Drake has been working on his forthcoming Views From the 6 album since at least 2014 when he announced the title of the project.
His producer and right-hand man, Noah “40” Shebib, spoke with The New York Times about what the direction the Toronto rapper is taking on his new LP.
“It’s going to be what everybody expects and wants from Drake and from us,” 40 says. “A lot of introspection, very vivid.”
But the producer says stylistically, Views From the 6 will be different than past Drake projects.
“He’s discovering new flows, new cadences, new patterns,” 40 says.
40 says that If Youre Reading This Its Too Late, the follow-up to his last official album, Nothing Was the Same, was a project that Drake wanted to break free from his brand on.
“After ‘Nothing Was the Same,’ Drake was like, ‘I want to do a rap project,’” he says. “He wanted to do what all the other rappers get to do.”
If Youre Reading This Its Too Late has been succeeded by “Hotline Bling,” “Summer Sixteen” and other sing-songy tracks signature to Drake.
“We have other fans we need to satisfy,” 40 says of those who might not have appreciated If Youre Reading This Its Too Late compared to other Drake projects.
Views From the 6 is slated for an April release.
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The streets need new Drizzy! CAN’T WAIT!!
more gay music from this bitch on the way.
It would take balls for him to make a concept album, which is what he should do. We don’t need more of the same Drake, and IYRTITL was a step in the right direction, though I still don’t completely care for a ventriloquist.
Zing!
once views drops its a wrap for the rap game. its all over they will have to replace the word rap with drake because thats how big its gonna be. #GOAT
By “discovering new flows” do they mean he’s back listening to what’s trending in the underground scene and jacking dances and flows?
These guys who hate on Drake gonna be the first people to listen to Views. Garunteed!!! fuckin losers cant stop obsessin about Drake
Wrong.
Hes discovering new flows new cadences new patterns he really meant hes BUYING new flows new cadences new patterns
Drake lives in the shadow of King Kunta. KENDRICK LAMAR RULES HIP HOP. #yeahyoumadbruh #topimpabutterfly
how can he live in kendricks shadow when drake is worth more than kendrick and his bum ass crew combined.
Kendrick just walked off with 5 Grammys bruh. Drake ain’t ever walking away with 5 Grammys in one night. EVER.
Fuck a grammy tho.
Drake did not introduce Kendrick to the masses, Kendrick introduced himself to the masses. And Kendrick’s biggest single is Swimming Pools. Fucking Problems isn’t even his song and Poetic Justice isn’t that big. And Drake not winning Grammys has nothing to do with him not being American, especially when Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd (who aren’t American) won awards.
Drake introduced King Kunta to the masses and still assisted on his biggest singles – “Poetic Justice” and “F**kin Problems” – so what gives? U are right Drake will never get 5 Grammys. He is a Canadian messing with American music and they will do all in their power to destroy this imposter.
Drake doesn’t run shit, clown. It’s unfortunate that this generation is all upon that homo shit. Real hip hop heads know Drake wack as fuck, BIATCH!
stfu homo with the money talk*example their are many instances where sub par pro athletes make more than others tht are more skilled*so again stfu ho ass bitch*yea but he has more $*……are u helping him spend it*are u apart of ovo*No*….All men*Stop Counting Other Men’s pockets*Forbes & bitches do tht*lame fucks*
What everybody expects? What are we supposed to expect? An R&B or a rap album? Either way he better come up with something different because his act is getting old quick.
He peaked last year bro. It’s all downhill from here.
yeah man. Drake is falling off. LMAO. Drake haters dreaming and smoking freeebase
Nigeria can’t wait
I don’t understand how people saying drake is whack, this, that and the third when the man been consistently putting out hits for how many years now? Reason being because his song writing abilities are next to none. His lyrics resonate with this generation. He has a great team behind him whether its 40, PND and Majid Jordan or the variety of other people that are behind the scene’s. He’s practically the one that made it cool for rappers to be singers, and singers rappers. The sooner y’all realize that Aubrey been holding back purposedly, and hasn’t even reached his full potential yet. The faster you will see that he run this rap/hip-hop/pop shyt. “Views from the 6” in my opinion, is going to be that album where he shows a lot of naysayers why he is the best right now.
Boy, your entire comment is nothing but a bunch of bullshit and dickriding. Wipe the semen off of your face and realize Aubrey isn’t as great as you make him out to be.
I don’t know if you too dumb, or just too smart for your own good. Now if every ” ghostwriter” was given credit for work done on a track, there would be a lot more of your favorite rappers exposed. But you probably never been to a studio session I’m guessing? Ideas get kicked around, your producer might come up with the chorus. Group slang and lingo get inserted into lyrics. But I digress. Yea, Quentin Miller was credited as a writer for some songs on IYRTITL. So that is suppose to mean Drake’s body of work is suppose to be dismissed as ghost written material. FOH!
HIS writing abilities? 4-5 of the songs on iyrtitl were PROVEN ghostwriten reference tracks. he’s a baby lotion soft bubblegum pop bitch #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK
Man if Quentin Miller writes this album like the last one its gonna be FIRE! Thanks Q!
how many L’s can drake take in 1 week? Kendrick handed him 5 L’s in 1 night, then drake gives himself one of the biggest L’s in history when he fucking destroyed what would of been one of the greatest photos in sports/nba history…the labron/kobe photo with drake’s fake bitch ass in it! IDIOT #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK
WTF are you talking about you dumb ass nigga… Ed Sheehan AND The Weeknd both won awards at the Grammy’s. Where your from has nothing to do with it.
was it an L when he had the nba host the whole nba all-star week in toronto an prolly had the most exciting showcase of the dunk contest, 3-point shootout since idk….years, is it an L that he made summertime sixteen number 1 on the singles chart….im pretty sure you was prolly watching it too
haha. hilarious. Drake is easily the number 1 rapper man. Look at the 37 comments here from lovers and haters. Kanye has ridiculous public meltdowns and cant generate this much love and hatred. If its not the picture he ruined, it would be reference tracks or the hiphop he ruined, if not that something else. Drake is the #1 rapper and he is from Canada so naturally, everyone will try to destroy him like crabs in a bucket. Of course, they going to prop up Kendrick at the Grammys- its an American show about American success. This era reminds me of when Jay-Z was Def Jam and the #1 rapper. Everyone was out to get him. crown is heavy man
Hurry up and drop so we can torrent it.
Oh please Kendrick Lamar took home 5 Grammy’s twice in two years, because he is American! Drake is Canadian. He won more Canadian and British awards than Kendrick Lamar. Also if Quentin Miller is Drake’s ghost writer, then why was Drake putting out music after that was supposedly exposed? Meek Mill, like other rappers have ghost writers. Let’s admit the real facts, Foxy Brown ghost written for Jay Z, Nas, Kanye West, etc. Jacki O wrote for Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, etc. So who are these people again? The black media has always been racist towards Lil’ Kim, Eve, Foxy Brown, Prodigy, DMX, Russell Simmons for not being black. They were Indian and Native American. So it comes to show, racism is obvious. Because Daylyt came out as the first gay rapper. He was not like Frank Ocean, who was being a hater. But notice how the black community got a problem. Please fuck all the blacks and Latinos. That is all I have to say.
i mean i hope yall didnt forget that gillie da kid wrote the carta 2 for wayne…an that is proven, but i didnt here nobody say nothing bout that..wayne went from wobbly wobbly to spittin….js
Wow you really don’t know hiphop. You’re from Canada right? Thats sad…
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bitch ass fake ass haters!!! Who gives a fvck where the song comes from? U see a nigga making hits after hits now y’all all of a sudden wanna know where his music comes from……y’all are fans not inspectors, so do as fans do, and listen to the final product on radio….discuss the track not how it was made……you will never know, maybe your favourite rapper is a fake in other ways u idiots……….hahaha shout out to Meek for giving y’all a ‘reason’ to hate on the best boy outchea at the moment, buried that loud ass on RICO…..call it dick riddin or whatever tha fvck, I give a fvck not, but y’all fvckers using the same excuse time and time again is really getting old now……fvck all y’all and kendrick la bitch!!!!! Drake Views From The Six….We waiting for the album COULDN’T give a fvck where it comes from, how it was made, who came with the beat, what studio it was mixed it in and blah blah blah fvck off…….just give us the final product and we will listen. Bitch Ass Hating Ass Bitches…….we can talks words all day…..but numbers always will settle it!!!! Drake sells more than any rapper out now….dont tell me it’s not about the sales…..cause why the fvck would artists sell album in the first place
??????? Fvcken Idiots!!!!
whiney bitch, everyone knows where fake drake’s reference tracks come from and he sure as hell did not write them. no one hates drake because of meek mill, everyone hates drake because he’s fake. he’s not hip hop he’s fake as fuck pop. when others aren’t writing his pop songs he’s stealing lyrics and beats from others with talent. his “producer” says his album views from a bitch is gonna be a silky soft dick in tha ass pop singing album. #DRAKEISFAKEDRAKEISWACK
LMAO! Your cute. Defending Drake with aggression like that. It’s like watching that starburst commercial “Irish Korean”
Yet to see a rapper who niggas dont hate on
Drake a rapper an actor and get to recite he of others .Drakes Playing a Rapper!Its in the script????
Funny how Grammys suddenly don’t mean shit to Drake stans when KENDRICK LAMAR walks away with 5 in one night. And if the Grammys were in fact for Americans only (which is false) then why did Adele sweep the Grammys a couple years back?
Noah “40” Shebib is a genius and so is Drake. New Preemo and Guru, except Drake’s way better than Guru.
40 Shebib ain’t no fucking genius and neither is Drake, you clown ass bitch. There is absolutely no comparison between the LEGENDARY GANG STARR and the two Canadian Super Homos. The Canadian Super Homos aren’t even making music for the hip hop genre (which, by the way, doesn’t even exist anymore). True hip hop heads know this, so keep your Drake dick stroking hands off the keyboard, BIATCH!
Lemonade was a popular drink, and still is ……
On God, Don’t You Ever IN YOUR LIFE DRAKE BETTER THAN GURU. Slap the disrespect out your mouth.
Kill yourself for comparing those Canadian queers to Gang Starr. That’s just blasphemous.
I get more props and stunts than Bruce Willis.
Just listened to DWYCK yesterday, CLASSIC!
“It’s going to be what everybody expects and wants from Drake and from us,” 40 says. “A lot of introspection, very vivid.” / #MoreFakeHiphop / “He’s discovering new flows, new cadences, new patterns,” 40 says. / #Hehasnewghostwriters / “After ‘Nothing Was the Same,’ Drake was like, ‘I want to do a rap project,’” he says. “He wanted to do what all the other rappers get to do.” /# HeWantsToBeMoreLikeKendrickOrJCole / “We have other fans we need to satisfy,” 40 says of those who might not have appreciated If Youre Reading This Its Too Late compared to other Drake projects. / WeAreGoingToTryAndMakeHiphopThatRealMenListenToo /
Lol should say:
It’s going to be what everybody expects and wants from Drake and from us,” 40 says. “A lot of ghost writing introspection, very vivid.”
But the producer says stylistically, Views From the 6 will be different than past Drake projects.
“He’s discovering jacking new flows, new cadences, stealing new
Fuck A Grammy!
Drake pushing his homo shit. Fuck the view from the 6. Real hip hop heads know this clown wack as fuck, BIATCH!
FOH drake has multiple ghostwriters why 40 talking like its drake doing this ‘rap’album he is just a singing version of diddy. Just cause he made meek look like a retard (not hard) why ppl actin like drake is on Nas or Jadakiss MC level? If he was from any other era that Hotline Bling dance would of ended his career swear this generation is too sus to let that slide
Facts my nigga, I respect drizzy flow, but his bars don’t set a standard when it comes to lyriscm, drake ok but he don’t punch hard, he’s a better pop artist then hiphop artist, and today’s hip hop standards are shot to shit. Just because things have to evolve doesn’t mean it’s always good
but no one is comparing drake to nas,or jada….that era is different than this era, i dont understand why hip-hop has to stay in the 90s, like music has to evolve, good or bad, drake is relatable to the average person, not everyone is from the grittiest hoods, but everyone has had relationships whether it be your girl, your mom, fam, an everybody got day 1s, so his style is appealing to a greater audience…….an on top of all that,everything he says in his rhymes he either has done, or is gonna do it, thats a real nigga to me, stand by your word,instead of false bullshit
Lol should say:
It’s going to be what everybody expects and wants from Drake and from us,” 40 says. “A lot of ghost writing introspection, very vivid.”
But the producer says stylistically, Views From the 6 will be different than past Drake projects.
“He’s discovering jacking new flows, new cadences, stealing new patterns,” 40 says.
hahaha hell yeah. Same shit I said. This dude has hijacked the whole game. Not sure how he has so many real MC’s supporting him but oh well. He got some nice tracks but I simply can not respect him cuz he stole so much from other cats.