Drake Just Dropped His First-Ever Song With Jay Z and Kanye West

Drake is dropping Views From the 6 this month, and he just amped up the album's rollout with the release of two new songs today: "One Dance (feat. Wizkid and Kyla)" and "Pop Style (feat. Jay Z and Kanye West)." Seeing as we're in The Age of Fuckit for releasing new albums, there's no telling how, why, when, or where we'll see Views From the 6 in its entirety. For now, Drake has decided to make his two new tracks iTunes exclusive. That means you need to have iTunes Music to stream the whole thing, or fork over $1.29 for each song. Hey, it's better than Tidal. And, hey, it's better than whatever the hell Kanye did.

"One Dance," as you'll probably gather from the title, is Drake's newest romantic club banger. "Pop Style"—which, again, you'll be able to gather from the title—is his big hip-hop No. 1 radio hit featuring Jay Z and West. This marks the first time all three have appeared on the same track (Jay Z and West are billed as The Throne, which is cute). Other fun moments in this song, which is otherwise huge with the three biggest names in rap on it, are Kanye saying "Imma let you finish" and the "Perfect" sample from The Life of Pablo. Seeing as his first track from Views From the 6, "Summer Sixteen," is already on Spotify, you can look for these new songs elsewhere soon. April should be a pretty great month for hip-hop, as Chance The Rapper's new mixtape is due out sometime this month. Stream "Pop Style" below, via Consequence of Sound (the stream below is no longer available, but the links to iTunes are above):

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Dream Theater (album)

Dream Theater is the twelfth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released through Roadrunner Records on September 23, 2013 in Europe and a day later in the United States. The album was written, recorded, mixed, and mastered between January and May 2013 at Cove City Sound Studios in Long Island, New York, the same studio as the band's previous album, A Dramatic Turn of Events.
The band made Dream Theater a self-titled album to emphasize that they were moving forward in their career and to make it a reference point for fans. The album's songs are shorter on average than most Dream Theater songs, with the exception of the 20-minute closer "Illumination Theory". Strings for the album were arranged by Eren Başbuğ, a Berklee College of Music student.
Dream Theater moved 34,000 units in the United States in its debut week, charting at number seven and becoming the band's second highest charting album behind 2009's Black Clouds & Silver Linings. For its lead single, "The Enemy Inside", the band received their second consecutive Grammy nomination in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category. In early 2014, the band toured Europe and America in support of the album and recorded their performance at the Boston Opera House for a live release.

Track listing

All titles and song lengths taken from the Dream Theater liner notes. All lyrics written by John Petrucci except where noted and all music written by Dream Theater except where noted.

<sup>No.     Title     Length
1.     "False Awakening Suite" (instrumental; music by Petrucci, Rudess)

    "I. Sleep Paralysis"0.58
    "II. Night Terrors"0.45
    "III. Lucid Dream"  1.03

    2:42
2.     "The Enemy Inside"       6:17
3.     "The Looking Glass"       4:53
4.     "Enigma Machine" (instrumental; music by Petrucci, Rudess, Myung, Mangini)     6:01
5.     "The Bigger Picture"       7:40
6.     "Behind the Veil"       6:52
7.     "Surrender to Reason" (lyrics by Myung)     6:34
8.     "Along for the Ride" (music by Petrucci, Rudess)     4:45
9.     "Illumination Theory"

    "I. Paradoxe de la Lumière Noire" (instrumental) 1.16
   "II. Live, Die, Kill" 5.45
    "III. The Embracing Circle" (instrumental)4.09
    "IV. The Pursuit of Truth"4.07
    "V. Surrender, Trust & Passion"  7.00

    22:17

   

Japanese edition bonus track
No.     Title     Length
10.     "The Enemy Inside" (instrumental)     6:17</sup>

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The_Astonishing

The Astonishing is the thirteenth studio album by
 American progressive metal  band Dream Theater, released
 as a double album on January 29, 2016
 through Roadrunner Records.

Track listing

All lyrics written by John Petrucci, all music composed by Petrucci and Jordan Rudess.

1.     "Descent of the NOMACS" (instrumental)     1:10
2.     "Dystopian Overture" (instrumental)     4:50
3.     "The Gift of Music"       4:00
4.     "The Answer"       1:52
5.     "A Better Life"       4:39
6.     "Lord Nafaryus"       3:28
7.     "A Savior in the Square"       4:13
8.     "When Your Time Has Come"       4:19
9.     "Act of Faythe"       5:00
10.     "Three Days"       3:44
11.     "The Hovering Sojourn" (instrumental)     0:27
12.     "Brother, Can You Hear Me?"       5:11
13.     "A Life Left Behind"       5:49
14.     "Ravenskill"       6:01
15.     "Chosen"       4:32
16.     "A Tempting Offer"       4:19
17.     "Digital Discord" (instrumental)     0:47
18.     "The X Aspect"       4:13
19.     "A New Beginning"       7:40
20.     "The Road to Revolution"       3:35
Total length:
    79:49
Act II
No.     Title     Length
1.     "2285 Entr'acte" (instrumental)     2:20
2.     "Moment of Betrayal"       6:11
3.     "Heaven's Cove"       4:19
4.     "Begin Again"       3:54
5.     "The Path That Divides"       5:09
6.     "Machine Chatter" (instrumental)     1:03
7.     "The Walking Shadow"       2:58
8.     "My Last Farewell"       3:44
9.     "Losing Faythe"       4:13
10.     "Whispers on the Wind"       1:37
11.     "Hymn of a Thousand Voices"       3:38
12.     "Our New World"       4:12
13.     "Power Down" (instrumental)     1:25
14.     "Astonishing"       5:51
Total length:
    50:34

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