Aubrey Drake Graham popularly known as Drake is a Canadian singer, rapper and actor. Drake pursued a career in music releasing his debut mixtape room for improvement in 2006 and subsequently, he released the mixtapes like Comeback season(2007) and so far gone(2009) before signing with young money entertainment. He got recognition by starring as Jimmy Brooks in the CTV teen drama series Degrassi: The Next generation. His music is loved by many and most of the songs he released are hit and the best. Here is the list of songs that are best as well as hit.
1. God’s Plan
A feel-good track it discusses Drake’s future as an artist and those who try to infiltrate his inner circle and how he believes in god and won’t let him fall despite haters trying to bring him down. It was number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold a total of 1,27,00 in the week ending of 25th January 2018.
2. Marvin’s Room
This whole song is a talk on the phone. Here, Drake vents about his loneliness at a crazy party and he tried persuading the girl to love him again and leave her current man. Due to the structure of a song, chill Frank ocean-esque and relatability drake has released several mixes in it. Among the released mixtapes, sorry 4 the wait mixtape is popular.
3. Legend
Legend is the reflection of things he had done so far and the great things he will be doing in the future. This is about drake flaunting his success. This track also gives an autobiography of him like how he used to frequent strip clubs, how he learned Spanish over time and some schemes he did in Canada.
4. HYFR ft. Wayne
This song is about the introspective side of both Drizzy and Weezy sides. He talks about ex-girls and the lessons he learnt from Tupac songs. On the other hand, Lil Wayne repeats the mindless questions fans often ask rappers.
5. 5 AM in Toronto
In this track, he mentioned his OVO Owl merch, a former altercation he had with Kris brown. This song was re-released on August 2, 2019. It is proof of the great talent and passion he had for music. The tight rhymes and entendres showed why Drake has a seat at the table of rappers. This had been popular at that time and even now.
6. Child’s Play
Here, he explains to a woman she had a desire for a new outfit. He’s happy to indulge as long as she continues to give him what he needs. This hysterical music video also features a performance from Tyra banks. It is a dance-worthy song and a mix of emotions it possesses could make us stunned.
7. Nice for What
This is an inspiration from New Orleans bounce music. This is music about women’s empowerment where they are the most important people in this digital age and he asked why women are accountable for loving men while men are not. It featured several female icons of that time.
8. Passion Fruit
It deals with Drake’s struggle to maintain Long-distance relationships. It had a smooth beat and tropical/dancehall touches with wordplay which made many of the people like it. In the video, There were guest appearances of Moodyman and Zoe Kravitz.
9. Hotline Bling
This song was 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2015. It is all about Drake’s old Toronto flame Nebby whom he had an on and off relationship. Drake got to perform his Hotline bling dance moves in a T-Mobile commercial that aired during Super bowl 50.
10. Fair Trade(ft. Travis Scott)
It is all about having to denounce fake friends to find peace of mind. Here, Drake’s verses are all about letting go of the toxicity and Scott is about embracing the women, car and money. This song had a collaboration between him and Scott after Portland and Sicko mode.
There are many hit songs on the list but these are the best of all.
