For all intents and purposes, the Drake of Views is the same one we got on If You’re Reading This and What a Time, but if his previous proper album ( Nothing Was the Same) foretold anything, it’s that the man peering down from CN Tower sees things differently than the rest of us. He isn’t too much for the world, though, ruminating on his position as one of music’s biggest names-and those who’d rather he wasn’t-on songs like “Still Here,” “Hype,” and “Grammys.” Maybe the the most affecting acknowledgment to this end is the fact that “Hotline Bling,” a strong contender for 2015 song of the summer, was such an afterthought by the time Views was released that it appears here as a bonus track. There are references here to specific people (“Redemption”), places (“Weston Road Flows”), and experiences (“Views”), along with nods to the influence of the city’s Caribbean population on “With You,” “Controlla,” and “Too Good” (which just happens to feature Rihanna). “I made a decision last night that I would die for it,” Drake raps on “9.” “Just to show the city what it takes to be alive for it.” Drake’s presence eclipsed Toronto just about as soon as So Far Gone dropped, but the city-and what it thinks of him-was never far from his mind. Views, which followed two wildly successful projects in 2015 that he’d branded as mixtapes- If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and the Future collab What a Time to Be Alive-would confirm him as both, his penchant for immaculate songwriting still fully intact and the pressures of existing as the most popular voice in rap, as well as his hometown’s most successful export, weighing heavy on his mind. He looks less like the superhero he’d made himself into over the course of a roughly six-year rise as singer-songwriter extraordinaire and more like a troubled monarch. In related Drake and CLB news, take a look at Drizzy and Giannis Antetokounmpo’s collaborative Nike T-shirt.On the cover of his fourth studio album Views, Drake looks down from atop Toronto’s CN Tower, paying homage to the city’s notoriously frigid winter temperatures in a heavyweight shearling coat and high-cut boots. There will always be a constant stream of young artists striving to get their piece of the pie by using the music that they create as a means of getting a. Stream Drake’s Certified Lover Boy on Spotify and Apple Music. He also promoted Certified Lover Boy by putting up billboards in places like Atlanta, New York City, Chicago and Nigeria to reveal that their homegrown talents will be joining the album. By early August, Drizzy himself confirmed that the album was finally finished and confirmed its release date following a subtle announcement during his SportsCenter takeover. RIP,” Drake wrote on Apple Music.Ĭertified Lover Boy is Drake’s first release since 2018’s Scorpion and arrives after several delays the record was initially scheduled to drop last summer, was postponed to January, then delayed again as he recovered from a knee surgery he underwent in October 2020. Dedicated to Nadia Ntuli and Mercedes Morr. Executive produced by me, Noah “40” Shebib, Oliver El-Khatib, and Noel Cadastre. Adele Calls Drake and Herself a Dying Breed Travis Scott Spotted on Golf Course with Michael Jordan and Mark Wahlberg Yo Gotti Pushes Back CM10: Free Game. “A combination of toxic masculinity and acceptance of truth which is inevitably heartbreaking. Clocking in at approximately an hour and 30 minutes, the 21-track album boasts a stacked list of guest appearances from Lil Baby, Lil Durk, GIVEON, JAY-Z, Travis Scott, Future, Young Thug, 21 Savage, Tems, Project Pat, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and Kid Cudi.
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