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After a typically busy and fascinating 2014, Drake's 2015 started off much the same way. His chart-topping "album" If You're Reading This It's Too Late started off life as a free mixtape, but his label Cash Money stepped in at the last minute and changed it to a full-priced release. This move came amid reports that Drake was ready to follow his mentor Lil Wayne and leave Cash Money because of money issues. The album's number of references to not getting paid by his label shows that even if the rumors end up being false, Drake was plenty upset with Birdman and his business practices while he was recording this tape. Drake is also mad at women trying to play him for a fool, rappers who diss him, and people who think he's soft. Par for the course for a Drake album lately, but the difference here is that there are no pop singles to balance the claustrophobic rants. There are also no huge radio hooks, and most of the album sounds like it was cooked up (mostly by old mates Noah "40" Shebib and Boi-1da) during sleepless nights behind drawn blinds, with more dank atmosphere than the coach cabin of a passenger jet after an 18-hour flight. His raps sport the same snappy wordplay as usual, but Drake sounds like he's rapping to himself this time out, trying to work out issues and feelings instead of broadcasting to the world. He occasionally breaks out of the murk to make some noise, like on the strutting "6 God," but mostly he keeps his head down and the mood subdued. It makes for an album that's hard to love right away, but if you stick with it, is a rewarding listen. Especially at the end of the mixtape/album when Drake drops three songs that would have been highlights on any of his albums (or anyone's albums for that matter). The heartbreaking conversation with/ode to his mother "You & the 6," the slow-motion Prince-inspired R&B ballad "Jungle," and the swaggering "6PM in New York" sound like the core of what could have been his best album. As it is, they are a stunningly good coda to a very confusing detour in his career.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
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Stephen Garrett, ComposerLyricist - Noah Shebib, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - Timothy Mosley, ComposerLyricist - B. Bush, ComposerLyricist - PARTYNEXTDOOR, Producer - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J. Brathwaite, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Quentin Miller, ComposerLyricist - Evan Stewart, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gregg Moffett, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
Noah Shebib, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drake, MainArtist - Aubrey Graham, ComposerLyricist - Cutty Ranks, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Samuels, ComposerLyricist - M. Samuels, Unknown, Other - Chris Lane, ComposerLyricist - Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew O'Brien, ComposerLyricist - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John MacGillivray, ComposerLyricist - Silbert Walton, ComposerLyricist - Evan Stewart, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Les Bateman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew "Boi-1da" Samuels, Producer
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
Noah Shebib, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - M. Samuels, Bass Guitar, Drum Programmer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Dukes, Producer, Co-Producer - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Quentin Miller, ComposerLyricist - Evan Stewart, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gregg Moffet, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - A. Feeny, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Les Bateman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew "Boi-1da" Samuels, Producer - Rupert Thomas Jr, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
A. Hernandez, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Noah Shebib, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - M. Samuels, Bass Guitar, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ALLEN RITTER, Unknown, Other - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Quentin Miller, ComposerLyricist - Evan Stewart, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Anderson "Vinylz" Hernandez, Producer - J. Scruggs, Bass Guitar, Drum Programmer, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matthew "Boi-1da" Samuels, Producer - Joshua "Syk Sense" Scruggs, Producer, Co-Producer - Coran "Cans" Nariman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
Noah Shebib, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - M. Samuels, Drum Programmer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - K. Samir, ComposerLyricist - Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Dukes, Producer, Co-Producer - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Quentin Miller, ComposerLyricist - Evan Stewart, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gregg Moffet, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - A. Feeny, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Les Bateman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew "Boi-1da" Samuels, Producer
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
Noah Shebib, Mixer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - Timothy Mosley, ComposerLyricist - MARK ROBINSON, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - B. Bush, ComposerLyricist - N. Shebib, ComposerLyricist - Noah "40" Shebib, Producer - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evan Stewart, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - S. Garnett, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
K. Lewis, Unknown, Other - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - M. Samuels, Bass Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Noah "40" Shebib, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evan Stewart, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - J. Scruggs, Bass Guitar, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Les Bateman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew "Boi-1da" Samuels, Producer - Gregg Moffett, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
D. Smith, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - N. Shebib, ComposerLyricist - E. Ahmed, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Noah "40" Shebib, Producer, Additional Keyboards, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Evan Stewart, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - A. Obie, ComposerLyricist - D. Levy, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Nylz & MostHigh, Producer
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - Alicia Augello-Cook, ComposerLyricist - N. Shebib, ComposerLyricist - Noah "40" Shebib, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - PARTYNEXTDOOR, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J. Brathwaite, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Evan Stewart, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Micah "Chozen" Williams, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - K Brothers Jnr, ComposerLyricist - E. Jantunen, ComposerLyricist - Gregg Moffett, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
Drake, MainArtist - Noah "40" Shebib, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - PARTYNEXTDOOR, Producer, FeaturedArtist - J. Brathwaite, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Micah "Chozen" Williams, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ekali, ComposerLyricist - Gregg Moffett, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
Noah Shebib, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Lil Wayne, FeaturedArtist - D. Carter, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - K. Samir, ComposerLyricist - Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - M. Giombini, ComposerLyricist - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Quentin Miller, ComposerLyricist - E. Oshunrinde, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Les Bateman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ebony Oshunrinde, Producer
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
Noah Shebib, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - N. Shebib, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Noah "40" Shebib, Producer - Quentin Miller, ComposerLyricist - Evan Stewart, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Daxz, Producer, Co-Producer, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
G. Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Noah Shebib, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - E. Dingus, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Gregg Moffett, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
Noah Shebib, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - Travi$ Scott, Producer, FeaturedArtist - J. Webster, ComposerLyricist - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - E. Oshunrinde, ComposerLyricist - Evan Stewart, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ebony Oshunrinde, Producer
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
A. Hernandez, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Noah Shebib, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drake, MainArtist - Aubrey Graham, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Samuels, ComposerLyricist - M. Samuels, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - N. Shebib, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ramon Ibanga Jr., ComposerLyricist - Jenna Andrews, ComposerLyricist - ANDERSON HERNANDEZ, ComposerLyricist - ALLEN RITTER, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Noah "40" Shebib, Producer, Co-Producer - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - M. Maskati, ComposerLyricist - J. Ullman, ComposerLyricist - Evan Stewart, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anderson "Vinylz" Hernandez, Programmer - R. Ilbanga Jr., Unknown, Other - Les Bateman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew "Boi-1da" Samuels, Producer - Gregg Moffett, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
Ilsey Juber, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - Aubrey Graham, ComposerLyricist - N. Shebib, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - K. Samir, ComposerLyricist - Noel "Gadget" Campbell, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Carlo Montagnese, ComposerLyricist - Noah "40" Shebib, Producer - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Jefferies, ComposerLyricist - M. Maskati, ComposerLyricist - J. Ullman, ComposerLyricist - Evan Stewart, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gabriel Garzón-Montano, ComposerLyricist - Les Bateman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
Noah Shebib, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - A. Graham, ComposerLyricist - Drake, MainArtist - M. Samuels, Drum Programmer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - K. Samir, ComposerLyricist - Noel Cadastre, Recording Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - A. Feeny, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Matthew "Boi-1da" Samuels, Producer - Rupert Thomas Jr, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gregg Moffett, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
Album review
After a typically busy and fascinating 2014, Drake's 2015 started off much the same way. His chart-topping "album" If You're Reading This It's Too Late started off life as a free mixtape, but his label Cash Money stepped in at the last minute and changed it to a full-priced release. This move came amid reports that Drake was ready to follow his mentor Lil Wayne and leave Cash Money because of money issues. The album's number of references to not getting paid by his label shows that even if the rumors end up being false, Drake was plenty upset with Birdman and his business practices while he was recording this tape. Drake is also mad at women trying to play him for a fool, rappers who diss him, and people who think he's soft. Par for the course for a Drake album lately, but the difference here is that there are no pop singles to balance the claustrophobic rants. There are also no huge radio hooks, and most of the album sounds like it was cooked up (mostly by old mates Noah "40" Shebib and Boi-1da) during sleepless nights behind drawn blinds, with more dank atmosphere than the coach cabin of a passenger jet after an 18-hour flight. His raps sport the same snappy wordplay as usual, but Drake sounds like he's rapping to himself this time out, trying to work out issues and feelings instead of broadcasting to the world. He occasionally breaks out of the murk to make some noise, like on the strutting "6 God," but mostly he keeps his head down and the mood subdued. It makes for an album that's hard to love right away, but if you stick with it, is a rewarding listen. Especially at the end of the mixtape/album when Drake drops three songs that would have been highlights on any of his albums (or anyone's albums for that matter). The heartbreaking conversation with/ode to his mother "You & the 6," the slow-motion Prince-inspired R&B ballad "Jungle," and the swaggering "6PM in New York" sound like the core of what could have been his best album. As it is, they are a stunningly good coda to a very confusing detour in his career.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:36
- Main artists: Drake
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Cash Money Records - Young Money Ent. - Universal Rec.
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2015 Cash Money Records Inc. ℗ 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.
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