Jumpman is of course a standout hit but we also have tracks like Digital Dash (an absolute vibe) and Big Rings to enjoy from this. This collaborative mixtape with Atlanta rapper Future blew the charts up in the summer of 2015 thanks to the pair’s great chemistry on the tracks and the heavy production laid on mainly by god amongst men Metro Boomin. What followed was much more like it, however.Ħ: What A Time To Be Alive (Released 2015) Obviously this mixtape contained Best I Ever Had which became Drake’s breakout hit as well as a few solid tracks with Lil Wayne on the features, but really it didn’t hit the mark as a project. This his debut EP, Drake announced himself in a fairly solid way by stamping his style onto the songs immediately, letting people know exactly what they’d be in for throughout the duration of his career. Yes he sold a million copies in the first week but it’s by far and away his worst project songs like Fire & Desire must never come into his mindset as acceptable ever again. To narrow that down even further, songs like Hotline Bling and One Dance are part of those 6 or 7 songs and they became old news by the time it was released because of how much they’d been played. Yes there are plenty of catchy radio-friendly songs on here but let’s face the facts it is 20 songs long and of those 20, only 6 or 7 are genuinely enjoyable.
This project was such a drastic disappointment for me after all the hype that surrounded a Drake dominated music industry in the summer of 2016. One thing is certain, there’s obvious choices for the top spot and the stone dead worst find out how I rank them here: He’s released eight projects in total and ordering them is really quite difficult given the variation in his voice between pop, R&B and outright hip-hop makes him difficult to pin down. Even if you may not think he’s the best, there’s no denying that he is the king of the mainstream wave at the moment, dominating the charts with every single song he releases and selling a million copies on the opening week of his album dropping. Drake is the most recognisable rapper in the music industry right now.