The-Dream Is Starting A New Label With Jay Z

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The-Dream and Jay Z are starting an "art label" together.

After no album last year, The-Dream is busier than ever in 2015. He just released his Crown EP, and he has a follow up EP, Jewel, planned for this summer. He's also been collaborating, in a few different ways, with Jay Z, whose Roc Nation management company The-Dream is signed to. 

In an interview with XXL, The-Dream announced that he and longtime collaborator Tricky Stewart are, with help from Hov, launching an "art label" called Contra Paris. The label isn't limited to music; its focus is "art overall, period." His plan is to bring the scene back to the 80s, when the art and music worlds were more closely intertwined: "We’ve got these young guys who can be Basquiat with great gifts and I want to couple my music with them and make sure that their shit is being seen because I think that’s what was so great in the 80s."

The next question on our minds: Can we expect any music between Hov and the Love King? Unfortunately, he wouldn't bite--"I cannot tell you"--but he says the two hit the studio on the regular. Something special might be on the way. 

Stream Crown here.


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The-Dream Is Starting A New Label With Jay Z
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<b>Feature &amp; News Contributor</b> Brooklyn via Toronto writer and music enthusiast. Angus writes reviews, features, and lists for HNHH. While hip-hop is his muse, Angus also puts in work at an experimental dance label. In the evenings, he winds down to dub techno and Donna Summer.
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