The night before his 30th birthday, Drake returned with what was supposed to be a birthday present for fans, debuting three new songs and announcing that his next new project More Life would drop in December.
Along with a remix of Wanna Know by UK rapper Dave, Drake premiered Fake Love,Sneakin' and Two Birds One Stone on his OVO Sound Apple Music show. And the three songs encapsulate the good, bad and ugly of being a longtime Drake fan in 2016, with one song enjoyable, another forgettably mediocre, and the final track enough to turn some listeners off altogether.
The first two songs, Fake Love and Sneakin', are tidy archetypes of the two songs Drake seems to keep making nowadays: his Hotline Blings, represented by Fake Love's singsongy vocals and vaguely dancehall drums; and his more ominous, Pop Style-eque tracks, like his unremarkable 21 Savage collaboration Sneakin'.
But Two Birds sparked immediate outrage online, and made headlines the morning after its release, for its reference to Kid Cudi , a rapper who's currently in rehab seeking help with “depression and suicidal urges.” And it's the song that fans need to listen most closely to.
The good: Fake Love
Drake does his best Travis Scott impression on Fake Love, his voice sounding vaguely mechanical as he sings about trust issues (one of his very favorite topics) over a Hotline Bling-reminiscent beat.
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