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As the year's celebrations commemorating the legendary Bob Marley's 75 th birthday continue, yet more incredible collector edition items and activations have been announced and released for December and January 2021 On January 29, 2021, the highly acclaimed Songs of Freedom: The Island Years, an extraordinary 6LP set, as well as a 3CD set, will be re-released worldwide. A limited-edition color 6LP set featuring two red, two green, and two gold vinyl LPs will also be available. Streamlined to the period of Bob Marley's emergence and stardom, with rare tracks on vinyl for the first time outside Jamaica,  Songs of Freedom: The Island Years is available to listen to or pre-order HERE . In addition to Songs Of Freedom, twelve limited-edition Bob Marley vinyl LP's pressed exclusively at the legendary Tuff Gong International headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, will be available on January 22, 2021. The Jamaican pressings will include nine original studio albums, two origina

Part 2 of Kid Cudi's short film featuring music from "Man On The Moon III: The Chosen" is out now! Click here to Watch "Heaven On Earth - The Rager, The Menace Part 2" Click here to Watch "She Knows This – The Rager, The Menace Part 1" (released Friday, December 11th) - >Read all about Kid Cudi here

Kid Cudi just announced that his highly anticipated Man on the Moon III: The Chosen, his eagerly awaited seventh full-length studio album and the third instalment of his legendary Man On The Moon series will release this Friday, December 11th! Cudi returns with 18 new songs, inviting a cast of A-list collaborators to join him in space. These include anthems such as “Show Out” [feat. Pop Smoke and Skepta], “Lovin’ Me” [feat. Phoebe Bridgers], and “Rockstar Knights” [feat. Trippie Redd]. Not to mention, acclaimed director Nabil [Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean] has directed the music videos for “She Knows This” and “Heaven On Earth”—set to be unveiled soon. Check out the full track-listing below. In other big news, Cudi recently co-founded his own production and music management company Mad Solar backed by none other than Bron. Cudi blasted off into history with Man on the Moon: The End of Day in 2009. It has since gone double-platinum, garnered three GRAMMY® Award nomination