Rolling Stone reports that Machine Gun Kelly's upcoming debut album, "Lace Up," will feature a collaboration with Tech N9ne. MGK will be featured on the rapper's "Hostile Takeover" tour starting on March 24.
"Half Naked & Almost Famous," the Bad Boy Records debut EP from Machine Gun Kelly, was released today exclusively on iTunes. The 5 song set represents Bad Boy's first album release, EP or otherwise, since Dirty Money's "Last Train to Paris" on December 14, 2010.
Bolstered by the rapper's Hot 100 charting single, "Wild Boy" (featuring Waka Flocka Flame), the release serves as a teaser to MGK's upcoming debut album, "Lace Up." It includes collaborations with label mate Cassie (for the remix to "Warning Shot") and Dubo and DJ Xplosive ("EST 4 Life").
According to Rolling Stone, "Half Naked & Almost Famous" is the soundtrack to a 90 minute documentary, which MGK says will be made available online, to purchasers of the album, today at 3 PM.
It will be released physically via CD format on April 10. Check out the album cover and track listing below.
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie has released "Thou Shall Not...," a new self-produced single featuring a sample of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Who Shot Ya" for the chorus. You can listen and download clean and dirty versions care of his SoundCloud profile.
Aasim's new mixtape, "Live at the Tunnel: The Ski Mask Way" has been released on DatPiff.com. The 10 song set features an appearance by former Bad Boy artist Dawn Richard. Check out the cover, track listing and an embedded player below.
1. Tunnel State of Mind
2. Live at the Tunnel
3. Ain't That Mellow
4. Private Party
5. I'm Nasty
6. Run the Yard
7. Save Me featuring Dawn Richard
8. Social Club Nites
9. Return of the Underdog
10. Don't Do It
Machine Gun Kelly chats with andPOP.com about his respect for Diddy and the time he got caught impersonating the Bad Boy CEO by the man himself. Watch below.
In addition to "Wild Boy," Machine Gun Kelly also performed "Warning Shot," "Invincible" and "Half Naked and Almost Famous" during VEVO's SXSW event. Watch these clips below.
Machine Gun Kelly's new "Half Naked & Almost Famous" EP, featuring Cassie, Waka Flocka Flame and more, will be released in phases, to different retailers.
Tomorrow, March 20, it will receive an exclusive digital release on iTunes, according to his official website. Amazon is indicating that they will sell the digital format a week later, starting on March 26. This may or may not be accurate.
Finally, I have confirmed with a source at Bad Boy that the CD version will be out on April 10. You can pre-order it at Amazon.com and it will be available at other retailers, as well. The Amazon.com product page says April 3, but that is incorrect.
