Drake achieved hip-hop dominance in the most unexpected way possible: by baring his soul. While the Canadian rapper/singer can drop battle-ready bars and swag-fueled club jams with equal ease, he’s more likely to kick introspective verses that take you inside his complicated life, one where even party-hopping excess is no defense against real heartbreak. He also digs in some truly global crates in his search for killer beats, flipping between the moodiness of late-night R&B ballads, the speaker-blowing thump of Southern hip-hop bangers, the waist-winding grooves of dancehall, the floor-filling thrills of UK club music, and much more. Whether he’s grappling with the pain of the one that got away on the haunting “Marvin’s Room” or flipping the script on booty calls with the irresistible Caribbean funk of “Hotline Bling,” Drake mixes raw emotion with seductive hooks, banging hip-hop with bouncy dance-pop, and genre-bending thrills with an inimitable style that’s straight from The 6.
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