Singer Mike Posner launched his career at Duke University, where he balanced his undergraduate studies in sociology and business with his musical habits. Posner began making melodic pop-rap songs for the college crowd, filling his music with references to fraternity culture, dorm life, and young adulthood. He also compiled several mixtapes, one of which - A Matter Of Time - topped the iTunesU charts during the summer of 2009. After signing with J Records, he finished his degree, graduated with a 3.59 GPA, and released his full-length debut, 31 Minutes To Takeoff, in the summer of 2010. The album featured the worldwide hit "Cooler Than Me". J Records would dissolve soon after and Posner was bumped up to the parent label, RCA, but only after some legal wrangling which was referenced in the title to his 2011 mixtape, The Layover. His career with RCA would begin officially late that same year with the release of "Looks Like Sex". Mike's upcoming sophomore album is coming soon in 2013!
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Hypebeast:
During his recent stop through London for his Reebok Classics RealFlex Foot Locker Exclusive launch (May 8), HBTV had a chance to chop it up with Mike Posner at the Shoreditch House in East London. Shedding some light into his collaboration with Reebok Classics, Posner also offered some sentiments about his creative process in music and producing as well as his personal style. Aside from hitting up London for the launch and dropping in on the HBTV reel, Posner has been logging most of his time in the studio these days in preparation for his forthcoming album, Sky High which is expected to release Fall 2012.
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