It’s officially Drake Day! October’s Very Own finally released his highly anticipated, For All The Dogs on Friday (Oct. 6th). The nearly 90 minute, 23-song offering features some of Hip-Hop’s hottest in the game from 21 Savage, J. Cole, Sexyy Red, Bad Bunny, and many more. The album also features leading singles, “Slime You Out” ft Sza, and latest single “8AM in Charlotte.”
With so much to unpack from the LP, Remixd Mag is here to give you five of the greatest highlights from the album!
Drake displaying his dog ways in “Fear of Heights”
Drake jumps right into dog mode as he opens up his verse with,
“Why they make it sound like I’m still hung up on you? That could never be/ Gyal can’t ruin me/ Better him than me/ Better it’s not me/ I’m anti, I’m anti/ Yeah, and the sex was average with you.”
While Drake doesn’t call out any names in specific, listeners speculate that he could be referencing his long time history that eventually turned sour with Rihanna. With using terms like “gyal” which is a Caribbean term for girl, and a term the Barbados-born mogul likes to use and reference herself as. As well as his repetitive play on the word “Anti”, which coincidentally is the name of Rihanna’s 2016 album, it’s no wonder why listeners are connecting the dots.
Adonis making his debut feature on “Daylight”
Drake’s 5-year-old son, Adonis, has had quite the hand in the making of the album. From designing the album’s cover, to making an appearance in the “8am in Charlotte” music video, he now has gained his first feature on the album. He adorably declares at the end of the song,
“Don’t talk to my man like that / I like it when you like it / My, my, my, my man / My, my, my, my man”.
Adonis just made an appearance in the ”8am in Charlotte” music video where he shares the story behind his “beautiful piece of artwork” he sold his 5 time Grammy-Award winning father. One of the drawings features a goat that he reveals is named, Daddy Goat. Drake responds with, “That makes perfect sense to me”, as he is arguably one of Hip-Hop’s Greatest Of All Time. Might be too soon to tell, but Adonis seems to be on the right path to follow in his father’s footsteps.
J.Cole calling himself, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar “The big three” on “First Person Shooter”
Hip-Hop heads continue to debate who’s the greatest MC of our time. Without question, Drake, J. Cole, and Kendrick amongst others will always be a part of that discussion.
However, J. Cole seemingly puts that debate to rest. He raps,
“Love when they argue the hardest MC/ Is it K-Dot, is it Aubrey, or me?/ We the big three like we started a league.”
He also references the famous Spiderman meme when when he says, “The Spider-Man meme is me looking at Drake.”
Dominican Drake on “Gently”
Dominican Drake makes an appearance on this perfect hip-whining club and party banger. The song, which accompanies Bad Bunny, opens up with him singing his whole verse in Spanglish.
Champagne Papi is known for being influenced and adopting the Caribbean culture, especially the Dominican Republic, and he’s perfectly included references throughout some of his music, videos, and sound.
Hearing him take the Spanish approach, however, was something new!
Sza and Sexyy Red featured on “Rich Baby Daddy”
Drake, Sza, and Sexyy Redd is the holy trinity I don’t think any of us knew we needed. With Sexyy’s raw and raunchy lyrics paired with Sza’s enticing vocals along with Drake’s bold approach, this song is sure to be a hit.
Drake released the album just in time for his scheduled two night performance in his hometown Toronto on Friday (Oct. 6th) for his It Was All a Blur Tour.
Check out For All the Dogs, and let us kmow your favorite moments from the album!
