Lil Wayne And Drake To Drop Joint Album

Move over Jay-Z and Kanye West, here come Lil Wayne and Drake. While Hov and Yeezy have pretty much dominated the hip-hop conversation this week with the release of their collaborative Watch the Throne, Cash Money CEO Bryan "Birdman" Williams took it up a notch when he confirmed on Friday (August 12) that Weezy and Drizzy Drake will also be joining forces on an upcoming project.

"Wayne and I recently talked about [the Weezy/Drake collabo album]," Baby told XXLmag.com. "That's definitely going to get done."

Birdman is himself no stranger to joint LPs: In 2006, the #1 Stunna shared billing with Wayne on their Like Father, Like Son album. Now, in 2011, the tag-team trend appears to be gaining even more traction. Eminem and Royce Da 5'9" got together as Bad Meets Evil on their Hell: The Sequel EP in June. Of course, there's Jay and 'Ye's Throne, which dropped this week, as did Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame's Ferrari Boyz LP.

Back in January, during a radio interview with the U.K.'s Tim Westwood, Drake spoke on his plans to work with Wayne on a joint project. "We still got to do that album," he said. "I heard some other guys are coming out with an album too. There's two other rappers that are coming out with an album together. ... I don't know where they got that idea but ..."

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Baby drew a clear distinction, however, between the Throne's sound and the sound that Drake and Weezy will be coming with. "It's older versus younger," he said. "I listened to a few songs [off Watch the Throne], and it feels like an older feel to me. I think with Drake and Wayne, they young, they young cats. You got 23 and 28. Then you got Jay-Z and them, who are older and really on their way out the game. Then you got Wayne and Drake and them, who are still youthful to the game. So it's two different types of music all the way across the board."

Baby did acknowledge the mark that Jay and Kanye have made on the music industry with their WTT release. "But what they're doing is great. I think it's great for the game, great for the business, great for retail as a whole," he continued. "I just think when Wayne and Drake get together, [it's] going to be something real special also because we more youthful."

With songs like "Successful," "Miss Me" and "Right Above It" already under their belts, there is no doubt that Wayne and Drake have developed a chemistry, but as for when the duo would actually drop the project, Birdman couldn't say. Wayne's Tha Carter IV is due on August 29 and Drake's sophomore work, Take Care, drops just two months later on October 24, so it may be some time.

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