This is where the international phenom really enters his sweet spot. Drake once again makes it clear that he’s ready and willing to Meek Mill any other opponents looking to cast shade upon his name. Then it’s right into the Giggs-assisted “No Long Talk,” an aggressive rap track clearly influenced by the evolving Grime genre. It ends with some tough talk by Baka, one of Drake’s close cohorts, known as a dude who will protect the boy by any means necessary. On the More Life intro, “Free Smoke,” Drizzy leaves the crooning alone and rhymes his ass off over a sinister production by Allen Ritter and Boi-1da. From the jump, he makes it clear that despite the massive R&B singles from VIEWS, he ain’t ever rusty when it comes to pure rhymes. Now that we have addressed the sonic criticisms of the album, let’s focus on the highs and lows of Drake’s latest offering. expats currently reside in Canada (The country is home to over 600,000 British expats.) so to label Drake as some outsider vultching off culture is lame. Further research will show that London has also historically been connected to the reggae community - and a large population of U.K. Roughly 42% percent of Toronto’s Caribbean is Jamaican, and the same way American youth uses hip-hop slang - patois is just another part of youth culture in The 6. However, unlike most places in America, Drake’s hometown is closely connected to musicians and culture from the Caribbean and Londontown. The online peanut gallery loves to check Drake for borrowing sounds associated with dancehall, soca and most currently the vibes from London. Throughout the project, the Toronto-bred enigma competently blends all of his current influences into a playlist which sounds like a tailor-made soundtrack for every last taste of his worldly fanbase. This well-manicured album, er, playlist, is simply the next chapter in Drake’s captivating biopic. Drizzy isn’t bouncing back from a cotdamn thing with his fifth official solo project, More Life. But when you’re only really competing with yourself nowadays, what do you really use as barometers when measuring your success?Īfter 4 extremely culturally impactful studio albums to his name, millions of records sold, victorious rap battles, endless awards, and the most savage of celebrity tings - there is no competition for the man. As fans and critics, we also craved more from Aubrey Graham. “One Dance” and “Hotline Bling” were undeniable smash records, but even the 6 God felt a way about taking home a rap Grammy for the latter. We would be lying to ourselves if we didn’t admit that VIEWS was somewhat of a disappointment. It wouldn’t be fair to call Drake the comeback kid at this point.

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