Guardian Music — This week we mourned the end of the White Stripes and the sad passing of film composer John Barry. On the bright side, we got to see Gruff Rhys play a velcro hornFive things we learned from this week's music news•It is sad that the White Stripes ha... more info

Guardian Music — Tinchy Stryder, Sinden and These New Puritans feature on Free Gucci 2: The Burrrtish Edition, a mixtape celebrating US rapperThe UK wants a piece of Gucci Mane. Tinchy Stryder, Sinden and These New Puritans are among the artists on a new mixtape cele... more info

MTV.co.uk News — US rapper The Game has talked about Gucci Mane’s recent facial artwork. Gucci Mane’s ice cream tattoo (below) was the talk of the blogs a couple of weeks ago and while Game is happy the... more info

Nialler9 — Sinden gets together an all-British cast of producers to remix The Appeal the latest album from the man who recently tattooed an ice cream on his face aka Gucci Mane. Includes remixes from Hudson Mohawke, Duke Dumont, Terror Danjah, Toddla T, Rustie,... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — This was one of the tracks Kendrick Lamar previewed at an instore a few weeks back.   Kendrick Lamar – Vanity Slave Part 2 ft Gucci Mane Kingz a2a_linkname="Kendrick Lamar – Vanity Slave Part 2 ft Gucci Mane"; a2a_linkurl="http://www.thehiphopch... more info

Impose Magazine — On the same week that Rick Ross celebrated his 35th birthday with Diddy and Skateboard P by dropping a milli in a high end Miami strip club, Kendrick Lamar proved once again why he's one of the most compelling young talents in music by dropping "Vani... more info

Core News — “MistaJam’s Saturday Night Soundclash – dubstep, funky, grime, hip hop, R&B, drum ‘n’ bass, house, dancehall and everything in between. MistaJam has the exclusive first play of Ghetts’ new track and a whole 30 minutes of your weekend dose... more info

411 Mania — News on Christina Aguilera's potential meltdown, Britney Spears teaming with Gucci Mane, Michael Jackson's disappointing album sales, Kanye West getting told off by a country singer, Lauryn Hill's bad press tour continuing and more! more info

I Like Music — It's Gucci Mane mixtape time! This time the UK producer has enlisted his fellow Brits to reimagine Gucci Mane's The Appeal. Check out the tracklisting! more info

XLR8R — Remember early last year when Diplo and his Mad Decent crew hooked up the internet with a compilation of fresh Gucci Mane remixes for free? Well, just over a year later, the sequel to Free Gucci is about to drop, but this new offering flexes a much d... more info