![]() ![]() ĭrake, Future, and Thug previously collaborated on Drake's "D4L" from his mixtape Dark Lane Demo Tapes (2020). Although that release failed to materialize, on September 13, 2021, Billboard magazine reported that the song had begun to impact US pop, rhythmic and R&B/hip-hop radio stations as the album's lead single. "Way 2 Sexy" was initially rumored to be released on August 27, 2021, to challenge Kanye West's Donda album DJ Akademiks posted footage of the video shoot and claimed it would coincide with West's release, amid West and Drake's feud. The song began impacting US pop, rhythmic, and urban radio stations as the album's lead single simultaneously with Certified Lover Boy's release. "Way 2 Sexy" received mixed-to-negative responses from critics, with some deeming it an album highlight due to its upbeat sound, while others criticizing it as "cringey". A comedic music video was released on the same day as the song and sees the artists pay homage to numerous pop culture events and icons. Released on Septemas the lead single from Drake's sixth studio album Certified Lover Boy, it is a bass-heavy take on Right Said Fred's " I'm Too Sexy" (1991), which it interpolates throughout the chorus and refrain. With a lot of new information to dive into and some great wordplay and lyricism, here’s a breakdown of Drake’s verse on “Churchill Downs." Way 2 Sexy" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, featuring American rappers Future and Young Thug. Of course, it’s ironic that he delivers revelations like these in a guest verse rather than his own song (which promptly inspired Harlow to strengthen his own bars for the final version of the track). It almost feels like he drops verses like this just to remind his critics that he can still rap. It’s one of the few new verses from him that sound menacing, which is wild considering he recorded it while vacationing with Jack Harlow in Turks and Caicos. ![]() Then he raps about how his “urges for revenge are uncontrollable,” and that he’s tired of hearing “plug talk coming from middlemen.” A few of these bars feel like subliminal messages for his rival Pusha-T, who responded to the leak by saying it’s not “scathing” enough for him and reminding everyone that he’s “here to burn down everything.”ĭrake’s “Churchill Downs” verse diverges from the radio-friendly, relatively surface-level features he’s been handing out over the last year. There are a few caption-worthy bars sprinkled throughout the verse (“How can I address you when you don’t own property?”) but Drake also dives deeper, revealing that he’s been going to therapy for lingering abandonment issues that might have stemmed from his parents’ divorce. His flow and subject matter are reminiscent of how he was rapping on “Lemon Pepper Freestyle,” getting into his introspective bag and delivering a more compelling verse than almost anything on Certified Lover Boy. That’s clear throughout his new verse on Jack Harlow’s Come Home the Kids Miss You highlight “Churchill Downs,” which he fills with updates on his life and subliminal messages for peers. ![]() Whenever Drake needs to get something off his chest, he puts it into his music.
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