Wow. Do they make ’em any better than Alicia?
Drake gets much respect for writing this song as well. I’ve always thought the “is Drake dope?” argument is silly, in part because there are very few MC’s that could write a song like this. Ultimately, much of what Drake touches turns into good music, much like this song.
When I heard Drake shot the “Find Your Love” video in Jamaica, my first thought was that it was going to be a colorful, island inspired clip, perhaps similar to Aaliyah’s “Rock The Boat.” Then I heard Mavado was going to be in it too and I realized that an 808’s and HeartDrake song probably would be a bit darker. Well…looks like my initial thought was pretty much as far off base as possible hahaha
We played the hell outta this record on SNSS when it first dropped and I’m glad to see some visuals finally come out. I love that the biggest rapper in the game these days came from doing verses on joints like this. You have to respect/enjoy that.
Safe to say, his best video yet…Drizzy!
Hmmm. I love this record…well, like 75% of it (sorry Tim)…but this video doesn’t do much for me. Seeing Timbaland lip sync Drake’s lines just reiterates the fact that Drizzy completely carries the song. I believe this is what they call “pulling a Birdman.” I.e., riding Drake’s coattails for dear life to remain relevant in hip-hop. Shrug.
If you’d like an alternative, be sure to peep the mix I did including Lupe…
This dude is so ill on the drums. Ridiculous. Download link courtesy of the Dopehouse.
Drake ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem – “Forever (Travis Barker Remix)”
Oh, and for the record: after further inspection, Lil Wayne remains thoroughly outclassed on this track.
Since I’m gonna run this on Sound Session tomorrow, I figured I’d post up this quick mix I made combining Timbaland’s “Say Something” featuring Drake with the freestyle that Lupe murdered last week. Someone’s verse had to go…sorry Tim.
Timbaland ft. Drake & Lupe Fiasco – “Say Something (Hyphen Edit)”
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Timbaland ft. Drake & Lupe Fiasco – “Say Something (Hyphen Edit) (Clean)”
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Clean included for my fellow DJ’s.
Honestly, this video is a little bit of a hot mess. Hype’s shots just seem so boring these days, the performances aren’t anything special, and the clips from LeBron’s movie just make it all look odd. Definitely would have been better served to not appear on the soundtrack and perhaps have a little more creativity with the scenes. With my day job involving music videos, I see 10 cooler clips than this a day…which is pretty sad when you think about all the major players that were involved with this project.
That said:
“she insists she got more class…WE KNOW“
is one of the hardest lines of the year. Drizzy!
After weeks of teaser pics, behind the scenes vignettes, sneak previews (and sneak previews of sneak previews), the long awaited follow up to Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” video has finally hit the net.
First off, I prefer the mixtape version of this song from So Far Gone (minus Weezy’s completely unnecessary appearance) rather than this edit with an added verse from Trey Songz. Plus the hook just doesn’t catch the same without hearing “the hoooooooes.” Why is “hoes” even edited? That’s not a bad word at all. “Hoes.” See? No censor. Thank you Don Imus.
Aside from the [Ludacris] HOErrible [/Luda] censorship, visually, I think the video is pretty much spot on. If there was one iota of sunshine in this clip, I would have been livid. The beat, melody, subject matter, etc. all combine for a perfect late night soundtrack. It’s almost too bad the single couldn’t drop later in the year. This would be ideal for the cold Pacific Northwest winter.
The video doesn’t do much for me (not really into girls looking like Destro), but the track is dope. Well, the track is cool…and the verses from Drizzy and ‘Ye are fire. Anyone who drops an “alt-tab” reference automatically wins, and Kanye’s verse is pretty much spot on. “Even [his] superficial raps are super official.” Not sure what’s up with the beat change during his verse for the video, but it’s cool.
And just to show you how far we’ve come in less than a decade of widespread technological assisted hook ups, I present Next’s classically bad computer-related sex track, “Cybersex”:
That’s right ladies…he wants your PC…to sit on his laptop. “Oh technology, wow”…not one of RL’s finer moments.