Lil Wayne Music Media Analysis January to June 2010 Table of Contents Overview 3 Chart Popularity 4 Mainstream Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mainstream Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Twitter Coverage 6 Twitter Popularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Twitter Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Mainstream Chart vs Twitter . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Twitter Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Shared Twitter Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 News Coverage 13 News Popularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 News Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Mainstream Chart vs Sentiment . . . . . . . . . 15 Top Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Top News Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Best 5 News Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 News Activity 27 Most Shared Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 News Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Appendicies 42 Appendix A - Top Mainstream Artists . . . . . . . 42 Appendix B - Top Emerging Artists . . . . . . . . 45 Appendix C - All Artists by Internet Reach . . . . 48 Appendix D - All Publishers by Internet Reach . . . 55 2 Overview 64th on Mainstream Charts 8th on Twitter 4th in the Music Press This report reviews the popularity of Lil Wayne on the music charts and in the music news for the period January to June 2010. It benchmarks Lil Wayne against the 2,499 artists that appeared on the We Are Hunted charts during this period. The results are based on an analysis of 531,901 music articles and 13,439,734 music related tweets. News is sourced from a range of publishers including all the major music news sites and an army of passionate bloggers worldwide. Charts are compiled from samples of hundreds of charts in a range of music genres. This report was written by the We Are Hunted team and generated using the semantic analysis system that powers the wearehunted.com website. 3 Chart Popularity Mainstream Chart This section presents the mainstream chart performance for Lil Wayne compared to similar artists. Lil Wayne was ranked 64th overall of the 2,499 artists analyzed. During this period the average chart position on the We Are Hunted mainstream chart for Lil Wayne was 7th. 64th Overall Rank 7th Best Position Artist Rank Best Position Jay-Z 41st 5 Eminem 59th 6 Lil Wayne 64th 7 Drake 75th 8 Nicki Minaj 208th 25 Young Money 222nd 27 Rick Ross 360th 64 Birdman 1104th 1,000 Figure 1: Artist Mainstream Ranks 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 Figure 2: Artist Mainstream Chart Popularity over Time Lil Wayne Young Money Birdman Jay-Z Drake Eminem Nicki Minaj Rick Ross 4 Mainstream Comparison This section compares the mainstream chart performance of Lil Wayne against similar artists. These charts illustrate relative popularity over time. Popularity is computed from the normalised chart position for each day. 1.0 means Lil Wayne was ranked 1st overall of our charts for that day. 0.0 denotes Lil Wayne did not chart at all. 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 Figure 3: Comparisons for Lil Wayne Lil Wayne Young Money Drake Eminem Birdman 5 Twitter Coverage Twitter Popularity This section shows the number of tweets indicating that someone was listening to Lil Wayne during this time period. Included is the overall ranking of Lil Wayne when compared to similar artists. 8th Overall Rank 26,188 Tweets 0.006% Share Artist Rank Tweets Share Drake 4th 39,633 0.010% Eminem 7th 26,821 0.007% Lil Wayne 8th 26,188 0.006% Jay-Z 11th 23,472 0.006% Nicki Minaj 97th 8,645 0.002% Young Money 190th 5,846 0.001% Rick Ross 303rd 4,251 0.001% Birdman 750th 2,067 0.001% Figure 4: Twitter Coverage Comparison 2000 1500 1000 500 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 30/06 Figure 5: Twitter Coverage over Time Lil Wayne Young Money Birdman Jay-Z Drake Eminem Nicki Minaj Rick Ross 6 Twitter Comparison This section compares the total number of tweets mentioning Lil Wayne to similar artists. 600 400 200 2000 1500 1000 500 250 200 150 100 50 600 400 200 50 40 30 20 10 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 30/06 Figure 6: Comparisons for Lil Wayne Lil Wayne Young Money Drake Eminem Birdman 7 Mainstream Chart vs Twitter 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 600 400 200 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 Figure 7: Lil Wayne Chart Popularity vs Twitter Coverage This chart presents a comparison of mainstream chart popularity versus Twitter Coverage. It is useful in visualizing the impact of Twitter on chart position. Chart Popularity Twitter volume 8 Twitter Users This section lists the twitter users mentioning Lil Wayne in tweets most during this period. Rank Twitter User Name Location Tweets Followers Updates 179 0 0 1 twitter.com/KandyChazer 2 twitter.com/nextdime Joel Pandi Coventry, UK 132 326 9,305 3 twitter.com/ElusivEagle Deven Seattle, WA 122 60 1,931 4 twitter.com/JASONDBOY Jason Detroit, MI or jus look up 102 461 23,707 5 twitter.com/Taboner John Tabone NYC 94 123 2,309 6 twitter.com/iRawsum Ross M 42.45859,-83.220671 86 773 33,354 7 twitter.com/djpaisley djpaisley Dallas, Texas 75251 81 1,125 26,118 8 twitter.com/tweetpod A Global Playlist Worldwide 80 1,135 128,876 9 twitter.com/IG_WC 71 0 0 10 twitter.com/Chaos4lyfe 64 22 56 11 twitter.com/Greg4lyfe 61 0 0 12 twitter.com/msclace Ms. Chantelli Lace 49 2 1 13 twitter.com/BUTTALUV305 NEYSA PINNEY 49 21 1,667 14 twitter.com/NikaleRenoir Nikale Renoir Tacoma, WA 48 270 7,373 15 twitter.com/codyzapp Cody Zapp Las Vegas, Nevada 47 341 8,691 16 twitter.com/twistening twistening 45 3,041 33,958 17 twitter.com/Journey_Woman Pebbles See you soon then. 44 41 35,108 18 twitter.com/WCWMTracks WCWM Track List Williamsburg, VA 43 337 43,603 19 twitter.com/xLong_Strokesx 43 0 0 20 twitter.com/SheLeftHerDraws 42 700 14,729 21 twitter.com/theebayk1drss 42 0 0 22 twitter.com/williestylez 40 2,767 15,659 23 twitter.com/YunqTwas 36 0 0 24 twitter.com/letssmokegood letssmokegood Gun Rue, Dirty Mitten, Usa 36 69 1,703 25 twitter.com/ron_ron37best_d luis ortega iPhone: 33.963534,-118.112613 35 35 828 26 twitter.com/tktyler12 35 0 0 27 twitter.com/HeartBreakZo 35 13 0 Greg Travis Dillard William F Stylenzski virtual HEAVEN ..for angels Never Anywhere For To Long Detroit, MI Lorenzo Stampley Figure 8: Top 60 Users tweeting about Lil Wayne 9 Rank Twitter User Name Location Tweets Followers Updates 28 twitter.com/LKLidk Lamar Lewis Saint.Louis Missouri 34 86 4,062 29 twitter.com/micuat みくあっと(Love Sick) 全国ツアー中 34 859 25,219 30 twitter.com/JustcallmeChel 34 0 0 31 twitter.com/BrWnSuGa786 ShaBaNa B 33 283 10,362 32 twitter.com/Daniellteur Daniel Kottirsch 33 75 8,843 33 twitter.com/Niro Marco Niro 41.388157000, -73.447295900 32 353 14,551 34 twitter.com/suburban28 Greg Jones Bossier City, LA, USA 32 129 0 35 twitter.com/WebBlack Playlist - Web Black 31 2,442 59,103 36 twitter.com/urbanperspectiv Rob W Philly region 31 3,123 23,867 37 twitter.com/linksnshit Links n' Shit Mexico City 30 142 1,491 38 twitter.com/Dohmnal85 Jason rice 23509 30 4 653 39 twitter.com/sgupta05 Sahil Gupta Brampton, Ontario 29 12 512 40 twitter.com/josephsmusic Joseph's Music NYC 29 2,286 5,435 41 twitter.com/VERTGREENVERT MARIAN Gijón - Asturias 28 1,312 27,733 42 twitter.com/Tseigh Timothy Seigh 28 8 527 43 twitter.com/scour555 lucas cordoba 26 16 139 44 twitter.com/reaperof2012 MYSPACE IS BETTER!!! Portland Tennessee 26 61 442 45 twitter.com/newhitradio 25 0 0 46 twitter.com/L_I_L_ Paola Castro Ocampo 24 2 0 47 twitter.com/ebonyrose2009 ebonyrose2009 24 54 505 48 twitter.com/kikity91 24 0 0 49 twitter.com/n8farren24 23 359 21,987 50 twitter.com/CAK3YCAK3S 23 0 0 51 twitter.com/sweezy17 sweezy17 23 35 848 52 twitter.com/wallwalls Trevor Walls 22 8 8 53 twitter.com/SuckMyYerpaderp WordPlay King (Greg) Aunt Jermima's Puddin 22 7,662 79,860 54 twitter.com/ClubBitten Bitten © Vegas 22 376 1,573 55 twitter.com/TakeFlight2010 21 0 0 56 twitter.com/LuckyDukeJones Treyterriss Jones Decatur Ga 21 7 178 57 twitter.com/Edgaropy Edgar partida 39.608099,-86.107737 21 112 1,292 58 twitter.com/thefinestent America's Finest Ent West Coast 21 1,555 1,912 59 twitter.com/Nina9mmRoss Ȑogȕe Ȑoșș ™ Pandora's Box #TNP 20 1,327 0 60 twitter.com/NowPlayingNW Nathan Watson 20 48 27,787 Nathaniel Farren © California Love♡ Missouri, Kansas City your imagination Wonderland Figure 8 (continued): Top 60 Users tweeting about Lil Wayne 10 Shared Twitter Links This section lists the most popular urls in tweets mentioning Lil Wayne during this period. URL Rank Tweets http://www.tunewiki.com/ 1 233 http://www.last.fm/music/Lil%27+Wayne 2 153 http://tinysong.com/d8su 3 78 http://tinysong.com/cLKL 4 69 http://tinysong.com/6utc 5 59 http://tinysong.com/cbMO 6 52 http://tinysong.com/cPU9 7 39 http://slacker.com/r/SJf9 8 35 http://slacker.com/r/qcgF 9 35 http://tinysong.com/cbUn 10 32 http://www.newhitradio.com 11 26 http://slacker.com/r/Hn1D 12 24 http://tinysong.com/bzmc 13 23 http://www.last.fm/music/Lil%27 Wayne/_/Drop The World (Feat. Eminem) 14 22 http://slacker.com/r/RQx1 15 21 http://slacker.com/r/65FR 16 16 /profile/GhostRiderRadio/blip/44567410/334+Mobb+Feat.+Juice+&+Lil+Wayne–Choppin+O's 17 15 http://slacker.com/r/9cv8 18 15 http://soc.li/GBJZ9yJ 19 15 http://www.last.fm/music/Yo+Gotti 20 15 http://soc.li/gUy0zWe 21 15 http://slacker.com/r/JqFq 22 15 http://tinysong.com/cwvA 23 14 http://tinysong.com/d4Zn 24 14 http://slacker.com/r/R5D2 25 14 http://soc.li/aTZZrz 26 13 http://soc.li/cOikDPi 27 13 Figure 9: Top Shared Links on Twitter mentioning Lil Wayne 11 URL Rank Tweets http://www.tweekly.fm/user/VeRTiiGox 28 13 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/FabriceLaurier 29 13 http://qtwt.us/g4u 30 13 http://slacker.com/r/yPQ0 31 12 http://www.last.fm/music/Drake 32 12 http://slacker.com/r/26gj 33 12 http://tinysong.com/76Hp 34 12 /profile/CheddarChad/blip/30799414/Drake+Kanye+West+Lil+Wayne+Eminem–Forever 35 12 http://tinysong.com/vM7z 36 11 http://www.streetscrack.com 37 11 http://www.last.fm/music/Lil' Wayne/_/Lollipop 38 10 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/smilegigi 39 10 http://slacker.com/r/q8s9 40 10 http://tinysong.com/azXL 41 9 /profile/PeterSerafinowicz/blip/32415466/Lil+Wayne–Dr.+Carter+(NEW+CARTER+3)+(W|+Lyrics) 42 9 http://www.last.fm/music/Eminem/_/No Love (feat. Lil Wayne) 43 9 http://qtwt.us/v8vp 44 9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTA9KqQ9KMk 45 9 http://www.last.fm/music/Lil%27 Wayne/_/Hustler Musik 46 9 http://tinysong.com/eZ6x 47 9 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/courtpenel 48 8 http://www.nba.com/jm.jsp?ref=lakers_twitterlr&dest=http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2010/05/23/lakers-pre... 49 8 http://tinysong.com/6Nnw 50 8 http://slacker.com/r/53zh 51 8 http://su.pr/2aj6ZF 52 8 http://tinysong.com/XkD 53 8 http://justsignal.com/mobile/post-simple.php?uuid=3764e24c-8355-487d-b4b9-629b01ce8090&entid=35 54 8 http://soc.li/yluWHvB 55 7 http://www.last.fm/music/Eminem/_/No Love (Feat Lil Wayne) 56 7 http://slacker.com/r/C0Tqb 57 7 http://www.last.fm/music/Lil%27 Wayne/_/Single 58 7 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/Jamesick 59 7 http://woed.fm 60 7 Figure 9 (continued): Top Shared Links on Twitter mentioning Lil Wayne 12 News Coverage News Popularity This section shows the total number of music articles mentioning Lil Wayne during this time period and the overall rank of Lil Wayne when compared to similar artists. 4th Overall Rank 3,936 Articles 0.115% Share Artist Rank Articles Share Drake 1st 6,256 0.182% Jay-Z 2nd 4,576 0.133% Lil Wayne 4th 3,936 0.115% Nicki Minaj 5th 2,941 0.086% Eminem 6th 2,927 0.085% Rick Ross 7th 2,564 0.075% Young Money 40th 1,158 0.034% Birdman 144th 580 0.017% Figure 10: News Coverage Comparison 200 150 100 50 0 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 30/06 Figure 11: News Coverage over Time Lil Wayne Young Money Birdman Jay-Z Drake Eminem Nicki Minaj Rick Ross 13 News Comparison This section compares the number of music articles mentioning Lil Wayne during this time period to similar artists. 100 80 60 40 20 0 200 150 100 50 0 30 20 10 0 100 80 60 40 20 0 30 20 10 0 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 30/06 Figure 12: Comparisons for Lil Wayne Lil Wayne Young Money Drake Eminem Birdman 14 Mainstream Chart vs Sentiment 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 10 8 6 4 2 100 80 60 40 20 0 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 Figure 13: Lil Wayne Chart Popularity vs News Sentiment + Volume This chart presents a comparison of mainstream chart popularity versus news sentiment and volume. It is useful in visualizing the impact of news coverage on chart position. The top chart illustrates the chart movement in Red. The Sentiment trend in Orange below is represented as a bar chart illustrating the cumulative sentiment thoughout the time period. Below zero indicates negative sentiment, above zero indicates positive sentiment at that point in time. The Green bar chart displays the number of articles published mentioning Lil Wayne that day. Chart Popularity News volume Sentiment trend 15 Top Publishers 2dopeboyz nah right Prefix Magazine Top Publishers Spin Pitchfork Idolator Other Figure 14: Top Publishers related to Lil Wayne Top Publishers Mentions 2dopeboyz 147 nah right 145 Prefix Magazine 81 Spin 64 Pitchfork 38 Idolator 37 The Smoking Section 27 Pigeons and Planes 23 NME - News 14 Pretty Much Amazing 9 Paste Magazine 8 surviving the golden age 6 stereogum 6 NPR Music 5 EAR FARM 5 Figure 15: Most frequently mentioned Top Publishers 16 Top News Publishers Publisher Rank Articles 2dopeboyz - http://2dopeboyz.com 1 147 nah right - http://www.nahright.com/news 2 145 Prefix Magazine - http://prefixmag.com 3 81 Spin - http://www.spin.com/ 4 64 Pitchfork - http://pitchfork.com/ 5 38 Idolator - http://www.idolator.com/ 6 37 The Smoking Section - http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS 7 27 Pigeons and Planes - http://pigeonsandplanes.com 8 23 NME - News - http://www.nme.com/ 9 14 Pretty Much Amazing - http://prettymuchamazing.com/ 10 9 Paste Magazine - http://www.pastemagazine.com/ 11 8 surviving the golden age - http://survivingthegoldenage.blogspot.com 12 6 stereogum - http://www.stereogum.com/ 13 6 NPR Music - http://www.npr.org/music/ 14 5 EAR FARM - http://earfarm.com 15 5 Consequence of Sound - http://www.consequenceofsound.net/ 16 5 MTV Newsroom - http://newsroom.mtv.com/ 17 5 HitFix - http://www.hitfix.com/ 18 5 Chrome Kids - http://chromekids.blogspot.com 19 5 Beyond Race - http://www.beyondrace.com/ 20 4 Sundtrak - http://www.sundtrak.com/ 21 4 AWmusic - http://awmusic.ca/ 22 4 Honorable Media - http://www.honorablemedia.com/blog 23 4 White Folks Get Crunk - http://www.whitefolksgetcrunk.com 24 4 The Hood Internet - http://www.thehoodinternet.com/ 25 3 No Rock&Roll Fun - http://xrrf.blogspot.com 26 3 Above the Fold - http://above-thefold.com/blog 27 3 Figure 16: Top 100 Publishers mentioning Lil Wayne 17 Publisher Rank Articles Culture Bully - http://www.culturebully.com 28 3 Mixtape Maestro - http://mixtapemaestro.net/ 29 3 Raised on Indie - http://www.raisedonindie.com/ 30 3 Rolling Stone: Smoking Section - http://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/smokingsection/rss.xml 31 3 Rolling Stone: Album Reviews - http://www.rollingstone.com/ 32 2 bridging the atlantic - http://bridgingtheatlantic.blogspot.com/ 33 2 Pop Tarts Suck Toasted - http://poptartssucktoasted.blogspot.com 34 2 super - http://super-le-blog.blogspot.com/ 35 2 Rolling Stone: Features - http://www.rollingstone.com/ 36 2 Cuchara Sonica - http://cucharasonica.com 37 2 New York Times Music - http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/music/index.html 38 2 Kickin' The Peanuts - http://kickinthepeanuts.com 39 2 HIPSTER RUNOFF - http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/ 40 2 GRANDGOOD - http://grandgood.com 41 2 unpiano: music - http://unpiano.com/music 42 2 Indiehere - http://indiehere.blogspot.com/ 43 2 Berkeley Place - http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com 44 2 He's A Whore - http://hesawhore.blogspot.com 45 2 #1 Hits From Another Planet - http://alienhits.blogspot.com 46 2 The Cure for Bedbugs - http://cureforbedbugs.blogspot.com 47 1 Stark Online - http://starkmagazine.blogspot.com/ 48 1 Letters Have No Arms! - http://letterarms.blogspot.com/ 49 1 A.M. 180 - http://rockitforme.blogspot.com/ 50 1 Bona Fide Darling - http://bonafidedarling.blogspot.com/ 51 1 Walrus Music Blog - http://www.walrusmusicblog.com 52 1 Eclectic Hermit - http://eclectichermit.blogspot.com/index.html 53 1 Dirty Sexy Music - http://dirtysexymusic.blogspot.com/ 54 1 Fancy Sounds - http://fancysounds.blogspot.com 55 1 Auf ein neues... - http://uliuli.twoday.net 56 1 EastofLA.com - http://eastofla.com 57 1 My Old Kentucky Blog - http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com 58 1 Covert Curiosity - http://covertcuriosity.blogspot.com 59 1 NME - Reviews - http://www.nme.com/ 60 1 douze12 - http://douze12.blogspot.com/ 61 1 Country Standard Time News - http://www.countrystandardtime.com/ 62 1 You Ain't No Picasso - http://youaintnopicasso.com 63 1 The Passion of the Weiss - http://passionweiss.com/ 64 1 MASALA - http://masalacism.blogspot.com/index.html 65 1 Figure 16 (continued): Top 100 Publishers mentioning Lil Wayne 18 Publisher Rank Articles Alternative Press Magazine - http://www.altpress.com/ 66 1 the culture of me - http://www.thecultureofme.com 67 1 Largehearted Boy - http://blog.largeheartedboy.com/ 68 1 DoucheBagFace - http://www.dbf-music.com/ 69 1 Metal Lungies - http://www.metallungies.com 70 1 Audio Muffin - http://audiomuffin.com 71 1 Gorilla Vs. Bear - http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com 72 1 The Vinyl District - http://vinyldistrict.blogspot.com/ 73 1 Asian Dan - http://www.asianmandan.com 74 1 MUZORAMA - http://muzorama.blogspot.com/ 75 1 Mike B VS Dickie G - http://djmikeb.blogspot.com/index.html 76 1 Tuneage - http://tuneage.tumblr.com/ 77 1 MeFi Music - http://music.metafilter.com/ 78 1 Radio Exile - http://radioexile.com 79 1 Blender.com - Blog - http://www.blender.com/ 80 1 donewaiting.com - http://www.donewaiting.com/ 81 1 Bottom of the Glass - http://bottom-of-the-glass.blogspot.com 82 1 Ghostproof Blanket - http://ghostproofblanket.blogspot.com/ 83 1 The Sound Of Indie - http://www.thesoundofindie.com 84 1 Subservient Experiment - http://www.healthryder.blogspot.com 85 1 I Like Music - Hip Hop - http://www.ilikemusic.com/ 86 1 Sweeping The Nation - http://sweepingthenation.blogspot.com/ 87 1 thepunkguy - http://www.thepunkguy.com 88 1 The Late Greats - http://staergetaleht.blogspot.com 89 1 ::: Off the Radar ::: - http://offtheradarmiami.blogspot.com/ 90 1 Cover Me - http://covermesongs.blogspot.com 91 1 berlin.battery - http://berlinbattery.blogspot.com/ 92 1 IHEARTCOMIX! - http://www.iheartcomix.com 93 1 Stoney Roads - http://www.stoneyroads.com/ 94 1 fluo kids - http://fluokids.blogspot.com 95 1 JumpTheTurnstyle - http://www.jumptheturnstyle.com 96 1 Man Bites Blog - http://bitesblog.blogspot.com/ 97 1 CreamTeam - http://www.creamteam.tv 98 1 taking tiger mountain - http://takingtigermountain.com 99 1 popbytes - http://www.popbytes.com 100 1 Figure 16 (continued): Top 100 Publishers mentioning Lil Wayne 19 Best 5 News Days 1 28 May 2010 : 103 articles Popular Articles this Day Eminem Album Features Rihanna, Pink, Lil Wayne Spin, 28 May 2010 The tracklist for Eminem's upcoming album Recovery , out June 22, has arrived, and the Detroit rapper's list of guests features a few unexpected surprises: For the first-time ever, Em ... Friday's Music Roundup Spin, 28 May 2010 [Updated: 3:24 P.M.] NEWS: TRENT REZNOR 's New Band Releases Free EP Or you can buy an enhanced version of the How to Destroy Angels EP, if you're feeling rich. ... DJ Drama & DJ MLK Presents T.I. – Fuck A Mixtape [Mixtape] OnSmash, 28 May 2010 DJ Drama and DJ MLK link up with recently released T.I. for Fuck A Mixtape, the prequel to his King Uncaged album dropping this August. The mixtape features Young Jeezy, ... 'Fuck A Mixtape' (Mixtape) Prefix Magazine, 28 May 2010 It looks like the King is officially back. Following his release from jail, T.I. began working on two projects. While we'll get the more official of the two, King Uncaged ... T.I.: 'Fuck A Mixtape' (Mixtape) Prefix Magazine, 28 May 2010 It looks like the King is officially back. Following his release from jail, T.I. began working on two projects. While we'll get the more official of the two, King Uncaged ... Eminem Pops The Top Off "Recovery", Star-Studded Tracklisting Leaks SOHH.com, 28 May 2010 Eminem 's Recovery tracklisting has leaked online and shows features from rapper Lil Wayne and pop stars like Rihanna and Pink and more. Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy & Swizz Beatz Say "F*ck A Mixtape" SOHH.com, 28 May 2010 Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy and Keri Hilson will be featured on T.I. 's new underground project, F*ck A Mixtape , which drops today. 20 Eminem – Recovery (Cover x Tracklist) OnSmash, 28 May 2010 Eminem’s new album Recovery drops June 22nd. We saw a preview of the 2 covers last week and now we get the tracklist which boasts features from Pink, Lil Wayne, ... T.I. Says he’s “Reppin” for Lil Wayne While the Rap Star’s in Jail XXLMag.com, 28 May 2010 Share: Lil Wayne & Shanell’s “Runnin” Video - Check Out A Preview! [VIDEO] XXLMag.com, 28 May 2010 Share: 2 17 March 2010 : 95 articles Popular Articles this Day Court Issues Bench Warant on Lil Wayne for 2008 Case AllHipHop.com, 17 March 2010 (AllHipHop News) Despite currently serving a 1 year jail sentence in New York, Lil Wayne has been hit with a bench warrant for failing to appear in Arizona to face ... Lil Wayne's 'Rebirth' Strikes Gold AllHipHop.com, 17 March 2010 (AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne’s seventh studio album Rebirth has officially been certified Gold (500,000 copies) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Despite numerous delays, the album managed to ... Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/14/2010 HipHopDX, 17 March 2010 After a very slow and repetitious week-to-week for urban music in February and March, Ludacris shook up the charts. The Disturbing Tha Peace founder took his conceptual Battle of the ... TMZ: Lil Wayne — Incarcerated in NY, Wanted in AZ XXLMag.com, 17 March 2010 Share: Lil Wayne’s Rebirth Reaches Gold Status XXLMag.com, 17 March 2010 Weezy's experimental rock album still managed to get a gold plaque despite all the setbacks... 21 Gudda Gudda: "I Don't Like The Look (Willy Wonka)" f. Lil Wayne Prefix Magazine, 17 March 2010 Now that Weezy is in the pokey, expect to be nearly buried by tracks from his acolytes in Young Money. Up first: Gudda Gudda's Back 2 Guddaville , his upcoming ... DX News Bits: Lil Wayne, DMX HipHopDX, 17 March 2010 Although Lil Wayne is already serving time behind bars in New York, his legal troubles are far from over. TMZ.com reports that a Yuma County, AZ court has issued a ... Gudda Gudda feat. Lil Wayne “I Don’t Like The Look (Willy Wonka)” XXLMag.com, 16 March 2010 Gudda and Wayne don't like the look of this situation... Lil Wayne: Lil Wayne Prohibited From Signing Autographs In Jail Prefix Magazine, 16 March 2010 Lil Wayne has asked to be treated like just a normal prisoner while he does his time at Riker's Island. But apparently the other guys on his block aren't willing ... Damian Marley Speaks About Lil Wayne's Distant Relatives Feature HipHopDX, 16 March 2010 After initial plans for a first quarter 2010 release, Damian Marley & Nas ' Distant Relatives collaboration album has a concrete due date, set at May 18, 2010. Speaking with ... 3 08 April 2010 : 83 articles Popular Articles this Day Lil Wayne gets suicide watch prison job NME - News, 08 April 2010 The rapper is serving a one-year jail sentence for gun crimes Lil Wayne: Lil Wayne Earning A Cool Four Bits An Hour As Rikers Suicide Prevention Aide Prefix Magazine, 08 April 2010 After seeing the kind of low-security prisons that famous people (Martha Stewart, Ivan Boesky, etc.) usually go to, it would be natural to picture Lil Wayne playing croquet and laying ... OPP – 4/8 (Menomena, Beatles, more) EAR FARM, 08 April 2010 Menomena’s third album Mines will be out July 27th, yessssss; check out their new song “PIlgrim’s Progress” over at Pitchfork Lil Wayne’s new job while in prison: watching over suicidal ... 22 Poetic Justice: Imprisoned Weezy Watching Over 'The Crazy Prisoners'... The Daily Swarm, 08 April 2010 Rolling Stone : Lil Wayne makes his living as the bestselling rapper on the planet, but while serving his year-long jail sentence at New York’s Rikers Island, Weezy has entirely ... DX News Bits: Lil Wayne, Romeo HipHopDX, 08 April 2010 Currently serving an eight-month sentence at New York’s Rikers Island for gun possession, New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne has formally been given the task of keeping a watch on suicidal ... Us Magazine: Lil Wayne’s On “Suicide Watch” for Other Inmates XXLMag.com, 08 April 2010 Share: When your life can't get any worse, there's Lil Wayne No Rock&Roll Fun, 08 April 2010 As if being in prison and suicidal wasn't bad enough, for some prisoners in the US, they're now going to have Lil Wayne in charge of making sure they don't ... Nigerian Lil Wayne 2sure 2shizzy Does “A Milli” [VIDEO] XXLMag.com, 07 April 2010 Share: Top Stories: April 8, 2010 ShowHype, 08 April 2010 • Idol Saves Lynche as Rihanna Rocks • Lil Wayne’s Prison Job: Suicide Prevention • Rolling Stones Plan Record Store Day Single • Drake Honors Wayne as Tour Launches • ... Top Stories: April 8, 2010 MusicBlips, 08 April 2010 • Idol Saves Lynche as Rihanna Rocks • Lil Wayne’s Prison Job: Suicide Prevention • Rolling Stones Plan Record Store Day Single • Drake Honors Wayne as Tour Launches • ... 4 09 June 2010 : 80 articles Popular Articles this Day DJ Absolut Sues Kia Shine Over Drake's 'Best I Ever Had' AllHipHop.com, 08 June 2010 (AllHipHop News) New York’s DJ Absolut is suing rapper Kia Shine in court over Drake’s breakout hit single “Best I Ever Had.”According to a lawsuit filed in Queens Supreme Court, ... 23 Drake & Lil Wayne - Light Up (Phoned In Freestyle From Rikers) HipHopDX, 09 June 2010 Continue Drake Stands In Line For Lil Wayne Collabo Project, "We Agreed There Will Be A [Duet] Album" SOHH.com, 09 June 2010 Young Money 's Drake has announced plans to link with his boss, Lil Wayne for a duet album, which makes him one of many artists planning full-length collaboration projects with ... Drake, Lil Wayne: Drake Announces Plans for Joint Album with Lil Wayne Prefix Magazine, 09 June 2010 The big hip-hop news just won't stop today. According to his recent interview with MTV, which you can video below, Drake and Lil Wayne have plans to record an album ... Drake Says Watch Out For His Album With Lil Wayne: The MTV News Quote Of The Day MTV Newsroom, 09 June 2010 "I went up to Rikers, and me and Wayne agreed that there will be a Lil Wayne/ Drake album. There's some things I'm excited for in my life — I'm ... Sean Garrett Finalizing Lil Wayne & Baby Deal, "The Ink Is Almost Dry" SOHH.com, 09 June 2010 SOHH hit up Sean Garrett to find out if there is any truth to the rumors about him signing a deal with Cash Money/Young Money. More Eminem Leaks, This Time With Lil' Wayne Global Grind, 09 June 2010 Two new tracks have leaked from Eminem's album Recovery. Check them out! Andre 3000, Big Boi: Jive Records Doesn't Want Andre 3000 On Big Boi's Album Prefix Magazine, 09 June 2010 The track list for Big Boi's hotly anticipated solo debut Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty has emerged, and it features a veritable who's who of Dungeon Family ... Eminem: Eminem’s Recovery Leaks Two Weeks Early Prefix Magazine, 09 June 2010 Much like Drake’s album leak last week, Eminem’s Recovery has leaked two weeks before its intended June 22 nd release date, and the verdict is in: It’s not easy being ... Tuesday's Music Roundup Spin, 08 June 2010 [Updated: 2:43 P.M.] NEWS: DRAKE and LIL WAYNE to Record Joint Album "I went up to Rikers, and me and Wayne agreed that there will be a Lil Wayne/ Drake ... 24 5 13 March 2010 : 76 articles Popular Articles this Day Lil Wayne Banned From Signing Autographs While At Rikers HipHopDX, 13 March 2010 Lil Wayne, who has been incarcerated now for five days , is not expected to receive any special treatment. According to celebrity gossip site TMZ, Weezy has been banned from ... Lloyd Signs With Interscope Records HipHopDX, 13 March 2010 Yesterday, MTV reported that singer Lloyd has inked a deal with Interscope Records. Formerly an artist signed to Irv Gotti 's Murder Inc., Lloyd spent most of his career at ... DJ Sourmilk – Maestro Knows (Season 2) [Mixtape] OnSmash, 13 March 2010 Another mixtape to commemorate all the sounds from season 2 of Maestro Knows. The mixtape features music from Lil Wayne, Ludacris, KiD CuDi, Wyclef Jean, Ghost Town DJ’s, Trick Daddy, ... TMZ: Lil Wayne In Jail - Keep Your Hancock to Yourself XXLMag.com, 13 March 2010 Share: Friday's Music Roundup Spin, 12 March 2010 [Updated: 5:44 P.M.] NEWS: BEYONCE and Jay-Z Attend Basketball Arena Groundbreaking The famous couple showed their support for the New Jersey Nets' move to Brooklyn. [ Daily News ] LIL ... Playaz Circle: Big Dawg ft Lil Wayne & Birdman Hip Hop Blips, 13 March 2010 — full article at rapcypher.com Boston Rapper Sam Adams Accused Of Buying Own Album To Top iTunes Charts idiomag, 13 March 2010 A white rapper hailing from Boston named Sam Adams shocked hip-hop fans last week, when outta nowhere, his debut EP topped the iTunes hip-hop charts, beating out the likes of ... [video]Playaz Circle dt. Lil Wayne & Birdman "Big Dawg" Hip Hop Blips, 13 March 2010 Lightning doesn't strike twice... — full article at rockthedub.com 25 Playaz Circle – Big Dawg (Feat Lil Wayne & Birdman) [Official Music Video] Hip Hop Blips, 13 March 2010 Here is the official music video for Playaz Circle ’s “ Big Dawg ” single which features Lil Wayne and Birdman . Playaz Circle ’s album titled Flight 360: The ... Playaz Circle (Feat. Lil Wayne & Birdman) - Big Dawg (video) Hip Hop Blips, 13 March 2010 *WORLD PREMIERE* Off Flight 360: The Takeoff — full article at worldstarhiphop.com 26 News Activity Most Shared Articles This section lists the articles mentioning Lil Wayne that were shared the most on Twitter during this period. 1 Lil Wayne - Rebirth Rolling Stone: Album Reviews, 20 January 2010 Artist: Lil Wayne Review: "Rebirth" sounds like the first album that didn't come easily for Lil Wayne: He started working on it two years ago — an eternity for a ... Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne 2 Young Money - We Are Young Money Rolling Stone: Album Reviews, 20 January 2010 Artist: Young Money Review: Rebirth sounds like the first album that didn't come easily for Lil Wayne: He started working on it two years ago — an eternity for a ... Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne, Young Money 3 Lil' Wayne Reaches Out To His Fans Global Grind, 29 June 2010 Not even jail bars can stop Weezy from touching his fans. Check it out. Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne 4 Lil Wayne Speaks From Rikers (VIDEO) Global Grind, 19 May 2010 Lil Wayne has his feet up at Rikers Island. Peep what he had to say. Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne 5 Lil Wayne Writes For The Mothers Global Grind, 08 May 2010 Check out Weezy's latest blog from jail for Mother's Day! Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne 6 **NEW VIDEO** LIL WAYNE ft. NICKI MINAJ "Knockout" Global Grind, 31 May 2010 Check out the latest Weezy visual for his track "Knockout" featuring Nicki Minaj! Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj 27 7 Lil Wayne Blogs From Jail! Global Grind, 15 April 2010 Check out Weezy's latest blog from behind bars! Read it here! Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne 8 Listen Up: My Night With Lil Wayne Paste Magazine, 22 February 2010 The notices went up early in the week, printed out on tabloid-sized school letterhead, taped to dorm doors and tacked up in the student center: A crew would be on ... Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne 9 Lil Wayne prepares for jail by shooting seven music videos NME - News, 02 March 2010 Rapper sends message before starting sentence Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne 10 Lil Wayne's Jail Time Postponed by Courthouse Fire Spin, 03 March 2010 Rapper Lil Wayne's sentencing has been delayed yet again, this time because of a fire in the New York courthouse where he was expected to be sentenced to one year ... Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne, Manhattans 11 Wyclef Jean, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne announce new Haiti appeal show NME - News, 31 January 2010 Fugees may also reform and record charity single Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne, Wyclef Jean 12 Breaking: Lil Wayne's Sentencing Postponed Due to Courthouse Fire, 8 Injured... The Daily Swarm, 03 March 2010 photo via New York Times New York Times : The building, at 100 Centre Street, was evacuated because of heavy smoke in the basement and light smoke throughout the building; ... Entities mentioned: LAFAYETTE, Lil Wayne, Manhattans 13 jj: jj nº 3 Paste Magazine, 07 May 2010 Swedish duo loses itself in the ether jj evokes a world where pop music’s ultimate pursuit is immaculate fluff, and that’s not an insult. Between its burbling timbres and breathy ... Entities mentioned: from africa to málaga, Junior Jack, Lil Wayne 28 14 Remember Lil' Wayne's Weed-Saturated Apartment in Miami? Well This One's a Condo... The Daily Swarm, 19 February 2010 photo via South Beath Condo Blog South Beach Condo Blog : Rapper Lil Wayne, who is about to head to the pokey for a gun possession charge, listed his South ... Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne, Reefer 15 Lil Wayne launches website from prison NME - News, 04 April 2010 Rapper makes first contact with his fans since starting a year long jail sentence Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne 16 Download Gonzales's 'Pianist Envy’ Mix Tape With Covers Of Daft Punk, Lil Wayne, Clipse... The Daily Swarm, 19 February 2010 Download Gonzales’s Mix Tape Here : New York Times Moment Blog : Gonzales also just put out an online mix tape called “Pianist Envy” with covers of contemporary artists like ... Entities mentioned: 50 cent, A-Trak, Boys Noize, Clipse, Daft Punk, Gonzales, Kelly Clarkson, Lil Wayne 17 Lil' Wayne - Rebirth Drowned In Sound, 04 February 2010 Lil Wayne has earned his time in the spotlight the hard way, but it’s hard to view Rebirth as anything other than resting on his laurels. Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne 18 Who's Got Love? Lil Wayne, That's Who... The Daily Swarm, 02 March 2010 Last week, Weezy joined Twitter . The rapper’s output on the service since has been a WK-rivaling flurry of positivity and stay-strongisms. The Daily Swarm presents a roundup of Weezy’s ... Entities mentioned: Let Go, Lil Wayne 19 Lil Wayne’s Grillz Delay Prison Sentencing... The Daily Swarm, 10 February 2010 MTV : NEW YORK — Lil Wayne’s sentencing has been delayed until March 2 due to dental surgery, his attorney announced in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday (February 9). The rapper ... Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne 20 Monday's Music Roundup Spin, 11 January 2010 [Updated: 5:57 P.M.] NEWS: M.I.A. on New Album: "No Gimmicks" Singer/MC talks about the follow-up to her 2008 smash, Kala , which might arrive as early as this spring. [ ... Entities mentioned: A-Trak, Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse, Blink 182, Blonde Redhead, Darlings, Diplo, dirty projectors, Dj Sneak, FLOOD, G-Unit, Ghostface, Groove Armada, Jack White, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Kanye West, Kings of Leon, Lil Wayne, Lloyd 29 21 Lil Wayne's Mothers Day Message From Prison... The Daily Swarm, 08 May 2010 Lil’ Wayne : It’s not many words in the world more powerful than “mother.” Those six letters can bring joy, just like they bring pain. It can invoke excitement just ... Entities mentioned: Beyond Belief, Johnny Guitar Watson, Lil Wayne, Lindsey Buckingham, Madrid, Sister Wynona Carr, TAT, The Offspring 22 Flaming Lips want your stories on death, sex and happiness You Ain't No Picasso, 30 January 2010 I received an email just a minute ago with a number and instructions to leave a message for Wayne. Now, I was pretty sure that meant Wayne Coyne, but was ... Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne, The Flaming Lips 23 XXcLusive: DJ Drama Talks New T.I. Mixtape, Promises Lil Wayne Collabo XXLMag.com, 16 April 2010 Mr. Thanksgiving talks to XXLMag.com about his new tape with Tip... Entities mentioned: DJ Drama, Lil Wayne 24 Inertia feat. Lil Wayne & Tum Tum “Betty Crocker” XXLMag.com, 13 April 2010 Wayne helps Inertia and Tum Tum cook up a hit... Entities mentioned: Lil Wayne 25 Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Kings of Leon Lead Grammys Spin, 01 February 2010 Taylor Swift might have nabbed the year's biggest prize, but it was all about Beyonce Sunday night at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards. When the three-and-a-half-hour ceremony at the Staples ... Entities mentioned: Blink 182, Bon Jovi, Carrie Underwood, Celine Dion, Dave Matthews, Drake, Elton John, Eminem, Fleetwood Mac, gary glitter, Go Home, Green Day, Jamie Foxx, Jamie Foxx + T-Pain, Jay-Z, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lopez, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Kid Cudi 30 News Highlights This section includes the most repeated statements in the music press about Lil Wayne month by month during this period. January "Lil Wayne is going away for a while so he decided to record a farewell track. While this isn’t as epic as the music T.I. made ..." Wed 13/01 - Lil Wayne – “That’s What N#ggas Do” - The Smoking Section "Lil Wayne is expected to begin his prison term a month from today—should we even be surprised by the leak of a new track before he ..." Wed 13/01 - Lil Wayne Raps With… Tupac?! - Idolator "Lil Wayne will also grace the audience with a music video called “Ghetto Commandments” on the show. So keep an eye out" Thu 14/01 - Lil Wayne as Voice of Jesus - Beyond Race "Lil Wayne being better than Jay-Z. Props to Miss Info. 4 more clips after the jump. Clip #2: Hov, Trey and Jeezy talk collaboration; call themselves ..." Thu 14/01 - Video: Jay-Z, Young Jeezy Trey Songz on The Angie Martinez Show - nah right "Lil Wayne is this young motherfucker, rapping and all this shit, and I was like, "Wow, OK. If he can do it, I can do it ..." Fri 15/01 - Flying Lotus Talks New LP, Lil Wayne - Pitchfork "Lil Wayne would be epic. Treme debuts in April, but until then, check out the teaser trailer here or below" Tue 19/01 - Elvis Costello, Steve Earle to Guest on David Simon's "Treme" - TwentyFourBit "Lil Wayne makes so many songs that DJs have no choice but to collect them and give them away for free. The music is good and ..." Fri 22/01 - Lil Wayne, Space Jam Martian - Impose Magazine: Bytes "Lil Wayne may be from New Orleans, but that doesn't mean he rooting for the Saints to take it all during this year's NFL Playoffs. In ..." Fri 22/01 - Lil Wayne’s NFL Playoff Prediction: Minnesota Vikings Win Over The Saints - idiomag 31 "Lil Wayne have in common? Probably not much, except this song." But then I thought about it. They actually have a good deal in common: -The ..." Tue 26/01 - DJ Moondance - "No Stuntin, No Cry" (Lil Wayne vs Bob Marley) - Pigeons and Planes February "Lil Wayne said after he recorded his solo for the remake of "We Are the World" on Monday night at the Henson Recording Studios as part ..." Wed 03/02 - Lil Wayne Joins All-Star Cast For 'We Are The World' Remake - idiomag "Lil Wayne has been hip-hop’s great unstoppable force, a 24-hour-a-day recording machine without an off button. But on February 9th, Lil Wayne will have to stop ..." Thu 04/02 - Lil Wayne Talks About Jail (Rolling Stone Cover) - ScollasWord "Lil Wayne has earned his time in the spotlight the hard way, but it’s hard to view Rebirth as anything other than resting on his laurels. ..." Thu 04/02 - Lil' Wayne - Rebirth - Drowned In Sound "Lil Wayne will be sentenced on felony gun charges this month, but before his impending jail time, he had a talk about it in a new ..." Thu 04/02 - Lil Wayne Discusses Impending Jail Sentence in New Rolling Stone Cover Story - idiomag "Lil Wayne has talked about his forthcoming prison sentence and claimed he’s looking forward to it.The rapper will head to jail for a year in the ..." Fri 05/02 - Lil Wayne: 'I'm Looking Forward To Going To Jail' - idiomag "Lil Wayne has apparently cut out his cough syrup drink habit. That means the end of the "chopped and screwed" scene could be upon us. Lil ..." Sat 06/02 - Lil Wayne Gives Up Cough Syrup, Chopped And Screwed Is Officially Dead - CHARTattack "Lil Wayne has occasionally proved that he is capable of making bad choices musically, as demonstrated in his recent cameo in Weezer's new song, "Can't Stop ..." Sat 06/02 - Lil Wayne - No Ceilings (2009) - Music Emissions "Lil Wayne is to rapper. MJ may have been semi-decent at baseball, but Lil Wayne botched in his attempt at rock. It’s hard to see a ..." Sun 07/02 - R.I.P. Lil Wayne - Your Third Ear "Lil Wayne Can Expect In [.." Tue 09/02 - PICS: Lil Wayne’s Going Away Party - nah right 32 "Lil Wayne is gonna be OK," Parker said. "While he's in jail, it's a matter of fact they may not put him with the general population ..." Tue 09/02 - Lil Wayne: What It Will Be Like For Lil Wayne In Jail - Prefix Magazine "Lil Wayne was due to be sentenced Tuesday (Feb. 9) after pleading guilty in a gun possession case. His plea deal calls for a year in ..." Tue 09/02 - Lil Wayne To Be Sentenced In NYC Gun Case - Billboard Biz "Lil Wayne is poised to spend as much as the next year in a New York City jail cell instead of a spotlight. The Grammy Award-winning ..." Tue 09/02 - Good luck, Dwayne Carter - Impose Magazine: Bytes "Lil Wayne to our petty, human laws. For a gun? Shit, expecting Lil Wayne to abide by the laws is as ridiculous as expecting Allen Iverson ..." Tue 09/02 - Free Weezy - Pigeons and Planes "Lil Wayne will be sentenced to a year-long prison term for gun possession Joe Jackson: Dr" Wed 10/02 - OPP – 2/9 (SNL, Lil Wayne, more) - EAR FARM "Lil Wayne will breathe free air a little longer. The rapper was set to begin a year-long prison stint Tuesday, immediately following his sentencing in New ..." Wed 10/02 - Lil Wayne's Jail Sentence Delayed! - Spin "Lil Wayne was supposed to start a year-long prison term today , after pleading guilty to a 2007 attempted weapons possession charge. That didn't happen. According ..." Wed 10/02 - Lil Wayne Not Going to Jail (Yet) - Pitchfork "Lil Wayne will not report for sentencing on weapons possession charges until March 2. The rapper's attorney informed the Manhattan District Attorney's Office that he is ..." Wed 10/02 - Lil Wayne: Lil Wayne's Sentencing Delayed By Dental Surgery - Prefix Magazine "Lil Wayne was expected to be sentenced on Tuesday for his 2007 gun possession charge, but has since been given a three week-long reprieve for dental ..." Wed 10/02 - Lil Wayne recorded nine videos for prison time - idiomag "Lil Wayne is getting his house in order before heading to prison for a weapons violation. In addition to getting his sentencing postponed for dental surgery ..." Fri 12/02 - Lil Wayne Shoots Nine Videos In One Weekend - NPR Music "Lil Wayne may be facing jail , and is certainly busy in front of the video cameras , but that’s not stopping him from trying to ..." Thu 18/02 - Lil Wayne: Lil Wayne Claims Weed Smell is Helping To Sell His House - Prefix Magazine 33 March "Lil Wayne is basically feeding Little X, Hype Williams and Rik Cordero's kids thanks to going to prison. I bet video directors are hoping Weezy's sentence ..." Tue 02/03 - Lil Wayne: Lil Wayne Planning To Film Seven More Videos - Prefix Magazine "Lil Wayne was shooting video after video after video after... You get the point. "Roger That," off Young Money's We Are Young Money , was presumably ..." Tue 02/03 - Young Money: "Roger That" (Video) - Prefix Magazine "Lil Wayne to go to jail. No word on Wayne's rescheduled sentencing date just yet-- at least he can shoot a few dozen more music videos ..." Wed 03/03 - Lil Wayne Sentencing Postponed AGAIN Due to Courthouse Fire! - Pitchfork "Lil Wayne was supposed to begin his jail term today. David Rousseau and Adam Rush directed the Sin .." Wed 03/03 - Nicki Minaj Is A ‘Sin City’ Frequent Flier In Young Money’s “Roger That” Video - Idolator "Lil Wayne has at least a few more days of freedom due to a fire at the courthouse where he was to be sentenced. Firefighters speculate ..." Wed 03/03 - Lil Wayne: Lil Wayne's Sentencing Delayed Because The Roof Is, Literally, On Fire - Prefix Magazine "Lil Wayne was set to begin serving a one-year jail sentence this week, stemming from a 2007 gun charge. However, his sentencing was delayed for the ..." Thu 04/03 - Courthouse Fire Delays Lil Wayne's Sentencing ... Again - idiomag "Lil Wayne to stay out of prison for just a little longer. Wayne was supposed to turn himself in for sentencing on gun charges and begin ..." Thu 04/03 - Lil Wayne Sentencing Set for Monday - Pitchfork "Lil Wayne will not be going to jail today, his check-in date was just [.." Thu 04/03 - WEEZY’S JAIL SENTENCE! POSTPONED! - Datz Hott "Lil Wayne has been given a third sentencing date for a 2007 gun charge, after a fire in a New York courthouse postponed the sentencing yesterday ..." Thu 04/03 - Lil Wayne Gets New Sentencing Date - idiomag "Lil Wayne will go to prison on Monday. But when that happens, he can make his trip to the big house secure in the knowledge that ..." Sat 06/03 - New Lil Wayne/Eminem Video - Pitchfork 34 "Lil Wayne is set to finally be sentenced and begin his one-year prison term stemming from a 2007 gun arrest on Monday (March 8). The.." Tue 09/03 - Lil Wayne Finally Set To Be Sentenced, Begin Jail Term Today - idiomag "Lil Wayne will almost definitely enter prison... Click on the headline to read the rest of the story" Tue 09/03 - This Morning In New Music March 8, 2010 - AUX TV "Lil Wayne is absolutely rapping like a man who is going to jail on some kiiiiinda dubious, COINTELPRO steez DNA profiling. Stay up, Lil Tunechi. We’ll ..." Tue 09/03 - Video: Lil Wayne f. Eminem, “Drop the World” - The FADER "Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year of protective custody in New York City jails, after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in ..." Tue 09/03 - Lil Wayne Goes to Prison - Pitchfork "Lil Wayne was sentenced today for an attempted gun possession charge stemming from 2007’s tour bus incident. He will begin to serve his sentence immediately for ..." Tue 09/03 - Lil Wayne: Finally Going To Jail - nah right "Lil Wayne was sentenced today for his attempted criminal possession of a weapon back in October. He is sentenced to 1 year, but may only be ..." Tue 09/03 - News Notes - Grit Music Blog "Lil Wayne will sleep in a cell tonight, now that a judge has formally handed down the one-year sentence the rapper agreed to when pleading guilty ..." Tue 09/03 - Lil Wayne goes to prison: Why his career will survive - ShowHype "Lil Wayne was finally sentenced to a year in prison today at New York’s Manhattan Criminal Court Building, reports MTV. The rapper was first expected to ..." Tue 09/03 - Lil Wayne Receives One-Year Prison Sentence - Idolator "Lil Wayne was finally sentenced to a year in jail on Monday (March 8), as part of a plea deal for a 2007 gun charge. According ..." Tue 09/03 - Lil Wayne Finally Begins One Year Jail Sentence - idiomag "Lil Wayne will spend 12 months behind bars after pleading guilty to weapons charges yesterday in New York. The US rapper was arrested in 2007 when ..." Tue 09/03 - Lil Wayne goes to jail - My Vision TV 35 April "Lil Wayne called “ Small Thing To A Giant “! This song is off Gudda ’s Back 2 Guddaville mixtape, which is dropping sometime in April. ..." Thu 01/04 - Gudda Gudda – Small Thing To A Giant (Feat Lil Wayne) - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne might be gone ’til November, but Young Money is still in the house. Nicki Minaj and Drake take center stage next month as Weezy’s ..." Thu 01/04 - Nicki Minaj Drake Dominate May 2010 Cover of XXL - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne has fans in the ring! I hope to see more celebrities supporting Tunechi , #FreeWeezy ... — full article at newlilwayne" Thu 01/04 - Fighter Jorge Rivera Wears “Free Weezy” Shirt On UFC Fight Night Live - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne is reportedly dating or.." Fri 02/04 - Rumor: Lil Wayne Dating Corrections Officer - Rap Basement "Lil Wayne is doing fine in prison. He began his sentence on March 8 and arrived at Rikers Island later that day, and last week, his ..." Fri 02/04 - Lil Wayne Not Involved In Weekend Brawl, Rikers Island Source Says - ShowHype "Lil Wayne is recording songs for No Ceilings , and even though the music was coming out great, he wasn’t 100 percent inspired. “It’s all right, ..." Fri 02/04 - Video: Lil Wayne’s Warning To Other Rappers - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne is featured on the record and Bidman made a cameo in the video. ... — full article at lilwaynehq" Fri 02/04 - Behind The Scenes From Yo Gotti’s “Women Lie, Men Lie” (Feat Lil Wayne) Video Shoot - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne is doing just fine. A little over a month ago, the Grammy award winner was forced to temporarily trade in his lifestyle of studio ..." Sat 03/04 - Lil Wayne Pens “Gon Til’ November” - XXLMag.com "Lil Wayne has created a new website, weezythanxyou.com , where you get stay updated on the man himself. He also says he will continue to write ..." Sat 03/04 - Lil Wayne Thanks The Fans - ShowHype "Lil Wayne is currently locked up in prison, a new website has been created for him called WeezyThanxYou , and he will be writing letters on ..." Sat 03/04 - Lil Wayne Thanks His Fans In A Letter - Hip Hop Blips 36 "Lil Wayne is Communicating thru Letters to his fans Below is Lil Waynes Letter to all his fans Love. Live. Life. Proceed. Progress. That’s who I ..." Sat 03/04 - Lil Wayne writes a letter from Rikers Island - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne said in his first entry on weezythanxyou.com . "If I could, I'd write each one of you back." Although Weezy isn't allowed internet access ..." Sat 03/04 - Lil Wayne Starts Prison Blog - Spin "Lil Wayne may be away for the moment , but the rapper is making sure he's not forgotten while he's gone. The imprisoned superstar launched a ..." Sat 03/04 - Lil Wayne Launches New Site To Keep Fans Updated From Prison - ShowHype "Lil Wayne is a commercially successful rapper and major sports fan." This we know. It's the source of the quote that's surprising: It's Lil Wayne's byline ..." Sat 03/04 - Lil Wayne Blogs for ESPN - MusicBlips "Lil Wayne will be released from jail (only 215 days, 9 hours and 38 minutes to go!), as well as his prison mailing address and a ..." Sat 03/04 - Lil Wayne Sends His Love From Jail - Idolator "Lil Wayne is a lyrical genius, IMO, and he has a way with words. Lil Wayne is in jail for a year and he's reached out ..." Sat 03/04 - Lil Wayne Writes Letter From Jail: So Inspiring - ShowHype "Lil Wayne might be gone until November but that is not stopping him from checking in with his supporters. Friday, the rapper launched WeezyThanxYou.com , a ..." Sat 03/04 - Lil Wayne Launches Website To Stay Connected With Fans - HipHopDX "Lil Wayne will be a free man in approximately 215 days and 10 hours, according to the countdown ticker on the ... — full article at ..." Sat 03/04 - Lil Wayne writes first letter to fans from jail - ShowHype "Lil Wayne Was Never In That Truck In LA. He Also Says Spider Loc Dissed 40 Glocc And 40 Glocc Asked Spider Can He Diss Him ..." Sun 04/04 - Big Paybacc Says 40 Glocc Is A Fraud Because Lil Wayne Was Never In That Truck In LA And 40 Said It's All For Publicity - ShowHype "Lil Wayne has started a blog in order to ensure that his multitude of fans doesn't forget about him" Sun 04/04 - Lil Wayne Starts Prison Blog “Weezy Thanx You” - The Music Stoop 37 May "Lil Wayne is being sued by yet another producer. Shondrae “Bangladesh” Crawford who produced Weezy’s hit single “A Milli,” claims that he hasn’t received anything in ..." Wed 05/05 - Bangladesh Says “I Don’t F*ck With Lil Wayne” - YK2 Daily "Lil Wayne may be locked in Rikers Island away from the industry, but that's not stopping some of his associates from handling business with him. ..." Wed 05/05 - V Exclusive: Bangladesh On Lil Wayne: 'I Don't F*@k With Him... And You Can Print That' MusicBlips "Lil Wayne is reading fan mail and has even managed to scribble a few letters in return... Click on the headline to read the rest of ..." Thu 06/05 - Lil Wayne Writes Letter From Jail, Pays Homage To Moms - AUX TV "Lil Wayne have been piling up. Numerous artists and producers have filed suits against the rapper and his label for allegedly failing to pay them royalties. ..." Thu 06/05 - Producer Bangalesh: 'I Don't F*** With Lil Wayne ... You Can Print That' - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne to be the biggest artist out of Cash Money? — full article at realtalkny.uproxx" Fri 07/05 - B.G. ft. Birdamn, Lil Wayne Magnolia Chop – Back To The Money Remix - ShowHype "Lil Wayne is steady bloggin’ from his prison cell… The incarcerated rapper’s latest topic is one very close to his heart — mothers — something he ..." Fri 07/05 - Weezy F. ‘Got A Lot Of Baby Mamas’ Gets Deep And Stuff About Mother’s Day - MusicBlips "Lil Wayne is the best rapper on earth now and 50 Cent has only 1 classic album and wanted to sign to Terror Squad when he ..." Sat 08/05 - Fat Joe Breaks Down Big Names In Hip Hop (Rakim, Nas, 2pac,Big, 50 Cent, Etc.) - ShowHype "Lil Wayne is in a reflective mood this week as he blogs from his cell about mother’s day. In his new blog entry entitled “A Mother’s ..." Sat 08/05 - Lil Wayne Thanks All the Moms… - ShowHype "Lil Wayne is the best Rapper on Earth right now and that he is the only person who could put out 300 songs a year and ..." Sun 09/05 - Fat Joe Calls Lil Wayne “The Best Rapper On Earth Right Now” x Second Letter From Rikers Island - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne has 177 days until he is released from prison, but he continues to stay in touch with his fans and his family. By writing ..." Tue 11/05 - Lil Wayne Mother’s Day Letter: ‘A Mother’s Worth’ - ShowHype 38 "Lil Wayne to be charged with an infraction after earphones and a charger for an MP3 player are found in his cell" Wed 12/05 - Music Contraband Found In Lil Wayne's Cell - HipHopDX "Lil Wayne was caught with a charger and ear phones for an iPod...( read more ) — full article at allhiphop" Wed 12/05 - Hip-Hop Rumors: Lil Wayne Arrested! Tahiry Gets Hacked! Kat Stacks Mom Is PISSEED - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne is up to his ears in trouble in prison -- after he was reportedly busted during an early morning search with a pair of ..." Wed 12/05 - Lil Wayne Nailed in Prison - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne may be locked up at Rikers Island, but that hasn’t stopped him from finding a way to keep his own music on deck. The ..." Thu 13/05 - Lil Wayne Got Busted In Jail - ShowHype "Lil Wayne has to face the music again – without his music. The rap mega-star was busted yesterday for “music contraband” – a charger and ear ..." Thu 13/05 - Lil Wayne Caught With Unauthorized Electronics In His Jail Cell - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne was busted Monday for having headphones, a charger and a watch that doubles as an MP3 player in his jail cell. The offense isn't ..." Fri 14/05 - Lil Wayne Could Serve More Time Because Of MP3 Player In His Cell - MusicBlips "Lil Wayne was busted at Riker's Island this week for what prison officials are calling "music contraband." According to the New York Daily News, Weezy was ..." Fri 14/05 - Lil Wayne Busted For Contraband In Jail - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne has been behind bars for almost two months now, and he's managed to make headlines as if he never went away. The rapper made ..." Fri 14/05 - Diddy Paid A Quiet Visit To See Lil Wayne In Prison - ShowHype "Lil Wayne is doing, and his upcoming album. As of right now, Pitbull and Lil Wayne are [.." Sat 15/05 - MTV Extended Play: Jay Sean [Video] - YK2 Daily "Lil Wayne is doing good in prison, and someone from Cash Money (Baby or Slim) will go visiting him every week. Jay also says that Weezy ..." Sat 15/05 - Jay Sean Speaks On Lil Wayne Cash Money Heroes Supergroup x More - Hip Hop Blips 39 June "Lil Wayne has a new video for his song “Knockout” featuring Nicki Minaj. Not feeling this at all. I don’t like the song and the video ..." Fri 04/06 - Watch: Lil Wayne- Knockout featuring Nicki Minaj - Honorable Media "Lil Wayne called “Do It For The Boy,” which was on DJ Absolut’s The Leak mixtape. According to Kia Shine, he gave a copy of the ..." Tue 08/06 - DJ Absolut Sues Kia Shine Over Drake's 'Best I Ever Had' - AllHipHop.com "Lil Wayne to Record Joint Album "I went up to Rikers, and me and Wayne agreed that there will be a Lil Wayne/ Drake album," the ..." Tue 08/06 - Tuesday's Music Roundup - Spin "Lil Wayne have agreed to work on a collaborative album. Drake Lil Wayne To Work On Album is a post from: That HipHop Blog — ..." Wed 09/06 - Drake Lil Wayne To Work On Album - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne have plans to record an album together when the latter finishes up his prison sentence. Now, fans of Drake, especially of his So Far ..." Wed 09/06 - Drake, Lil Wayne: Drake Announces Plans for Joint Album with Lil Wayne - Prefix Magazine "Lil Wayne to OutKast. The show paid musical tribute to artists from Texas to Georgia, Louisiana to Florida (home of .." Wed 09/06 - Highlights From Vh1’s 2010 ‘Hip Hop Honors: Dirty South’ - Idolator "Lil Wayne is Recovery’s sole rap feature — [.." Wed 09/06 - ON DECK: Eminem x Lil Wayne, Japandroids, WAVVES, Washed Out, Big Boi x Andre 3000, Crystal Castles x Memory Tapes - Pretty Much Amazing "Lil Wayne is held. Weezy raps over Drake’s song “Light Up” featuring Jay-Z off of Thank Me Later. Drake premiered the freestyle over UStream Tuesday night ..." Thu 10/06 - MuchMusic.com | Blog - Drake Premieres Lil Wayne Jail Freestyle Online - Raised on Indie "Lil Wayne has shown his raps are not going anywhere by performing a verse off Drake 's "Light Up" track from Rikers Island" Thu 10/06 - Lil Wayne Spits "Light Up" Freestyle From Rikers Island Phone [Video] - SOHH.com "Lil Wayne is called "No Love" and features a sample of Haddaway's 1993 smash "What Is Love"-- aka that "Night at the Roxbury" song. Word to ..." Thu 10/06 - Listen: Eminem and Lil Wayne Sample Haddaway's "What Is Love" - Pitchfork 40 "Lil Wayne is pulling the Shyne from jail move.. Lil Wayne has blogged from the bing and hosted a mixtape from prison, and now the Cash ..." Thu 10/06 - [News]: Lil Wayne Records Verse For Drake's 'Light Up' From Prison - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne to maintain his reputation as the best rapper alive while he’s locked up? Badly enough that when Cash Money’s CEO chided that he might ..." Thu 10/06 - Lil Wayne Phones From Prison To Rap On Drake’s “Light Up” - Idolator "Lil Wayne is a closet Blink 182 fan by the sound of his latest tune. Too bad his auto-tuned vocals sound bloody awful! The track is ..." Thu 10/06 - Lil Wayne Goes Pop Punk! Knockout! - MusicBlips "Lil Wayne has huge aspirations for Young Money franchise player Drake. But hey, you don't become as big a superstar as Wayne is by thinking small. ..." Thu 10/06 - Lil Wayne Wants Drake's Thank Me Later To Sell 2 Million The First Week - MusicBlips "Lil Wayne has set high expectations for his Young Money artist Drake by saying that he hoped Thank Me Later would sell around two million copies ..." Fri 11/06 - Lil Wayne Hopes "Thank Me Later" Sells 2 Million In First-Week - SOHH.com "Lil Wayne is refusing to let being in prison prevent him from dropping a verse on Drake's "Light Up": Above is a video of Drake streaming ..." Fri 11/06 - Drake, Lil Wayne: Lil Wayne Raps Verse For Drake's "Light Up" Over The Phone From Riker's (Video) - Prefix Magazine "Lil Wayne Says He Needs Drake To Sell 2 Million Copies In The First Week (He Never Even Heard Drake's Album) — full article at forbezdvd" Fri 11/06 - Lil Wayne Says He Needs Drake To Sell 2 Million Copies In The First Week (He Never Even Heard Drake's Album) - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne has already shot his part for a “No Love” music video before he went to prison. Dope. — full article at youraudiofix" Sun 13/06 - Eminem’s “No Love” Featuring Lil Wayne Is Getting A Music Video - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne called “ No Love ” from his Recovery album. He also said that Weezy shot his parts before he went to prison, and for ..." Sun 13/06 - There Will Be A Music Video For “No Love” x Kevin Rudolf Talks Lil Wayne Collaboration - Hip Hop Blips "Lil Wayne is stuck in the slammer, but he still manages to be an integral part of Drake’s big day. The Rikers remix of the rapper’s ..." Wed 16/06 - Lil Wayne Phones In A Verse On Drake’s “Light Up” - Idolator 41 Appendicies Appendix A - Top Mainstream Artists This section presents the top 100 Artists for this period based on their popularity on the We Are Hunted mainstream chart. Artist Rank Best Position Muse 1 1 Lady GaGa 2 1 The xx 3 1 Radiohead 4 1 Coldplay 5 1 The Beatles 6 1 Vampire Weekend 7 1 MGMT 8 1 The Killers 9 1 Florence and the Machine 10 1 The Black Eyed Peas 11 2 Kings of Leon 12 2 Nirvana 13 2 Paramore 14 2 Arctic Monkeys 15 2 Phoenix 16 2 Red Hot Chili Peppers 17 2 Metallica 18 2 Linkin Park 19 2 Gorillaz 20 3 Pink Floyd 21 3 Michael Jackson 22 3 Ke$ha 23 3 Beyoncé 24 3 Foo Fighters 25 3 Green Day 26 3 The Smiths 27 4 Figure 17: Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Mainstream Chart 42 Artist Rank Best Position Bon Iver 28 4 Rihanna 29 4 Jason Derulo 30 4 System of A Down 31 4 AC/DC 32 4 Lily Allen 33 4 La Roux 34 4 Taylor Swift 35 4 Led Zeppelin 36 4 Guns N´ Roses 37 4 Massive Attack 38 4 Owl City 39 5 Crystal Castles 40 5 Jay-Z 41 5 Animal Collective 42 5 30 Seconds to Mars 43 5 Oasis 44 5 Katy Perry 45 5 Britney Spears 46 5 Passion Pit 47 5 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 48 5 Rage Against the Machine 49 5 Blink 182 50 5 The National 51 5 Franz Ferdinand 52 6 M.I.A. 53 6 Queen 54 6 Justin Bieber 55 6 Beach House 56 6 Blur 57 6 Jason Mraz 58 6 Eminem 59 6 Daft Punk 60 7 Joy Division 61 7 OneRepublic 62 7 The Strokes 63 7 Lil Wayne 64 7 Bloc Party 65 7 Figure 17 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Mainstream Chart 43 Artist Rank Best Position Mumford And Sons 66 7 Arcade Fire 67 7 The Temper Trap 68 7 Snow Patrol 69 7 Placebo 70 7 The White Stripes 71 7 Death Cab For Cutie 72 7 The Cure 73 8 U2 74 8 Drake 75 8 Alicia Keys 76 8 LCD Soundsystem 77 8 The Kooks 78 8 Mariah Carey 79 9 The Jonas Brothers 80 9 Lady Antebellum 81 9 The Prodigy 82 9 Empire Of The Sun 83 9 Grizzly Bear 84 9 Black Sabbath 85 9 Chris Rea 86 9 Miley Cyrus 87 9 John Mayer 88 10 Evanescence 89 10 Kanye West 90 10 Justice 91 10 David Guetta 92 10 Train 93 10 Yeasayer 94 10 Broken Bells 95 10 The Crystals 96 10 Depeche Mode 97 10 The Rolling Stones 98 10 The Postal Service 99 10 Fleet Foxes 100 11 Figure 17 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Mainstream Chart 44 Appendix B - Top Emerging Artists This section presents the top 100 Artists for this period based on their popularity on the We Are Hunted emerging chart. Artist Rank Best Position The National 1 2 The xx 2 2 Bon Iver 3 2 LCD Soundsystem 4 3 Jedi Mind Tricks 5 3 Stars 6 3 Dredg 7 3 Jason Aldean 8 3 Tied & Tickled Trio 9 3 Plan B 10 3 Sia 11 4 She & Him 12 4 Vampire Weekend 13 4 La Roux 14 4 Crystal Castles 15 4 Yeasayer 16 4 Robyn 17 4 Hot Chip 18 5 Sleigh Bells 19 5 Broken Social Scene 20 5 B.o.B. 21 5 Beach House 22 5 Florence and the Machine 23 5 The Woods 24 5 The Morning Benders 25 5 Damian Marley & Nas 26 5 Marina and the Diamonds 27 5 Figure 18: Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Emerging Chart 45 Artist Rank Best Position Fol Chen 28 5 Mark Wills 29 5 Two Door Cinema Club 30 6 Rockets 31 6 The Radio Dept. 32 6 just.one.duran 33 6 Passion Pit 34 6 The Black Keys 35 6 Justice 36 6 Major lazer 37 6 Pendulum 38 7 HEALTH 39 7 Broken Bells 40 7 DOOM 41 7 Miike Snow 42 7 Caribou 43 7 Tame Impala 44 7 MEN 45 7 Tryo 46 7 Chipmunk 47 7 Cults 48 8 Owl City 49 8 DELOREAN 50 8 Best Of ! 51 8 Ludacris & Shawnna 52 8 Crookers 53 8 Arcade Fire 54 8 Danger 55 8 Andrea Bocelli 56 8 Hostage 57 8 The Roots 58 8 The New Pornographers 59 8 Band of Horses 60 9 Joker 61 9 Ellie Goulding 62 9 The Crystal 63 9 Surfer Blood 64 9 Angus & Julia Stone 65 9 Figure 18 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Emerging Chart 46 Artist Rank Best Position Jónsi 66 9 Delphic 67 9 Dirty Money 68 9 Flying Lotus 69 9 The Scare 70 10 Everything Everything 71 10 Janelle Monae 72 10 Joanna Newsom 73 10 MSTRKRFT 74 10 A-Ha 75 10 Deadmau5 76 10 Animal Collective 77 10 Grizzly Bear 78 10 Frog Eyes 79 10 Ratatat 80 11 Wild Nothing 81 11 Rusko 82 11 The Hood Internet 83 11 Diplo 84 11 Cam'ron 85 11 Atmosphere 86 11 Wale 87 12 The Tallest Man On Earth 88 12 Japandroids 89 12 Toro y Moi 90 12 Foals 91 12 Here We Go Magic 92 12 Neon Indian 93 12 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 94 12 The Drums 95 12 Avi Buffalo 96 12 Jamaica 97 13 Beirut 98 13 Goodfellas Soundtrack The Crystals 99 13 Calvin Harris 100 13 Figure 18 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Emerging Chart 47 Appendix C - All Artists by Internet Reach This section presents the top 250 Artists ranked by their Internet Reach. Reach is determined by analysing the incoming links to the artists's websites (links), the average number of pages the artist has indexed on popular search engines (index) and the number of articles shared on Twitter mentioning this artist. For each artist, their own website, myspace, last.fm, facebook and youtube sites are compacted into a single score. Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Eminem 2 261,044 260,986 49,170 Interpol 5 65,023 158 33,668 MGMT 6 170,374 39,518 30,752 Weezer 9 204,822 133,398 22,698 Gucci Mane 10 30,373 368 22,887 Trey Songz 11 74,211 22,318 19,353 Lenny Kravitz 12 38,408 337 16,881 Chromeo 13 33,550 125 16,112 Wiz Khalifa 14 9,065 138 14,077 Katy Perry 15 90,535 1,230 12,581 Chris Brown 16 142,334 201,335 10,921 nevershoutnever! 17 180,747 220 10,733 Paramore 18 243,205 61,195 9,864 Amy Winehouse 19 78,302 510 10,855 Travie McCoy 20 10,283 97 10,878 Shakira 21 93,764 2,151 10,321 TLC 23 1,632,428 40,805 338 Drake Bell 24 7,642 63 9,577 Vampire Weekend 25 78,870 324 8,520 Gorillaz 26 126,911 418 8,119 Ronnie James Dio 28 34,680 25 7,825 The Dave Matthews Band 29 75,896 936 7,470 Alanis Morissette 30 56,091 1,475 7,467 Panic! At The Disco 32 71,602 220 6,792 Rihanna 33 93,464 552 6,568 Snoop Dogg 34 189,908 104,247 5,455 Four Year Strong 35 36,589 141 6,465 Figure 19: Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 48 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Matisyahu 36 27,888 2,024 6,209 Miley Cyrus 37 93,276 596 5,776 John Mayer 38 166,706 24,862 5,106 Slash 39 40,668 155 5,559 Pearl Jam 40 269,091 10,420 3,925 Erykah Badu 41 56,013 303 5,106 Lady GaGa 42 374,511 279,169 2,552 Mary J. Blige 43 122,149 121,505 3,640 Bob Dylan 44 632,923 67,140 601 Gustavo Cerati 45 31,086 478 4,296 Die Antwoord 46 13,363 45 4,296 Arcade Fire 47 92,383 73 3,810 Jimmy Eat World 49 57,870 2,320 3,871 Sade 50 51,819 6,785 3,722 Nine Inch Nails 51 418,225 879 1,490 Kings of Leon 52 339,769 309,525 1,207 Manchester Orchestra 53 19,258 9,492 3,782 The xx 54 37,634 35 3,615 Bonobo 55 22,395 447 3,620 Iron Maiden 56 203,066 2,452 2,486 Muse 57 216,164 385 2,211 Phoenix 58 86,556 19,472 2,917 Alicia Keys 60 228,257 155,963 1,676 Them Crooked Vultures 61 49,247 42,517 2,857 Beastie Boys 62 287,769 333,944 735 Linkin Park 63 261,418 8,497 1,634 OK Go 64 63,936 4,512 2,783 Britney Spears 65 208,787 4,913 1,913 The Offspring 66 398,982 306,196 69 Jack Johnson 67 167,969 1,204 2,087 Ozzy Osbourne 68 144,421 105,131 1,977 Frightened Rabbit 69 24,762 106 2,929 Metallica 70 363,549 3,306 856 Blink 182 71 344,908 353,426 141 Janelle Monae 72 49,312 3,978 2,651 Pink 73 321,792 426,391 40 Unkle 74 19,661 149 2,813 Anberlin 75 63,474 223 2,427 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 49 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Mystery Jets 76 12,479 63 2,683 The Replacements 77 296,750 414,745 21 Keith Urban 78 48,102 5,214 2,455 The Summer Set 79 18,669 86 2,576 Boys Like Girls 80 127,238 59,984 1,787 Radiohead 81 349,374 120,804 229 Carrie Underwood 82 273,407 203,776 395 U2 83 302,914 6,134 579 Foxy Shazam 84 5,703 126 2,338 Coldplay 85 270,240 11,471 741 65daysofstatic 86 22,857 3,389 2,193 Sarah McLachlan 87 68,284 15,234 1,851 Mumford And Sons 88 27,180 1,651 2,073 Lupe Fiasco 89 78,756 5,088 1,708 Peter, Bjorn And John 90 26,651 108 2,016 The Black Eyed Peas 91 276,201 123,900 201 Broken Social Scene 92 45,606 855 1,846 Scuba 93 333,537 7,364 101 iamamiwhoami 94 3,847 4 2,061 Kanye West 95 199,615 335 886 Jason Derulo 96 80,885 189 1,589 Jay-Z 97 154,832 1,844 1,135 Robyn 98 36,695 6,797 1,822 Ciara 99 280,056 166,939 2 Lady Antebellum 100 47,145 211 1,761 We Are Scientists 101 39,033 4,188 1,791 Aeroplane 102 7,665 42 1,986 Blur 103 41,208 183 1,765 B.o.B. 104 28,484 5,199 1,817 The Black Keys 105 62,798 843 1,620 Born Ruffians 106 10,601 67 1,905 GOBBLE GOBBLE 107 4,048 10 1,904 Peter Gabriel 108 196,615 84,947 551 Motion City Soundtrack 109 41,611 6,663 1,647 Train 110 290,890 11,111 158 Nelly Furtado 111 129,272 81,533 949 30 Seconds to Mars 112 85,457 199 1,396 Tor 113 109,683 3,220 1,214 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 50 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Hannah Montana 114 70,378 257 1,436 Camera Obscura 115 34,367 703 1,642 Yeasayer 116 25,111 89 1,670 Regina Spektor 117 89,831 221 1,283 Depeche Mode 118 210,315 2,565 540 Incubus 119 206,897 99,456 324 Mr. Hudson 120 10,895 445 1,717 Pierce The Veil 121 7,453 83 1,712 Madonna 122 252,866 3,696 232 Plies 123 45,988 7,927 1,445 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 124 165,304 45,401 643 Tennis 125 263,019 44,133 65 Josh Groban 126 57,269 6,058 1,352 Avril Lavigne 127 149,643 495 814 The Crystal 128 45,774 247 1,425 Asha Bhosle 129 283,507 6,233 0 Keane 130 146,830 10,266 799 Whitney Houston 131 147,338 127,924 514 Timbaland 132 97,166 185,204 663 Dido 133 190,205 225,366 0 Queens of the Stone Age 134 168,000 199,156 181 Demon Hunter 135 47,494 365 1,352 Guns N´ Roses 136 87,592 502 1,097 Slipknot 137 197,576 18,745 396 Apparatjik 138 25,364 262 1,444 Thicke 139 79,390 91,852 901 Foo Fighters 140 210,152 51,223 197 Kasabian 141 177,605 172,541 79 Pitbull 142 31,494 432 1,340 Pretty Lights 143 8,739 88 1,475 Plain White T's 144 81,469 24,669 985 Fucked Up 145 15,098 2,263 1,415 Julian Casblancas 146 9,016 361 1,450 The Only 147 221,775 17,914 113 David Bowie 148 154,238 21,703 496 Hot Chip 149 52,252 513 1,132 Michael Buble 150 51,428 15,511 1,075 Rammstein 151 80,322 1,387 931 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 51 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 152 115,330 82,806 524 Danger 153 135,376 572 596 Alicia 154 158,268 155,611 87 Shazam 155 91,135 114,740 578 Efterklang 156 22,801 78 1,244 Kids In Glass Houses 157 6,852 32 1,337 Imogen Heap 158 56,873 1,822 998 Lil Wayne 159 102,572 782 715 Elvis Presley 160 158,003 7,382 369 Elvis 161 157,888 7,361 369 Alexandra Burke 162 5,761 29 1,279 Oscar 163 133,404 195 517 Sleigh Bells 164 16,871 26 1,206 Bjork 165 202,102 18,939 62 Cancer Bats 166 7,845 45 1,249 Crookers 167 21,812 39 1,165 Deftones 168 162,878 1,456 318 Flo Rida 169 203,864 14,053 43 t.i. 170 163,476 10,625 285 Beck 171 100,939 1,622 666 rubik 172 167,750 32,226 195 Broken Bells 173 11,294 20 1,196 Rusko 174 12,726 71 1,185 The Gaslight Anthem 175 13,788 91 1,154 Drake 176 126,341 40,138 390 Metric 177 48,763 530 943 AC/DC 178 105,748 2,323 592 Midlake 179 24,379 3,019 1,064 Girl Talk 180 16,664 87 1,116 Tame Impala 181 10,916 164 1,148 The Pixies 182 66,357 81 816 Gogol Bordello 183 66,535 2,883 804 jamie cullum 184 106,305 87,394 368 Florence and the Machine 185 30,455 15,315 986 Daughtry 186 195,531 165 42 Grizzly Bear 187 57,906 135 843 The All American Rejects 188 93,246 39,997 531 The Beatles 189 150,810 12,874 247 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 52 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets La Roux 190 24,721 119 1,024 The Jonas Brothers 191 98,266 18,135 527 Devo 192 49,911 5,455 843 Leona Lewis 193 128,688 91,507 173 Travis 194 119,228 144,403 103 311 195 105,953 93,493 301 Kid Sister 196 13,648 100 1,062 Snow Patrol 197 112,605 45,376 364 The Flaming Lips 198 129,745 16,882 326 Pogo 199 139,748 11,591 262 The Tallest Man On Earth 200 10,335 41 1,054 Megadeth 201 123,167 9,588 360 Rubix 202 165,905 32,335 47 Paul Mccartney 203 145,004 1,133 242 The Chemical Brothers 204 111,188 22,878 391 The Prodigy 205 89,816 23,094 514 OneRepublic 206 146,948 82,576 30 Fanfarlo 207 18,446 238 985 Kid Cudi 208 69,448 988 679 Taylor Swift 209 114,704 608 409 Adam Lambert 210 56,924 17 746 Spoon 211 22,614 148 944 Rio Berlinda 212 172,897 17,727 2 Ludacris 213 53,154 725 744 Miike Snow 214 8,290 98 1,009 The Antlers 215 24,873 82 908 The Gossip 216 81,080 57,531 439 Pomplamoose 217 3,778 34 1,029 A-Ha 218 72,560 43 621 WILL I AM 219 177,154 6 0 The Morning Benders 220 15,818 48 954 Coheed and Cambria 221 78,593 13,557 544 MajorLazer 222 8,111 98 982 Warpaint 223 10,711 88 961 The Temper Trap 224 13,807 1,711 937 Moby 225 129,924 27,603 185 Tiesto 226 100,521 3,195 416 Arctic Monkeys 227 90,464 7,099 465 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 53 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Bruce Springsteen 228 137,994 2,017 191 Circa Survive 229 24,507 4,012 856 The Drums 230 14,956 51 915 Allure 231 97,672 3,060 416 Jordin Sparks 232 115,239 123,630 25 Belle and Sebastian 233 67,936 2,393 587 How To Destroy Angels 234 11,539 16 927 Envy on the Coast 235 35,125 40 780 Robin Thicke 236 14,519 298 899 Wilco 237 112,445 484 315 The Ting Tings 238 104,988 60,233 216 Portishead 239 83,192 4,706 475 Mike Posner 240 29,006 10,976 780 Beach House 241 24,386 42 833 Bob Marley 242 157,590 2,204 24 Breakbot 243 6,920 21 918 A House 244 21,112 61 833 Freelance Whales 245 6,516 74 918 McFly 246 93,403 632 390 Johnny Cash 247 130,568 1,690 166 Autechre 248 19,228 30 829 Kings of Convenience 249 29,433 133 763 Modest Mouse 250 51,781 10,137 602 Evanescence 251 115,358 285 241 Daft Punk 252 146,587 298 54 David Guetta 253 76,271 21,767 407 Marilyn Manson 254 116,766 886 213 The Love Language 255 3,297 33 879 Brittany Murphy 256 4,037 185 871 The White Stripes 257 99,708 1,288 299 Silversun Pickups 258 33,162 282 683 Caspa & Rusko 259 6,017 45 844 Vegas 260 58,983 13,816 491 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 54 Appendix D - All Publishers by Internet Reach This section presents the top 200 Music News publishers ranked by their Internet Reach. Reach is determined by analysing the incoming links to the publisher's website (links), the average number of pages the publisher has indexed on popular search engines (index) and the number of articles shared on Twitter from this publisher. Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Ultimate Guitar 1 5,631,248 0 623 Noisecreep 2 4,541,863 13,371 1,142 thestar.com - music 3 4,085,197 0 1,211 New York Times Music 4 4,144,621 11 176 Artist Direct 5 1,945,384 2,972,108 59 brooklynvegan 6 1,038,496 51,258 20,821 NME - Reviews 7 2,581,156 1,001,949 120 Contactmusic 8 1,547,223 1,913,271 5 Deezer 9 2,095,546 0 516 Orange Country Register - music 10 1,478,174 752,104 103 KROQ 11 0 0 17,590 AbsolutePunk 12 910,497 1,069,291 242 stereogum 13 1,509,116 2,195 95 Global Grind 14 0 401,608 12,125 ShowHype 15 1,310,838 0 27 SF Weekly - Music 16 1,016,373 295,163 239 Pitchfork 17 776,674 76,699 3,530 NPR Music 18 998,900 0 1,762 Boston Herald 19 976,732 142,300 4 Hip Hop Blips 20 1,037,856 0 0 Guardian music 21 128,317 0 7,994 AllHipHop.com 22 713,477 248,519 283 betterPropaganda Reviews 23 824,486 12,400 36 Listen Before You Buy 24 725,388 1,800 60 ListenBeforeYouBuy 25 725,388 1,800 60 Paste Magazine 26 690,696 0 157 earmilk.com 27 687,001 0 29 Figure 20: Top 200 Music News Publishers 55 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Largehearted Boy 28 620,680 0 93 MeFi Music 29 626,110 0 0 Drowned In Sound 30 562,511 0 490 NME - Blog 31 0 1,001,949 120 NME - News 32 0 1,001,949 120 CCM Magazine 33 379,346 293,175 22 HIPSTER RUNOFF 34 365,591 13,884 1,297 HitFix 35 461,468 70,486 86 Blabbermouth 36 201,487 458,660 423 aquarium drunkard 37 458,681 11,156 164 An Aquarium Drunkard 38 458,429 11,156 164 2dopeboyz 39 443,918 43,815 2 La Blogoth que mp3blog 40 405,829 10,707 483 :: The Playlist :: 41 387,045 28,860 326 Discobelle.net 42 362,068 26,248 372 The Music Slut 43 382,906 25,395 109 Chromewaves 44 393,091 12,541 37 Discobelle 45 362,068 0 372 Beatportal 46 222,763 257,746 252 ArjanWrites.com Music Blog 47 367,364 11,706 138 Nashville Scene 48 388,107 0 0 ABC Radio National - The Music Show 49 262,006 206,953 2 Pretty Much Amazing 50 0 0 3,503 Pigeons and Planes 51 314,785 0 464 said the gramophone 52 328,651 0 316 Metal Underground 53 258,932 129,465 21 fluo kids 54 230,173 0 797 bigstereo 55 271,788 21,640 196 Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 56 244,073 98,679 0 soul sides 57 286,754 0 101 DJ Booth 58 0 265,613 1,405 17dots 59 290,852 6,733 3 Dallas Observer - Music 60 0 390,739 693 Muzzle of Bees 61 278,032 11,159 46 Daily Telegraph - music 62 285,545 0 0 CHARTattack 63 150,361 80,342 837 Chart Attack 64 150,361 80,311 837 CultureBully 65 262,479 11,935 33 Figure 20 (continued): Top 200 Music News Publishers 56 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets goldenfiddle 66 267,033 0 0 Culture Bully 67 262,454 0 33 Blender.com - Blog 68 223,048 59,020 45 Blender.com - Guide 69 223,048 58,994 45 Epic Records 70 259,579 1,756 0 PCL LinkDump 71 243,198 13,796 43 Dancing Astronaut 72 249,025 0 10 Rolling Stone: Features 73 0 145,533 1,587 SOULBOUNCE.COM 74 237,736 15,810 22 Awesome Tapes from Africa 75 137,702 1,545 1,037 AudioPorn Central 76 221,866 25,674 105 The Smoking Section 77 204,934 55,680 0 Tiny Mix Tapes 78 219,956 0 146 The Lefsetz Letter 79 231,649 0 16 Hype Machine 80 0 0 2,202 Clash Music 81 147,845 100,642 242 Alternative Press Magazine 82 138,193 84,495 414 Alternative Press 83 138,166 84,448 414 GIMME TINNITUS 84 138,740 1,879 808 MetalSucks 85 191,049 0 310 Nialler9.com 86 177,133 11,067 380 Xclusive Zone 87 204,868 18,543 30 muzic.net.nz 88 128,928 156,740 0 Billboard Biz 89 183,404 43,784 42 WE ARE THE MASCOTTE 90 204,792 3,795 42 The Wire 91 198,443 0 88 aurgasm 92 149,487 1,588 538 CMJ New Music Monthly 93 176,528 26,443 77 yvynyl 94 190,697 6,238 37 The Volume 95 194,620 0 4 Matablog 96 186,345 0 33 Black Cab Sessions 97 47,131 1,309 1,304 Fuel/Friends Music 98 171,521 0 116 4AD 99 141,700 64,058 48 Dusted Magazine 100 164,225 9,871 44 Chart Rigger 101 170,127 5,109 4 Friends Or Enemies 102 0 146,490 853 donewaiting.com 103 164,329 0 73 Figure 20 (continued): Top 200 Music News Publishers 57 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets The Passion of the Weiss 104 169,235 0 4 Rolling Stone 105 0 0 1,587 Rolling Stone: Album Reviews 106 0 0 1,587 nicko 107 157,881 1,712 80 redthreat 108 157,881 0 80 PopEater 109 0 231,004 328 No Rock&Roll Fun 110 145,483 30,054 13 Popdose: Popular Culture News 111 143,574 0 161 *Sixeyes 112 156,714 3,016 8 can you see the sunset from the southside? 113 146,659 5,720 85 HipHopDX 114 0 242,687 215 ARTHUR MAGAZINE 115 121,353 10,101 297 Billboard.com 116 151,233 24 62 Coilhouse 117 109,870 6,575 366 Brain Gell 118 88,870 101,876 13 Analog Giant 119 138,729 6,402 24 GRANDGOOD 120 128,277 20,694 6 Covert Curiosity 121 78,276 2,500 566 captain's dead 122 131,188 11,241 17 The FADER 123 0 0 1,289 Ohh So Famous! 124 77,336 0 546 Classic Rock Magazine 125 113,632 32,378 30 Daytrotter.com 126 0 0 1,266 Pasta Primavera 127 124,554 0 25 motor.de Musikmagazin 128 0 226,312 0 Buzz Grinder 129 96,010 38,351 52 Bradley's Almanac 130 122,822 1 0 MBV Music 131 90,719 8,404 228 Some Velvet Blog 132 117,089 0 18 DJ Magazine 133 104,927 0 132 Electrorash 134 117,498 0 11 Bumpershine.com 135 109,490 15,498 0 Earsucker 136 117,943 0 0 FACT 137 115,679 0 17 mp3hugger 138 111,206 0 55 Kevin Hugger 139 111,166 0 55 HARD CANDY 140 106,127 0 97 TheLineofBestFit 141 108,532 0 72 Figure 20 (continued): Top 200 Music News Publishers 58 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets SleepWalKing Magazine 142 0 0 1,071 Cable and Tweed 143 108,947 3,869 0 New Music Monday 144 0 0 1,034 Oh Word 145 109,357 0 0 Jam Bands 146 108,593 0 0 Epitaph Records 147 90,391 26,940 24 Indie Rock Cafe 148 87,984 6,130 156 Cowbell.fm 149 0 190,428 13 Capital Inicial 150 1,091 1 1,006 Spin 151 0 148,261 221 club fono grama 152 56,234 1,144 453 Heart on a Stick 153 99,743 8,234 0 The Rising Storm 154 100,389 4,957 7 f&art 155 99,453 2,406 4 3hive 156 97,841 7 23 Buzzbands.LA 157 94,811 4,902 8 THERECOMMENDER 158 32,985 1,439 599 Gorilla Vs. Bear 159 0 0 914 White Folks Get Crunk 160 76,904 3,236 164 Antiquiet 161 69,959 18,756 141 Triple J - Home and Hosed 162 0 0 897 zonaindie | just a music blog 163 94,413 0 5 Andamos Armados 164 32,593 14,831 508 Each Note Secure 165 82,167 0 112 Audio Perv 166 85,641 14,358 0 Anti Music 167 91,982 1 10 Jazzwise Magazine 168 0 0 876 Gotta Dance Dirty 169 84,795 1,834 58 stytzer 170 87,299 3,707 21 Planet Mondo - Atomic Blog 171 88,323 3,282 11 Indie For Bunnies 172 84,613 8,474 12 Destination: Out 173 75,833 0 125 OnSmash 174 0 228 819 This Recording 175 86,584 0 0 nyctaper 176 63,749 0 212 inkiostro 177 84,020 0 15 The Hood Internet 178 0 1,402 789 Mudd Up! 179 83,162 0 10 Figure 20 (continued): Top 200 Music News Publishers 59 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Merry Swankster 180 77,678 0 58 Cuchara Sonica 181 0 50,588 518 Metal Hammer 182 0 0 782 :: arjanwrites music blog :: 183 66,695 10,785 93 AWmusic 184 71,600 7,486 53 Modular 185 40,674 0 383 78s - Das Magazin für bessere Musik 186 65,850 20,491 31 78s 187 65,836 20,491 31 Blackdown 188 65,524 2,038 125 Bass Music Blog 189 66,856 2,041 108 American Athlete 190 61,986 2,418 148 Electric Zoo 191 78,607 0 0 The 405 192 69,209 2,208 75 Star Maker Machine 193 75,104 3,215 11 The Music Ninja 194 0 0 735 Knox Road 195 72,516 0 40 Silence Is A Rhythm Too 196 74,418 3,317 4 RealTalkNY 197 0 0 724 Captain Obvious 198 73,654 3,010 10 More Cowbell 199 76,249 0 0 Slowcoustic 200 73,737 0 14 Figure 20 (continued): Top 200 Music News Publishers 60
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