E! Online — Will Bieber fever continue from the VMAs and let the teen star take home another Best New Artist award at the Grammy Awards on Sunday? Or will Drake or British songstress Florence Welch grab the... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Drake has announced he is pushing his R&B mixtape It's Never Enough back, to focus on his next Hip-Hop album Take Care. The rapper took to his official blog to make the announcement, stating that his mind was "prepared" to make Take ... more info

Guardian Music — Hear the debut album from Ghostpoet, one of Mike Skinner's favourite MCsAlong with Drake, Ghostpoet is one of Mike Skinner's favourite current artists. Which is why, as part of his guardian.co.uk/music takeover, he wants you hear the Coventry MC's de... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Record Fiend said... Waylon Jennings - Singer of Sad Songs (way-underrated Lee Hazlewood-produced album from 1970 just before Waylon became an Outlaw...incl. the hit title track along with superb covers of Tom Rush's "No Regrets," Tim Hardin's "If I ... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — Mixtape Monday is rockin and rollin today. What have we here? Some new Hood Internet! Rejoice. A few more download options, including tracked out versions etc, on the Hood Internet. The Hood Internet – The Mixtape Volume Five by hoodinternet The M... more info

Guardian Music — As Mike Skinner explains in his guardian.co.uk/music takeover video, Drake is one of his favourite MCs. That's why he asked Ben Thompson to dissect the Canadian rapper's geniusThe first time I experienced Drake, it was as an absence. Cough-syrup laur... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — The Grammy Awards are next week and rumours are rife that Dr. Dre and Eminem are set to perform together at the ceremony. Its likely if they will perform Dr. Dre’s second single “I Need A Doctor”, which was released on February 1st. The song is... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Dean Levitt Singer-songwriter Arron Dean was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently based in Brooklyn, NY, he writes UK tinged folk songs mixed with Americana ad a bit of country. His album MPLS is a travelogue, a musical diary about b... more info

Guardian Music — (Silent Pocket) Kit Holmes is that welcome curiosity, a young composer and singer-songwriter with all the makings of a new British guitar heroine and a style that skips cheerfully across boundaries. She mostly plays acoustic guitar but she's certainl... more info

Perez Hilton — So FAB! The Grammy Committee has confirmed that both Rihanna and Drake will be performing Rihanna’s hit single What’s My Name together for the first time! They’ll be sharing the stage with an already fantastic list of performers, including the ... more info