“Views From the 6” is due for release in April.
“Controlla” has been deleted from SoundCloud. Them girls, they just wanna take my money They don’t want me to give you nothing They don’t want you to have nothing They don’t wanna see me find your lovin’ The track has a “downtempo Caribbean” vibe as the rapper seems to sing for a girl trying to control him.Īnd here is the notable lyrics for “Controlla” below. Meanwhile, “Controlla” features dancehall artist Popcaan.
I sit inside chauffeur car, With windows down and count the stars. Just listen to the life I’ve made in songs. “Things I Forgot To Do” is also not a “bedroom jam like so many of his songs.”Ĭheck out notable lyrics for “Things I Forgot To Do” below. A personal favorite of mine is “Childs Play,” in which Drake tells his date to stop fighting with him in the Cheesecake Factory (“You know I luh to go there”) because the Camry-driving, Disney-going families at nearby tables don’t need to hear about their issues.Hot New Hip Hop calls the track a “definite departure for Drake.” The Canadian rapper only sings on the track. Still, Drake’s storytelling is as funny and captivating as it was on those earlier albums. His quick rise to fame brought with it fake friends, clingy women and a disconnect from his Canadian roots, and he’s still wading through these same issues with little more than he had to say about them on “Take Care” or “Nothing Was the Same.”
Summery tunes like “One Dance” and “Too Good” have lighter, bouncier melodies, but the lyrics are just as Drake-ishly moody.ĭespite a new Caribbean influence on the instrumentals (reminiscent of his recent song collaboration with Rihanna, “Work”) and better-than-ever production, “Views” touches on many of the same lyrical themes Drake has focused on for the past couple of years. The “colder” winter songs- “Keep the Family Close” and “Feel No Ways”-are more contemplative, with Drake questioning the loyalty of his friends and his girl. His introspective lyrics aren’t new, but they’re more contradictory than before.Ī shift in tone about halfway through the album has a seasonal quality to it, setting songs in the contrasting Toronto winters and summers. The cover of the album shows Drake sitting on the Toronto CN Tower (an embarrassing Photoshop blunder that makes it look like the rapper is 12 feet tall), and “the 6” no longer referred to in the title but still present in the album’s lyrics is a reference to two of the city’s area codes, 416 and 647. “Views”-initially titled “Views From the 6”-is an ode to the neighborhood in Toronto where Drake was raised and gained much of his musical inspiration. And certainly these topics could each play a role in the same album, but here, they’re competing with each other. Drake doesn’t seem to know whether he wants to talk about his fame, his romantic exploits or his childhood. It’s a strong first track that opens the album slowly but confidently-and on a pretty sour note that suggests Drake may be holding on to some grudges.įrom there, the album becomes difficult to read. Drake opens with “Keep the Family Close,” in which he reflects on lost friendships and romantic ties from his past (“All of my ‘let’s just be friends’ are friends I don’t have anymore”) over a soft beat that turns into a billowing drumming.