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iTunes recently got a peek at Miss RiRi’s iTunes list and she definitely has the pop scene floating into her ears & you know she had to have some Drizzy on there. Thank Me Later Coming Soon.
1. “Best I Ever Had” – Drake
2. “Closer” – Kings of Leon
3. “Young Forever” – Jay-Z feat. Mr Hudson
4. “Venus vs. Mars” – Jay-Z
5. “Meet Me Halfway” – Black Eyed Peas
6. “La La La” – LMFAO
7. “Throw It in the Bag (Remix)” – Fabolous feat. Drake and The-Dream
8. “Party in the U.S.A.” – Miley Cyrus
9. “Thinking of You” – Katy Perry
10. “Umbrella” – Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
11. “Russian Roulette” – Rihanna
12. “Sweet Dreams” – Beyoncé
13. “Waiting on the World to Change” – John Mayer
This is a unofficial reference music video for Drake’s “Killer” featuring Nipsey Hu$$le. Produced & directed by Tony Billz. Not only does he create dope visuals to add to ‘Killer’, but also notice his original artistic interpretation of the song.
Drake, Lil Wayne, Eminem & Travis Barker are set to perform at The 52nd Grammy Awards. Sunday night at the Staples Center. They are going to perform the travis barker “Forever” remix without Kanye.
This year’s Bamboozle Festival lineup just got a little bit longer with the recently announced addition of two new acts.
Young Money rapping wonder, Drake, will join the May 1st performance schedule for the festival taking place in East Rutherford, New Jersey. 2010’s current IT girl, pop singer/rhythmic talker Ke$ha will perform on both days of the weekend-long concert event (Saturday, May 1 – Sunday May 2).
Others recently announced confirmed acts include 88 Keys, Wale, Sean Price and Wiz Khalifa. Girl Talk, Matt & Kim, OK Go and Say Anything are among the previously announced performers. For a full list of performers, click here.
When we first interviewed Drake a year ago, he was the new kid on the block who had just dropped a little mixtape called So Far Gone. But after owning 2009 with an unexpected string of hits, Drizzy is now the man to beat. It’s only right that Complex features Drake on the cover of our first issue of 2010. It’s the dawning of a new decade!
The February/March issue officially hits stands on February 8, but we’re giving you a chance to read the full story now. Check the link below to hear Drizzy speak on his relationship with Wayne, competition with newcomers like J. Cole, getting inspired by ex-girlfriends, and the details on his debut Thank Me Later.
When it comes to his rhymes, Drake is an unabashed writer. But when the crooner side of the Toronto artist kicks in, he says he’s actually more like Jay-Z than a traditional songwriter.
“The way Jay and Wayne write rap, I write R&B. I don’t write lyrics down on paper,” Drake told Complex magazine in its February/March issue, which features the So Far Gone star on the cover. “The other day, I was in the studio with Alicia Keys, and I wrote two songs just speaking to her. I wish I could write that way for rap. With my rap songs, there’s so much of me I have to give that I don’t know if I could ever just flow. The thing is, I’m a great rapper. There’s two elements to rap: having the thoughts, and then being a great rapper. I can really rap the sh– that I write. My tone, my inflection. [Read more →]
Dallas, Texas, January 20, 2010 – Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, with Young Money recording artist, Drake, “live” will host an event during the 2010 Dallas All-Star Weekend. The event, The All Star Celebrity Experience, will be held on Friday, February 12, 2010 at AMPM LOUNGE and multiple entertainment areas in the Mosaic Building. Located at 300 N Akard Street in downtown Dallas, AMPM is the exclusive, ultra-hip downtown destination for the premier event themed nightlife. With its many chandeliers and upscale vibe, the venue offers over 7 party areas, 10 VIP bars, and 2 penthouse suites, plus four of the hottest DJ’S from around the world on the 1’s and 2’s spinning all night long. AMPM is the place to be and be seen in the heart of downtown Dallas for the All Star weekend. [Read more →]
One of the premier cuts from Timbaland’s Shock Value II is the Drake-featuring “Say Something.” The track sounds more like Drake with Timbaland than the other way around, and Drizzy’s takeover has the super-producer’s full blessing.
“I feel that’s the hottest record Drake got,” Tim said. “That’s the hottest hook I heard him on since the ‘Best I Ever Had.’ That’s his lane. That’s how I feel. He’s the only one that could get away with that slow-feel music that makes you feel like it was fast. It seems like Drake, all day. Ah, man. When Drake wrote to it, he had to call me and say, ‘I wanna make sure you like this hook. Because the way I’m rapping to it, I feel like it was my record. I had to realize this was not my record; this is a feature you want me to be on.’ I had to catch a grip and say, ‘Get it right. This is your record.’ ” [Read more →]
Listen to the new (old, but just released) song featuring Drake entitled, Mambo with the host artist being Fito Blanko.
Audio: Fito Blanko ft. Drake – Mambo (download?)
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This is total off-topic related. But I would like to announced and shamelessly plug a newest site, TwilightBlvd.Com. A fansite dedicated to the Twilight actors. Do make a visit if you are interested and is a fan of them.
Check out photos of Drake in Hawaii. Thanks Karla for these photos.
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New Year’s Eve in Miami @ Club Cameo.
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“So Far Gone being named the Mixtape of the Year means a lot to me,” Drake said in Toronto. “It was a risk we all took as a team to put out a mixtape that I’m exploring so many different genres of music — from the Santigolds to the Lykke Lis to Peter Bjorn and Johns, to even myself going from rapping to doing records that sound like old Jodeci songs. It was a mix of all the things that make up my character, and for people to embrace it the way they did and for MTV to name it the top mixtape of 2009 means the world to me.”
For the first time ever, Drake goes in-depth about some of his and everyone else’s favorite tracks on the tape.
Joints He Checked For
» “Uptown” (featuring Lil Wayne and Bun B). “It was one of the later records,” Drake explained. “That was when I felt like the mixtape was moving a little too slow and it needed some energy. It gave me another chance to really just rap. I love to rap and say witty, clever things that people can say in the club. I like to give people that opportunity. When I heard the beat, I came up with this saying, ‘It’s OK, it’s OK, it’s OK.’ And at the time I wasn’t home, so I was like, ‘You can run and tell my city I’m on.’ It became this chant. Initially that wasn’t even the hook. [Read more →]
Drake knows. He knows that his debut album, due out this spring, faces stratospheric expectations. “I feel like people are gonna get it and pop it in,” the 23-year-old Toronto rapper says, “and, no matter what it sounds like—I could make the most beautiful arrangements of hip-hop in the last 20 years—and people will still be like, ‘Nope, he didn’t do it.’” That’s why he named the record Thank Me Later. Eventually, he believes, everyone will come around. [Read more →]
January 10th was the last stop for Lil Wayne’s Farewell Tour in North Mississippi. As some of you may know, Drake wasn’t touring with Young Money for this particular tour but he made an exception for the last show. Check out the wonderful pictures below courtesy of EXclusive Access.
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Courtesy to All Things Fresh