Billboard Fridays: Drake - Wu-Tang Forever

Jay Z continua na liderança com Holy Grail, portanto vamos direto ao destaque da semana, que vai pro Drake. Se vocês acompanham esse blog vocês devem estar ligados que o Drake lançou essa semana o seu terceiro album, o Nothing Was The Same, que deve estrear em primeiro lugar na Billboard semana que vem. Pois bem, na intro do album, que se chama Tuscan Leather, o Drake fala num verso que "This is nothin for the radio but they'll still play it though, cause it's that new Drizzy Drake, that's just the way it goes", ou seja, que esse som não é pro radio mas eles vão tocar mesmo assim, simplesmente porque é o ultimo som do Drizzy Drake, e é meio o que eu sinto com esse som. Ele é daqueles sons produzidos pelo 40, o parceiro e produtor do Drake, bem tipicos, ou seja, um som meio ambiente, bem calmo e tal que dá espaço pro Drake falar sobre o que anda rolando na vida dele. Não é exatamente um banger ou um som de rap com refrão de R&B, que são as que geralmente aparecem aqui nas paradas, mas mesmo assim esse som já tá no oitavo lugar só pela força do nome do Drake. Ainda assim eu achei bem foda, um dos melhores do album, esse som. Nesse som ele usa uma flow meio diferente da que ele geralmente usa  e fala sobre um relacionamento que ele tinha, tudo isso sobre uma sample de It's Yourz do Wu-Tang Clan (musica que faz parte do album Wu-Tang Forever, por isso o titulo). Enfim, fora isso não tem quase nada a ver com o Wu-Tang Clan e isso decepcionou um pessoal que achou que o Drake ia falar deles, mas pra mim esse som é só outro exemplo de uma musica bem foda feita pelo Drake, bem o que eu espero dele. Ela não tem video ainda mas vocês podem conferi-la acima. Abaixo segue o top 25 da semana.

Top 25:

1- Jay Z feat. Justin Timberlake - Holy Grail
2- Eminem - Berzerk
3- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert - Same Love
4- J. Cole feat. TLC - Crooked Smile
5- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us
6- Big Sean feat. Lil Wayne & Jhene Aiko - Beware
7- Sage The Gemini feat. IamSu - Gas Pedal
8- Drake - Wu-Tang Forever
9- Rich Homie Quan - Type Of Way
10- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
11- J. Cole feat. Miguel - Power Trip
12- Sage The Gemini - Red Nose
13- Jay Z - Tom Ford
14- B.o.B feat. 2 Chainz - HeadBand
15- Rocko feat. Future & Rick Ross - U.O.E.N.O.
16- Future - Honest
17- 2 Chainz feat. Pharrell - Feds Watching
18- Mike Will Made It feat. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa & Juicy J - 23
19- Juicy J feat. Wale & Trey Songz - Bounce It
20- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. ScHoolboy Q & Hollis - White Walls
21- The FiNATTiCZ - Don't Drop That Thun Thun!
22- 2 Chainz feat. Drake & Lil Wayne - I Do It
23- Young Dro - FDB
24- Jay Z feat. Rick Ross - F*ckwithmeyouknowigotit
25- French Montana - Ain't Worried About Nothin
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Jay Z continues leading the top 25 with Holy Grail, so let's get to this week's highlight which goes to Drake. If you check this blog (or basically any blog that covers rap music) you know Drake just released his third album, Nothing Was The Same, this week and it should go straight to the top of Billboard's album charts next week. On the album's intro, Tuscan Leather, he has a verse in which he says "This is nothin for the radio but they'll still play it though, cause it's that new Drizzy Drake, that's just the way it goes" and this is how I feel about this song. This is one of those typical 40 productions. For those who ain't know, 40 is Drake's producer and best man, producing most of the songs on every Drake album ever released and handling the engineering of it as well. So, like I was saying, this is some typical 40 production, with a very calm and atmospheric feel to it, which is the perfect place for Drake to vent about how he is feeling nowadays. It's none of those bangers or rap song with R&B hooks that usually get on the charts, but it's already on the 8th place on the strength of Drake's name. It's a pretty great song though, one of the album's best so I suggest you check. In it Drake basically tells a story about a relationship of his over a sample of Wu-Tang Clan's It's Yourz (which is a single from the Wu-Tang Forever album, hence the name of the song). Beside that it ain't got nothing to do with what Wu-Tang does and doesn't have other references to it either, which let some people disappointed, but I quite liked the song. It's just that typical great song done on the best Drake style, ain't nothing to complain about that. It ain't got a video yet but you can check it above along with this week's Billboard Hot Rap Chart's top 25.