TAG: Best I Ever Had

May19

Live review: VV Brown @ The Troubadour (05/12/10)

The beautiful British pop-soul singer and renaissance woman VV Brown entered the stage barefoot, tall as an amazon. She was dressed like an Egyptian Goddess; long white velvet dress with a golden loincloth, and a red stripe across her face. She was backed by a six piece band, including a 3 piece brass ensemble to funk things up from her debut Travelling Like The Light. Her style of music goes from vintage girl group sound, to rockabilly, punk and soul. The gifted singer-songwriter has the lungs of fellow brit Shingai Shoniwa of the Noisettes and the playful attitude of Janelle Monae. She had a versatile set, even including an afro-beat jam and a cover of Drake’s “Best I Ever Had,” minus the smoothness in favor of some grit. …

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Aug31

Drake + Trey Songz’s ‘Successful’ (Video)

Toning things down since his last video, “Best I Ever Had,” included a little too much female skin, Drake is back with a new video for “Successful” with Trey Songz. It’s a song, as the title suggests, about wanting to make it in the world, and offers insight to the reflective, quiet moments of a young star’s life. Before Drizzy takes off with Trey, he sees his likeness in the doorman’s face, no doubt a reminder that Drizzy’s got a lot already. [SOHH]

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Jul11

New Drake MP3s / Mixtape

Lots of Drake activity, especially for a Saturday. Here’s the info. We’re gonna give it a listen after the pool party. Sorry Drake. Sunshine and bikini’s gotta come first.

If you listen before we do, tell us what you think…

The Winner (prod. Tha Bizness) [Official]

Drake – Juice (prod. Boi-1da)

Drake – Something

Drake – Do It Now

Full tape/tracklist

01. Drake Signs (Intro)
02. Do It Now
03. Juice
04. The Winner
05. Slow It Down
06. Something
07. Stunt On You
08. Belly Shit
09. The One (Mary J Blige)
10. Invented Sex (Trey Songz)
11. Digital Girl (Jamie Foxx & Kanye West)
12. Successful f. Trey Songz
13. Unstoppable f. Lil Wayne …

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Jun18

Drake Talks About Kanye’s Directing Best I Ever Had (Video)

Yet another person calling Kanye creative:

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Jun15

DRAKE: The Complete Interview

Unedited transcript 

A lot has happened to Drake since URB interviewed the Lil Wayne protégé this past spring for our Next 100 issue. His track, “Best I Ever Had,” hit number one on BIllboards Hot Rap chart last week (and number 18 on the Hot 100 chart) making him the biggest new rapper so far this year. URB went back at grabbed the full transcript of our original interview with Drake, taken just a few months before he blew up:

URB: You said your family was from Memphis originally. Have you still got family over there? Do you spend time with them?
Drake: Yeah, I did spend time there when I was younger. My parents were divorced when I was very young so my father went back to Memphis. I was there at a very great time, …

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