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Drake – Girls Love Beyonce (ft. James Fauntleroy)

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Yes, Drake did take it there. So if “Girls Love Beyonce”, do dudes loves Drake? We do (but don’t ask us to speculate any further). So what did Drake do here? The owl man takes DC’s “Say My Name” and in the style of 2013 slows it down, smooths it out, spooks it out (with an assist from Cocaine 80’s collaborator James Fauntleroy) and scores an engaging and heartened viber that only gets realer on the third, fourth, etc listens.

Drake – Girls Love Beyonce (ft. James Fauntleroy)

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Rating 8.4

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04-16-13

Kendrick Lamar – Poetic Justice (Feat. Drake)

One of the more anticipated good kid, m.A.A.d city has emerged, the (awesome) Janet Jackson-sampling “Poetic Justice” featuring Drake. The smoothest sounds in the cut. Cooler than cool.

Kendrick Lamar – Poetic Justice (Feat. Drake)

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Rating 8.5

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10-17-12

French Montana – Pop That (Feat. Rick Ross, Drake & Lil’ Wayne)

French comes through with that big summer posse cut that hip hop radio has being missing. Leave it to essentially the same cast, Rozay, Drake & Wayne to deliver two summers running. Props to Tunechi on the Klitschko reference.

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Rating 8.3

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06-11-12

Rita Ora – RIP (I’m Ready For Ya Remix) (Feat. Tinie Tempah & Drake)

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So if you’ve had urban/pop radio on at any point in the last couple weeks you’ve likely heard new Roc Nation ingenue Rita Ora’s RIP track. If you’ve been on the Drake train for a little while, then you’ll likely recognize the hook from his “I’m Ready For Ya” song from a couple years ago. (Oh and that other hook, “can you hear my heart is beating” that’s Nneka’s – “Heartbeat” song from ’09, which maybe more famously was then remixed by Chase & Status). Through the magic of the internet, all of R.I.P.’s component parts have now been fused together into one cohesive (monster) mix. Seems like a bit of a trend has emerged in hip hop (again probably though the magic of the internet and just the broadening of the emerging music dialogue/dynamic/audience) in sampling relatively current hit indie tracks Drake’s Jamie xx/Gil Scott-Heron sampling “Take Care” immediately comes to mind. Spin it and let us know what you think.

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Rating 8.2

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03-24-12

Melanie Fiona – Been That Girl (Co-Written by Drake)

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Melanie Fiona links up with Drake (who co-wrote the track) on new song “Been That Girl”. “BTG” is squarely in the 90’s-influenced backbeat-driven R&B slow jam column. There are definitely more modern touches on the track, hints of Drake’s Take Care sort of sound can be heard but this one is no doubt styled as a throwback.

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Rating 8.1

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03-16-12

Drake – Crew Love (Feat. The Weeknd) (Shlohmo Remix)

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Yessssss! the HQ version of Shlohmo’s lights-down-low (like realllllly low) “Crew Love” remix is finally live. The b3sci fav knocks this mix straight down. Do not miss.

Drake – Crew Love (Feat. The Weeknd) (Shlohmo Remix)

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Rating 8.4

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02-12-12

Young Jeezy – I Do (Feat. Jay-Z, Drake & Andre 3000) (Alternate Version)

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“I Do” is one of our favorite hip hop tracks three months ago, two months ago, RIGHT NOW. We’ve still got “I Do” on some serious rotation. So you can imagine we let out a collective b3sci “HELL YES” when we got ears on this alternate version of “I Do” which includes a Drizzy feature. Yeah! That’s a “Friday surprise” we can get behind. Hit that play button.

Young Jeezy – I Do (Feat. Jay-Z, Drake & Andre 3000) (Alternate Version)

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Rating 8.5

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02-10-12

Drake – The Motto (The L.A. Remix) (Feat. Nipsey Hussle, YG & Snoop Dogg)

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Shout out to The Bay but we’re about to do it for LA. Nipsey, YG & Snoop team up on this West Coast remix of the T-Minus produced tune from Take Care. Outta space jam.

Drake – The Motto (Remix) (Feat. Nipsey Hussle, YG & Snoop Dogg)

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Rating 8.3

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11-29-11

Drake – The Ride (Feat. The Weeknd)

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Hearing Drake and The Weeknd on a sort of 70’s soul influenced major key track like this is nuts. Take Care is sooooo fucking good; such a massive step forward from Thank Me Later. Hard to believe it’s the same guy. Take Care might be a classic. It’s, no doubt, one of the best LPs of 2011. “The Ride” might be our favorite track from it yet.

Drake – The Ride (Feat. The Weeknd)

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Rating 8.9

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11-09-11

Drake – Take Care (Feat. Rihanna) / Lord Knows (Feat. Rick Ross) (Prod. Just Blaze)

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Fucking mega. Drake via Jamie xx via Gil Scott-Heron. Give Drake a hand for going for something somewhat less predictable at this point in his career. Get this shit on the radio. We need NEW Drake songs. I can only slow headbob that “She Will” shiz so many times.

Drake – Take Care (Feat. Rihanna)

BONUS: Drake – Lord Knows (Feat. Rick Ross) (Prod. Just Blaze)

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Rating 8.7

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11-06-11

Drake – Crew Love (Feat. The Weeknd)

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That OVO that XO. Eyebrows just let loose this new Take Care Weeknd collab on Toronto’s Flow 93.5. Shreds hard.

Drake – Crew Love (Feat. The Weeknd)

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Rating 8.7

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11-06-11

Drake – The Motto (Feat. Lil’ Wayne) (CDQ)

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Eyebrows Noir put down this bomb (read: bonus track from Take Care) during his Power 106 takeover last night. Track’s got a minimalist 808esque beat and an OK to mediocre Tunechi feature. Mr. Graham does go in though. Give it a spin. Thanks to MJF for the CDQ.

Drake – The Motto (CDQ)

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Rating 8.0

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11-01-11