Thank you Drake…

By Tanya Royes.

It’s far from over for the Canadian born rapper, Drake having had four years of hard graft as a hot rapper in the underground rap scene, creating raw material on his mixtapes to developing into an artist to bring us his debut album, ‘Thank me later.’

Lil Wayne, his mentor has pushed Drake forward to be one of the best MC’s to date. From his mixtape’s spraying originality of not being the average rapper of splurging lyrics about violence, drugs and guns, Drizzy produces real and uncut insights about life dramas and love, playing on the fusion of R&B and rap, styled with his euphoric way of rapping.

‘Fireworks’ is the soulful introductory song merging a piano melody and hip hop beat, complemented with the talented Miss Alicia Keys on the chorus. He expresses his feelings about love and all the positive and negatives tied to it. In a short verse of the song he talks about the fling he had with the Bajan beauty singer Rihanna, last year May, which he recently confessed on V-103 Rickey Smiley radio show. He’s raps:
“what happened between us that night it always seems to trouble me now all of a sudden these gossip brags wanna cover me”

and continues, “What an experience you coulda been the one but it wasn’t that serious, their was smoke in the air before now its me clearing it”

He blends his singing and rapping skills over the majority of the album. In ‘Karaoke’ he starts with a mellow vibe of singing and then surprises you with his monotone rapping. His versatility of the range of emotions he expresses throughout the album makes it a non-skipping-tracks album, appealing to all, something for the ladies – ‘Find your love,’ an all R&B vocal track showing his sensitive side produced by Kanye West and something for the ballers – ‘Up all night,’ the hardcore cocky collaboration with front woman of Young Money, Barbie Nicki Minaj adding “bad bitch bars.”

For his debut, it would have been ideal to launch himself as the spotlight of the album, instead of the contributing headliners on almost every track, from Jay-Z, The dream, Swizz Beats, Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne. However, undoubtedly an artist who’s filled the void of the recent absence of original rappers, highlighting his poetic flair for the conscience minds and street style swagger.

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