3oh!3 have released a title for their third studio record, Streets of Gold, due out sometime this summer on Photo Finish Records (distributed by Atlantic Records Group < Warner Music Group).
Travis McCoy (mostly known for Gym Class Heroes, though he’s got a slew of projects), will be releasing a solo record The Lazarus Project under the moniker, Travie McCoy, on his homeboy T-Pain’s label, Nappy Boy Entertainment… some time this year. The record will also be a joint release with Gym Class Heroes’ Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance and features a lot more singing than Travis fans are used to, apparently influenced by his appearance on Daryl Hall’s live webcast in 2008. According to AltPress.com, the record is the personal response to deaths of several friends, recovery from prescription pill addiction and the end of a very public romance with Katy Perry. According to an interview with XXLMag.com, Travie has not followed the lead of Nappy Boy founder and did not over-employ the use of Auto-Tune. Thank goodness! Other producers who’ve touched The Lazarus Project were Cannon and Detail. Cee-Lo has a confirmed guest appearance and a track with Lil’ Wayne has been leaked.
“I tried to keep the guest appearances at a bare minimum because this is my first effort away from Gym Class Heroes, so I didn’t want it to be super appearance-driven,” McCoy said in an interview. “It’s me showing another side of Travis. There’s a lot more singing and a lot more melody, but I think the guests that are on the record are there for a reason and are meant to be on the record. I feel like a lot of people in the hip-hop world don’t take me seriously as a rapper. And I feel that first-and-foremost I came up as a rapper before I started singing. All a lot of people know from me is ‘Cupid’s Chokehold,’ and they don’t scratch the surface and see beyond that dude who sings the song about his girlfriend. With this record, I feel like people are going to take me more seriously as a rapper and hopefully, as a singer as well.” (Billboard)
Travie sure has come a long way since opening up for Weerd Science with Gym Class Heroes in fall 2004!
Too Fast For Love Tour
Cobra Starship and 3oh!3 co-headlining with support from Travie McCoy and I Fight Dragons
4.28 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
5.02 Niagara Falls, NY @ Rapid Theatre
5.04 Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
5.05 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
5.07 Rochester, NY @ Rochester Institute of Technology
5.08 Danbury, CT @ Western CT State University
5.09 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
5.11 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
5.12 New York City, NY @ Roseland Ballroom
5.15 Chicago, IL @ The Bamboozle Chicago
5.16 Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
5.18 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue Mainroom
5.19 Kansas City, MO @ Uptown
5.21 Denver, CO @ Fillmore
5.22 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
5.23 Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort
5.25 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
5.26 Seattle, WA @ Showbox
5.28 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
5.29 San Diego, CA @ Soma
5.30 Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
6.01 Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia
6.02 Phoenix, AZ @ TBD
6.04 Dallas, TX @ Palladium
6.05 Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theatre
6.07 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
6.08 West Palm Beach, FL @ Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
6.09 Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues
6.11 Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier
I’m stoked to check out I Fight Dragons. They’re a 6 piece chiptune/NES-rock band from Chicago and remarkably… have a female vocalist!
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