For two years, Drizzy boosted a curiosity for VIEWS while delivering If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and the joint Future album, What A Time To Be Alive, but also found ways to fuse his music into popular culture. Seeing how many new artists have adopted the emo-raps the 29-year-old has made popular over the years, the rapper has already made classic moves. As he bluntly spits “Views already a classic” on “Hype,” web tears flowed in a matter of keyboard commenters who argued the rapper peaked at his Grammy-winning sophomore album Take Care. While we’ll never fully see into Drake’s world other than what he presents, many have been quick to digest VIEWS as an album that doesn’t provide the right carbon footprint into the rapper’s legacy. “I thought it was very important to do the album here.” The 20-track LP opens up with sunny flashy joints like “Weston Road Flows” and “Still Here.” His reggae, Afropop influences on “Controlla” (no respek for Popcaan sadly), “One Dance” and RiRi-assisted “Too Good” show he and Noah “40” Shebib are great at challenging hip-hop’s sound.ĭrake Dropped From "No Guidance" Copyright Lawsuit “We really love our summers but we really make our winters work,” he explained. As fans gathered around their laptops fireside chats-style to listen and tweet their thoughts, Drake revealed to Beats 1’s Zane Lowe on the theme of the album, a changing of seasons in his homeland of Toronto.
VIEWS, the album previously known as Views From The 6, dropped via Apple Music on Friday evening (April 29). In the middle of this comes the most-anticipated album of the year-the fourth LP from Drake.
It’s been a big year for music, full of Lemonade from Beyonce, stretching our hands to Kanye’s The Life of Pablo to millions pushing Prince’s legacy to the ethos following his untimely passing. On VIEWS, Drizzy presents what fans want, but like the Toronto rapper, they will never be satisfied.