He’s done the math, and seen how crazy indie blogs go every time his mentor Lil Wayne drops a WTF free-associative non-sequitur. To wit: “I’m about to pop off… fireworks” “Learn to speak my language… Rosetta Stone” “Presidential suite girl… Barack Hussein” “I got these new rappers nervous… prom night.” It’s a complete cop-out. That’s also the entirety of what Drake has to rap about on his debut studio album, Thank Me Later.Įven more so than the half-assed singing and same-y, strings-and-synths beats, the pervasive element of Thank Me Later is a lyrical tendency of Drake’s that is incredibly annoying and impossible to ignore: on nearly every song, he will say the first half of a line, and then finish it with a couple of words that are kinda-sorta related to the thought he just started. Here’s his life’s story so far: he played the kid in the wheelchair on the shitty next-generation reboot of Degrassi (it’s all about the original ’80s version, real talk), decided he wanted to rap, got discovered by Lil Wayne, and put out a mixtape (last year’s So Far Gone) that received inordinate amounts of hype from certain unnamed indie gatekeepers who really should know better. His sense of entitlement vastly outstrips any accomplishments to date. Don’t Change (Featuring Kid Cudi & Kanye West)īonus track: Forever (Drake & Eminem Feat.Maybe I’m just that out of touch with what passes for good hip-hop these days, but could somebody explain to me what it is about Drake that we’re supposed to be getting excited about? He’s a decent MC, but that’s all he is-decent.Here’s the complete tracklist with all guests for Drake’s Thank Me Later album: Well that’s kinda fly, especially because there’s statistical evidence that people who pirate music actually buy more music than people who don’t. I gave away free music for years so we’re good over here…just allow it to be the soundtrack to your summer and ENJOY! JUNE 15th!

But is Drake pissed? Surprisingly, he seems to be rolling with the punches. It hit the Interwebs earlier today and fans are eagerly downloading it as we speak. The latest victim? Super-hot Canadian rapper Drake, whose eagerly awaited album Thank Me Later was set to drop on June 15. No matter how much security you put around your forthcoming album, it seems like pirates will manage to get it up on the Internet before street date every time. Oh, the Internet – sometimes it seems like the bane of a musician’s existence.

Thank me later album tracklist