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Via MTV.com: During MTV’s “Drake: Better Than Good Enough” documentary, the Toronto MC is shown making last-minute adjustments to two songs the day before his debut album, Thank Me Later, is set to be mixed and mastered. One of those tracks, the Jay-Z-assisted “Light Up,” features Drake’s last-minute rhymes. “I like these bars better than the other bars,” he tells his road manager after laying down the new verse and listening to a playback. ” ‘Cause the other bars are so, like, ‘Oh, it’s kiddish.’ This is, like, I really think I’m the sh–, and then Jay comes and puts me in my place.” In an interview with MTV2’s “Sucker Free,” Drake revealed that his original verse was more aggressive and that he used it on a collaboration with a certain Kanye West protégé instead. “My verse was way harder on ‘Light Up’ before,” Drake explained. “I had done a song, and nothing was supposed to happen with it, and it leaked. The bars from the song were so hard, it was a song with Big Sean ['Made It']. There were some bars on the song that fit better with ‘Light Up’ and made so much more sense. And the last night before mastering, I had to go in and switch the first 12 bars. On ‘Light Up,’ I lost my footing a bit, and Jay came in and killed me.” Earlier this year, Drake spoke with MTV News about the collaboration with Jay-Z and said “Light Up” mirrors their friendship. “Jay not only gave me a great verse, but a life lesson,” Drake said. “And I think he’s gonna give everybody a life lesson just about this business. It’s incredible.” |
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Posted By: George Comments Off Posted On June 24 |
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Here are the videos of Drake making an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on June 24th, 2010. Tweet Tweet skit: Tweet Tweet skit @ Jimmy Kimmel Live (June 24th 2010) Format: AVI (high quality) | File Size: 56.1 MB | Duration: 3:22 Download
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“Over” live performance:
“BedRock” live performance (with Nicki Minaj): |
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Posted By: Jay Comments Off Posted On June 24 |
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Via MTV.com: Having one of the most hotly anticipated albums of the year might cause even the smoothest, savviest rapper to stall out or pause, take a moment, and reflect on how they’ll be received or how many units they’ll sell. Not Drake. With his debut album, Thank Me Later, finally out this week, Drake’s already on to the next one and thinking about his sophomore album. And as he told us in this exclusive MTV.com PUSH interview below, he knows he’s got room to grow, change and “make better music.” But first, Drake wants to take a few nice ladies out to dinner (or one nice lady out to a few nice dinners). And maybe throw another chocolate chip cookie in the microwave. Watch Drake’s brand-new MTV PUSH interview and find out how Drake’s handling the hype surrounding Thank Me Later, what he considers worthy of tweeting and why he considered Jamaica, where he shot his “Find Your Love” video, a homecoming. |
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Posted By: George Comments Off Posted On June 24 |
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Check out this deleted scene from Drake’s Better Than Good Enough MTV Documentary. |
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Posted By: George Comments Off Posted On June 24 |
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Here is the video of Drake performing his single “Find Your Love” live at the Tonight Show With Jay Leno on June 23rd, 2010. Drake – “Find Your Love” – live @ Tonight Show With Jay Leno (June 23rd 2010) Format: AVI (high quality) | File Size: 62.6 MB | Duration: 3:46 Download |
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Posted By: Jay 1 Comment Posted On June 23 |
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Check out videos of Drake’s MTV Documentary Better Than Good Enough, which is receiving rave reviews online. |
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Posted By: George 2 Comments Posted On June 23 |
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Check out sneak peaks of Drake’s Documentary Better than Good Enough that is airing tonight at 10pm! Thanx to MTV.com for sending these to us! Drake Says ‘Better Than Good Enough’ Captures The Most Important Time Of His Life Read more… |
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Posted By: George Comments Off Posted On June 23 |
 Drake attended Bing’s Celebration Of Creative Minds last night. Check out pictures as well as video (via Rap-Up.com) from the event below.
Gallery Link: -2010 Appearances: Bing’s Celebration Of Creative Minds |
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Posted By: George Comments Off Posted On June 23 |
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Via MTV.com: “Drake borrowed the style — they took it right back. They did their thing,” DJ Drama told Mixtape Daily on Monday. He was explaining why Dead Prez wanted to freestyle on the 23-year-old’s “Over” on their new tape Revolutionary but Gangsta Grillz. “The guys go in on a lot of records,” Drama said. “The hits, as well as some obscure joints. They had to go in on ‘Over.’ ” The mixtape came out Tuesday and borrows from the title of their 2004 LP, Revolutionary but Gangsta A few months back, while on the set of his “Over” video, Drake told MTV News he was a fan of M1 and Stic.Man. “I also do this thing in the song ['Over'] where I flip Dead Prez,” he said of his tip of the hat to the duo’s “It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop” from their classic 2000 debut, Let’s Get Free. “They say, ‘One thing about music when it hits you feel no pain/ White folks say it controls your brain/ I know better than that/ It’s just game.’ I love that flow,” Drake explained. “So I took that flow and flipped it in the second verse.” But Drake doesn’t just nod to DP on the track; the Toronto MC pays tribute to the greatest artist ever, Michael Jackson. Since this week marks the one-year anniversary of his death, it’s only right we let Drizzy chime in on his stellar MJ reference: ” ‘Bout to go ‘Thriller’ Mike Jackson on these n—as/ All I need is a f—ing red jacket with some zippers.” “That was sort of my reference point; that phenomenon of Michael,” he said. “He was young and had the world excited and anticipating his every move. That was my homage to him and the impact that he had on the world that I live in. It’s also … great for people to say. Especially, unfortunately what happened to him, just to honor him was great.” “Over” is currently the #1 hip-hop song in the country, topping the Billboard rap songs chart. |
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Posted By: George Comments Off Posted On June 23 |
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This is part of the upcoming documentary called Drake: Better Than Good Enough, debuting on MTV tomorrow night. He is seen recording his chorus for the Kanye West produced track from Thank Me Later. |
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Posted By: George Comments Off Posted On June 22 |
