The album sales tell the story: In just one day, Views sold more copies than Beyoncé’s recent album Lemonade, released less than a week before, did in its entire first week. Moving away from the dark, muted sounds he’s been most comfortable with up until now, Views presents some of the brightest music of Drake’s career, working with livelier tempos and more colourful production. Drake’s always had one foot in pop music-his songs that have charted highest, “Best I Ever Had” and “Hold On, We’re Going Home,” are among his catchiest-but now there’s an increased focus on expanding the parameters of his sound, which was beginning to feel stifling. Views feels like the culmination of his life-long love affair with Toronto, as well as his first serious bid for global domination. Related: Adrian Lee on why Drake’s Views is both a triumph and a let-down “He’s really worked it into the fabric of his music in a lyrical sense, and now increasingly in a sonic sense too.” “Drake has been aggressive with his civic boosterism throughout his career,” says Jamieson Cox, a writer for The Verge and Pitchfork who has kept an eye on Drake since he first started making music after leaving his role as Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Drawing from a number of hip-hop hotbeds, especially the sweltering haze of Houston rap, Drake’s sound grew into what is now known as the “Toronto sound,” an aqueous and reflective form that prioritizes wide-open spaces and sombre moods, the perfect backdrop for the Millennial angst that Drake has made his name peddling. The city and how it shaped him became more of a focal point in his lyrics (“My heart is cold, it’s probably ’cause I’m from the snow” he raps on 2015’s “6 Man”). And the much-anticipated album finds Drake digging deeper into his hometown for inspiration.Įach project since Drake’s 2010 major label debut Thank Me Later has felt progressively more indebted to Toronto. Released after the longest gestation period of any of his albums yet-partly explained by the two projects he released last year, the retail mixtape If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and What a Time to Be Alive, a collaborative mixtape with Atlanta rapper Future-Views has a lot riding on it. That he happens to be a mixed-race Jewish-Canadian former child actor who sings as much as he raps only adds to the novelty. Not only is it the first proper album from the Toronto native since he became the biggest rapper on the planet, it also marks the first post-coronation statement after a Canadian rapper has assumed the throne. Views, Drake’s fourth album and his first since 2013’s Nothing Was the Same, carries a double distinction. Stay up to date by following us on Facebook and Twitter or subscribe to our Youtube channel for more beats and samples news.The cover of Drake’s new album The Views. He’s discovering new flows, new cadences, new patterns.” Noah ’40’ Shebib was interviewed by the NY Times earlier this year and explained his take on the album as being “A lot of introspection, very vivid.
“It’s going to be what everybody expects and wants from Drake and from us” Time will tell but this is by far one of the most anticipated albums of 2016.
Drake specifically says it is something for the summer and that it is a sound track for his city. If it is anything like the his previous albums and mix tapes we are in for a deep, reverberated treat. “I’m happy to let you know Views is dropping April 29th”ĭrake and his producer Noah ’40’ Shebib have been working on the new album for some time now and have officially released 3 tracks from the album to date (‘ Summer Sixteen‘, ‘ One Dance‘ and Pop Style). In Drakes words about the Views From The 6 release date. Today Drake announced on the latest OVOSound Radio which is available on Apple Music that the new album Views From The 6 will be released on the 29th of April 2016.
Well it is official the ‘Hotline Bling’ rapper has finally announced the Views From The 6 release date.
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