Thank Me Later earned the star his first number one on the Billboard 200 and earned him two Grammy nominations. 19481966: Early life Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire, where Drake was raised Drakes father, Rodney Shuttleworth Drake (19081988), moved to Rangoon, Burma, in the early 1930s as an engineer with the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation. Featuring additions from Nicki Minaj (another Young Money signee), Kid Cudi, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne himself and more, the album focused a lot on Drake’s introduction to fame and set the stage for the ‘crying in the club’ hits that would go on to decorate his career. These albums made Cole and Drake household names and solidified their places as the new kings of rap alongside fellow rap giant Kendrick Lamar, who had released good kid, m.A.A.d city in 2012.

Full of memorable classics, nostalgia, great A-list features and Drake at his most I got all the hits, boy. Thank Me Later (10/10) 'Thank Me Later is the rise of Drake as we all remember it. Thank Me Later was Drake’s official debut album, and probably the most experimental of everything he’s released. The Ride, a journey through excess with Drake. Nothing Was The Same (10/10) Nothing Was The Same has Drake at his most concise, hungry, and confident.' Best Song: Hold On, Were Going Home. In celebration of his influential journey, we take a look through the star’s stunning line-up of studio albums.Īfter signing with Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment, a fresh-eyed Drake ditched his acting efforts on Degrassi to really and try and make something out of rapping. He’s become America’s highest-certified digital sales artist (a fancy way of saying his hits get a whole lot of streams), holds several Billboard chart records, beating out The Beatles, and has been nominated for a Grammy Award 42 times.įrom pop culture to music formalities, Drake has had his hand on the pulse for more than a decade. The Canadian rapper has become a veteran of the game and one of the most popular artists of the 21 st century, turning his heartbroken woes into a completely new genre of hip hop. Drake discography and songs: Music profile for Drake, born 24 October 1986. Drake Canadian rapper Drake had his biggest year in music in 2016 with the release of his album Views, and the massive single One Dance. He’s gone on to release Certified Lover Boy, Honestly, Nevermind, and Her Loss.It’s hard to picture a world without Drake in it. Child actor turned pop superstar - a rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer behind numerous chart-topping, platinum albums. Dark Lane Demo Tapes, Drake’s first full-length project in two years, was released in 2020. 2019’s Care Package collected tracks released between 20 that were previously unavailable for commercial purchase.

Drakes first three albums, Thank Me Later. His experimental streak continued with the following year’s double album, Scorpion, which found Drake dividing his rap persona and R&B persona into separate discs. He released the mixtapes Comeback Season (2007) and So Far Gone (2009) before signing with Young Money Entertainment. A year after releasing the massively successful album Views in 2016, Drake offered up what he termed a “playlist” instead of a traditional album, More Life, on which he embraced diasporic musical influences like South African house and tropicália. Thompson NovemDrake Honestly, Nevermind by: Alphonse Pierre JDrake Certified Lover Boy by: Matthew Strauss SeptemDrake. The indelible pop hooks and bleeding-heart lyricism found on his early albums, especially 2010’s Thank Me Later and 2011’s Take Care, won him legions of fans and plenty of scorn. In less than half a decade, the Toronto-born rapper Drake went from being a former child actor and Lil Wayne’s protégé to one of the world’s biggest entertainers. Drake’s seven solo albums ranked: from ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ to ‘Thank Me Later’ The Canadian artist is renowned for lyrical introspection and eclecticism ‘Scorpion’ (2018) is just too long and meandering to register.

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