Cruel Summer

• Kanye West And GOOD Music's Cruel Summer: Album Review Roundup

  By Carter Maness. Is G.O.O.D. Music's Cruel Summer a Kanye West album or not? With his lack of consistent presence and little-to-no personal promotion, that seems to be the central question that critics are asking when reviewing the eclectic posse ...

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• GOOD Music - 'Cruel Summer' (Def Jam)

  G.O.O.D. Music - 'Cruel Summer' (Def Jam). About.com Rating 2.5 Star Rating. Be the first to write a review. By Henry Adaso, About.

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• GOOD Music Signees Talks 'Cruel Summer,' Beef & Rumors (Video)

  During a busy album release week for the label compilation, Cruel Summer, several members of the G.O.O.D. Music roster made a stop by Power 105.1'′s "The Breakfast Club" morning show for a candid discussion lasting over 25 minutes.

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• Two Attempts To Turn Summer Platinum Into Fall Gold

  Carly Rae Jepsen dominated the summer with her viral hit, "Call Me Maybe." She follows up with the full-length album, Kiss.

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• GOOD Music Cruel Summer: Was Kanye-Helmed Album Worth The Wait?

  Though 'Ye's musical presence is felt throughout, Cruel Summer is unlike any of Yeezy's well-weaved solo affairs.

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• "Operation Cruel Summer" Drug-Busts Arrest 34

  "Operation Cruel Summer" also netted nearly 100 pounds of illegal drugs, including cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine, 38 guns and about $166,000 in cash, San Diego County sheriff's officials said.

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• 'Operation Cruel Summer' Seizes Drugs, Firearms

  A drug crackdown in San Diego County known as "Operation Cruel Summer" has resulted in the arrest of 34 suspects in a drug and firearms trafficking operation.

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• First listen: Kanye West's GOOD Music drops 'Cruel Summer'

  "Cruel Summer," the new compilation from Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music imprint, sets an intense mood from the start. Were this a novel, R. Kelly's sweet voice would be in the first scene: "Let me see you put your middle fingers up to the world," he says ...

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• GOOD Music's Cruel Summer: A First Listen

  Kanye West has officially become the bad guy, people. He's rich, he's rude, he's entitled, he's a rock 'n' roll legend who's awaiting a legit artistic backlash any year now, and he's also a smart businessperson.

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• Kim Kardashian Says "Get Off My SCOTT DISICK"

  Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West's girlfriend Kim Kardashian is letting the world know she is fully behind his new G.O.O.D. Music Cruel Summer compilation album by promoting the LP on Twitter. Along with informing fans of its release, Kim K tweeted out ...

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• Album Review: GOOD Music – Cruel Summer

  But it wasn't just the album's blueprint that foreshadowed how underwhelming Cruel Summer could be. In the run-up to the album's release, six of its songs came out either officially or unintentionally.

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• Review: GOOD Music 'Cruel Summer'

  But: "Cruel Summer" would suck if it wasn't pompous. Rick Ross's "God Forgives I Don't" mixtape fell totally flat for being pompous, so why does "Cruel Summer" win? I'll tell you why - "God Forgives…" is a vanity project by someone who doesn't know ...

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• 5 Things GOOD Music's 'Cruel Summer' Does Right (And 5 Things It Does Wrong)

  Unless you're unnaturally excited for the upcoming new Aerosmith album, GOOD Music's Cruel Summer is 2012′s most anticipated album of the year.

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• Kanye West + G.O.O.D. Music, 'Cruel Summer' - Album Review

  After numerous delays, Kanye West's highly-anticipated G.O.O.D. Music compilation 'Cruel Summer' is finally here.

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• Album review: GOOD Music, 'Cruel Summer'

  Pusha T: On "Cruel Summer," he proves that he's the Arn Anderson to Kanye's Ric Flair. For those of you who don't get that reference (congrats on actually having a social life in the early 90's) that means Pusha T's the self-appointed enforcer of the crew.

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• Kanye's "Cruel Summer" Collabos Make Sense

  Check out TheSource.com's assessment of those chosen by Mr. West for the "Cruel Summer" project and why they fit so perfect in the grand scheme of things for Yeezy.

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• GOOD Music Crew Teams Up For Funkmaster Flex Freestyle to Promote 'Cruel ...

  The G.O.O.D. Music crew drops a new freestyle while promoting their new 'Cruel Summer' album during their visit to Hot 97′s Funkmaster Flex radio show.

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• Cruel Summer track leaks, Kanye West dominates BET Hip Hop nominations

  The tune also features a spot from a female vocalist - who's mysteriously left off of the Cruel Summer tracklisting which was revealed earlier this week.

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• New music review: Cruel Summer, GOOD Music (Universal)

  The noticeable drop-off in quality between the previously released tracks and the rest of Cruel Summer, as well as the general lack of cohesiveness that can often afflict compilations featuring so many disparate artists, makes the overall results ...

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• Drug ring busted in North County; 46 arrested

  Dubbed "Operation Cruel Summer," the warrant sweep involving local, state and federal law enforcement officers occurred in Fallbrook, Rainbow and Bonsall starting about 6 a.m.

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