Drake's studio albums have, for the most part, bore the pressure of commercial expectations. They need to check certain boxes, i.e. pop single, R&B crossover, high-profile collaborators in order ...
They had a distant relationship for a while but have since gotten close. Drake's first big-time mixtape, titled "So Far Gone," was released in 2009 and featured some of his biggest early hits like ...
Once upon a time, Drake and Kanye seemed destined to be friends. One of Drake's first mixtapes, 2007's Comeback Season, saw him freestyle over Kanye's album track Barry Bonds. He later told MTV ...
His album "If You're Reading This..." went platinum despite zero promotion, no tour, and Drake's continued insistence that it was just a mixtape, not a "real" album. His single, "Hotline Bling ...
His "Worst Behavior" video has over 50,000,000 plays on YouTube: Earlier this year Drake released a mixtape, "If you're reading this it's too late"; it produced record numbers and went platinum ...
Plus, how Drake’s So Far Gone mixtape fits into this digital evolution. Some artists and DJs mentioned in this episode: DJ Drama, HustleGRL, J. Cole, Kid Capri, DJ Doo Wop, DJ Clue. For ...