He’s remorseful for neglecting his friendship with Nicki Minaj: “That’s why I need her in my life, to check me when I’m tripping.” (Is unchecked Drake the sound of If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late?) He’s grading the output of his (lesser) peers: “You get an E for effort.” He’s seen the comments and he’s voting fuck you. The second verse of “Tuscan Leather” is all about talk-who is doing it behind Drake’s back, who he’s not talking to, who he’s tired of hearing from (and about). When the tracklist for VIEWS materialized on Wednesday, arguments broke out on Twitter about what makes for a classic album, what the distinction has to do with the expression of meaningful ideas and the test of time. Drizzy planted the flag with this track and is in an arms race with Cornrow Kenny. 1 spot in the hearts and minds of the public. Rap is a sport, especially if you're gunning for that No. "6PM in New York" is no hook, straight bars. His sound has been the most popular for years now. "My career is like a 'how to' manual" is my favorite bar, because it's true even a Drake denier such as myself can admit that. The "You need to act your age and not your girl's age" line is especially clever and vicious. Tyga, Kendrick, Kanye, and Push all catch strays. On "6PM in New York," he doesn't call anybody by name, but the subliminals are there. If you're going to claim king, you need to let the game know that you can burn a track. He went platinum and made the rap world stop off a mixtape-album. Slick talk Drake should be everybody's favorite Drake. Label: OVO Sound, Young Money, Cash Money, Republic Producer: Boi-1da, Frank Dukes, Sevn Thomas After ruminating on Future's warning he raps, "I think this got the 'Making of a Legend' feel." Boasts like these come from even the most struggle of SoundCloud rappers today, but he backed it up with the rest of his career. - Ian ServantesĪlbum: If You're Reading This It's Too Late He opens with a declaration of loneliness and closes with a declaration of greatness, filling in the core of the hookless song with "I can't believe I'm here" moments, mixed reactions to the consequences of success, and plots to take it all further-his own version of keeping it real. On "Say What's Real," Drake builds a foundation of emotional vulnerability and career-minded bravado, somehow without a trace of cognitive dissonance. So Far Gone would become one of the most important mixtapes of the era and cement the movement of post- 808s rappers. This wasn't Aubrey's first stab at a 'Ye instrumental-that goes to the "Barry Bonds" freestyle from his second mixtape, Comeback Season-but his hijacking of "Say You Will" came with more eyes on him than ever before. The message: you'd better kill if you have the moxie to take on a Kanye West beat. Long before Drake was toppling his peers at the top of rap game, Drake was heeding warnings from his DJ, Future the Prince. Well, other than copious amounts of money, but that’s another verse, another song, and he still doesn't have her. No wonder, much like Hannah Horvath’s boyfriend on this season of Girls, he’s addicted to naked pictures of what he almost had. He’s in that headspace where he’s only reflecting on what he could have had-the women-one in particular-who’s on the other line. Here he admits to the darker, sadder limits of his fame-making monsters of the women he’s “sponsoring” by paying for flights and hotels, fucking all the time and drinking even more. Drake’s best verses aren’t when he’s filled to the brim with braggadocio or cat fighting with Meek Mill-they’re when he’s vulnerable. His worst behavior (get it?) is all of our impulses after too much rosé, delirious over that one ex, which inevitably snowballs into picking up the phone. The song is a slow, alcohol-fueled thump about drunk dialing an ex who has a new dude-complete with a real drunk dial!. Sad, drunk, emo Drake is arguably the best Drake, thus making “Marvins Room” one of his best songs. Label: Aspire, Young Money, Cash Money, Republic
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