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Sample: “Superman” (Black Coffee, featuring Bucie) Yet this time, it appears as a master sample distilled into a somber derivative of Richie singing the line. Just before the track fades out, this sample appears again. At two minutes in there’s a brief lyric sample of the chart-topper as Drake croons, “Together forever” to introduce a new verse. Sample: “All Night Long” ( Lionel Richie)ĭrake samples one of Richie’s most iconic 80s party hits, “All Night Long” in two different ways on this Afro-Caribbean influenced heartache anthem. Sample: “Devotion” (Earth, Wind, And Fire)Ī call-and-response between Drake and Kanye West, “Glow” is a standout that resolves at 2:33 with Earth, Wind, And Fire’s 1974 underrated semi-hit, “Devotion.” The only collaboration between J-Lo and Drake on this project, however, comes in the form of a dragged, soulful lyric sample of Lopez’s 1999 hit “If You Had My Love” sung by UK newcomer Jorja Smith, who carries the sample as the foreground for the better part of the track.

#Download drake more life album series#

Sample: “If You Had My Love” (Jennifer Lopez)Īfter taking a series of photos together back in December 2016, Drake and Jennifer Lopez sparked dating rumors and possible collaboration hints. Seamlessly interwoven into the track, the theme song “His World” from the 90s videogame classic acts as the backdrop for a collaboration with UK grime artist Giggs. The most unexpected sample on this entire project comes from the famed video game character Sonic The Hedgehog. 5 Samples You Didn’t Realize Were On Drake’s More Life Listen to the best of Drake on Apple Music and Spotify, and scroll down for five samples you didn’t realize were on More Life.

As it did so, it broke a number of streaming records – something Drake is no stranger to. Released on March 18, 2017, More Life proved a hit with both the critics and the public, earning a raft of positive reviews and debuting at No.1 on the US Billboard 200. If there was a sense that Drake’s recent works had started to dwell on negativity (tentatively asserted by the inclusion of a spoken admonishment from his mother at the coda of “Can’t Have Everything”) then More Life – as its title suggests – presents an open-hearted, often sunshine-filled corrective. Even more successful is “Passionfruit.” An ingenious interpolation of house and dancehall featuring a brilliantly laidback vocal from Drake, it proved another sizable hit when released as a single. There are classic excursions into pop, too: Blem harnesses some of the dancehall magic that had previously made “One Dance” such a success.

Two songs take a detour into different African styles, with British R&B vocalist Jorja Smith providing the vocals for the Black Coffee-produced South African house anthem “Get It Together.” “Madiba Riddim,” meanwhile, presents a shimmering take on Afrobeats.Įlsewhere, Sampha provides a typically emotive vocal performance on the moody soul of “4422” “Free Smoke,” “Fake Love,” “Gyalchester” and “Portland” provide shimmering examples of trap and “Nothings Into Somethings,” “Teenage Fever” and the Kanye West-assisted “Glow” provide classic examples of the type of soulful, woozy hip-hop that have long made Drake albums such essential concerns. His much-documented fascination with the London grime scene bears fruit with two guest turns from Peckham rapper Giggs (the street-tough head-nodders “No Long Talk” and “KMT”) while a whole track is given over to Giggs’ north London counterpart Skepta (the West Coast-meets-grime mashup of “Skepta Interlude”).

At 22 tracks and over an hour and a half in length, More Life is both Drake’s most expansive and sonically diverse work.