Roughly 42% percent of Toronto’s Caribbean is Jamaican, and the same way American youth uses hip-hop slang - patois is just another part of youth culture in The 6. However, unlike most places in America, Drake’s hometown is closely connected to musicians and culture from the Caribbean and Londontown. The online peanut gallery loves to check Drake for borrowing sounds associated with dancehall, soca and most currently the vibes from London.
Throughout the project, the Toronto-bred enigma competently blends all of his current influences into a playlist which sounds like a tailor-made soundtrack for every last taste of his worldly fanbase.
This well-manicured album, er, playlist, is simply the next chapter in Drake’s captivating biopic. Drizzy isn’t bouncing back from a cotdamn thing with his fifth official solo project, More Life. But when you’re only really competing with yourself nowadays, what do you really use as barometers when measuring your success?Īfter 4 extremely culturally impactful studio albums to his name, millions of records sold, victorious rap battles, endless awards, and the most savage of celebrity tings - there is no competition for the man. As fans and critics, we also craved more from Aubrey Graham. “One Dance” and “Hotline Bling” were undeniable smash records, but even the 6 God felt a way about taking home a rap Grammy for the latter. We would be lying to ourselves if we didn’t admit that VIEWS was somewhat of a disappointment. It wouldn’t be fair to call Drake the comeback kid at this point.