Mr Hudson "Straight No Chaser"

[busyboy]

British singer and songwriter signed to Kanye's G.O.O.D. Music label. He's featured on "Paranoid" and has collaborated on a couple other tracks on 808s & Heartbreak.

As the leader of Mr. Hudson & The Library, he released A Tale Of Two Cities in 2007. Currently, he's putting the finishing touches on his second album titled Straight No Chaser, expected later this year. Lead single "There Will Be Tears" has been around for months, but just now got a video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1NdJKJlrcw

www.myspace.com/mrhudson

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I loved "Too Late, Too Late" back in 2007, but they seem such a random band to be getting all this support.

[busyboy]

Mr Hudson Says Mentor Kanye West 'Met My Music Before He Met Me'
Duo shot a video for 'Supernova,' which they co-wrote.

By Shaheem Reid, with reporting by Grace Jackson

What could the extravagant Louis Vuitton Don have in store for his artist Mr Hudson? The British vocalist said that several months ago, Kanye West came into the studio and told him he had a "gift" for him.

"A new Jesus piece?" Hudson thought. Nope. "A hand-me-down Jaguar?" Nah.

It was a record that had the potential to be a hit. West simply told the engineer in the studio to press play, and out of the speakers came the chorus for a song the two wound up collaborating on: "Supernova."

" 'Supernova,' it's a co-write," Hudson explained, sitting in the Beverly Hills Hotel a few days ago. "I think our head space, we kinda overlapped with similar emotions about things when we were hanging out last summer. I think we both could relate to the lyrics, so we built it together. Kanye brought in the chorus. We brought the verses up together."

Kanye and Hudson were shooting the video for their song, which is the first single from the singer's U.S. debut.

"What's cool is, Kanye met my music before he met me," Hudson said of their relationship. " ... I wouldn't have gone up to Kanye in a club and said, 'Here is my CD, you've gotta listen to it.' That isn't my style. I made my first album in London. It didn't get released in the States, but somehow he got a copy, which meant that when Kanye was in London promoting Graduation, we were introduced briefly. A year later, I was in Paris on holiday. I got a call coming in to the office: 'Here is a contract.' "

Last November, 'Ye told Mixtape Monday that his new signee had the potential to be "bigger" than he is. Hudson appreciated the compliment but said it is a lot of pressure.

"Yeah, it's really annoying, actually," he smiled. "Now I got loads of work to do to try and live up to that."

"Yeah, that was, like, wack," Kanye said of his previous statement.

"I shouldn't have said all that to try and put all that pressure on you," 'Ye continued, talking to Hudson. "That's one of the problems. On one hand, when you sign with an established person, you get all the limelight, the shine. On the other hand, you've got all the pressure. Then you deal with some of the baggage. You buy into some of the fans and you buy into some of the enemies. I think he'll be able to surpass all of that with his talent."

www.mtv.com/news/articles/1610206/20090428/west_kanye.jhtml

[busyboy]

"Supernova" is the actual first single, and goes for adds at Pop and Rhythmic on June 2.

[busyboy]

The single has leaked. The album is scheduled for August 4.

[busyboy]

The track listing, per HMV:

01. Supernova
02. White Lies
03. Knew We Were Trouble
04. Straight No Chaser
05. Way Out
06. Instant Mesenger
07. There Will Be Tears
08. Stiff Upper Lip
09. Anyone But Him
10. Everything Is Broken
11. Lift Your Head
12. Time

[busyboy]

The single's adds date was moved to July 14. The album now comes October 6.

[busyboy]

Hmmm, I thought he'd fallen off the face of the Earth, but I was wrong! "Supernova" is #2 in today's UK midweeks, and is climbing the iTunes chart in the US as well (it was #62 yesterday).

Also, "White Lies" is the second single, to be released September 28 in the UK. It has leaked already, along "Anyone But Him" (f/ Kanye) and "Everything Is Broken" (f/ Kid Cudi).

[busyboy]

The album was pushed back two more weeks to October 19; the "White Lies" single is now out October 5.

[shaq91]

Official Album Cover

[WotUNeed]

I just noticed that last.fm has four tracks available for free download: "Time," "Supernova," "Stiff Upper Lip," and "Everything Is Broken." They're here.

EDIT: Having listened now, this album is shaping up to be quite good.

[busyboy]

The "White Lies" video:

vimeo.com/6733709

[212]

I like his music, but the fact that a lot of the songs from the album have already leaked is kind of disappointing..

[busyboy]

US release date is December 1.

[shaq91]

I think im going to buy this! I like all the leaked songs!

[shaq91]

LEAKED!!

[Young Money]

I hope this is not coming out 12-1 anymore. Needs to be out early next month

[busyboy]

The album's really good. Too bad I hate his whiny voice.

[marcjm]

There is no momentum or anticipation really surrounding this at this point. I do not think the promotion team or the material on the CD is right.

[busyboy]

This was released yesterday in the UK. It's currently #11 in the midweeks.

On the singles front, "White Lies" debuted at #20 on Sunday's official chart.

[busyboy]

The album managed a #25 UK debut and has since fallen off the Top 75. Shame. Anyway, the third single is "Everything Is Broken" (out 12/28), and the fourth one is "Time" (out 3/15).

[busyboy]

The US release was canceled, apparently. Also, the third UK single was changed from "Everything Is Broken" to "Anyone But Him".