
Each night's concert will be formatted as a "battle type thing", Lil Wayne claimed. Drake will also co-headline a North American tour with Lil Wayne. He is also due to stage and perform at the fifth year of OVOFest, his annual music festival in Toronto, featuring hip-hop duo Outkast and a list of unannounced guests. As indicated above, he has several roster releases to promote, is guesting on singles and will appear in videos. It's an allusion to the shared integer in Toronto's two telephone area codes.ĭrake has lots more on his plate between now and next spring. The MC has been using the nickname for months, and credited his friend Jimmy Prime (AKA Jimmy From the 6) for coming up with it.

Alicia Keys – “Empire State Of Mind”Ģ5 Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt.The six in Views From the 6 is thought to be a reference to Toronto. So again, the question: something for everyone, or nothing to anyone? I know how Miley Cyrus fans would answer.Ģ2 Peter Bjorn & John – “Nothing To Worry About”ġ8 Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band – “Slowly (Oh So Slowly)”ġ5 Kid Cudi – “Day And Night (Crookers Remix)”Ġ7 Dirty Projectors – “Stillness Is The Move”Ġ2 Jay-Z (Feat. As we’ve come to see, there’s a sizable amount of overlap on most outlets’ lists, so really it’s the outliers that define them. And by that analogy, Joy Orbison is to P4K what Black Eyed Peas is to RS.

A more fitting teaser: Animal Collective is to Pitchfork as U2 is to Rolling Stone. So how about their take on this year’s music? Well the Wenner group would like you to know that the trinity of holy Bs had a fantastic year: Bob’s Together Through Life clocks in at #18 on the albums list, leaving Bruce and Bono no choice but to fight it out for the top two slots as for songs, Dylan gets shut out! But U2 and Springsteen most certainly did not. Rolling Stone’s decade-appraising lists were superficially comprehensive or schizophrenically scattered, depending on your angle.

This morning we looked at an albums list from one of today’s most influential sites, so it’s fitting to take a pass through yesteryear’s authority after the sun has set completely.
