photo by Drake (@champagnepapi on Instagram)
Since announcing that Views from the 6 would be the follow-up to Nothing Was the Same in 2014, Drake has dropped a mixtape with Future, multiple diss records aimed at Meek Mill, and the international smash hit "Hotline Bling," which along with the visual, has become a pop culture staple.
Despite all of those releases, fans still had no salient news about the release date of Views or any of it's official singles. That is until two nights again when Drizzy sent out this tweet:
OVO Sound Radio Episode 14 tmrw at 3PM PST/6PM EST...it begins.
— Drizzy (@Drake) January 30, 2016
During Saturday's broadcast of the OVO Sound Radio show on Apple's Beats 1, the rapper dropped "Summer Sixteen," the first official single from Views.
"Summer Sixteen" features a fire beat and a gang of playful bars that will probably go down as some of Drake's funniest lyrics ever. The song opens up with a light jab at President Barack Obama, who claimed in a YouTube Q&A that Kendrick Lamar was a better rapper than the 6 God. In the second verse, Drake continues to take playful jabs, but this time at rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West. Drake raps about his pool being bigger than Kanye's (even though Ye's is nice too) and wanting to be on Rock-a-Fella until he turned into Jay.
Though "Summer Sixteen" is dope and will definitely be played at every club for the next few months, I must say that I expected a little bit more. "Sixteen" sounds like something that could have been on the 2015 mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late, which is not a bad thing, but I was hoping that Drizzy would be moving forward, sonically.
"Summer Sixteen" is available now on Apple Music and iTunes, with Views from the 6 expected to be out in April.
Happy Listening,
Robert
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