Lil Wayne

By ebaker SONG: “4 My Town” ARTIST: Birdman f/ Drake & Lil’ Wayne DOWNLOAD: [LINK] • Birdman is really taking advantage of having Drizzy on his label, huh? If you recall, this was originally a collab between Drake and Soulja Boy, but the Cash Money teams snatched it up.

By ebaker SONG: “Fed Up” ARTIST: DJ Khaled f/ Lil’ Wayne, Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross & Drake DOWNLOAD: [LINK] • Yeah, Khaled’s single is old news (two weeks in Internet time), but the Weezy verse is brand new. Swap this version in for the outdated one sitting on your hard drive.

By ebaker If you haven’t noticed, the music blogs were slow today, but we’ve pulled together five noteworthy records from the weekend that you probably missed out on while you were trick-or-treating. There’s an album cut from Wale, Rihanna’s second single, a bonus track from Wayne’s new mixtape,...

By intern Allison Brie says: The Lil’ Wayne album was great. “A Milli” was a good song. I’m a big fan of that, but…T.I., actually, I think is better. That’s an album that I went and bought one song on iTunes, and then went back and bought another song, and four songs later, I was like, “I’ll get the album.” They w...

By ebaker SONG: “What You Talkin Bout (I Ain’t Ya Average Cat)” • There’s no way you haven’t heard about Beans dissing his former boss, but here’s the song if you haven’t actually heard it. After you listen, check out our compilation of their best collabs and remember the good times.

By ebaker SONG: “Fed Up” ARTIST: DJ Khaled f/ Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, & Drake DOWNLOAD: [LINK]

By ebaker • Here’s another one from No Ceilings, also dropping on Halloween. It almost seems like it was recorded specifically for those in the “I’m tired of Lil’ Wayne” club. Those people usually complain about his Auto-Tuned singing or faux-rock music, but there’s none of that here. Dude spits for t...

By ebaker SONG: “Southside (Remix)” ARTIST: Birdman f/ Rick Ross, Mack Maine, & Lil’ Wayne DOWNLOAD: [LINK]

By ebaker SONG: “Wasted” ARTIST: Lil’ Wayne DOWNLOAD: [LINK] • What? You thought a pending prison sentence would stop the Wayne songs from leaking? Nah, son. Here’s his freestyle over the Gucci Mane single from the upcoming No Ceilings mixtape.

By ebaker Left To Right: Lil’ Wayne, John Mayer, Drake, Eminem, Clipse SONG: “I’m Good (Remix)” ARTIST: Clipse f/ Rick Ross DOWNLOAD: [LINK] • The official remix finally hit the blogs and it’s as dope as expected. Listen out for the Complex cover shout out too. The music video should be out soon.

By ebaker ARTIST: Shakira f/ Lil’ Wayne & Timbaland DOWNLOAD: [LINK] SONG: “This Plane” DOWNLOAD: [LINK] • Wiz has been killing mixtapes for a minute now, but he finally has an album on the way. This is the first single from Deal Or No Deal and it sounds pretty good. Dope album title too.

By donniek ROW 1: (Left to right) President Obama, Olivia Munn, Ras Kass [Ed.—it's his boy in the clip], Ras Trent, Rick Ross, Eric Cartman, Kanye West (South Park version) ROW 2: The Joker, Larry David, Lil Wayne, Kim Kardashian, Mooj (from The 40-Year-Old Virgin), Latarian Milton, Jonah Hill

By ebaker SONG: “I’m Your Daddy” ARTIST: Weezer DOWNLOAD: [LINK] • Yeah, these guys made their best music in the ’90s, but we’re not mad at ‘em for still wanting to rock out. The new stuff isn’t too bad either. We’re really waiting to hear the Lil’ Wayne collab though.

By ebaker SONG: “Bag Music” ARTIST: Young Jeezy f/ USDA DOWNLOAD: [LINK] • It’s always nice when you can still listen to songs from a rapper’s crew after the star spits his verse. Jeezy obviously stands out here, but the record is surprisingly dope in its entirety.

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By ebaker SONG: “Transform Ya” ARTIST: Chris Brown f/ Lil’ Wayne & Swizz Beatz DOWNLOAD: [LINK]

Drake-mania continued this week with the release of the Hype Williams-directed visual for “Forever,” the first single off of the soundtrack for the LeBron James documentary, More Than a Game. When we first heard Drizzy was going to shoot a video for the heavyweight-rap track, we couldn’...

DOWNLOAD: [LINK] • Here is Rich Boy’s contribution to the soundtrack for LeBron James’ upcoming documentary. The same soundtrack with Drake’s star-studded “Forever” track. The Alabama rapper provides his standard fare on this one, which is all we want to hear from him anyway.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————- ————————————————————————————————————————————————————- ————————————————————————————————————————————————————- The Queen of Pop was working with rappers long before Weezy showed up. Check out our retrospective.

SONG: “Always Strapped (Nike Sport Remix)” ARTIST: Birdman f/ Lil’ Wayne and Adrian Peterson DOWNLOAD: [LINK]

10: Mood Muzik 2 Joe Budden & DJ On Point ————————————————————————————————————————————————————- 7: No Mercy, No Fear G-Unit & 50 Cent Standout Track: “Soldier” ————————————————————————————————————————————————————- 6: Dedication Lil Wayne & DJ Drama

SONG: “Pusha” ARTIST: Lloyd f/ Lil’ Wayne DOWNLOAD: [LINK] • The frequent collaborators are together again over this smooth beat from The Runners. Wayne ousted his buddy Juelz Santana from the original version of the song, but we actually like his verse more.

ARTIST: Curren$y DOWNLOAD: [LINK] • We’ll always respect this guy for having the balls to walk away from a Lil’ Wayne co-sign, but we still haven’t gotten completely into his music. This leak lets us know the skills are there, but we’d like to hear something hotter eventually.

LISTEN: Jay-Z f/ J. Cole “A Star is Born” from The Blueprint 3 (2009) Complex: Even by Jay-Z? Complex: Word? Complex: You think you can get it done in time? Complex: You can record it on the bus like Lil Wayne. RELATED: J. Cole Talks Roc Nation, Meeting Jay-Z & ‘The Warm Up’ (April 2009)

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Key Tracks: “My World Is Empty Without You” “My World” “Zero” “Underground” Key Tracks: “1901″ “Lisztomania” Key Tracks: “Ohh!” “Do You Know” “Daily Routine” “Uptown” (featuring Lil’ Wayne & Bun B) Key Tracks: “Walkin’ On The Moon” (featuring Kanye West) “Love Vs. Money Part II”

The sixth season of Entourage kicks off July 12 and word is already spreading about the upcoming celebrity appearances. Cameos from LeBron James, Zac Efron, and Tom Brady are all lined up, but we immediately started getting hyped when we heard Lil Wayne will appear in an episode.

So you wrote the hook that Wayne spits in “Make It Rain”? Fat Joe: Maybe two days ago. Oh, really? Fat Joe: I would say the IIIs. I have like 5 or 6 pairs. Fat Joe: Thanks man, I appreciate it. Keep a tight ass, buddy. EDIT* LISTEN TO FAT JOE’S SIGN-OFF:

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Listen to a snippet of ’Ye freestyling over Weezy's "Lollipop."

takes a close listen to "Lollipop" for traces of sampling from an obscure elctronica song. Hear for yourself.