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for real...i was listening to some old tracks just SMH the whole time...
🦉The Official Drake Thread6️⃣ - Drake & PND Album Fall 2024
for real...i was listening to some old tracks just SMH the whole time...
quik1987
Banned
- Apr 21, 2001
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lol at 4:50 when he shoves her off the stage
SBTRKT featuring Drake @ Wrongbar from NOW Magazine on Vimeo
SBTRKT featuring Drake @ Wrongbar from NOW Magazine on Vimeo
ultralightbeam
formerly i lyricaljkilla i
- Nov 14, 2003
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Drake's first single titled 'Headlines'
Produced by Boi-1da & 40.
Uptempo banger. (according to CNC)
Produced by Boi-1da & 40.
Uptempo banger. (according to CNC)
- Sep 4, 2004
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cant wait
- Sep 14, 2009
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Looks like he's gonna have The Weeknd on his album. I'm pretty sure they're about to make a bunch of tracks together it only makes sense
By Jonah Weiner
July 22, 2011 10:00 AM ET
King of the North: Drake records in Toronto.
Hyghly Alleyne and Lamar Taylor
"I hate singles," Drake says. It's a funny thing to hear from the rapper behind hits like "Best I Ever Had" and "Find Your Love," but he says he's always felt this way â now more than ever, as he puts the finishing touches on his second full-length LP, Take Care (due October 24th). "With this album, I want to tell a whole story," he adds. "I don't want people to just hear a piece and judge the album on that."
Drake is home in Toronto, recording at his longtime producer Noah "40" Shebib's studio. The vibe is industrial yet cozy: exposed brick, low lighting, plenty of high-grade weed and virtually no decoration aside from a vinyl copy of U.K. dubstep crooner James Blake's debut on a windowsill. "This is home," says Drake, wearing a T-shirt, black jeans and work boots. "If I'm in a big expensive studio, it starts messing with my head about what kind of music I should be making."
To a degree, that's what happened with his 2010 debut, Thank Me Later, which sold 1.4 million copies and transformed Drake from mixtape phenom to platinum-certified star. "In no way am I not proud of it," he says, "but I think I got caught up in making it seem big and first-album-+%!. I was a bit numb, a bit disconnected from myself. I wasn't able to slow down and realize what was going on around me."
He's taking a more deliberate approach with Take Care, toiling over the sort of intricately observed lyrics that made his breakthrough mixtape, 2009's So Far Gone, so thrilling. Tales of next-level conspicuous consumption (he shouts out celeb chef Thomas Keller's French Laundry restaurant, where he dined on a recent Napa Valley wine-tasting trip) butt up against memories of middle-class striving (he references renting luxury cars he couldn't afford). Adds Drake, "The whole process has been about slowing life down and really pinpointing emotions."
He cues up several tracks in various states of completion, all of which sit squarely in the sparse, somber register that's become his trademark. "Shot for Me," the likely album opener, is a marvel of melancholy bravado: He sings "%%$!@, I'm the man" in a moan that undercuts the brag, over a beat (courtesy of Shebib) that pairs aching synthesizer notes with an exhilarating barrage of high-hats. Other highlights include "Free Spirit," featuring Rick Ross and the refrain "Tat my name on you so I know it's real," and "The Real Her," a narcotically woozy love song with detuned pianos and a Lil Wayne guest spot. Drake is also looking forward to collaborating with Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. buzzy R&B gloomster the Weeknd â and, if he gets his wish, veteran beatsmith DJ Premier, Florence and the Machine's Florence Welch, and the xx's Jamie Smith. "No matter who's on it, it goes through the Drake filter," Shebib says. "He's so hands-on about how everything sounds."
Many rappers tout their effortlessness, but Drake is proudly perfectionist. Several of the verses he's written for the album are still missing their last two bars. "If your writing is strong enough, those lines dictate what the hook is gonna be about, how you're gonna go into the second verse," he says. "You need the exit moment, you know? 'And the crowd goes wild...'"
By Jonah Weiner
July 22, 2011 10:00 AM ET
King of the North: Drake records in Toronto.
Hyghly Alleyne and Lamar Taylor
"I hate singles," Drake says. It's a funny thing to hear from the rapper behind hits like "Best I Ever Had" and "Find Your Love," but he says he's always felt this way â now more than ever, as he puts the finishing touches on his second full-length LP, Take Care (due October 24th). "With this album, I want to tell a whole story," he adds. "I don't want people to just hear a piece and judge the album on that."
Drake is home in Toronto, recording at his longtime producer Noah "40" Shebib's studio. The vibe is industrial yet cozy: exposed brick, low lighting, plenty of high-grade weed and virtually no decoration aside from a vinyl copy of U.K. dubstep crooner James Blake's debut on a windowsill. "This is home," says Drake, wearing a T-shirt, black jeans and work boots. "If I'm in a big expensive studio, it starts messing with my head about what kind of music I should be making."
To a degree, that's what happened with his 2010 debut, Thank Me Later, which sold 1.4 million copies and transformed Drake from mixtape phenom to platinum-certified star. "In no way am I not proud of it," he says, "but I think I got caught up in making it seem big and first-album-+%!. I was a bit numb, a bit disconnected from myself. I wasn't able to slow down and realize what was going on around me."
He's taking a more deliberate approach with Take Care, toiling over the sort of intricately observed lyrics that made his breakthrough mixtape, 2009's So Far Gone, so thrilling. Tales of next-level conspicuous consumption (he shouts out celeb chef Thomas Keller's French Laundry restaurant, where he dined on a recent Napa Valley wine-tasting trip) butt up against memories of middle-class striving (he references renting luxury cars he couldn't afford). Adds Drake, "The whole process has been about slowing life down and really pinpointing emotions."
He cues up several tracks in various states of completion, all of which sit squarely in the sparse, somber register that's become his trademark. "Shot for Me," the likely album opener, is a marvel of melancholy bravado: He sings "%%$!@, I'm the man" in a moan that undercuts the brag, over a beat (courtesy of Shebib) that pairs aching synthesizer notes with an exhilarating barrage of high-hats. Other highlights include "Free Spirit," featuring Rick Ross and the refrain "Tat my name on you so I know it's real," and "The Real Her," a narcotically woozy love song with detuned pianos and a Lil Wayne guest spot. Drake is also looking forward to collaborating with Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. buzzy R&B gloomster the Weeknd â and, if he gets his wish, veteran beatsmith DJ Premier, Florence and the Machine's Florence Welch, and the xx's Jamie Smith. "No matter who's on it, it goes through the Drake filter," Shebib says. "He's so hands-on about how everything sounds."
Many rappers tout their effortlessness, but Drake is proudly perfectionist. Several of the verses he's written for the album are still missing their last two bars. "If your writing is strong enough, those lines dictate what the hook is gonna be about, how you're gonna go into the second verse," he says. "You need the exit moment, you know? 'And the crowd goes wild...'"
ultralightbeam
formerly i lyricaljkilla i
- Nov 14, 2003
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LOL @ Big Sean taking swipes back at Aubrey.
DYNAMICS
formerly diplomat tdot
- Jun 26, 2002
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OVO Apparel available Sunday.
http://octobersveryown.blogspot.com/2011/07/octobers-very-own-ovofest-2011.html
http://octobersveryown.blogspot.com/2011/07/octobers-very-own-ovofest-2011.html
- Jun 25, 2008
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the ovoxo takeover begins in august.
- Sep 19, 2003
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I heard something..
- Sep 14, 2009
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Originally Posted by BrOwNiN187
I heard something..
- Dec 18, 2005
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online??
quik1987
Banned
- Apr 21, 2001
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- Sep 19, 2003
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DYNAMICS
formerly diplomat tdot
- Jun 26, 2002
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If any locals are going on Sunday and want gear I'd suggest going real early. I won't get into numbers but all that stuff for sale is really limited, most was made last minute.
DYNAMICS
formerly diplomat tdot
- Jun 26, 2002
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For tonight:
Weeknd - 7:40
Rozay - 8:10
Drake - 9:00
Weeknd - 7:40
Rozay - 8:10
Drake - 9:00
- Jan 9, 2009
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Headlines has been on OVO.net
- Feb 27, 2008
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Originally Posted by ex carrabba fan
Originally Posted by BrOwNiN187
I heard something..
- Mar 16, 2010
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Wait so Weeknd,Ross,Wayne,Stevie #@@$%*+ Wonder,Nas,Drizzy and Jermaine all just performed?? !+# was I doing here?!?!?
I had no idea all these dudes were gonna be there,next year I'm making it a mission to go if there's gonna be another one.
- Feb 13, 2007
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concert in order...
-The Weeknd performed 4 songs (high for this, birds, what you need, wicked games)
-Rozay performed a quick set (hustle hard, hustlin, john doe, 9 piece, mc hammer, BMF, and some more i can't remember)
-Drake came out and had J.Cole, Nas, Stevie Wonder and Wayne come out.
Cole came out to do In The Morning
Nas came out to do Made You Look and If I Ruled The World
Stevie Wonder came out to do Superstition, My Cheri Amor and 3 other songs i don't know the titles to.
Wayne came out to do Miss Me, 6'7 and John with Rick Ross.
They closed the show out with I'm On One with Drake, Wayne and Rick Ross all performing.
Drake performed Up All Night, Marvin's room, Trust Issues with The Weeknd, Show me a good time, Over, and a whole bunch i cant remember.
-The Weeknd performed 4 songs (high for this, birds, what you need, wicked games)
-Rozay performed a quick set (hustle hard, hustlin, john doe, 9 piece, mc hammer, BMF, and some more i can't remember)
-Drake came out and had J.Cole, Nas, Stevie Wonder and Wayne come out.
Cole came out to do In The Morning
Nas came out to do Made You Look and If I Ruled The World
Stevie Wonder came out to do Superstition, My Cheri Amor and 3 other songs i don't know the titles to.
Wayne came out to do Miss Me, 6'7 and John with Rick Ross.
They closed the show out with I'm On One with Drake, Wayne and Rick Ross all performing.
Drake performed Up All Night, Marvin's room, Trust Issues with The Weeknd, Show me a good time, Over, and a whole bunch i cant remember.
- Oct 10, 2005
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he was cool with her until he noticed he didn't know who she was
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Trying to see Stevie performance and that Trust Issues duet vid
- Jul 27, 2008
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link to headline?
- Feb 25, 2008
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is there a release date for the album yet?
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Originally Posted by cartune
Trying to see Stevie performance and that Trust Issues duet vid
