
Drake Vs. Kanye: Is ‘Certified Lover Boy’ Better Than ‘Donda’?
We break down Kanye West and Drake’s latest albums on our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast

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We break down Kanye West and Drake’s latest albums on our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast

Strange Fruits, which has a distribution deal with Warner Music Group’s ADA, is racking up massive play-counts with 30-second rain recordings. Onlookers in the music industry are not pleased

His latest album caps off a decade-plus of superstar success, but he faces a crossroads from here

The rapper’s latest album succeeds at vanquishing real and imagined foes, but at what cost?

23 year-old Monsune co-produced “Race My Mind,” a pulpy highlight from Certified Lover Boy

“There is no actual R. Kelly present”

Big-name features, showy samples, quotable lyrics, and the other big takeaways from our early listens

While Kelly stands trial for sex trafficking and racketeering, he gets a songwriting credit on “TSU” for “Half on a Baby” sample

There is no obvious party in the music industry who is willing to play judge and jury when it comes to the catalogs of individuals accused of, or even convicted of, criminal behavior

After a cryptic teaser on ‘SportsCenter,’ the rapper announced the long-awaited LP would arrive at the start of September