“Spin Bout U” is a braggadocious outing, the type you would expect from 21 and Drizzy. But since they’re both above-average lyricists, the vocalists are able to take their raps in more intricate directions than...
“Search & Rescue”, a standalone single that Drake dropped on 7 April 2023, has thus far had a modest showing, only managing to chart in Australia and Lithuania and in neither regard performing up...
As with most cyphers or posse cuts, “Forever” is braggadocious in nature. The emcees are given a general theme or perhaps in this case just a single word – “forever” – and then are tasked...
Unlike the title (“Rich Flex”) implies, Drizzy and Savage don’t really use this song to speak too much to their wealth. Instead 21, in his usual NSFW, don’t-give-AF style, utilizes his verse largely in the name...
As of this writing, a couple of prominent rappers are locked up in part due to the nature of the lyrics they spit. But it does not appear that reality will deter their peers from dropping criminally-minded...
There’s an old adage in hip-hop, coined by the 1990s’ Bad Boy crew, that reads “more money, more problems”. And what Drake and gang are saying here is that if such is the case,...
The chorus of “Staying Alive” reads as if the vocalists are addressing haters. But for the most part the lyrics are romantic in nature, for lack of a more ample adjective. In the first verse,...
From a surface-lyrical perspective, “Falling Back” definitely doesn’t rank amongst Drake’s most complex outings. But underneath these simple, short sentences, the story being told is pretty deep. What it all boils down to, most simply put, is the...
For those of you who may not know, Drake was actually a tenured professional actor before becoming a global music star. From 2001 to 2008 he portrayed one of the main characters, “Jimmy Brooks”, on...
The title of this song (“Texts Go Green”) has something to do with the way Apple devices, i.e. the premiere handheld telecommunications’ gadgets currently on the market, tend to display text messages. And apparently, what...