Never one to shy away from beating his chest, Drake takes bravado to the extreme on “We Made It,” yet you never doubt his sincerity for a second, even as he ratchets up the douchebaggery on cringe-worthy lines like “ She said she working for Walgreens but not at the store at the head office / The head was so good it makes sense why you work at the head office.” In typical Drake fashion, he makes you feel like the coolest motherfucker alive without having to put forth much of an effort. Release: December 28, 2013, on OVO SoundCloud After letting long-time hype man OB O’Brien open the song with a verse, Drake glides over the DJ Mustard-produced beat like Tinashe, only better, before 40’s atmospheric production leads us into “Thotful,” the second-half of the two-parter. Perhaps the greatest testament to Drake’s unbelievable run that year is that “2 On/Thotful” is probably the eighth best song in the group. Take a moment and look at this murderer’s row of hits he released between December 2013 and October 2014: “0 to 100/The Catch Up,” “Tuesday,” “Draft Day,” “Trophies,” “Wade Made It,” “Days in the East,” “How Bout Now,” “6 God,” and “Heat of the Moment.” I mean, good God. “Club Paradise”ĭrake ran the rap game in 2014 solely on the strength of one-off singles. He’s the only rapper who could explain his understanding of women with lyrics like “ I know Girls love Beyonce / Girls wanna fuck with your conscience,” before following it up with sad-sack lines like “ These days it’s hard to meet women / Feel like my love life is finished,” without being hated. And while Drake may not have brought his A-game, he’s at his most confused, confessional self. On the surface, this track felt contrived－ of course 40 would build a beat around Destiny’s Child’s biggest hit, for Drake to wallow－but did you really think 40’s flip of “Say My Name” would be anything short of gorgeous? I doubt it. Release: April 16, 2013, on OVO SoundCloud Hearing Drake rap that he’s “ 26 on his third GQ cover” is a sobering reminder of how much time has passed you can’t help but feel nostalgic for this version of the pair, back when they had time to playfully talk shit while eyeing the throne. Cole at a pivotal moment in their respective careers－no longer rookies but not quite veterans, their reign just beginning.
Release: June 22, 2013, on OVO SoundCloud Release: September 13, 2008, on Drake’s SoundCloud Backed by a grimy bassline courtesy of Frank Dukes and Vinylz, Drake weaves between rapping and singing, spitting petty bars to an unnamed woman that you can’t help but sing along to. Release: July 25, 2015, on OVO Sound RadioĪrriving alongside Drake’s first response to Meek Mill’s ghostwriting claims (“Charged Up”) and the then-biggest-single-of-his-career (“Hotline Bling”), on the second episode of OVO Sound Radio, “Right Hand” never had a chance to penetrate the culture. Still, “Free Spirit” is a great song in its own right, if not further proof that a Drizzy-Rozay full-length project would’ve been a blast. Remember back in 2011 when Drake and Rick Ross were teasing a joint project called Y.O.L.O? Released two months before Take Care, “Free Spirit” was noticeably left off the project, which isn’t surprising given that a stronger Ross feature (“Lord Knows”) appeared on the LP. Release: September 10, 2011, on OVO SoundCloud
Arriving two months before he’d signal the beginning of Take Care Season with “I’m On One” and “Dreams Money Can Buy,” his verse on “All of the Lights” put the rest of the rap game on notice. And while he claimed to not care about being removed from the final cut, his performance on the star-studded remix suggests otherwise. But when the final version appeared on Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy the following November, Drake was absent. In August 2010, a snippet of a song that would become “All of the Lights” leaked, with a Drake verse at the beginning.
Nine years later, though the tape never came to fruition, “I Get Lonely Too” is all the evidence one needs to be convinced that it likely would’ve been a better showcase of R&B Drake than Side B of Scorpion. That summer, as R&B-soaked reference tracks he penned for other artists sprung leaks, Drake revealed the first song from the project, “I Get Lonely Too.” The cut sees 40 masterfully strip down TLC’s “Fan Mail,” building a throbbing bass beat which helps Drake get in his feelings. “I Get Lonely Too”ĭrake spent the months following the June 2010 release of Thank Me Later teasing an R&B mixtape titled It’s Never Enough. Editor's Note: "My Side" was eventually added as one of two bonus tracks on the CD version of If You're Reading This It's Too Late.
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