“Come Winter” Room For Improvement (2006) But the ideas are wildly disjointed, and at one point he compares a rebound to sopping up gravy with a biscuit. You can hear the mechanics of making a good Drake song coming together on a track like “Thrill Is Gone”, which finds the rapper exploring his romantic entanglements. “Thrill Is Gone” Room For Improvement (2006)
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Long before Drake found his stride as a purported romanticist, he penned this cringeworthy series of bad sexual metaphors over Robin Thicke’s song of the same name. “Teach U A Lesson” Comeback Season (2007) Well, we had to start somewhere, and this truly is the bottom. (Outro)” Room for Improvement (2006)Īfter the fade-out for “Kick Push”, Aubrey Drake Gra-ham steps up at the Urban Piano Association to play the “Jamie Foxx Song Theme”. Also, the girls who I personally know living in that area would never be described as pretty by anyone other than their fathers and are the type of girls on Twitter who add "DaReal" in fron of their names because they think someone wants to assume their identity for some reason.200. Popular attractions include jungle gyms, a large plastic tube, and swings.Īs cool as it is to have specific parts of your city shouted out on a global pop record, it would be cooler if the area in question wasn't simply filled with big-box stores and parking lots. Toronto prides itself in providing a plethora of public parks for children to play in. Same city, same friends if you're looking Although Drake would've only been 6 or 7 at the time and unable to vividly remember the only Toronto sports team to ever win anything outside the 60's, it's the only memory that Toronto sports fans can recall that doesn't force them to sigh heavily and shake their head. The song opens with the distant sound of a highlight play from either the 1992 or 1993 Toronto Blue Jay's World Series win.
In keeping with the Canadian traditions of yesteryear, we've also included a haiku review for each song, which is best interpreted when huddled around an open fire in a drum circle while draped in beaver pelt. Some of the album's references, outro speeches and song titles could be difficult to understand for those of you who weren't blessed with having a Prime Minister, which is why we've chosen to help you eh-nderstand with "Nothing Was The Same's Guide to the Greater Toronto Area". However, the realization that Drake is in fact a Canadian, as well as a Torontonian, manages to poke through from time to time on NWTS in between the saccharine melodies and fetishisation of 90s culture. They say that the more nothing changes, the more Nothing Was The Same, and on his newest album Aubrey can be heard shouting out Atlanta, Memphis, Houston, Las Vegas and Miami among others. However, he's been cheerleading for states south of the border in the hopes of attracting fans since he released So Far Gone. In case you weren't aware Drake is from Toronto, at least according to his birth certificate. If the chorus of cherubs in the sky and the gentle plucking coming from the harps of golden-hearted strippers are any indication, Drake's latest album has been released.