"I could load every gun with bullets that fire backwards," he raps. 1s ever/ How long did it really take me?/ The part I love most is they need me more than they hate me." And those haters aren't causing the rapper any real concern. "But that's just the result of me paying attention," he says, "to all these women that think like men with the same intentions." The best line, though, is when he boasts that "all drinks on the house like Snoopy."ĭrake goes on the defensive here, coming out of the gate with, "Unhh, you underestimated greatly/ Most No. And the uplifting nature of that melody is quickly offset when Drake takes the mike to let you know who will go through a woman's phone if she goes to the bathroom and leaves her purse right there. Just Blaze produced this gospel-flavored track, bringing in a choir to re-sing the vocal hook when the gospel group he was hoping to sample refused to clear it. Over fingerpops and melancholy jazz piano, Aiko sets the tone with a silky soulful vocal of the sort you'd get from Erykah Badu, asking, "What are you so afraid of?" It's a vulnerable, reflective side of Drake, who raps about trying to bond with his estranged dad and says his mother's favorite line to hit him with is "Who the f- wants to be 70 and alone." It's a haunting track that proves that he's still growing as an artist and a human being.ġ4. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 and climbing even higher on the rap and R&B charts. "From Time," featuring Jhene Aiko (2013)Īmong the many highlights of 2013's "Nothing Was Same," this was never released an single but that didn't stop it from charting, hitting No. Arena, Loop 101 and Glendale Avenue, Glendale. And unlike most career trajectories, it favors his later material.ĭetails: 7 p.m. With Drake playing Ak-Chin Pavilion on a co-headlining tour with Lil Wayne, here's a look back at his 15 best singles. That he's done it with some of the most intriguing mainstream rap songs of the new millennium only makes it that much better. Since topping the rap charts with his double-platinum breakthrough single, "Best I Ever Had," Aubrey Drake Graham has sent three albums - 2010's "Thank Me Later," the following year's "Take Care" and last year's "Nothing Was the Same" - to No.
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