Drake

Drake, Meek Mill, María Isabel, and more, all had the best new songs on Audiomack this week.

Both had breakout mixtapes, underwhelming debuts, and career-defining sophomore albums. Their careers couldn’t be more different.

The question is not whether Big Sean is going to shoehorn a bunch of awkward coronavirus-centric similes into his lyrics; the question is how many.

From Drake and DJ Khaled to Tyler, The Creator and Frank Ocean, we must acknowledge the crowd as a vital member of the ecosystem of art.

One can only hope that one day, we will achieve world peace.

Drake delivers a fan service release during quarantine, allowing him to clear out his vault of throwaways, loosies, and leaks.

“He isn’t someone who can’t miss—he can—he just keeps shooting.”

“You seem unquestionably bored out of your fucking mind,” which, yes.

“Life as a producer is always in waves.”

We sat down with the Epic Records recording artist to discuss his leap from songwriter to recording artist, modern R&B, and his forthcoming EP.

“Why must women rappers cleanse their material of stripper culture while the male rappers continue to profit from it?”

There’s no better example of a history-making career-artist than Beyoncé.

“A man, a myth, and a meme that mastered being widespread in the new age of virality.”

Ouch.

“Maybe I was naïve, but in 2009, it felt like artist growth was purely organic and fan-driven.”

Long live overstuffed new-music-Fridays.

Another perfect list.

We’ll see you in the comments.

“I could imagine raising children on this music.”

Why? Well, why not?

Yup, we did it.

Hip-hop doesn’t expect artists to be good; hip-hop demands they are golden.

Donna and Yoh discuss what heartbreak sounds like in hip-hop.

The rap game has delivered an endless array of seminal debut albums. We hand-picked the very best. You're welcome.