Multi-platinum Grammy and Juno Award-nominee Jordan Evans is responsible for some huge tracks. Thomas has written and produced for Drake prior to VIEWS, on "Further Thing" and "Trophies", and was named One To Watch by Complex and FACT in 20 respectively. Toronto's Marvin Thomas - aka Hagler Tyrant - cut his teeth with some impressive credits, including on Vince Staples Hell Can Wait. He's only 22, so expect a lot more to come - the years ahead belong to Boomin. A chunk of The Life Of Pablo was down to Boomin, and he produced Drake's What A Time To Be Alive tape with Future. Drake might not be the person to blame for any besmirching of legacies here.As well as all the officially listed talent, 40 also Instagrammed his thanks to a bunch of names who missed Drake's credit reveal: Metro BoominĪtlanta's Metro Boomin is one of the most exciting names in hip-hop at the moment, and the enormous talent has sprinkled his magic on cuts from Kanye West, Tinashe, Chip, 2 Chainz, Ty Dolla $ign, Wale, Joey Bada$$, Young Thug, Pusha T, Juicy J, Nicki Minaj, and countless others. In other Wu news, Arizona-based State Bicycle is selling a $599 Wu-Tang Clan bicycle. Other tracks already streaming from the album include “Started From the Bottom” and “Hold On, We’re Going Home,” the latter of which has been covered by everyone from Blood Orange to Arctic Monkeys. On September 13, he and SBTRKT vocalist Sampha debuted Nothing Was the Same song “Too Much” on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. The Wu-Tang Clan’s official Twitter account has been supportive of Drake’s track, though Inspectah Deck tweeted some criticism.ĭespite the leak, Drake has been in commanding form recently. Founding Wu member U-God told Vibe the group has already recovered verses over Noah “40” Shebib’s mellow instrumental, which samples “It’s Yourz,” from the Staten Island rap crew’s 1997 album Wu-Tang Forever. The closing line is also the album’s title the tone is neither rueful nor celebratory as much as simply matter-of-fact.Īs for fellow Nothing Was the Same track “Wu-Tang Forever,” the Wu-Tang Clan themselves are planning to release a remix of the song. The moment is framed as something of a symbolic passing of the torch, as the “Paris Morton Music 2” section sees the former child actor proclaiming his once-in-a-generation greatness amid upscale-retail piano tinkling. Jay’s voice has more of a grainy distance on it than in his own recordings, but a certain opulence comes through as he juggles pop-culture references and foreign languages.
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See also preorder freebie “Wu-Tang Forever,” on which we’ll have more to say a in moment.Īfter a gruff spoken-word introduction about recording in the old days, the first part of the song sets verses from Drake and Jay over moody post-dubstep, here centered around what sounds like a sampled vocal loop from Ellie Goulding. Album closer “Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2” stretches for more than seven minutes, and as usual with Drizzy’s recent material it’s likely to please his current and new fans while raising eyebrows from rap traditionalists.
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Drake’s Nothing Was the Same has sprung a leak more than a week before its September 24 release date, and that includes the Toronto rapper-singer’s collaboration with Jay Z.