Drake - Room for Improvement, Comeback Season, So Far Gone

So unless you've been living under a rock, or you are one of the few who don't listen to everything Lil Wayne has to stay, there is a good chance you've heard of up and coming Toronto based rapper Drake. Most probably know him as Aubrey Graham or better yet Jimmy from Degrassi.

These days though Aubrey goes by Drake. And he's shed himself of that Degrassi good boy image and donned the role as hip hop extraordinaire. So far he has three mixtapes to his name ; Room for Improvement, Comeback Season and his latest So Far Gone. He was also recently signed to Interscope so an album should be on the horizon.

Room for Improvement

1. Intro
2. Pianist Hands (Skit #1)
3. Special Featuring Voyce
4. Do What You Do
5. Money (Remix) Featuring Nickelus F.
6. A.M. 2 P.M. Featuring Nickelus F.
7. City Is Mine
8. Drake's Voice (Skit #2)
9. Bad Meanin' Good Featuring Slakah the Beatchild
10.Thrill Is Gone
11.Make Things Right
12.Video Girl Featuring Sean G.
13.Drake's Voice (Skit #3)
14.Come Winter
15.Extra Special
16.About The Game (Remix) Featuring Trey Songz
17.All This Love Featuring Voyce
18.Drake's Voice (Skit #4)
19.A Scorpio's Mind Featuring Nickelus F.
20.S.T.R.E.S.S.
21.Try Harder
22.Kick, Push (Remix) Featuring Lupe Fiasco
23.U.P.A. Outro

His first mixtape, Room for Improvement (RFI), is an excellent blend of hard rap and mellow hip hop. Thrill is Gone, Bad Meaning Good, and Come Winter all highlight Drake's smooth, easy going, free flowing lyricism. On the contrast tracks like AM 2 PM, City is Mine and Money (Remix) all show that the man is serious and he can come just as hard as any other, and his clever, witty lyricism doesn't suffer a bit.

Comeback Season
1. Intro
2. The Presentation
3. Comeback Seaon
4. Closer (ft. Andreena Mill)
5. Replacement Girl (ft. Trey Songz)
6. City Is Mine
7. Barry Bonds Freestyle
8. Going In For Life
9. Where To Now (Prod. By J Dilla)
10. Share
11. Give Ya (ft. Trey Songz)
12. Dont U Have A Man (ft. Little Brother & Dwele)
13. Bitch Is Crazy
14. The Last Hope (ft. Kardinal Offishall & Andreena Mill)
15. Must Hate Money (ft. Rich Boy)
16. Asthma Team
17. Do What U Do (RMX) (ft. Clipse)
18. Easy To Please (ft. Richie Sosa)
19. Faded
20. Underdog (ft. Trey Songz)
21. Think Good Thoughts (Prod. By 9th Wonder)
22. Teach U A Lesson
23. Missin You (RMX)
24. Man Of The Year (ft. Lil’ Wayne)

Comeback Season is Drake's second effort in the mixtape scene. Bunch of great tracks on this one. The Presentation, Closer, Going in for Life, The Last Hope, Teach U A Lesson, Man of the Year(Remix) and of course the single Replacement Girl w/ Trey Songs. check out the video:

So Far Gone

1. Lust For Life
2. Houstatlantavegas
3. Successful feat. Trey Songz & Lil' Wayne.
4. Lets Call It Off feat. Peter Bjorn & John
5. November 18th Produced by DJ Screw
6. Ignant Shit feat. Lil' Wayne Produced by Just Blaze
7. A Night Off feat. Lloyd
8. Say What's Real Produced by Kanye West
9. Little Bit feat. Lykke Li
10. Best I Ever Had Produced by Boi-1da
11. Unstoppable feat. Santogold & Lil' Wayne Produced by Diplo
12. Uptown feat Bun B & Lil' Wayne Produced by Boi-1da, Northern Profit
13. Sooner Than Later Produced by D10
14. Bria's Interlude feat. Omarion
15. The Calm
16. Outro

*Brand New
*Congratulations
*some versions also include these tracks

Drake's latest mixtape and quite possibly his most polished and most versatile. There seems to be a conscious effort here to sway into the R&B realm and quite honestly he does it almost flawlessly, proving his versatility. Tracks Brand New and Sooner than Later highlight his excellent ability to sing as well as rap. The Calm, Lust for Life, and Say Whats Real however remind us that he's a legit rapper who can stand toe to toe with about anyone out right now.

"i quit school n is not because im lazy
im juss not the social type and campus
life is crazy
understand i cud get money wid my
eyes closed
lost some of my hottest versus down
at cabo
so if u find a blackberry wid a side
scroll
send dat mothafucka to any rapper
dat i know
coz dey need it much more than i
ever will "

Now while Drake is proving to be taking the hip hop scene by storm, he does have his flaws. If you really listen, he doesnt have much to say. At this point really all he does is boast when he raps, or sing about exes when he does r&b. He's no storyteller. However take into account that all he's done so far is mixtapes. Up until recently he was unsigned and unknown. I think when time comes to push out an album he'll show legitimate focus and produce meaningful tracks that hopefully stack up against what the rest of the rap world has to offer.