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Staff Lists: 2013 Readers Poll Results
Pitchfork Staff; December 31, 2013
Your picks for the year's Top Albums and Tracks, Most Underrated/Overrated Albums, Best Videos, Best Album Covers, and Best New Artists.
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Year in News 2013
Pitchfork; December 23, 2013
A look back at the most newsworthy artists, events, themes, comebacks, insane album rollouts, and fights of 2013. Including Daft Punk, Arcade Fire, Beyoncé, Kanye, Kendrick, and Sky Ferreira.
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2013
Pitchfork Staff; December 18, 2013
Here are the 50 albums we couldn't stop listening to this year including: Blood Orange's homespun R&B, Majical Cloudz's bold confessionals, Kanye's explosive statement of ...
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2013
Pitchfork Staff; December 16, 2013
Presenting our favorite songs of the year: from the chaos of Perfect Pussy to the smoothness of Rhye, from Los Angeles' Haim to New York's Vampire Weekend, from Disclosure ...
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top Music Videos of 2013
Pitchfork; December 11, 2013
From Cat Power's bittersweet ode to Manhattan, to the heartbreakers in Haim, to Solange's flea market dance routine, to Vampire Weekend's Last Supper, to Kanye's pop-up ...
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: Most Anticipated Releases: Fall 2013
Pitchfork; September 2, 2013
As we head into the fall, we take a moment to gather information about some of the upcoming releases we and our readers are looking forward to. From the Weeknd ...
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Director's Cut
Director's Cut: Drake: "HYFR"
Jenn Pelly; April 26, 2012
Video veteran Director X talks to Jenn Pelly about Drake's "re-bar mitzvah" clip. X dishes on Lil Wayne's skateboard mayhem, where they found a synagogue to host the ...
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Year in News 2011
Pitchfork; December 30, 2011
The ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies, breakups and reunions, scandals and breakthroughs of 2011.
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2011
Pitchfork; December 15, 2011
Our annual list of the LPs that had us coming back time and time again throughout the year, including records by Bon Iver, Liturgy, Real Estate, and Frank Ocean, to ...
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2011
Pitchfork; December 12, 2011
Our favorite songs from the last 12 months, including tracks from Wild Flag, Fucked Up, M83, Danny Brown, Kurt Vile, James Blake, Jay and Kanye, and many more.
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Resonant Frequency
Resonant Frequency: Taking Pictures of Taking Pictures
Mark Richardson; November 18, 2011
Creating a musical universe is now as easy as re-blogging a Tumblr post. Mark Richardson contextualizes the overlapping worlds of David Lynch, Dirty Beaches, and Lana Del Rey through this ...
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2010
Pitchfork; December 16, 2010
Our year in music coverage continues with our list of the best albums of 2010.
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2010
Pitchfork; December 13, 2010
Our coverage of the Year in Music rolls on with our list of the Top 100 Tracks of 2010.
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Articles
Articles: Grind to Get It
Tom Breihan; April 5, 2010
Hits are scarce, mixtapes are free, and regional success doesn't equal national radio play. Where does hip-hop go from here?
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2009
Pitchfork Staff; December 14, 2009
Our favorite songs of the year.
News
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Drake Shares New Song "Days in the East"
Yesterday, Drake premiered his new, Lauryn Hill-sampling song “Draft Day”. Now, just a day later, the rapper has shared “Days in the East” via ...
April 3, 2014 at 06:42 a.m.
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Listen to Drake's New Track "Draft Day"
Drake just shared a new song via October's Very Own called "Draft Day". It samples Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop", and during the track ...
April 1, 2014 at 10:30 p.m.
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Black Lips' Cole Alexander Calls Lorde "Naïve" and "Mediocre", Labels Drake "Fake"
Black Lips guitarist Cole Alexander took to The A.V. Club's "HateSong" series to air his grievances about modern pop, calling out Lorde, Drake ...
March 25, 2014 at 09:29 a.m.
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Listen to Jay Electronica and Jay Z's Remix of Drake's "We Made It"
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After sharing "Better in Tune With the Infinite" last week, Jay Electronica is back with another new track. This one's ...
March 23, 2014 at 09:08 a.m.
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Watch Drake Perform New Track "Call on Me"
Last night at the Birmingham stop of his UK tour, Drake performed a new track. It's reportedly titled "Call on Me", and naturally, video ...
March 22, 2014 at 09:18 a.m.
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Drake Gets Outkast for 2014 OVO Fest
Drake's OVO Fest returns to Toronto for its fifth year on August 3-4. This year's event will feature OutKast as a headliner plus ...
February 18, 2014 at 11:47 a.m.
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Watch: Kanye West Addresses Drake's Rolling Stone Story, Apple CEO Tim Cook, the Grammys, More
During a show in New Jersey, Kanye West took 20 minutes to address a number of topics—watch the full video below via Ana Lafond ...
February 16, 2014 at 04:49 p.m.
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Drake Releases Statement About Rolling Stone Cover Controversy
Photo by Erez Avissar
Drake is reeling a bit from yesterday's media dust-up. After deleting his incensed tweets about Rolling Stone's decision to ...
February 14, 2014 at 08:15 a.m.
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Drake "Disgusted" That Rolling Stone Gave His Cover to the Late Philip Seymour Hoffman
Update: Drake has deleted two of his three tweets. And Rolling Stone has now posted the full article. Read it here. According to TMZ, the ...
February 13, 2014 at 09:23 a.m.
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Drake Disses Macklemore's Kendrick Grammy Apology Text: "That Shit Was Wack as Fuck"
Photo by Erez Avissar
At last month's Grammy Awards, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis dominated the hip-hop categories—but Macklemore felt their win for Best ...
February 12, 2014 at 12:39 p.m.
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Drake Responds to OVO Owl Necklace Lawsuit
Photo by Erez Avissar
Last year, it was reported that Drake was being sued by jeweler Michael Raphael. Raphael claimed that after he was paid ...
February 11, 2014 at 08:40 p.m.
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Listen: Drake Sings in Spanish on Romeo Santos' "Odio"
Drake is taking his post-Nothing Was the Same run in an unexpected direction: Here he is, singing softly in Spanish, on "Odio", the new ...
January 28, 2014 at 02:52 p.m.
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Watch: Drake Hosts "Saturday Night Live": Impersonating Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Alex Rodriguez, Katt Williams, and More
Drake was the host and musical guest on tonight's "Saturday Night Live", appearing in almost every sketch. For his musical performances, he did "Started ...
January 19, 2014 at 12:21 a.m.
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Watch Drake Play Beer Hockey, Chat With Jimmy on "Fallon"
Last night Drake made a guest appearance on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon". He didn't perform a song, but he joined Fallon for an ...
January 17, 2014 at 07:50 a.m.
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Watch Drake's "Saturday Night Live" Promos
Drake will flex his comedic muscles this weekend as both the host and the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live". (The episode also marks the ...
January 15, 2014 at 10:53 a.m.
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Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Janelle Monáe, Band of Horses, Black Keys, More to Play Super Bowl Shows
This year's Super Bowl takes place at New York City-adjacent MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on February 2. It marks a rare ...
January 10, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.
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Watch: Hudson Mohawke Beat Originally for Drake Album Soundtracks Chanel Show
Drake's trash is Chanel's treasure, apparently. Today, Hudson Mohawke linked to a video of a catwalk show for Chanel's Spring/Summer 2014 ...
January 9, 2014 at 10:43 a.m.
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Noah "40" Shebib Pulls Plug on Posthumous Aaliyah Album With Drake
Back in 2012, news surfaced about a posthumous Aaliyah album executive-produced by Drake and his producer, Noah "40" Shebib. Drake shared one track, "Enough Said ...
January 7, 2014 at 07:34 p.m.
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Listen: Drake: "Trophies"
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Drake has released a new song called "Trophies", as Rap-Up points out. He originally teased the track (produced by Hit-Boy, Hagler ...
December 30, 2013 at 08:00 a.m.
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Watch Kanye West and Drake Do "Forever" and "All Me" in Toronto
These two really like each other, huh? Kanye West and Drake performed together once again last night, Vibe points out, on the final stop of ...
December 24, 2013 at 08:42 a.m.
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Toronto Raptors to Host "Drake Night"
Photo by Erez Avissar
Drake is the "Global Ambassador" for Toronto's NBA franchise the Raptors. It's only natural, then, that on January 11 ...
December 24, 2013 at 07:35 a.m.
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Watch Kanye West and Drake Do "Worst Behavior" and "Headlines" Together
The Kanye West/Drake bro-down lovefest continues. Last night, Kanye's Yeezus tour hit Drake's hometown of Toronto. As Consequence of Sound points out ...
December 23, 2013 at 11:37 a.m.
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Drake to Host and Perform on "Saturday Night Live"
Photo by Erez Avissar
During tonight's episode of "Saturday Night Live", hosted by Jimmy Fallon and featuring musical guest Justin Timberlake, it was revealed ...
December 21, 2013 at 11:09 p.m.
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Listen: Drake Takes Shots at Kendrick Lamar (Probably) on Future's "Sh!t" Remix
Photo by Erez Avissar
Mike WiLL Made It has unleashed a remix of Future's "Sh!t" with a special duo of guests: Juicy J ...
December 17, 2013 at 12:49 p.m.
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Drake Sued for Backing Out of Chicago Shows
Photo by Erez Avissar
Drake has been sued for allegedly backing out of two Chicago concerts after being paid over $200,000 to perform, TMZ ...
December 14, 2013 at 10:50 a.m.
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Drake Backs Out of Performance at Grammy Nominations Show
Photo by Erez Avissar
Tonight's Grammy Nominations Concert in L.A. will not include a performance from Drake, as planned. He's backed out ...
December 6, 2013 at 07:45 a.m.
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Drake Announces Partnership With Michael Jordan's Nike Brand for OVO Sneakers, Shares Pics
Photo by Erez Avissar
Kanye West officially ditched Nike for Adidas last week. Now Drake will fill his shoes (ha). As Billboard reports, Drizzy announced ...
December 4, 2013 at 02:13 p.m.
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Listen: Drake Previews Unreleased Aaliyah Track With Instagram Clip
A flurry of news circulated last year about a posthumous Aaliyah album executive-produced by Drake and his producer, Noah '40' Shebib. Around that time, Billboard ...
December 3, 2013 at 10:10 a.m.
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Echo Chamber: Best Coast on Drake, Her New Album's Biggest Inspiration
"This is going to sound totally weird, but Drake is a huge inspiration. It's not going to be a rap record, but in terms ...
November 19, 2013 at 02:58 p.m.
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Listen: Timbaland Teams Up With Drake, Jay Z and James Fauntleroy on "Know Bout Me"
During one of his opening sets on the Magna Carta Holy Grail tour last month, Timbaland teased a new collaboration with Drake and Jay Z ...
November 15, 2013 at 02:33 p.m.
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Video: Drake: "Worst Behaviour"
Drake's Nothing Was the Same highlight "Worst Behaviour" now has a music video, which was shot in Memphis. It was directed by Drizzy himself ...
November 11, 2013 at 12:02 p.m.
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Listen: Sampha's Solo Version of Drake Collaboration "Too Much"
One of the few not-Drake voices on Nothing Was the Same was provided by Sampha on the album highlight "Too Much". Now, Sampha has ...
November 6, 2013 at 01:50 p.m.
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Watch Drake's Toronto Raptors Promo Video
Last month, Toronto's NBA franchise the Raptors named the Toronto native Drake their "Global Ambassador," a loosely defined position that gives Drake a large ...
October 30, 2013 at 02:26 p.m.
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Listen: James Blake Remakes Drake's "Come Thru"
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Fans of 2011's James Drake mashup album, rejoice. James Blake and Drake's complementary minds ...
October 29, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
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Drake Previews a New Song, Announces UK Tour With the Weeknd
Photo by Erez Avissar
Update: Drake has also announced that, in addition to his current tour with Future and Miguel, he'll do a UK ...
October 29, 2013 at 07:30 a.m.
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Photos: Drake, Miguel, and Future Perform in Newark
Photos by Erez Avissar
Last night, Drake brought his Would You Like a Tour? to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Miguel and Future ...
October 28, 2013 at 03:10 p.m.
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Video: Drake: "Hold On, We're Going Home" (Rick Ross Remix)
It's already got a short film of its own, but if any 2013 single is worthy of two videos, "Hold On, We're Going ...
October 24, 2013 at 03:19 p.m.
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Watch/Listen: Holy Ghost! Cover Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home"
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Update: Holy Ghost! say the audio in the Revolt TV video is a radio rip. They've now shared a better ...
October 22, 2013 at 10:00 p.m.
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Drake Philadelphia Show Cancellation Explained
TMZ has a bit of an explanation for what happened at Drake's show in Philadelphia on Friday night, which was cancelled an hour after ...
October 21, 2013 at 02:58 p.m.
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Drake Cancels Philadelphia Show an Hour After it Was Supposed to Start
Just when it seemed like the drama surrounding Drake's Would You Like a Tour? had subsided, Billboard reports that the show scheduled for Philadelphia ...
October 20, 2013 at 09:47 a.m.
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Watch Future and Drake Perform "Honest" Together
And now, we've come full circle: After rumors of Future getting kicked off Drake's tour (and Future threatening legal action), the two men ...
October 19, 2013 at 08:33 a.m.
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Future Back on Drake Tour
Would you like a tour featuring both Drake and Future? Because apparently, the two men have resolved their differences and will team up to dazzle ...
October 17, 2013 at 02:08 p.m.
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Drake Allegedly Kicks Future Off Tour, Future Planning to Sue
If this story turns out to be true, it'll make for a great case study in new media, gossip and fragile male egos. Page ...
October 15, 2013 at 10:11 a.m.
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Watch: Timbaland Previews New Collaboration With Jay Z and Drake
Timbaland has been accompanying Jay Z on the European leg of his tour behind Magna Carta Holy Grail. As Roc Nation notes, during their October ...
October 12, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
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Listen: Rick Ross Jumps on Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home"
Here's your Friday afternoon epiphany: Drake's "Hold On We're Going Home" lends itself surprisingly well to a guest verse from Rick Ross ...
October 11, 2013 at 02:35 p.m.
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Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig Hilariously Reviews Drake's Nothing Was the Same
Ezra Koenig photo by Kirstie Shanley
The Talkhouse is a website where artists review current albums by other artists—you may remember when Lou Reed ...
October 9, 2013 at 10:48 a.m.
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Kendrick Lamar Takes Jabs at Drake
Photo by Will Deitz
Kendrick Lamar and Drake continue to politely battle one another for the No. 2 spot behind Kanye West in the rap ...
October 3, 2013 at 07:45 a.m.
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Drake Named Toronto Raptors Global Ambassador
Nothing was the same for Toronto's basketball team, the Raptors, after today. The Toronto Star reports (via RapRadar) that Drake will further solidify his ...
September 30, 2013 at 01:15 p.m.
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Watch the First Segment of Drake's Interview With Elliott Wilson
On Sunday night, Drake sat down with Rap Radar's Elliott Wilson for an installment of the CRWN Presented by Myspace interview series at NYU ...
September 25, 2013 at 08:00 a.m.
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Watch Drake's "Hold On We're Going Home" Video, A Reimagining of "Miami Vice" Featuring A$AP Rocky
Drake is really going for it in the new video for his massive Nothing Was the Same hit "Hold On We're Going Home" featuring ...
September 24, 2013 at 12:29 p.m.