Stereogum — Lil Wayne has debuted the first single from the upcoming Tha Carter V, which he says is his last solo album before retirement. On “Believe Me,” he teams up with fellow Young Money crew member Drake and borrows some of his laid-back style courtesy... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper Drake inspired marketing heads at Canadian basketball team the Toronto Raptors to create a bizarre new fan must-have for Wednesday night's... more info

Stereogum — On their great collaborative track “The Blanguage,” the unstable Atlanta rap molecule Young Thug and the excellent producer Metro Boomin turned Drake’s “The Language” into a hallucinatory, unhinged Auto-Tune smear, a deeply weird rap banger... more info

Stereogum — Sampha just has one of those honey-sweet, pillow-soft voices. The British soul singer provided the smooth voclas in Drake’s “Too Much,” and frequently collaborates with SBTRKT. Also, Sampha’s upcoming debut is one of our 100 Most Anticipated ... more info

Stereogum — Last week cameras caught Toronto Raptors global ambassador Drake vigorously lint-rolling his pants while courtside during a Raptors playoff game. As Twitter rushed to mock him for this quizzical turn of events, Drake quickly got in on the joke himsel... more info

NME — Rapper implied Drake was "soft" by comparing him to the sport on DJ Khaled's 'They Don't Love You No More' more info

Aquarium Drunkard — You could probably convince someone that Ryley Walker’s debut long player is the work of some long-lost UK singer-songwriter from the 1970s. Recalling at different moments John Martyn, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Nick Drake, All Kinds Of You con... more info

Stereogum — When Jay Z attempted to subliminally diss Drake by calling him “soft as a lacrosse team” on DJ Khaled’s new posse cut “They Don’t Love You No More,” my first thought was that lacrosse is one of the most violent sports imaginable. It’s b... more info

ContactMusic — Revered British director Mike Leigh will direct his first ever opera in London next year (15).The Vera Drake filmmaker, who has also written and... more info

Nialler9 — DJ Dahi produces a smooth R&B collaboration.The Songs From Scratch series has given us collaborations between Jacques Greene and Tinashe, Lunice and Angel Haze, Jeremih and Shlohmo and Chance the Rapper and Nosaj Thing. For the latest installment, K... more info