Drake Delivers on ‘More Life,’ Talks Drunk Texting Jennifer Lopez, Drags out Personal Beef With Other Hip-Hop Stars

Drake has released “More Life,” the album we’ve all been waiting for. Though, if you ask him, it’s a playlist and not an album. The “playlist” features 22 tracks, a handful of them are pretty short, making it’s only about an hour long. Either way, it’s both an exciting release for fans who think he can do no wrong, and for those who have criticized him. “More Life” is a feel good playlist from beginning to end, and is bound to be the soundtrack for spring.

It starts with only a piano accompanying singer Nai Palm on “Free Smoke.” She sings a soulful tune, but it doesn’t take long for Drake to step in with his usual lyrics that reveal the details of his life – like drunk texting Jennifer Lopez. Things like that might get him labeled as an “emo rapper,” but at this point, if he didn’t do it, he wouldn’t be the Drake we all know and some love. He also uses the intro to possibly fire a shot at Meek Mill after the two battled it out following Meek’s claims that Drake couldn’t write his own lyrics. But they could also be for Kid Cudi too.

“How you let the kid fightin’ ghostwritin’ rumors turn you to a ghost? Oh, you got jokes. Y’all keep playin’ with your nose, yeah, you get high and do the most.”

The next song “No Long Talk” featuring Giggs might be less than three minutes, but it definitely delivers when it comes to Drake’s definitive, one-of-a-kind sound. He channels his mood from the single “Take Care” featuring Rihanna from his 2011 album of the same name in the third track “Passionfruit.” He does switch it up a little bit with a sample from Moodymann’s “Live @ Cutloose 2nd Birthday Party.”

Quavo and Travis Scott join him for the next song “Portland,” in which Drake appears to call out another rapper. “Bitin’ everybody, which is ironic ‘cause your next album probably won’t ever see the light of day.” There’s been speculation that the lyrics are calling out Jay Z, who reportedly shamed Drake in “Shining” in February 2017.

The features continue with “Sacrifices,” featuring 2 Chainz & Young Thug. I wouldn’t be surprised if this also became a single. One of the most talked about lines from this song is at the beginning, when Drake shouts out to Kendall Jenner: “Kendall turned 21, was up the street with 21.”

Drake continues to open up about his past relationships in “Nothings Into Somethings,” which could possibly be dedicated to his rumored ex-girlfriend, Serena Williams.

“Did I just read that you just got engaged on me? I heard from your friend, you couldn’t even tell me, or better wait on me…” He ends the song by asking, “Least, do I get an invitation or something? A statement or something? Ask about that, you would say it was nothing. But here’s another nothing that you made into something. Can’t just leave it off that way.”

While Drake’s album is a good one, the continued references to his famous exes (rumored or actual) were definitely a theme this time around, and more blunt than subtle. In the song “Teenage Fever” Drake samples Lopez’s single, “If You Had My Love.”

His broken heart might have inspired his party anthem “KMT” featuring Giggs. He raps, “Love is just not in my plans, Not even taking a chance…”

The playlist continues with “Lose You, “and “Can’t Have Everything,” in which Drake and his mother, Sandi Graham, have an adorable mother-son moment. Graham reminds Drake to maintain his optimism before she quotes former FLOTUS Michelle Obama, “When others go low, we go high.”

Kanye West makes an appearance on the playlist in “Glow,” followed by PARTYNEXTDOOR’s appearance on “Since Way Back.” Drake’s single “Fake Love” is next, followed by “Ice Melts” featuring Young Thug. The entire playlist ends with “Do Not Disturb,” which includes an alleged message for rapper Torey Lanez: “You overnight celebrity, you day one star/ I swear I told you I’m in this for eternity. I am a reflection of all of your insecurities.”

This album is what Drake fans needed. It’s as if Drake took the very best of his last two albums, and turned it into an irresistible playlist.

More Life” is available on Apple Music March 18.