Gracefully gliding between singing and rapping, backed by Noah “40” Shebib’s opulent mood music and buoyed by cosigns from both mentor Lil Wayne and key inspiration Kanye West (the two biggest stars in rap at the time), Drake went from Datpiff obscurity to the A-list in an instant. The more people jeered Drake’s defiantly soft approach and clumsy bars, the louder the cheers drowned them out. A former teen soap opera actor? From Canada? And he’s cooing sweet melodies over fluffy synthesizer clouds like some hipster R&B singer? This was no one’s idea of a superstar rapper. When So Far Gone first blew up, Drake had been an easy punchline for rap skeptics and self-professed guardians of “real hip-hop” alike. “I had someone tell me I fell off, ooh I needed that,” he’d rap the following summer, owning up to Thank Me Later‘s flaws - not that that the album’s bizarre sequencing, rampant self-pity, and abundant hashtag-rap clunkers stalled out his career momentum whatsoever. Instead, Drake delivered a confounding LP that, even as it spun off hits, raised questions about whether a debut could be a sophomore slump. But with his 2009 mixtape So Far Gone, he had rocketed straight to superstardom and begun the process of fundamentally altering the sound of mainstream rap. Technically, Thank Me Later, released 10 years ago, was his debut album. " Fancy" (featuring T.I.Drake had already changed the game." Up All Night" (featuring Nicki Minaj) - 3:54." Fireworks" (featuring Alicia Keys) - 5:13.The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and, as of February 2012, has sold 1,551,000 copies in the US. It reached platinum certification in Canada within its debut week and produced four singles that attained chart success, including Billboard hits " Over", " Miss Me", Show Me A Good Time", and " Fireworks". Following an anticipated release, it debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 447,000 copies in the United States in its first week.
The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented Drake's introspective lyrics and drew musical comparisons to the works of hip hop artists Kanye West and Kid Cudi. Thank Me Later features a predominantly sparse, downbeat production and contains subjective lyrics concerning themes of fame, self-examination, and love. Production for the album took place at various recording studios during 2009 to 2010 and was mostly produced by longtime collaborators Noah "40" Shebib and Boi-1da, and also featured contributions from Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, The-Dream and Kanye West, among others. Cash Money Thank Me Later is the debut studio album of Canadian recording artist Drake, released June 15, 2010, on Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Motown Records.
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