Drake closer to my dreams genius
“Conspiracies to end my run and send me a message / 40, did you get the message? / Cause I just checked my phone and I didn’t get it.” Yes, it’s a typical rapper’s material (and, for that matter, atypical Drake material), but it does underline a bit of the progress Drake has undergone, from angsty, emotional teenage rapper to a man confident in his place atop today’s music industry. On the track, Drake reflects on his nearly 15-year music career, starting by doing what rappers do and puffing out his musical chest. No, it did not use the “30 for 30” theme song on repeat like I hoped it would, but the song still embodied the essence of the award-winning sports documentary series, to the point that I almost expected Drake to begin his verse with the series’ trademark “What if I told you … ” opening. But Drake was the one who truly stood out to me on this project, especially on the song “30 for 30 Freestyle.”
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I’m still a fan of his work - as I said, he keeps putting out hits that get stuck in my head for days at a time (especially because they’re easy to remember). However, Future was far from the true star of the mixtape.
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Last week, the two leading rappers of the “new school,” Drake and Future, linked up for the collaborative mixtape “What a Time to Be Alive.” While the pair aren’t the first artists people naturally expect to link up for a project, sometimes it is indeed true the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.įuture, best known for his simplistic - albeit infectious - songs laced with an Auto-Tuned, hit-making voice, seemed to find a niche with Drake’s versatile delivery, as the two churned out multiple “party banger” songs thanks in large part to producer Metro Boomin (who might be best known for his work on ILOVEMAKONNEN and Drake’s “Tuesday”).