Throwback Thursdays – The day Drake dropped 4 songs

Okay. This was a pretty good day. I talked before about Drake releasing some music the morning after the J. Cole concert in NYC, but I think it’s a good time to talk a bit more about it. So, in true Drizzy style, the MC thought he’d just drop 4 songs out of the blue at like 5AM. The thing is that I was in NY at the time, which means I was still sleeping. However, all my friends back home already knew about this so my phone was getting hit up hard. I mean, I must of had like 20-30 messages when I woke up. So yeah, before I even got up I was on this lovely new OVO website to listen to this cluster of music. I’m not saying any of them were bad, but there really is an order to them, and one motherfucker was all the summer could think about.

4. PND (Ft. Drake) – Over Here. This was a little single off the upcoming mixtape by PND, PARTNEXTDOOR. The song is nice. It is clean and smooth. Something that everyone is going to like and is easy on the ears. PartyNextDoor himself lays down vocals which pretty much make up the song. But then Drake spits a clear verse giving us a bit more to his story. But all in all. It was good.

3. Drake(Ft. Sampha) – The Motion. Now I guess this one could be argued. You might think that this should be 2^nd instead. It was a classic Drake song with him rapping for the most part, but his melody was just too much to contain. It’s another calm beat with a rather brash verse from Drizzy. Starting with “I don’t have a fuck to give” kin

da gives a vibe for what the song is going to be. But yeah, he goes on talking about how he is vital to hip hop and how his life has changed since he has reached the top.

2. Drake (Ft. J. Cole) – Jodeci Freestyle. This is a tune which sometimes I, myself think is one of Drake’s best work. He spits 2 verses which you just can’t help to agree with. Like I said, I was in The Big Apple when it dropped and still, when I listen to it now, it is hella nostalgic. Makes me feel like I’m back over the pond. This song was a long time coming. I guess Drake just didn’t know the best way to phrase it. After a hiatus from singles for over a year, Drake dropped SFTB and everything just blew up. It really is like Jodeci is back. J. Cole threw some sweet bars in the middle of Drake’s which some argue ‘murdered’ him, but I don’t know about that. I still prefer Aubrey’s. If you remember, there was some complaints over the “I’m artistic, you autistic, retarded, started.” Both J. Cole and Drake later apologises for any offence caused.

1. Migos (Ft. Drake) – Versace (Remix). You guys new this was coming. This is the motherfucker. Come on. This was undoubtedly the song of the summer. There wasn’t a single place you were going which didn’t have “Versace Versace Versace Versace Versace Versace!” screaming from the speakers. Let’s not forget that before Drake out his verse on this track, all of about seven people had heard it. So Drake did his thing, and the world was introduced to Migos (which is a trio, if you didn’t know.)

Drake shook the hip hop world with these 4 tracks. He totally shut every artist down. No one was listening to anyone else. No one cared about MCHG, Yeezus or Born Sinner. Everyone was bumpin’ Drake. Obviously it was fairly short lived. But the moment will be remembered for years to come. Drake really showed his dominance in the game with this move. It was risky, it doesn’t happen very often. He could have released them songs over a couple months, but he made his play and it paid off.