Consequence f. John Legend, Kanye West, “Whatever You Want”

If this G.O.O.D. music fam video is accurate, the thing Kanye West wants is a head bath from a hot tub and a fly female. This is from Consequence’s album Cons TV, out November 20.

MSTRKRFT f. John Legend, “Heartbreaker”

Hipster heroes MSTRKRFT apparently hung out with John Legend long enough to record the electronically soulful “Heartbreaker,” but didn’t need him (or themselves) to shoot a cute video about teenage love and/or breaking and entering in some kind of creepy ass grocery store.

Ghostface Names Forthcoming Soul Album “Wizard of Poetry”

A couple years ago (or something) we started hearing that Ghostface was going to record a whole R&B album in which he would sing—as best as he could—over what we can only imagine would be some really great grimy soul instrumentals. More than anything, that album seemed like a pipe dream, but Def Jam hotshot Lenny Santiago knows otherwise. Apparently the album will not feature Ghost singing on every song, but will pair him up with singers like Estelle, Raheem DeVaughn, Lloyd (awesome) and John Legend (no one asked for that pairing, but we’ll reserve judgment). While this is exciting news, we can’t help but be a little disappointed. Ghostface singing has become one of the most endearingly weird idiosyncrasies of dude’s already weird career. The bright side? The album is called The Wizard of Poetry. Beat that, everyone else in the music industry! (via Nah Right)—Sam Hockley-Smith

Consequence ft. Kanye West & John Legend “Whatever U Want”

Them G.O.O.D. Music boys, Con, Kan, and John got together on this track to let us know, much like T.I., that you can have whatever you like by getting “Whatever U Want.” No auto-tune on this one, just a melodic, 2-step worthy beat and flows to follow suit. Tracks like this make me hype for the summer, when I lived in Florida I would drive around in my luxurious car (or a hooptie, see it how you want) blasting summer jams from my hand-me-down speakers all over the highway. This single is from on Cons’ upcoming album ConsTV. Looking forward to it Quence, keep them coming!

Download: Consequence ft. Kanye West & John Legend “Whatever U Want

John Legend Gets A Grammy And Goes Green

Earlier this year, John Legend took home his sixth career Grammy for his performance with Al Green on “Stay with Me (By the Sea).” He also toured Europe and Asia, just completed a surprise performance at this year’s Coachella and is now announcing his new US Tour dates for Evolver. The G.O.O.D. music crooner is teaming up with non-profit organization REVERB for the 17-city tour. For the tour, Legend will work with the venues in selling Earth-friendly products and an online ride sharing service to encourage carpooling to shows. The tour runs from late June into July—making a special stop in New Orleans for the Essence Music Festival. Check out the dates below.

June 2009
27 – Muskegon, MI – Heritage Landing

July 2009
3 – New Orleans, LA – Louisiana Superdome
5 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheatre
11 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center
14 – Portsmouth, VA – Ntelos Wireless Pavilion
17 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
18 – Albany, NY – Palace Theatre
20 – Toledo, OH – Toledo Zoo Amphitheatre
24 – Elizabeth, IN – Horseshoe Southern Indiana
25 – Windsor, Ontario – Caesars Windsor The Colosseum
31 – Cincinnati, OH – Paul Brown Stadium

August 2009
3 – West Homestead, PA – Riverplex Amphitheatre at Sandcastle
5 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts
7 – Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
28 – Woodinville, WA – Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
29 – Goldendale, WA – Maryhill Winery Amphitheater

September 2009
1 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre

Shouts out to Singers Room for the deets!

Joi Starr feat. Kanye West “Same Time”

Kanye West dropped the mixtape “The Lost Tapes: Welcome 2 Chicago,” on his blog today, which features unreleased tracks from a variety of folks from Freeway to Natalie Cole, Talib Kweli to John Legend. Some songs feature Ye’s verses, but all are produced by him. Despite all that talent, our favorite is below—a joint with Joi Starr, who traveled with Yeezy on The Glow in the Dark Tour and will be making her own way out into the flashing lights soon enough.

Download: Joi Starr feat. Kanye West “Same Time”

To download the mixtape check out http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog