GOOD Music

G.O.O.D Music (mostly written like this: GOOD Music) is a record label and management firm founded by music producer Kanye West. "GOOD" is an acronym for "Getting Out Our Dreams". Good Music has signed to Kid Retro's most famous and known, "Beast Flow Gang". GOOD Music contains a musical group of artists like: Kanye West, Kid Cudi, John Legend, Big Sean, Common, Pusha T, CyHi The Prynce, Mos Def, D'banj, Mr. Hudson, Malik Yusef, Teyana Taylor, Travis Scott and also the producers of the group: Devo Springteen, Keezo Kane, Don Jazzy, Hit-Boy, No I.D., Q-Tip, & Jeff Bhasker.
GOOD Music could sometimes collaborate with J-Weezy The Martian. J-Weezy The Martian (producing as JoeySideFire) will write some of GOOD Music's greatest songs. So far, GOOD Music's first collaborated album, Cruel Summer, will be released on September 18, 2012. Q-Tip had announced that the second GOOD Music album Cruel Winter is what they are currently working on. JoeySideFire will be producing their first real GOOD Music song (will soon be released with a promo picture) called, "Suffrage", and will be released and recorded in 2013.
==History==
===2004–07: The First Signing===
John Legend and Commonwerethe first to have albums produced by GOOD Music and have received seven Grammy Award nominations between them; Get Lifted with three and Be with four. 
Consequence was signed in 2005 through a deal with Columbia Records. In 2007, Big Sean and Kid Cudi were also signed to the label.
===2008–11: Continued Signing of new artists===
In 2008, the label signed Mr Hudsonafterhearing his debut album with the Library, A Tale of Two Cities. 
In 2010, the label signed Pusha T, Mos Def, Daniel Yazdi, and Cyhi the Prynce, who was signed in a joint venture with Akon's Konvict Muzik, with the departure of Tony Williams, followed by Consequence.
In 2011, there followed Nigerian artist D'banj and fellow producer Don Jazzy, and a distribution agreement was made with Island Def Jam Music Group. In 2011, Teyana Taylor, Pusha TproducerQ-Tip & many more acts joined the Good Music group. 
Big Sean's Finally Famous was the first album released by GOOD Music with distribution by Def Jam.
===2012–present: Cruel Summer (GOOD Music's Album)===
Mid-2012, Kanye West signed former Star Trak/Interscope Records artist Teyana Taylor to G.O.O.D. Music.
In late 2011, plans were announced for a Spring 2012 release of a GOOD Music collaborative studio album, later announced as Cruel Summer. It was to be accompanied by a short film. Produced by West's design organization DONDA and shot in Qatar, the film premiered at Cannes Film Festival.
The first single, "Mercy", was released in April 2012, followed by the video. The second single "Cold" was released a couple weeks after "Mercy" was released. A third single "New God Flow" was released in July.
After the release of "New God Flow", the album cover was released.
An additional single, "Clique", (by Kanye West, Big Sean, & Jay-Z) was released on September 6.
On July 23, 2012, GOOD Music officially announced the September 4 release date for Cruel Summer; it has since been delayed until September 18, 2012 in the US. On September 30, 2012, Q-Tip announced that the group will soon be ready to release the second GOOD Music album entitled by Cruel Winter.
On October 11, 2012 Travi$ Scott signed a 360 deal with Kanye West.
===2013 (Future): Working on collaborations===
coming soon...
==Artists==
===Current acts===
Act 	Year signed	Albumsunder thelabel
John Legend 	2004 	4
Common 	2004 	3
Malik Yusef 	2005 	1
Big Sean 	2007 	1
Kid Cudi 	2008 	2
Mr. Hudson 	2008 	1
Cyhi the Prynce	2010 	–
Mos Def 	2010 	–
Pusha T 	2010 	1
D'banj 	2011 	–
Teyana Taylor 	2012 	_
Q-Tip 	2012 	_
2 Chainz 	2012 	_
===Producers===
* Kanye West
* Mannie Fresh
* Q-Tip
* Devo Springsteen
* Keezo Kane
* No I.D.
* Don Jazzy
* Hit-Boy
* Lifted
* JoeySideFire (soon to be producer in 2013...)
==Discography==
Studio Albums:
* Cruel Summer (2012)
* Cruel Winter (TBA)
* Unknown New Album (TBA)
* Unknown New Album (with New Beats EZ & Roscoe Dash) (TBA)
Mixtapes:
coming soon...
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===Albums signed from label===
Artist 	Album 	Details
John Legend 	Get Lifted(released with Columbia) 	
* Released: December 28, 2004
* Chart position: 4 U.S.
* RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
Common 	Be(released with Geffen) 	
* Released: May 24, 2005
* Chart position: 2 U.S.
* RIAA certification: Gold
John Legend 	Once Again(released with Columbia) 	
* Released: October 24, 2006
* Chart position: 3 U.S.
* RIAA certification: Platinum
Consequence 	Don't Quit Your Day Job!(released with Columbia) 	
* Released: March 6, 2007
* Chart position: 113 U.S.
* RIAA certification: –
Common 	Finding Forever(released with Geffen) 	
* Released: July 31, 2007
* Chart position: 1 U.S.
* RIAA certification: Gold
John Legend 	Evolver(released with Columbia) 	
* Released: October 28, 2008
* Chart position: 4 U.S.
* RIAA certification: Gold
Common 	Universal Mind Control(released with Geffen) 	
* Released: December 9, 2008
* Chart position: 12 U.S.
* RIAA certification: –
Malik Yusef 	G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night 	
* Released: June 2, 2009
* Chart position: -
* RIAA certification: -
Kid Cudi 	Man on the Moon(released with Universal Motown) 	
* Released: September 15, 2009
* Chart position: 4 U.S.
* RIAA certification: Gold
Mr. Hudson 	Straight No Chaser 	
* Released: October 19, 2009
* Chart position: 25 UK
* RIAA certification: –
John Legend and The Roots	Wake Up!(released with Columbia) 	
* Released: September 21, 2010
* Chart position: 8 U.S.
* RIAA certification: –
Kid Cudi 	Man on the Moon II(released with Universal Motown)	
* Released: November 9, 2010
* Chart position: 3 U.S.
* RIAA certification: Gold
Big Sean 	Finally Famous 	
* Released: June 28, 2011
* Chart position: 3 U.S.
* RIAA certification: –
Pusha T 	Fear of God II: Let Us Pray(released with Decon) 	
* Released: November 8, 2011
* Chart position: 66 U.S.
* RIAA certification: –
GOOD Music 	Cruel Summer 	
* Releasing: September 18, 2012
* Chart position: N/A
* RIAA certification: N/A
GOOD Music 	Cruel Winter 	
* Releasing: TBA
* Chart position: N/A
* RIAA certification: N/A
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