Originally, fans of Drake were expecting his interview with Zane Lowe to begin at 10:00pm last night. However, listeners grew restless with the show starting over an hour late, as Apple Music quietly rolled out his VIEWS album to Apple Music and iTunes before the festivities began.
In the 70-minute conversation, the 6-God touched on taking a different route this time around – in comparison to providing the usual club and hot records he did in more recent years. Drizzy said it was important for him to leave fans with a cohesive listening experience – and even cited Alabama Shakes and Stevie Wonder as his main inspirations for the project.
He also talked the infamous Hot 97 Freestyle, where he was seen on camera reading verses from his phone on promo run. At the time, he was trying to fit into New York elements; but realized a few years later that his hometown of Toronto had become the new trendsetters of North American music. Before things ended, he spoke on why he went to address JAY Z and Kanye West’s verse from the album version of “Pop Style.” Originally, Drake revealed that he and Yeezy were working on a mixtape together and intended for the track to only be delivered to his Chicago mate.
However, the captain of OVO was surprised when an unwanted verse from HOV appeared and still released the record as a street single. We’re assuming due to affiliations within the Roc Nation brand Jigga currently manages (not Tidal vs. Apple), this caused Drizzy to removed himself from the situation – but went to credit both legends as people who he looked up to.
Listen to more from the interview, where he opens up on not having a communication line withNicki Minaj and releasing even more music before his Summer Sixteen Tour begins.
