The Hip Hop Chronicle — Google Music speak to Drizzy Drake on his album “Take Care”.   more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Drake's "Take Care" coasted to No. 1 spot, pushing an impressive 631,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. more info

Guardian Music — Ethiopian Canadian singer Abel Tesfaye takes us on an Afrofuturist odyssey to planet Ethia X in 16311 ADWhen we last mentioned moody, drip-feed R&B merchants the Weeknd back in March we mistakenly referred to them as a duo, mainly because so little w... more info

411 Mania — From Kanye West to J. Coll, Tony ranks the Top 5 Things He is Thankful for in Hip Hop! Plus, talk of Too $hort's death rumors, Drake's full album review, Anastasia is our Hip Hop Hottie of the Week and more, all in this week's Low End Theory! more info

Topix — Next Wednesday is shaping up to be a huge night on MuchMusic. Not only will Rogers Presents: Live At Much w/ Foster The People be going down at 7pm ET, but we are stoked to announce that immediately following this will be an exclusive new special, Dr... more info

Guardian Music — (Epic)Almost 17 years after the original My Life, Mary J Blige returns with a sequel. By doing so she's instantly inviting comparisons with what is arguably her greatest work, and while it doesn't quite have the bruised efficiency of that record, y... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Ludacris’ brand new mixtape dropped last week. One of the tracks that caught everyone’s ear was “Bada Boom” because of the supposed shots it was taking at Drake and Big Sean. Well now DatPiff have got hold of the video. While Drake and Big Se... more info

Crazed Hits — Drake, who we first featured 3 years ago when he was unsigned, released his new album “Take Care” last Tuesday. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 631k units sold, earning Drake the third biggest first week of the year behind Lil Wa... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper Drake has shot to top of the U S album charts after selling 631000 copies of his new release Take Care in a week Only Lady Gagas Born This Way and Lil Waynes Tha Carter IV opened with bigger debuts this year 11 Michael Bubles Christma... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Canadian singer Drake jumped straight to No. 1 on Wednesday on the Billboard Top 200 album chart with his latest offering "Take Care," while Rihanna dominated the singles chart with three songs in the top 10. more info