"Running through the 6, thumbing through the contracts," he raps on Views, a meta reference to his song Know Yourself, which itself is a reference to the emotion involved in moving through Toronto. Though he shortened the album title from Views From The 6 to simply Views the day before its release, his now-ubiquitous nickname for Toronto appears in several spots on the album. "I turn the 6 upside down, it's a 9 now," he says on the song 9. Both rappers were more senior to Drake during his early days. In a rap about how he was able to get more exposure in the Toronto rap scene in the late 2000s, Drake said that he "worked JD's connections whenever Jason let me" – JD likely being rapper JD Era and Jason being Jason Harrow, or rapper Kardinal Offishall. The post Drake Really Did Photoshop Himself Onto the CN Tower For the ‘Views’ Cover appeared first on Pigeons & Planes. Joshua Errett CBC News Posted: 5:38 AM EDT Last Updated: April 29, 2016. Drake also announced an special episode of OVO Sound Radio. Both of his names get mentioned by Drake here.ĭrake mentions two more established acts in Toronto in the song Views. All of the Toronto references on the new Drake album, from Weston Road to the CN Tower. He goes by the rap name Top 5, but since he is almost always seen without a shirt on, he also earned the nickname Shirt Off Shawty. Ali is a 17-year old Somali-Canadian rapper from the Lawrence Heights neighbourhood. Hassan Ali gets a surprising shout-out on the song Grammys. When Drake would visit the mystery woman, he was forced to take the service elevator to her room, because the relationship was secret. The song is directed at a romantic interest who lived in the building for a month. Lawrence area of the city, slyly makes it into the Kanye West-produced U With Me? The London on the Esplanade, the name of the condo in the St. The intersection of Jane Street and Weston Road comes up on Still Here. On the same track, he also name-checks the TTC and shares memories of visiting the now-defunct Fluid nightclub on Richmond Street West. Weston Road Flows is a song explicitly about Drake's past in the city, and has the most Toronto references in it. In the song, which takes its title from the road in the north west part of town, he references former Toronto Raptor Vince Carter's Slam Dunk Contest winning through-the-legs dunk and having a drink with local R&B crooner Glenn Lewis. On the title track Views, he also speaks on being street savvy in Toronto, namely staying safe at Caribana. "Kennedy Road taught me not to trust people like you," Drake raps on the album opener Keep The Family Close, a reference to the judge of character required to roam the Scarborough thoroughfare. With only a few days left to go before Drake drops his highly anticipated album Views From the 6, the Canadian artist took to Instagram to reveal its album artwork. In the meantime, fans can enjoy "What's Next" as well as two other songs on the freshly-dropped Scary Hours 2 EP: "Wants and Needs" featuring Lil Baby and "Lemon Pepper Freestyle" with Rick Ross.The cover of Drake's album, Views. "I don't have an exact date, but it's in the pot and it's coming soon." The CN Tower ( French: Tour CN) is a 553.3 m-high (1,815.3 ft) concrete communications and observation tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. Does Drake live in the CN Tower Drake showed off the inside of his impressive Toronto apartment which features an incredible view of CN Tower. a week, 24 hours a day to build the CN Tower. " CLB is currently being chef'd in every way possible," said Drake last night on OVO Sound of his upcoming album (originally scheduled for a January release, but delayed due to a knee injury). Officials From Torontos CN Tower Says Drakes Views From the 6 Artwork Photoshopped notreallythere Harmony Gerber/Getty Images. (World’s Tallest Tower, Building and Freestanding Structure from 1976-2010.) antenna was completed on April 2, 1975. It's not the Certified Lover Boy album fans have been waiting (and waiting and waiting) for, but it does suggest that the album is close to being ready.ĭrake's first Scary Hours EP, the one featuring " God's Plan", dropped just a few months before the highly-anticipated Scorpion album in 2018, after all. The CN Tower was flooded in gold light on Feb. fr," tweeted Drake's friend, DJ Akademiks, when sharing videos from the snowy shoot in Fort York this week.ĭrake shooting a music video. he said that 'Whats Next' record is just a 'warm up ting.' He's working overtime creating this next masterpiece.
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