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Back to back drake vocals only12/11/2022 That much is clear on " Headlines," the album's lead single. OWEN MYERSĭrake was famously unhappy with Thank Me Later, his official YMCMB-released debut, so by the time his second label album Take Care came around, he'd spent a little more time writing, recording, and choosing singles that matched with his aspirations. (Still quotable, ad infinitum: Fuck I look like, hoe/ I look like yes and you look like no.) She is rightly thrilled to make broke bitches as bitter as the lemon rind garnishing the Hennessy cocktail you picture her sipping. Minaj checks off her million-dollar mixtape earnings, gift for bars, and good looks with relish. If the Young Money golden duo were flirtatious on 2009’s “Bedrock,” then here they play sparring partners in a face-off of power and influence. So the party goes on, with Nicki Minaj as its featured guest of honor. This only makes Drake’s swagger feel more defiant: there's a sense not of living large despite the consequences, but because you know you’ll regret it later. Like Drake’s threatened voodoo for you bitches, producer Boi-1da’s swelling strings and sharp snares give the track a grim murkiness, as if foreboding the inevitable comedown after the night’s end. If Sofia Coppola had made Marie Antoinette a decade later, “Up All Night” would have fit the film's soundtrack perfectly. He is waited on, the recipient of gifts: Kush rolled, glass full, I prefer the better things. Having earned his place, on this song Drake takes pleasure in reaping the rewards of his new influence. “Up All Night” is like a hit of cocaine: tinging with cold confidence, certain of its prowess. And for me, You could have my heart or we could share it like the last slice remains the most romantic line of any Drake song to date. For those of us who always loved Jimmy, we rarely look back, but when we do it’s with warmth and nostalgia. After “Best I Ever Had” went three times platinum, Graham completed another seamless transition: from Jimmy Brooks to Drake. In addition to being his fictional school’s best and only rapper, Jimmy Brooks was the star of the Degrassi Panthers-that is, before another student brought a gun to school and shot him in the back, paralyzing him from the waist down and setting him on his path to become Degrassi’s coolest paraplegic basketball coach. The irony here, if you didn’t catch it, is that Graham is once again reprising a role. “Best I Ever Had” was supplemented with a memorable music video where Drake coaches a women-only, booty shorts-wearing basketball team (“But Drake, all you did was teach us how to stretch!” one points out). I memorized I can make your pussy whistle/ Like the Andy Griffith theme song almost immediately. It was like Lil’ Wayne had scooped him straight out of his TV wheelchair to join Young Money. ![]() ![]() The 100th and last episode of Degrassi: The Next Generation that a young Aubrey Graham appeared in was titled “ Lost In Love Part 1.” The same day that episode aired in the U.S., Graham, as Drake, dropped his single “ Best I Ever Had.” His TV character, Jimmy Brooks, was also a rapper-he and ex-girlfriend Ashley used to perform together, most notably at the talent show in season seven. Yet here we are, all this time later, and he's still singing all the same things-only with more confidence and from someplace deeper in his diaphragm. The part where he offers to tattoo her name on his heart is corny as hell, even if this was before he got his first tattoo (the OVO owl on his shoulder blade). But he's only being a bit naive if he truly believes that a flurry of ones will do it. It’s sweet but selfish when he advices the dancer he desires, Until you find yourself, it’s impossible to loose you/ Because I never had you. Beyond that, "Houstalantavegas"-which is named for the triad of cities which boast the richest strip-club culture-neatly encapsulates everything Drake was, is, and (probably) will be about. ![]() Listening back to " Houstalantavegas” today, he sounds almost entirely unrecognizable: his voice is thin and his tone hushed, as if he were signing to an audience of one. In the half-dozen years since So Far Gone was released, Drake has gotten really good at singing.
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