Drake has already started working on his second album, Take Care, and has recruited the help of Jamie Smith from English new wave group, The xx. They are recording a single track to appear on the record. The Canadian rapper is also planning to collaborate with the almighty Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine for a song to be included on her next album. I'm excited to see how this turns out. Hopefully fusing artists from two genres works as well for Drake as it did for Kanye West. The hip-hop powerhouse included indie folk group Bon Iver on his latest release, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which turned out to be a success. Check out Drake performing “Fireworks” at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, with Florence Welch replacing Alicia Keys, embedding lyrics from her dreamy track “Cosmic Love.”
La Roux is also currently working on her second effort. Elly Jackson, lead of the electropop group, told NME that she has been writing with friends from an established indie band. The rumour is that this “established” band is the dark and gloomy White Lies. Hmmm, another interesting match-up. White Lies are definitely talented, but I'm not sure how their writing style will work with the 80's synth-style pop artist.
In other news, Gucci Mane got a massive tattoo of an ice cream cone. On his face. It's planted for life across his cheek with “brrr” scripted on its side, complete with three scoops and red lightening bolts replacing maraschino cherries. Apparently, Gucci wanted to remind his fans that he's “cool as ice.” What would possess anyone to do something like this?! Well, he is fresh out of a mental health institution... You can check out a picture of his new tat and the Rolling Stone article about it here.
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