![]() He implements Alicia Keys and The-Dream to branch out to the soul and contemporary R&B crowds, respectively. Does it live up to all the hype? All the big name guest artists? All the anticipation? A better question is, did it even deserve any of those things? The answer is a big, fat, firm ‘ NO.’Īs with most mega-hyped, major release albums, Drake uses his guest spots, largely, to generate publicity. Now, after much anticipation, he drops his debut studio album Thank Me Later. His infectious R&B-toned “Best I Ever Had” caused teenage girls to swoon, and his hit “Forever” featuring big-timers Kanye West, Eminem, and Lil Wayne infiltrated the radio off the bat. ![]() ![]() His 2008 mixtape So Far Gone made waves, and the man we now know as Drake was signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money record label in 2009. The Canadian actor starred as an injured hoopster on teen drama DeGrassi in the early 2000’s, and made the transition from acting to music circa ‘06. Enter Aubrey Graham, Young Money artist and pop-rap-R&B hybrid. Mos Def once said, “Rap went from sellin’ crack, to smokin’ it.” But with a new decade upon us, perhaps rap is beginning to avoid crack all together. Review Summary: Thank Me Later, despite all the hype and acclaim Drake has received throughout his musical career, follows familiarly in the footsteps of other albums made by actors (and athletes) making ventures into the music industry.
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