Aquarium Drunkard — Covering Nick Drake can be tricky, but Joan Shelley manages just fine with her gorgeous, heartfelt rendition of Five Leaves Left’s lead off track (part of Mojo Magazine’s new tribute to Drake, available gratis with the March issue). She... more info

Stereogum — Despite operating as rap and R&B's center of gravity for most of this decade, Drake struggled long and hard to score a #1 single as a lead artist. He hit #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 with 2009 breakthrough "Best I Ever Had" and probably would have gone ... more info

USA Today Music — A slew of past Grammy winners and nominees were MIA from Sunday's telecast, including Kanye West, Frank Ocean and Justin Bieber.             more info

Core News — “Diplo & Friends exclusively in the mix, this week with Masayoshi Iimori and G-Buck! Expect new music and exclusives from the likes of Anna Lunoe, Jauz, French Fries, Rick Ross, Alvin Risk, Getter, Topi, YehMe2, Gent & Jawns, Lil Texas, Drake, DJ S... more info

New York Times — Hear the music that caught our critics' attention this week, from Linkin Park rapper Mike Shinoda, MGMT, James Blake and more. more info

Stereogum — Last year, Rostam Batmanglij released his debut solo album, Half-Light , and he's taken the occasion to cover a few songs in the ensuing press cycle. Over the last few months, he's offered up covers of Bob Dylan and the Pogues, and his latest takes ... more info

Stereogum — Last month, the returning UK pop star Lily Allen teamed up with London rapper and Drake collaborator Giggs for "Trigger Bang," a song on which both of them remembered their wild younger days. And today, "Trigger Bang" gets a video, from director Myle... more info

Stereogum — Drake has long been accused of having "culture vulture" tendencies, exploiting the sounds of other artists to further his own career. And now he may have just straight-up stolen something. In an Instagram post, Houston producer Rabit calls Drake Out ... more info

E! Online — Drake has done it again! On Friday, the rapper surprised fans by releasing two new tracks, "God's Plan" and "Diplomatic Immunity." On the latter, he raps about his ex... more info

Stereogum — Drake has released two new songs called "God's Plan" and "Diplomatic Immunity." They're both part of a project called Scary Hours, which appears to be just a two-song EP based on the way the songs are listed on streaming services. "God's Plan" is sin... more info