Overall, “What a Time To Be Alive” is a great collab between two awesome artists.
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And it’s not the first time the pair have worked together.
Rumors of the collaboration began when OBO Brien posted but then quickly deleted artwork on Instagram that featured both names of Drake and Future. Girl them late nights ain’t good for you. With Drake, it’s all for sport. Drake takes the backseat, letting the DS2 rapper flex on what is certainly the highest-profile release of his career. “Diamonds Dancing”, with its murmuring clouds of psych-rock guitar and its intuitive-repetition hook, is absolutely entrancing, especially during the brief moments when Future hits falsetto mode. Drake’s just here for moral support.
What a year 2015 is turning out to be for hip-hop.
“They was like “Hold up, wait a minute” / I was like ‘Nah n–, let’s get it”, rapped Drake.
Twitter customers additionally claimed the “Hotline Bling” rapper stated the EP, rumored to be titled “Put It All in a Plastic Bag“, might be right here as quickly as Sunday night time.
But Who Really Killed It? Those detractors brought his team together.
Jumpman [Prod.by Metro Boomin]. “Wanna come with me?” the rapper says mockingly to those who might criticize him (Meek, of course, chief among them).
“I guess you just making moves on your own time / But just know it’ll be January in no time / And your absence is very concerning / It’s like you went on vacation with no plan of returning”, he spit. It’s tailor-made for 3 a.m.in Magic City on a Monday, that hour when all the lean and liquor might make you act petty. “Where Ya At” was a revelation: Future muttering about his street bona fides over moody pianos until rap’s biggest star showed up to hijack his flow and polish it until it gleamed. What more do you need, America? Future also drops the line in “Big Rings”.
Drake wraps up the project solo, with the most explicit digs at his Philadelphia-based foe yet. This is the kind of song you want these two to churn out without trying too hard.
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For now, the album will remain exclusively on Apple Music for stream or iTunes for purchase; after that it’ll branch out to other retailers and streaming services. Other producers include Southside, Boi-1da and Noah “40” Shebib. “I speculated that, too, I used to be like, ‘Yo what if Drake straight trolled me?'” Ebro. Meanwhile, “Change Locations” is the closest thing we get to Drake’s unmatched brand of emo-rap.
