Drake performs during the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, in Austin, Texas. The rapper will release his fourth studio album, “Views from the Six,” on April 29. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)
Beyoncé may have the album of the moment right now. Her surprise release of “Lemonade” was sonic daring and her unhinged insinuations of marital infidelity.
But for all who believe in the 6 God,” it s season. After making it through , the , the obliteration of Meek Mill and more than one false on the release date of Views From the 6, the album will finally see the light of day on April 29.
While If You re Reading This It s Too Late was a surprise banger, “Views” has the anticipation that the next release from the deserves. Drake’s burst of activity in the last couple of weeks has included the announcement of a joint tour with Future Summer Sixteen along with several , and .
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Even if its release date is just 24 hours away, there’s a lot about Views From the 6 you might not know. For example: If you have Apple Music, you can actually get a sneak preview of the entire album .
Find out more on that, and what else to expect from “Views from the Six,” in our six looks at the fourth solo studio album from everyone’s favorite dancer/Raptors fan/rapper below.
6) Views From the 6 is already bringing Drake to new heights on the charts.
One Dance, Drake’s vibrant “Views” single featuring Nigerian artist Wizkid and Kyla Rose, on the Canadian charts, a first for the 6 God. He would have made this feat with Hotline Bling, but then Adele dropped Hello and, well, nothing was the same.
5) Drake is not a giant.
The View From the 6 album artwork features Drake atop Toronto s CN Tower with his legs dangling off its edge. A few and determined that he d need to basically be a giant for the photo to be proportionately accurate. The CN Tower folks that Drake may be gigantic in spirit and persona but not in actual height.
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4) There are, in fact, 20 songs on the album.
The tracklist for Views dropped via Drizzy s Twitter and proves there s 20 songs on the album. This isn t to say Drake and his producer magician Noah 40 Shebib haven t worked with various artists on the project, though we ll have to determine that with the liner notes when it actually comes out. We do know there s a tent city of producers who were , probably sleeping in hammocks and closets until the album was complete.
3) We re going to hear an entirely new Drake on “Views.”
Longtime producer and collaborator Noah “40 Shebib confirmed in an that we ll be hearing brand new cadences and patterns from Drizzy for this latest release. If You re Reading This It s Too Late was pure rap perspective, but 40 says Drake s been tinkering with his flow on “Views.” No surprise there, considering One Dance is straight from the play book of .
2) If you don t have Apple Music, it s time to get with the program.
Drake has maintained a bi-weekly program on Apple Music where new music from everyone including PARTYNEXTDOOR and Majid Jordan has debuted. It s been confirmed that Views From the 6 will be released exclusively via Apple Music during an episode of on Beats 1. The global listening party starts at 10 p.m. EST.
1) Views From the 6 was made for your car stereo.
This isn t the first time we ve heard Drake talk about his love of driving and how his music is perfect for bending corners in the whip. When Nothing Was the Same dropped, he called the tracks perfect for In the rapper explains how he d begun driving himself to and from the studio again, using the time for inspiration. When he thinks about the sparks he hopes will fly when we hear Views From the 6, he imagines how it will sound in a car. .
