Drake was full of surprises today on his OVO Sound radio show on Apple Music, not only did he leak his new remix to “One Dance”, featuring Justin Bieber. He also played this new one from Gucci “Back On The Road.”
Listen below…
For weeks DJ Khaled has been asking everyone he’s encountered if the “Drake vocals came in, yet?” Well, they finally did and they are well worth the wait. The song “For Free” will be on DJ Khaled’s forthcoming album, “Major Key.” It’s been a very busy week with lots of new music from Jay-Z, Rihanna, Pusha T, YG and many others. What a time to be alive.
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DRAKE ON ELLEN
Fresh off SNL, Drake continues to make his television rounds when he visited ‘The Ellen Show’ earlier in the week.
The “Hotline Bling” rapper discussed his SNL appearance, his relationship with Rihanna and had the shit scared out of him by a man ironically wearing Drizzy’s infamous “Hotline Bling” outfit.
In the video below Drake plays a friendly game of “Never Have I Ever” with Jared Leto and Ellen. Watch below to find out what the 6 God has never done.
KANYE ON ELLEN
Kanye made a rare television appearance earlier this week paying Ellen a visit to discuss several interesting topics and even played a funny 5-second rule game.
Ye started by talking about his kids (Saint and North) before he went on a stream of consciousness rant focusing on wanting to improve mankind. He notably shouted out Rakim and Phife Dawg. (R.I.P)
Watch the rant and the hilarious games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7387oLNtgps
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/733371181512990722
Nice to see Kanye in a playful, fun mood.
CHANCE DROPS HIS THIRD MIXTAPE
Chance blessed the game with his third mixtape release this week. The ‘Coloring Book’ formerly known as Chance 3 made waves creating a frenzy.
The 14-track mixape sounds more like an album with features from: Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Justin Bieber, 2 Chainz, Future, Young Thug and a couple others.
Watch Chance perform “Blessings” on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZyt5dSNcFo
Go buy the album if you haven’t! I give it five flames.
Chance even received praise and support from good friend and mentor, Kanye West.
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/732016090620928000
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/732737690114785281
LAKERS GET 2ND PICK IN LOTTERY
As Laker fans we are well aware that we need more talent to put the team back at the top where we belong. This week’s NBA Draft Lottery brought us the 2nd overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft.
Kobe’s retirement opens up a spot in the starting lineup and also leaves us without a face of the franchise.
It will be interesting to see who the Lakers end up getting. Let’s hope it’s a future superstar.
“The second pick will be made by… the Los Angeles Lakers.” https://t.co/kCSsRJ53od
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) May 18, 2016
Not bad at all. Check out the latest Lakers stat, presented by @FanDuel pic.twitter.com/NTU8XbycsZ
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) May 20, 2016
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If you thought Drake was gonna take a break from making music after releasing an album, guess again. The 6 God was featured on YG’s “Why You Always Hatin?” which premiered on OVO Sound Radio today. Oliver who was hosting the show, followed that premiere up with another one — a remix to Drake’s “Hype” featuring none other than Lil Tunechi. Good to see these two making music together again, even if they might’ve not been in the studio together when this one was recorded.
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Fresh off SNL, Drake continued to make his television rounds when he visited ‘The Ellen Show’ yesterday.
In the video above the “Hotline Bling” rapper discussed his SNL appearance, his relationship with Rihanna and had the shit scared out of him by a man who was ironically wearing Drizzy’s infamous “Hotline Bling” outfit.
In the video below Drake plays a friendly game of “Never Have I Ever” with Jared Leto and Ellen. Watch below to see what the 6 God has never done.
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Drizzy killed it this weekend on ‘SNL!’ His skits were hilarious and he ended the show by performing “One Dance” and “Hype” off VIEWS.
Watch below…
“Views” has now been out for a few weeks, the album is still getting mixed reviews and we’re still mixed on it here at L.A. Leakers studios. We also compared the album track for track to Kanye’s latest offering to see how they compare. What are your thoughts on the album? Let us know! @LALeakers @AbigaleAthena
Drake will appear and perform on Saturday Night Live this Saturday. Today, SNL put out a promo of Drake talking to Leslie Jones with a lot of ass grabbing and even a song about getting spanked like a baby!
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VIEWS GOES PLATINUM IN A WEEK
In its first week Drake’s ‘Views’ went certified platinum and with the kind of units it’s moved so far, the album figures to go multiplatinum soon.
According to Drizzy’s label, Republic Records, ‘Views’ sold over a million units and was streamed over 250-million times on Apple Music in ironically, 6ix days.
The success of this album has Drake sitting on a pedestal in the hip-hop game, with numbers that only big Pop stars like Taylor Swift and Adele are able to conquer.
Mainstream songs on the album “One Dance,” “Hotline Bling,” and “Controlla” really helped propel sales and streams for the album.
‘Views’ is officially the most successful urban album of the year thus far. The album tops sales of Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’, Kanye West’s ‘The Life of Pablo’ and Rihanna’s ‘Anti’.
Drizzy will go on to host Saturday Night Live on May 14th. The second time the rapper will do so.
Watch these hilarious skits from the last time he hosted:
FORBES HIP-HOP FIVE LIST
Forbes released their annual “Forbes Five: Hip-Hop’s Wealthiest Artists” list with some familiar names and a new one.
Diddy topped the list with an estimated net worth of $750-million for his stakes in Ciroc vodka, Revolt TV network, Aquahydrate alkaline water and SeanJohn clothing.
Dr. Dre came in at No. 2 with $710-millon much of which came with the sale of his Beats by Dre headphones brand to Apple. Last year’s N.W.A. biopic also reeled in a nice amount of revenue. In addition he also has stocks in Apple and a plethora of real estate in Southern California.
Jay-Z cruised in at No. 3 with $610-millon for his TIDAL streaming service that has over 3-million subscribers and also a slew of other business ventures including D’usse and Ace of Spades champagne.
At No. 4 was Bryan “Birdman” Williams with $110-million for the success of multiplatinum selling artists: Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj. Put some “respeck” on that.
The final and newest member of the list at No. 5 is OVO head-honcho, Drake with $60-million. The music sales definitely helped, but Drizzy owes most of it to touring and partnerships with Jordan, Apple and Sprite.
The combination of the moguls totaled over $2-billion combined.
50 Cent’s recent bankruptcy struggles kept him off the list this year.
See the full breakdown HERE.
KANYE GOING ON ‘TLOP’ TOUR
Kanye West already has one of the most successful albums of the year with ‘The Life Of Pablo,’ and he is looking to follow the success with a tour.
He teased ‘The Life Of Pablo’ tour on Steve Harvey’s show Tuesday saying he could be hitting the road in September.
“My tour game is unprecedented,” he bragged to Harvey. “So we’re going to go out in September I believe, and we’re just working on some of the ideas right now.”
I’m excited to see the kind of creativity he will exude for the tour, from the merch to the stage design.
The tour is only in the planning stages, so there are no dates out or opening acts on the bill as of now. Although, it is safe to assume he will probably take his artist Desiigner on tour with him after the success “Panda” has had.
FRENCH MONTANA SIGNS TO EPIC RECORDS
Epic Records has been busy adding to their roster lately with the recent signings of DJ Khaled, Rick Ross and Puff Daddy. The label announced this week that French Montana was the newest signee.
The partnership of Puffy’s Bad Boy Records with Epic had a lot of influence in the signing of Montana, being he is also signed to Bad Boy. Take that, take that, take that.
It’s been three year’s since Montana dropped a studio album, in the meantime he’s been supplying the streets with anthems like, “All The Way Up,” and mixtapes.
His next album will have the Epic Records stamp on it.
Excited to announce my new partnership with @badboyrecords x @epic_records! Thank you @iamdiddy & @la_reid pic.twitter.com/QsyLo9mulY
— French Montana (@FrencHMonTanA) May 5, 2016
SPACE JAM 2 TO STARR LeBRON JAMES?
Several sources have confirmed that Space Jam 2 will be starring LeBron James, but according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst “no deal is in place,” although a deal is expected to be done soon.
The director of Fast & Furious, Justin Lin, was announced Monday as the director for the upcoming sequel.
Space Jam came out in 1996 and raked in $230.4-million worldwide and starred Michael Jordan in a box office monster that has since became a classic.
LBJ looks to be MJ’s successor in the series. Let’s see if James can come close to the success Jordan brought to the film, because he hasn’t been able to match it on the court.
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Rihanna took her ‘Anti’ world tour to The Forum in LA last night and gave the fans a pleasant surprise when she brought Drake out. The duo performed “Work,” before Drizzy performed “One Dance” and “Jumpman.”
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The past couple of years Drake has shown the world that he is truly the king of making hits and rarely missing. His first three studio albums have earned him RIAA multiplatinum certifications, and his newest, ‘VIEWS’ figures to be no different with over half a million copies sold on its first day.
There has been a lot of chatter on Twitter over the album not being his strongest body of work and after listening to the album the first time I kind of agree. However, this album has a lot deep meaning and personal situations, hence its title, ‘VIEWS’. After listening to the album non-stop the past couple days I can see the vision.
In my opinion I feel ‘VIEWS’ gets off to a slow start, with the first song on the album, “Keep the Family Close,” which I think doesn’t carry the momentum coming off songs like “Summer Sixteen” and “Back to Back.” The song placement could have been tweaked a bit to give it a little bit more of a spark off the bat. The lack of press Drizzy did on this album left us to dissect the song order with our own judgement.
To me “9” would have been a better way to lead into the album. The heavy drums and production on “9” clearly display 40’s brilliant production skills. “9,” also goes right into showing love and gratitude for his city of Toronto, stating he would die for it.
By the time you get to the fifth song off the album, “Hype,” you start feeling the vibes and Drake is clearly in full form.
“Hype,” let’s everyone know he’s done with the bullshit and possess a similar flow to that of “Summer Sixteen,” with quick jabs at Meek Mill. He also references Rihanna, compares himself to Michael Jackson and shouts out his original label, Young Money with the line: “’09 they was biddin’ on me, but I’m Young Money got it written on me.”
My top 6ix songs off ‘VIEWS’ are as follow: “Weston Road Flows”, “9”, “Views”, “Feel No Ways”, “Still Here” and “Too Good.”
I didn’t include “Pop Style”, “One Dance” and “Controlla” because those are indisputable hits, and if you don’t think so refer to the numbers —they never lie.
With “One Dance” and “Controlla, Drizzy showed his evolution as an artist. Those two songs can be classified as Dancehall genre with the irie, fun island vibes. This is what I love about Drake as an artist, he isn’t afraid to try new things.
Don’t let the playful songs get it twisted. On “Still Here,” Drizzy proclaims his title of MVP and shows he’s not the one to be played with. He also lashes at foes while bragging about women, his excess of funds and his intentions to remain on top of the game. The song also further preaches family unity, one of the themes of the album.
This album was a little heavier on features, many from Drake’s OVO Sound imprint. The biggest feature on the album was Rihanna on the song “Too Good.”
“Too Good”, has a similar feel to their most previous collaboration on “Work”. All of their collabs dating back to “What’s My Name,” focus on a relationship, maybe the current state of their accordance. The chemistry is clear on all the songs they do together, it’s very organic and sparkly. Drake touched on that chemistry during his exclusive interview with Zane Lowe.
“Too Good” came to fruition after we did ‘Work.’ I was like, I think I have one that would follow this one up really nicely. She got in the studio and just bodied it,” He told Zane Lowe. “It was like a flawless victory when she sent it back …We have a genuine energy between us.”
On “Faithful” Drake goes back to his early roots of showing love to the Southern sound by putting Pimp C’s posthumous verse off the “Tom Ford” Remix. The song has a sensitive side to it and shows Drake’s fondness for a girl who’s to busy pursuing her dreams to engage in a full-on relationship.
There’s a lot of hits on the album, it’s hard to pick my favorite one. For the sake of the article I will say “Weston Road Flows” is definitely a classic. The Mary J. Blige sample fits perfectly. “Weston Road Flows” is just that signature Drake throwback that works as a journal entry as he reflects on his come-up days in a natural gloomy, pensive manner. You can hear the enjoyment in his voice throughout the song.
‘VIEWS’ is another masterpiece and will probably go certified multiplatinum. The kind of numbers it is expected to do are comparable to Pop stars like Taylor Swift. Not much has changed in the quality or sound of Drake’s music. He still talks about relatable topics like relationships, he still has very quotable punchlines that will flood your timeline and he still has that same charisma and energy.
His star-power continues to trump those of your favorites. The release of his album saw many host listening parties and treat it very much like a holiday, something only a handful of artists can achieve.
The one thing that did leave me in awe was the release date for the album. Drizzy is notorious for releasing music when nobody expects it. I thought he would spontaneously put out ‘VIEWS’ at 3 a.m. on a Wednesday night or something. Maybe the Apple deal complicated that.
If you haven’t heard ‘VIEWS’ yet, get it NOW on iTunes!
Forbes put out their annual “Forbes Five: Hip-Hop’s Wealthiest Artists” list with some familiar names and a new one.
Diddy topped the list with an estimated net worth of $750-million for his stakes in Ciroc vodka, Revolt network, Aquahydrate alkaline water and SeanJohn clothing.
Dr. Dre came in at No. 2 with $710-millon much of which came with the sale of his Beats by Dre headphones brand to Apple. Last year’s N.W.A. biopic also reeled in a nice amount of revenue. In addition he also has stocks in Apple and a plethora of real estate in Southern California.
Jay-Z cruised in at No. 3 with $610-millon for his TIDAL streaming service that has over 3-million subscribers and also a slew of other business ventures including D’usse and Ace of Spades champagne.
At No. 4 was Bryan “Birdman” Williams with $110-million for the success of multiplatinum selling artists, Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj. Put some “respeck” on that.
The final and newest member of the list at No. 5 is OVO head-honcho, Drake with $60-million. The music sales definitely helped, but Drizzy owes most of it to touring and partnerships with Jordan, Apple and Sprite.
All five of them combine for a total of over $2-billion combined.
50 Cent’s bankruptcy struggles kept him off the list this year.
See the full breakdown HERE.
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