Name: Scorpion
Brand: Drake

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Bonus disc: No

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B002910301

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2018-11-09

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Supplier US

Unive­rsal

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Sales:8.875

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00602567874942

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B002882802

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2018-07-13

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Artist

Drake

Genre US

Hip Hop

Label US

Republic

Drake, born on October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, is a Canadian actor and recording artist. He gained initial fame for his role as Jimmy Brooks on the TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation. As a rapper, he goes by the name Drake. In June 2009, he officially signed with Lil Wayne's record label after establishing a close affiliation with it earlier in his career.

Drake comes from a musical background; his father Dennis Graham was a drummer who worked with Jerry Lee Lewis, and he is also related to musicians Larry Graham and Teenie Hodges. His parents divorced when he was young, and he was raised by his mother in Toronto's affluent Forest Hill neighborhood. Despite not graduating high school from Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, Drake discovered acting there and spent summers with his father in Memphis.

With an impressive career spanning both acting and music, Drake has become one of the most successful artists of our time. Known for hits like "Hotline Bling" and "God's Plan," Drake continues to captivate audiences worldwide with his unique blend of rap and R&B influences.

Drake's new album Scorpion. Available here on Double CD.

Scorpion, his fifth studio album, isn’t entirely focused on the significance of fatherhood. Many of its 25 tracks are built around standard-issue Drake themes—the audacity of rappers who dare speak his name, the psychic toll associated with dating multiple beautiful women at once, people who use Instagram weirdly—and the hyper-topical nature of the lines regarding paternity suggest they were added to the album at the last-minute. But fatherhood hangs over Scorpion all the same, casting Drake’s emotional immaturity into sharp relief. He’s never been more skilled as a technician or melodicist, and it’s remarkable how engaging Scorpion is for over 90 minutes. But the kind of juvenile navel-gazing that leads someone to write a line like, “She say do you love me, I tell her only partly/I only love my bed and my mama, I’m sorry” is less compelling when it’s coming from a 31-year-old father than a would-be college kid trying to make a name for himself.

Scorpion

Music US

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