Regardless, from the way the album cover instantly became a Twitter-consuming meme, to the multiple tracks that are basically “I’m sad about a girl,” to the plethora of corny-ass one liners, there’s no mistaking this as anything but a standard Drake album.īut musically, at 19 tracks (an even 20 with the bonus “Hotline Bling”), Views is a robust showcase of every Drake style, affectation and interest he’s dabbled in across his career. Even the album title change is telling, moving from Views From The 6 to simply Views, implying maybe a slight exhaustion with the implications of being the de facto king of Toronto (even while still repping the “6” at every turn), or maybe it’s just a symbolic move to emphasize his region-spanning appeal.
If the dank, claustrophobic atmosphere of Drake’s 2015 mixtape-cum-fourth album If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late was a fascinating and necessary detour that showcased Drake at his most insular, Views (out April 29) is his reinstatement as the most globally popular rapper alive.
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