Drake's Tentative Comeback, Plus: New Music From the Weeknd and More
Last week saw the release of 'Some Sexy Songs 4 U,' the collaborative album from Drake and the Toronto R&B singer and songwriter PartyNextDoor, a longtime collaborator. For the most part, the sound is a vintage one for Drake, feeling something like a retreat to a comfort zone: moody heartbreak soul bathed in self-loathing and suspicion.
It's an album that, from a distance, appears to exist in a space totally parallel to the dominant narrative of his last year, which is the toxic and very popular beef he's had with Kendrick Lamar, which seemed to culminate this month with Lamar's five Grammy wins for 'Not Like Us,' followed by his performance of the song at the Super Bowl halftime show.
But there are a handful of songs on this new album that suggest Drake is already looking at musical pathways forward, or away, from that bumpy stretch.
On this week's Popcast, a conversation about Drake's post-Kendrick predicament and the ways he might move on. Plus: a host of promising new albums that have brightened up the beginning of the year from artists like the Weeknd, Central Cee, Oklou, Skaiwater and OsamaSon.
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