In the second episode of Crwn, Drake discusses the making of “Pound Cake” & “Off That”, his relationship with Jay Z and other songs on Nothing Was The Same. He also talked about his loyalty to YMCMB, his family and more. Later on, Noah “40″ Shebib hit the stage to talk about OVO Sound.
According to HitsDailyDouble, Drake’s third studio release is expected to sell between 675,000 and 725,000 copies, and on his way to another no. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Drake’s debut album Thank Me Later sold 447,000 copies, and Take Care sold 631,000 copies. Kings Of Leon is expected to sell 125,00 in their first week and land them number 2 on the Billboard charts
Elliott Wilson sat down with Drake last Sunday at NYU for his newest edition of CRWN. In the first episode, Drake he spoke on records from Nothing Was The Same, criticism, talks about his conversations with Ghostface Killah, and Kendrick’s “Control” verse.
Drake stopped by Hot 97 with Angie Martinez’s show to talk about his new album, planning to release more songs soon, YOLO Polos, Irv Gotti, YMCMB, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Control’ verse, Rihanna, Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson, Kanye West, Jaden Smith and more. Get Nothing was the Same now
Drake stopped by ESPN’s First Take with Cari, Skip and Stephen A. to talk about his relationship with Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel. More below.
To help celebrate the release of his new album, Drake releases the official video for his single ‘Hold On Were Going Home’ featuring Majid Jordan. Nothing Was The Same is in stores today. Not safe for work, but the Asian jawn in the second scene is bad.
After hitting the stage at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas, Drake sits down with Ryan Seacrest. He talks about his new album Nothing Was The Same, how he is different from other rappers and goes into detail about various records on the project.
While on his promo run, Drake returned to Chelsea’s show. He talked about his new album, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, filming Anchorman 2, his bar mitzvah and much more. in stores now.
Sohh Reports:
According to reports, Drizzy took part in an open discussion with hip-hop journalist Elliott Wilson for his CRWN series in New York last night (September 22).
Last night, Drizzy Drake graced Elliot Wilson’s CRWN stage for the first time. Taking place at the NYU Shimmel center, October’s very own talked to the packed audience for over 2 hours. He gave away tons of intimate details about the recording of Nothing Was The Same and bits of his personal life. Myspace is set to release the video clips starting on Wednesday, but one particular moment made it’s way online already. When YN asked how he really felt about Kendrick’s “Control” verse, Drake didn’t seemed too moved by K. Dot’s lyrics. However, he admitted that they saw each other in person after at the VMAs and it was all love, but in Drake’s eyes it doesn’t seem like the verse has his complete cosign. (Miss Info TV)
Drake spent a few moments on the buzz Kendrick ignited and why his main objective did not make sense to him.
“That [‘Control’] verse was a moment to talk about. Are you listening to it now, though?,” he asked, hushing all 850 attendees at NYU’s Skirball Center, including Wilson. Drake continued: “He didn’t come in there on some wild, ‘I’m in New York, fuck everybody.’ I almost wish he had come in there on that shit because I kind of lost a little bit of respect for the sentiment of the verse,” Drake said. “If it’s really ‘fuck everybody’ then it needs to be ‘fuck everybody’. It can’t just be halfway.” (Miss Info TV)
Wait on it. @hitboy87
In addition to the above Instagram message, we’ve also received confirmation that the remix to ‘Wu-Tang Forever’ featuring the song’s namesake (or simply another track, perhaps) is definitely coming:
Drake confirmed he's got a track w/ the Wu. It's coming soon. #JustWaitOnIt
— Chris Uño (@CRS_One) September 23, 2013
To help promo Drake’s new album Nothing Was The Same, he ended the iHeart Radio festival show off last night with a performance. Drake ran through ‘Started From The Bottom’, ‘Hold On Were Going Home’, ‘Crew Love’, ‘Headlines’ and more.
Drake stopped by Ellen Degeneres’ show to talk about past women who he may or may have been with. He also performed his hit single “Hold On I’m Coming Home”.
Missinfo reports:
Drake on Rihanna:
“Uh, yeah, great girl. We had our moment and I always always support and have love for her…”
Ellen: “Ehh, a little nervous…Do you want to go back and that one over?”
Drake: “I’m not into do-overs, in an way…”Drake on Nicki Minaj:
“Me and Nicki are like family. I love her with all my heart. we haven’t really shared an intimate moment.”Drake on Tyra Banks:
“I went on a date with her. Yeah, it was just one date. We went to Disneyland in disguises. I don’t know if it was a date, it was like a get-together. We’re close as well…(off to the side) Management, we’re having a conversation after this…”Drake on Kim Kardashian.
“No! Never! What’s going on here?”Drake on Kat Dennings:
“I just always had a huge crush on Kat. She was kind enough to oblige me and we went out to dinner. But they don’t call me back after one date. She’s great though.”Drake’s current Facebook status: “I’m single, I’m ready to mingle…”
Looks like folks really want that owl logo apparel….even to the point of ratchetness.
Damn. From TMZ:
Drake and The Game are teaming up to help cover funeral costs for 6 people — including 5 young siblings — who died in a tragic house fire in Ohio … even though the rappers didn’t know the victims.
The Game got the ball rolling after learning about Anna Angel — who was working her shift at Burger King when a fire consumed her home while her 5 young children and her boyfriend were trapped inside. There were no survivors.
Game Instagram’d about the tragedy … saying, “I can deal with a lot of things but people losing their children is something that kills me every time.”
The Game — who recently pledged to donate $1 million dollars to people in need as part of his Robin Hood project — says he was on the phone with Drake when he read about the woman’s loss … and they each agreed to donate $10,000 to help Anna cover the burial costs.
Drake later posted about the situation … saying, “What [The Game] is doing will never be forgotten. Honored to be able to help people along side my brother.”
In addition to their $20K … the producers of Game’sTV show, “Marrying the Game” also pitched in $2,500.
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Above, Drake speaks on his hopes for Nothing Was The Same (which drops next week) and if it will stand up to his previous project(s). The big question is, how do you think it will fair against other albums of the year. Will it sell heavily the first week? Send us your thoughts.
Drake’s new album Nothing Was The Same is set to hit the stores on Tuesday, but leaked on the internet last night. On one of the tracks on the album, Drake seems to responde to Kendrick Lamar for his verse on Big Sean’s ‘Control’. You can read the lyrics below.
I don’t know why they been lying but yo !! is not that inspiring
Bank account statements just look like I’m ready for early retirement
!! any nicca that’s talkin’ that !! just to get a reaction
!! going platinum, I looked at my wrist and it’s already platinum
I am the kid with the motor mouth
I am the one that you should worry about
I don’t know who you’re referring to, who is this nicca you heard about?
Someone just talking that bull!!, someone just gave you the run-around
niccas downplaying the money but that’s what you do when the money down
I don’t waste time putting money down
I just go straight to who got it and buy it in cash
!! so good that you gotta come see me on tour and you gotta fly in first cla##
This has been years in the making, it’s all for the city
You know I come right every summer, Cash Money Records forever
I’m always big timin’ !! I came up right under Stunna
You know it
So I guess Drake’s album has hit the net early and here’s the last song on the album with Jay Z. You can preorder Nothing Was The Same now (which drops September 24th).
Jimmy pairs up with Drake and squares off against Scarlett Johansson and Tariq from The Roots in a game of charades.
HOW CAN WU FANS BE MAD A DRAKE LET ALONE WUTANG FOR PAYING HOMAGE ?
— Wu Tang Clan (@WuTangClan) September 13, 2013
Even after Deck’s complaint? Did he not make the song (or are we getting trolled until the remix drops)? From VIBE:
The Clan has recorded verses to 40’s instrumental in Europe earlier this summer, original Wu member U-God tells VIBE exclusively.
“They wanted us to remix it and get on there [so] you gon’ probably hear another one with us on it,” says U-God, shortly after landing in San Francisco to perform at Rock The Bells on Sunday. “Meth did his verse—we all did our verses. I wrote my rhyme in probably 15, 20 minutes. We were moving so fast we only had about four hours of studio time. If I had some time to really sit down and get juicy with it, I probably could’ve got juicier with it. But I still do a nice one, I still do a real banger.”
The Nothing Was The Same cut, which samples “It’s Yourz” from the Staten Island crew’s sophomore album Wu-Tang Forever, makes references to Raekwon’s “machine gun rap” opening lines from the original. Rae, as well as the official Wu-Tang Clan Twitter account have already expressed support for the track.
SOHH reports:
According to Deck, Drizzy does not pay homage or make the record a real tribute to the Wu.
“After listening to the @Drake song, I agree with u… It is in no form a tribute to WU and SHOULD NOT wear the title Wutang Forever!,” Deck tweeted September 13.
“I am not switching up.. My tweet earlier stated without previously hearing the song I thought it was a tribute and saw that as respect.”
“My 2nd tweet based on hearing the song.. Not stating if its wack or not I said what I felt about the song and title in conjunction with WU” (Inspectah Deck’s Twitter)
Coincidentally, he initially stood behind the record after it started to receive backlash.
“GM fam! Woke up to a lot of @Drake disses… WTH? The homey did a song about us right? Is that not love/respect? Or did I miss sum’n?” (Inspectah Deck’s Twitter)
Before posting a blog post showcasing diehard Wu fans sporting their Clan tattoos, a tweet from the group’s Twitter page defended Drizzy’s new record.
“HOW CAN WU FANS BE MAD A DRAKE LET ALONE WUTANG FOR PAYING HOMAGE ?,” a tweet posted September 13.
“The Wu is forever so is this. http://fb.me/6u87HsaBT” (Wu-Tang Clan’s Twitter)
With less than two weeks before the release of his new album, Drake stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with Sampha to debut “Too Much”off his upcoming album Nothing Was The Same. You can pre-order here.
Drake dropped off another record from his upcoming album Nothing Was The Same, and you can get this record now when you preorder his album on iTunes. Nothing Was The Same hits stores on September 24th. I can’t wait for this fucking album, in my opinion I think it will be another classic.
Previously:
TMZ Reports:
Drake’s expensive jewelry collection is coming back to bite him in the ass — a famous jeweler is suing him over a $50,000 owl pendant … claiming Drake illegally made knockoffs of it for his friends.
The jeweler Baden Baden Inc. (owned by designer Michael Raphael) filed the lawsuit, claiming Drizzy hired the company to make a custom diamond-studded platinum owl pendant back in January … and paid $49,204.
Then in June … BB claims gold duplicates of the pendant started surfacing on Drake’s Instagram.
According to the lawsuit, BB claims Drake took its original design, copied it, and handed out the knockoffs to his pals.
Baden Baden is suing for copyright infringement, demanding unspecified damages, and asking the court to force Drake to hand over the owl copies.
One potential sticking point — Drake’s been using the owl logo for years … it’s the freakin’ cover of his 2011 mixtape.
