Perez Hilton — Enough with the Kardashian sisters. What's baby boy Robbie K up to! For starters, he's got a new girl! Sources are reporting that Rob is getting closer to Rita Ora, a 21-year-old singer and model, with her own discernible credit being a spot in Drake... more info

411 Mania — Do we loathe Drake's "Hate Sleeping Alone?" Is Britney Spears' "Scary" frighteningly good? Is 50 Cent's "Stop Crying" a winner? 411's Jeremy Thomas and Tony Acero listen to these tracks and more! more info

Guardian Music — This free download was anything but throwaway. The chillwave-tinged R&B spoke of codeine, cold sex and pills … and invited you to luxuriate in Abel Tesfaye's heartacheHouse of Balloons was the debut album by this Toronto-based artist, and was so hi... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Snoop Dogg, Y.G. and Nipsey Hussle remix Drake's "The Motto" more info

Mjsbigblog — Another week, another chart dominated by Canadians. This week, Michael Buble tops our partial HDD report with 37.17% reporting. With over 202K in sales reported already, the boy from Burnaby has nothing to fear from the boy from Stratford (Justin Bi... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Much Music in Canada shot this documentary special on Drake. The rapper speaks to T-Rexxx about his new album, Rihanna, his hometown and so much more. more info

Guardian Music — Borrowing breaks from old vinyl is so 20th century. But does chopping and screwing from YouTube represent innovation or infringement?Drake sold 631,000 copies of his second record Take Care in its first week of release. Love or loathe Drizzy, that's ... more info

Stereogum — “I fucked your life last year this time, remember that?” Nicki asks on her new song, “Roman In Moscow,” the first track released from next year’s Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (in fact, yes, I do remember that). The “spitter shit” that Dr... more info

ContactMusic — Revered British director Mike Leigh will head the judging panel at next years 12 Berlin International Film Festival The Vera Drake legends first feature film Meantime debuted at the festival back in 1984 and he only returned in 2008 when Sally Hawkin... more info

DrownedInSound — A week of DiS, as a playlist...you should probably have the gist of what this weekly digest is by now. Won't bore you, click here to open the playlist in Spotify and amongst the blathering below you'll find links to the best bits of this week... ... more info