Views costs $13.99 on iTunes. Drake’s summer tour is also being presented by Apple Music. Those extremes-the Caribbean warmth of “One Dance” and the icy lament of “Fire & Desire,” the unflinching vulnerability and unapologetic self-assurance-make Views a riveting victory lap from Toronto’s game-changing MC. A meticulous contrast to the off-the-cuff brilliance of recent mixtapes, he taunts adversaries with speaker-rattling anthems (“Hype,” “Still Here”), revisits his humble beginnings (“Weston Road Flows”), and rekindles the seductive chemistry with Rihanna (“Too Good”). With immaculate vocal turns and sleek production, Views is Drake’s tour through the city that made him. After a run of some fairly reflective tracks, ‘Hype’ is Drake at his most boastful, taking. It’s described on iTunes as ‘a tour through the city that made him’. Drake’s New Album ‘Views’ Track By Track First Listen Review.

CNET notes similar U-turns by Rihanna and Beyonce.Ĭlaims of exclusivity to Apple Music have, however, so far proven more reliable, with Taylor Swift and Adele’s latest album not available to stream elsewhere.ĭrake posted the tracklist for the long-awaited 20-track album to Instagram yesterday. Kayne West’s The Life of Pablo was supposedly exclusive to Tidal, and would ‘ never never be on Apple,’ but the artist seemingly changed his mind a month later – a decision that led to a class-action suit. The short one-week exclusivity period was no doubt influenced by the fact that Drake was the most-streamed artist on Spotify last year, and perhaps also wanting to avoid emulating some high-profile U-turns by artists who had initially promised full exclusivity elsewhere … Intent on pursuing a career in music, he left the series in 2007 after releasing his debut mixtape, Room for. Drake was an actor on the teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation in the early 2000s. I’m a very honest person. I can’t write fiction. Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and businessman. This confirmed an earlier Buzzfeed report.ĭrake told Zane Lowe that the album is a very personal one, based very much on his own feelings about himself and his home city of Toronto. Streaming of Drake’s latest album Views has hit Apple Music, and will be exclusive to the streaming service for one week, the rapper announced on Beats 1.This confirmed an earlier Buzzfeed report. Streaming of Drake’s latest album Views has hit Apple Music, and will be exclusive to the streaming service for one week, the rapper announced on Beats 1.

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