Drake fans have been frothing at the mouth for new music even since the OVO boss premiered several tracks ahead of his 30th birthday and started the buzz for the More Life playlist with regular hashtags and paternally-inspired cover art.
Rumored release dates have come and gone several times already, and though we’re not quite at Frank Ocean levels of rampant speculation and stair-case building, there’s still enough twists and turns that it’s worth delving into.
Talk of the project started around October 23, 2016 with the release of several singles, including the Kid Cudi and Pusha T-dissing “Two Birds, One Stone” and the 21 Savage-featuring “Sneakin'”.
Here’s what has happened since:
December 3
We got our first specific date when friend to Drake and social media personality ItsBizkit said in an interview, “Shoutout to Drake. Shoutout to OVO. More Life December 3 it’s about to go down.”
…Or Not
Then Drake himself shut down that date in a comment on Instagram.
Before February 26
While on his first stop of the Boy Meets World Tour of Europe on January 28, Drake told fans in Amsterdam that the project would be out before his next visit there.
“I know we got three more shows in Amsterdam, but the best part of that is if you coming back to any more shows, More Life is gonna be out and we can do some whole new shit,” Drake said to the crowd.
He played the city again on February 26 with More Life nowhere in sight.
His next two concerts in Amsterdam will close the tour on March 27-28, and with the fever pitch of expectation that we’ve gotten to already, people are going to be pretty impatient if new music isn’t out by then.
March 4
March 4 was already floating around because of some OVO Sound Radio promo associated with the date (that then got updated) but Drake kicked it into overdrive when he posted (and then deleted) this hand-written note to Instagram, which translates to “If You’re Translating This It’s Too Late” and is signed “The Boy.”
Some fans speculated that it was just a reference to his show in Sweden that night, and that “More Life” was more of a sign-off than a proclamation of its release.
And Beyond…
In the final hours of March 4, producer Noah “40” Shebib posted that he was finalizing things on the project, captioning, “I’ll be there asap just got to finish More Life.”
Drake’s dad also seemed to hint on March 5 that something was happening “tonight,” although it’s possible that he’s referring to his own performance at West Hollywood resto-lounge Delilah and not the More Life release itself. Maybe the show is to celebrate the release of the playlist? Time will tell.
The Waiting Continues
In the meantime, all fans can do is wait — and tweet about waiting.
When does that Kendrick album drop?
Never
be creative nigguh
wonder if fake drake is deleting the song with the flow he stole off xxxtentation? probably, he’s getting too much negative attention from people regarding him stealing from lesser known artists AGAIN. props to xxxtentation for keeping the heat to fake drake after he blatantly jacked his flow and thinking he could get away with it. #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK
Stole x’s flow, who stole it from someone else, who stole it from someone else, who stole the language from Shakespeare.
We all know what happened to the last person who took a shot at Drake, he “got bodied by a singing nigga”.
Fuck outta here with that wack shit, nigga is trash with his irrelevant ass in prison.
Wow. Pusha T and Joe Buddens got bodied by a “singing nigga” who doesn’t write his own shit? LOL. You need to think a bit before typing dummy. Drake is scared and always has been. This new album will be awful.
Pusha T and Joe Budden can rap their ass off but nobody is really checking for them whatsoever. We appreciate the hard rap and everything and the jabs in the lyrics but it really doesn’t do anything whatsoever. It just sounds nice. As far as bringing up XXX, that dude is absolutely trash and beats women. You shouldn’t support that garbage. End of story. The only X I know is RBX and Xzibit.
X is going to be bigger than drake, i love drake but please get his nuts out yalls mouth
Damn…even ja rule is waiting in his hotel for more life..
WHERE IS JA!?
“Delays” HHDX chats bare shit! You mean another twitter advertisement to add to the ever increasing hype around this fraud lol
This album will be the continuation of the downward spiral for Drake. That’s why it is being delayed. YMCMB is famous for not paying artists and staff. All of those people writing for Frake are probably jumping ship. Everyone has begun to question why a Canadian is using US slang and singing with a Jamaican accent as well. This child actor is a total closet homosexual. This will easily be the worst album of the year. Funny that he put a picture of his black dad on the cover, the guy who banged his mom and left her, then named the album “more love.” He trying to justify using the N word. In Canada.
Right. So the few snippets with absolute bangers will flop? Go back under the rock bro. This won’t be anywhere near as bad as you’re making it. Stop spendin your day hatin on ppl.
Absolute bangers? LOL. How’s the weather in Canada bro? I think that turtleneck is on too tight and is cutting off your circulation. I am a real hip hop head. Dork. You didn’t say shit about him using US slang, his deadbeat dad, fake Jamaican accent etc. turn down the Kriss Kross and Milli Vanilla your playing at home and pay attention. I am not hating I’m defending an artform I love. Little kid. I hate life? I’m living on the beach in Brazil, jackass. How’s Ottawa, Wolverine? LOL
Triggered.
If I was living on the beach in Brazil I probably wouldn’t be on HipHopDX typing paragraphs sounding angry and bitter about something that’s not even out yet. Or even talking about an artist I don’t like.
not sure whats more pathetic… spending all day hating drake or defending drake like your daddy on the internet.
y’all are the same.
Lol fuck outta here dumb bitch
Yo those memes are so freaking funny!! Hahahaha. I just don’t even wanna hear about this album until it drops now, it’s ridiculous. J.I.D. March 10 about to drop some heat for us.
Even the haters cant wait
shit will be fya like all drakes shit fuck you haters mad cause a singer raps better than most of ur favorite rappers its just good music to me… for example drake is not a better MC than Kendrick but his albums are more listenable just better music for my playa ass vibe!!!!! fuck meek squeal Game bodied that bitch on pest control!!!! MORE LIFE and WHATEVER ALBUM GAME DROPS THIS YEAR will shit on all rap albums like usual!!!!
Dumbasses think drake is going down hill. His last album is one of the highest selling rap albums of all time so go sit the f*ck back down kids. Don’t like drake? Don’t listen to him. Simple af but cause of your lack of brain cells you listen to shit you don’t like then bitch you don’t like it so who’s the dumbass. Kind of like you eating something you hate but you keep eating it then bitch it tastes bad. Grow the f*ck up and move on
fake drake is not a rapper, first name fakest..last name ever. he’s a bitch made pop puppet who has others write his ridiculous raps..when he can’t find someone like xxxtentation, rappin 4-tay, dram, diddy, dmx, sauce twins to steal lyrics, flows and beats from, he’s delaying more shitty life because he has to take the song he jacked from xxxtentation off that bullshit. #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK
for those who still don’t believe fake drake don’t write his own lyrics and always has jacked others for a lot of his biggest songs check out the youtube channel DRAKE IS FAKE. And check out the youtube video 10 TIMES DRAKE HAS COPIED ANOTHER ARTIST. There has never been a bigger fraud in the music industry since milli vanilli. #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK
Fuck outta here lol. When you make a #1 hit single or album, then call drake out. Nobody cares what you have to say. Stop hating bc drake is on top of the game right now. You can’t even lie, you’re waiting for more life too. Also that video is shit, just like you.
shit got meek waiting..