Though he drops the occasional line that dazzles (“All my exes live in Texas like I’m George Strait”), Drake is a middle-of-the-pack rapper at best.
The collabo with the predictably brilliant André 3000 and Lil Wayne also point out Drake’s shortcomings as a rapper. The super-moody collaboration with the Weeknd on “Crew Love” is another highlight, though it does point out the problematic fact that the Weeknd beats Drake out in the vocal department. The album's most unique track, “Take Care,” features Jamie Smith of the xx working with Shebib on an (almost) uptempo, (almost) danceable song that has a typically great vocal from Rihanna. Cashe take things one step further toward R&B by creating a late-night after-hours club feel on the bittersweet “Look What You’ve Done” (which features a phone message left for Drake by his grandmother). Boi-1DA gives “Headlines” a jaunty synth line that Drake matches with his strongest rap, T-Minus brings some booty bass to the thoughtfully sexy Nicky Minaj feature “Make Me Proud,” Just Blaze builds “Lord Knows” around some majestic samples that let Drake brag like a boss, and Chase N. When other producers take over, there is a definite shift in mood. Drake’s longtime producer/partner Noah “40” Shebib did most of the production work, and he surrounds Drake’s voice with murky beats, layers of dusky synths, and moody guitars that fit Drake’s voice perfectly the two work together to create a thick mood of melancholy. For the most part, increased success hasn’t done much to improve Drake’s mood, as he details his failures at love, his worries about living a hollow life, and his general malaise.
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The plan fell through, but his 2011 album Take Care has the feel of a late-night R&B album, full of slow tempos, muted textures, impassioned crooning, and an introspective tone that is only rarely punctured by aggressive tracks, boasts, and/or come-ons. The young artist made a reputation of creative and original musician, and his songs prove it very well.After the huge commercial and artistic success of his last album, Thank Me Later, Drake threatened/promised that his next album would be a straight-up R&B record that forsook rapping for vocals. That record included collaborations with such famous rappers as Kanye West, Jay-Z and Lil Wayne, and that proves the level and the quality of that album. In 2010 Drake won a Juno Award for his work So Far Gone in the nomination Rap Recording of the Year, which is extremely important for the young singer.ĭrake’s debut studio album Thank Me Later was released in 2010. In 2009 Graham signed the contract with Young Money Entertainment and soon after that he went on a America's Most Wanted Tour with many famous rappers. The hit song Best I Ever Had was nominated for Grammy in Best Rap Song and Best Rap Solo Performance. After the release of So Far Gone Drake found himself in the higher league: he worked jointly with Jay-Z, Kanye West, Timbaland and other famous performers.
Later the EP So Far Gone appeared, including several songs from the mixtape, such as Best I Ever Had and Successful. That record turned out to be successful and really called-for, so it went to the radio pretty soon. Thereby, So Far Gone received more than two thousands downloads in the first two hours of release.
Graham managed to get a reputation of a very talented singer in a short period of time, since his first works were issued. In 2009 Drake released his third official mixtape titled So Far Gone. The musicians recorded several songs, including Ransom, I Want This Forever and remix for Drake’s composition Brand New. The young singer was noticed in no time, and later he collaborated with the famous rapper Lil' Wayne. In 2007 Drake was featured on BET channel with his single Replacement Girl. Everybody could check Drake’s creativity on his official myspace page, and in a year he issued the second work titled Comeback Season. When Drake was five years old, his parents divorced, and he was raised by his mother, however Aubrey spent almost every summer with his father in Memphis.ĭrake’s musical career started in 2006, when he released the first mixtape Room for Improvement. His father played drums with a famous singer and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis, that is why Aubrey has been familiar with music since his very childhood. Canadian actor and musician Drake (full name Aubrey Drake Graham) was born in 1986 in Toronto.