Altsounds — Young Money / Cash Money / Universal Republic platinum selling, Grammy nominated recording artist *Drake *will release his hotly anticipated sophomore full length album, *Take Care*, worldwide on *October 24th*, 2011. “*Headlines*ÂÂ�... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — A short behind the scenes look into Drake’s 2nd Annual October Very Own Festival.   ~OVOFEST 2011~ from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo. more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Drizzy and Weezy performed the smash “I’m On One” down in Toronot for the “I Am Still Music” tour. Head over to Karla’s spot for footage from the night.   more info

Perez Hilton — Uh-oh! Looks like we have another Tik-Tok/California Gurls situation on deck, but this one actually hurts! J-Lie has made a video announcement to let the world know his feelings on Lil Wayne's new song with Drake — She Will. According to him, it'... more info

Impose Magazine — Rumors stirred on Wednesday of the possiblity of this particular Thursday being noteworthy, thanks to a Drake tweet. The Weeknd's Abel Tesfaye is good on his word thus far that 2011 will consist of three records. Part-time party people don't ... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offSonny Clark Sonny Clark's Conception Sonny Clark (pictured), who died of a heroin overdose in 1963 at the age of 31, was Blue Note's house pianist in the late 50s, and in o... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Banks’ grind is extra hard today after dropping two freestyles in one day. The G-Unit member rocks over Drake’s single. After that, Banks rhymes over Pusha T’s track “Trouble On My Mind”. Trouble On My Mind (Freestyle) more info

VH1 Blog — Two Tracks From Black and White America Leak The Lenny Kravitz tracks “Boongie Drop” and “Sunflower” likely hit the web early because they feature Jay-Z and Drake, respectively. Black and White America will be released August 30. [Billboard] ... more info

Guardian Music — Tired of waiting for La Roux's second album? Then why not investigate this Brooklyn singer in thrall to early-80s electro-popHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Elizabeth Harper (vocals, synths).The background: It's been said before, possibly by us, but i... more info

I Think You're Swell — I mean does it get any better, these chicks can sing like nobody’s business, they’re young as hell, and they’re cute. This is more WIN WIN WIN than I’ve seen in a long time! Too awesome, for real. Thanks Anne for pointing this out, I do in fa... more info