Drake – 'Started From The Bottom'
Has Drake been driven MAAD by sometime collaborator Kendrick Lamar? ‘Started From The Bottom’ has more than a touch of KL’s sound, riding an addictive, insistent loop to chart his remarkable rise from humble beginnings. Humble? Drake?...
Drake Featuring Rick Ross - 'Lord Knows'
Our hearts break for Drake: he’s shame-facedly sexing up porn stars but he “ don’t trust these hos ”, even checking their phones when they go to the bathroom. The tragedy of today’s youth: mo’ pussy, mo’ problems, as my grandma...
Drake feat Lil Wayne - 'HYFR'
Our favourite bit in this amazing track is when Lil Wayne reflects on the type of mad-ass questions he gets asked during interviews.?“ Do you ever get nervous? ”?“ I heard you fucked your girl, is it true? ” and the nonsensical, “ U...
Drake
Shut the hell up, O2 Arena! Drake has something he wants to say. “Seriously y’all, I feel like London is responsible for so much of my career. So this isn’t just a concert, it’s a party. It’s a celebration of me!” Yep, tonight’s the...
Drake - 'Take Care'
In indie circles, R&B has long been stigmatised – sickly sweet vocals and dry humping inanimate objects not being in keeping with the ethos of the asymmetrically fringed masses. Drake has completely transcended any such snobbery with a...
Drake ft. Rihanna - 'Take Care'
Producer Jamie xx completes the dream team on this epic anthem of emo-hop taken from Drake ’s delayed ‘Take Care’ album. Like the negative to ‘What’s My Name’ s’ full-colour Polaroid, Drake twists hip-hop’s macho bravado...
Live Review: Drake
So Aubrey Drake Graham is taking a moment during his first-ever London show. He’s explaining how we might know him from teen drama spin-off Degrassi: The Next Generation , but how now he’s a superstar rapper. He is listing his favourite...
Drake - 'Thank Me Later' (Young Money/Island)
OK, here’s the thing. Hip-hop should be many things, but chummy is not one of them. And it is starting to get exactly that. The most annoying embodiment of this new chumminess came on the Jay-Z track ‘A Star Is Born’ from ‘The...
