recording artists in the music industry today including Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Cassidy, Carl Thomas, Jadakiss, Jennifer Hudson, KRS-One, Paul Wall, Twista and many more.

Malik Yusef, an accomplished Emmy, Grammy and Peabody award-winning poet, received acclaim within the music industry when he released his debut album The Greatest Chicago Fire – Cold Day In Hell back in 2003. He has also appeared on Russell Simmon’s Def Poetry Jam.

With the release of G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night, Yusef is now only inches away from achieving his primary goal. “I just want to sneak my way into the soul of people and [I want] people to allow me to be apart of their lives,” he says. “I’m just asking permission into their existence, and [I’m using] the music as that vehicle.”

G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night will be available at Best Buy, Target, iTunes on May 26^th, 2009.

For more information or to pre-order G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night, visit www.101d.com.

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Rebel of the Music Industry

"Legendary record man, "Swervin'" Irving Azoff, once managed the mega-group the Eagles. During a tour at the height of their career, one California hotel was unable to provide adjoining suites for the "Hotel California" songwriters. Swervin' Irving drove to a hardware store, purchased a chainsaw, went to the hotel, and turned two seperate rooms into one suite by sawing down the wall between.

Being prudent and realizing that he would not be able to be there whenever the Eagles needed on-site remodeling, he had a carrying case made for the saw so that the group could take it on the tour with them.

Now that's hands-on management."

-Moses Avalon

Mill Avenue To Revive Its Performance Roots

The Tempe City Council plans to revive Mill Avenue’s entertainment-based history with a series of new events and venues that were described in Thursday’s meeting.
Nancy Hormann plans to begin “Music On Mill” every Thursday night with local musicians, street performers and a series of contests. “Everything will be highly visible to the public and they won’t have to seek performers,” Hormann said.
Music On Mill will have no admission fees and doesn’t require permits, only areas with accessible power outlets. Concerns of performing on private property were voiced to which Hormann replied, “we don’t need permits to do what everyone else is already doing.”
The Old Harkins Theater on Mill will be transformed into the Mill Avenue District Community Arts Project Theater. The MADCAP is said to include a dinner theater, live music, independent film screenings, meeting space and even an Arizona State University classroom location.
“Performers at the MADCAP will be available at a low admission price, and a percentage of ticket sales will be used to promote the theater,” Hermann said. “The only big cost will be electricity to run the theaters.”
In the past, Mill Avenue has gained negative press for empty storefronts. Many even blamed the downfall of Borders Bookstore on the minimal street traffic Mill was receiving.
A committee member commented that although Borders were going out of business all over the country, it was interesting to note that the one on Mill Avenue’s collapse was solely the street’s fault.
Hermann has created a contest to start this June for the best retail storefront. The winner will receive one-year free rent. This is to create interest in the retailers downtown.
Ideas are beginning to be sent in for the best design on an electrical box contest as well. The most creative submission will get the opportunity to paint an electrical box on Mill Avenue with their design.