Consequence of Sound — Giovanni Ribisi also appears, and Cranston has some trouble differentiating Drake from Kanye. more info

Idolator — The xx takes on the Views collab. more info

Stereogum — TDE's R&B first lady SZA is finally set to follow up her excellent debut Z. She had expressed some frustrations with TDE Co-President Punch, saying she "actually quit" until he released her album. Everything seems to have been resolved as she's annou... more info

Consequence of Sound — Both mega pop stars had previously sampled The xx. more info

AllHipHop — MORE CELEBRITY BOXING? more info

Stereogum — The xx are, after a fashion, Drake and Rihanna collaborators. After all, "Take Care," the best of Drake and Rihanna's collaborations, was built on a sample of one of Jamie xx's Gil Scott-Heron remixes. And now, as Pitchfork points out, the xx have tr... more info

AllHipHop — FIGHT FIGHT, AN AMERICAN AND A CANADIAN! more info

Stereogum — Hearing "Marvins Room" for the first time was an epiphany. By summer 2011, Drake was already sending profound ripple effects through rap and R&B by basically combining the two disciplines, not just singing his own hooks but veering between rapping an... more info

Dlisted — Drake was only 14 when J.Lo came out, so this would be where I should forgive him for not understanding the message Jennifer Lopez was trying to convey in the song Love Don’t Cost a Thing. But since this thing between Drake and Jennifer Lopez proba... more info

AllHipHop — LOOKS LIKE LOVE MIGHT "COST A THING" more info