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It’s hardly a surprise that a Kanye West x Big Sean x Jay-Z track would go platinum, and by the looks of it the G.O.O.D. Music album is steadily climbing the ranks. After lead single “Mercy” marked double platinum status in digital sales, “Clique” is now officially the second track to go platinum off the album. If this doesn’t get you excited enough for Cruel Winter, I don’t know what will. Just for kicks, you can listen to “Clique” after the jump.

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After having one of the most anticipated albums of the summer, G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer compilation debuts at #2 on the Billboard charts moving 205,000 units opening week. The album features the entire G.O.O.D. Music roster, including special appearances from R. Kelly and Jay Z. Unfortunately, the album fell 75,000 units short behind P!nk’s first #1 album with The Truth About Love according to SoundScan. Go pick up a copy of Cruel Summer right now on iTunes. (more…)

“Press-shy” Kanye West, as RollingStone.com called him, has pulled a Kanye and interviewed himself discussing the highly anticipated G.O.O.D. Music collaborative album, “Cruel Summer” that dropped last week. In the self-presented video, Mr. West elaborates on the creative process as well as some Kanye revelations on music in general. Check it out after the jump!

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Teyana Taylor, Big Sean, Pusha T., Common, and Cyhi The Prince stopped by the Power 105.1 Breakfast Club to take about just how “cruel” the summer was. With the album officially out, there were lots of things to talk about. G.O.O.D. Music vs. Young Money, Teyana’s hot head, and Kanye’s No-Press Policy were all topics of dicussion. Check out the video and see Power 105 become a G.O.O.D. Place.

It was a busy night for Flex over at Hot 97 as after his first guest Kendrick Lamar left, he had a few other special guests to drop by. On the eve of their first official album together, the G.O.O.D Music conglomerate (minus Kanye West) stopped by to chop it up with Flex and they too grazed the microphone over a few instrumentals. No idea why Pusha T didn’t rap but Big Sean and Cyhi went in! Cruel Summer in stores tomorrow. Audio after the jump.

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Simplistic, yet Artistic. Those are the words that come to mind after watching the G.O.O.D. Music “Cruel Summer” commercial. Kanye posted the video via his YouTube account to get fans amped about the September 18th release. The cover of the album comes to a 3D form which is followed by the names of the tracks flashing across the screen in red. Do you like the commercial?

After G.O.O.D Music recently released another single, “Clique,” off of their “Cruel Summer” album, which drops September 17, We’ve got the official tracklisting after jump. The features include R. Kelly, Ma$e, Ghostface Killa and more plus Chief Keef’s remix on the final cut for the album. Check after jump to see the tracklist and above is the official album cover. (more…)

After suffering a few push-backs, we are still going to experience a Cruel Summer courtesy of those G.O.O.D Music guys. Today, we get the second offering from the “Cruel Summer” album. This time it’s Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean who handle their business over the Hit-Boy produced banger. Premiered by Flex, so it has minor tags. Be sure to check back for the Dirty/CDQ version. Cruel Summer, September 18th.

UPDATE: Dirty/CDQ version added after the jump

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