The powers that be at AOL Music and RollingStone.com recently made their lists of artists to watch. AOL Music christined its latest Breakers, a group of up-and-coming artists includes Brit chart-topper Corinne Bailey Rae (pictured left), Cartel, Lost Trailers, Mat Kearney, Young Leek and Wolfmother. AOL can be a huge part of breaking new artists, as big as anything else on the Internet. So naturally labels love it. AOL's blessing is like the Midas touch for a developing artist.

Rolling Stone's list of ten artists to watch. It's a list heavy on pop (Daniel Powter, Matt White) and rock (new-to-the-majors TV on the Radio, Rock Kills Kid, Wolfmother, The Whigs, The Boy Least Likely To). The lone hip hop artists is Papoose, who Rolling Stone calls "New York's hottest hip hop MC." Just last week a hip hop insider told Coolfer Papoose isn't all that great, then added, "I mean, what the hell is a papoose?"

For a good inside peek at Papoose, check out this interview at All Hip Hop. He could be the real deal. Who else but a NYC hip hop star be part of a scene at SOB's?

What do these lists have in common? Both have Interscope hard rock band Wolfmother (pictured right), and both are almost exclusively major label artists. Only Boy Least Likely To, Bonde do Rolo (signed to Mad Decent), The Whigs and Papoose are not signed to a major -- though a major-label deal for Papoose is sure to be signed this year.