Drake’s presence in music has always been disruptive because with hip-hop being his foundation, he has been judged solely as a rapper. However, his foundation does not define his entire being. The Toronto artist has always taken chances, whether it be dedicating almost half of all of his projects to singing, releasing “Marvin’s Room” as a single, making “Hotline Bling,” going full house music on Honestly, Nevermind, so on and so forth.
Experimentation has yielded him much success and lifted up so many other people in the process. This is not to say he made people’s careers, but he did give them huge platforms to display how talented they were. All because he was willing to take risks and enter other musical reason.
So when he promoted ICEMAN as the album he “had to make” so he could make HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR, people should really pay attention to that.
The latter is the most free he has ever sounded musically. This cannot be boxed into one genre, much like him. This isn’t meant to be understood immediately, much like him.
This project may be a challenge, especially for those who only enjoy Drake’s rapper or R&B archetype, to be able to embrace these lanes of his musical interests. He gets some help from Sexyy Red, Central Cee, Popcaan, Stunna Sandy, Iconic Savvy, on this wild, unpredictable rollercoaster. Read below to see how we felt about the songs on MAID OF HONOUR, and where they measure up against one another.
