By - J and EB
1:24 am this morning Drake dropped a new track called 5 am in Toronto, yesterday I had a feeling we might be seeing this track come to life because of his tweet simply saying "5 am in Toronto". If you can think back to his mix-tape days, then you may remember a track called 9 am in Dallas where Drake goes in over a pretty nice beat and does sort of a ballet of where he's at, at that point in his career.
5AM in Toronto
— Drizzy (@Drake) March 6, 2013
Now, i'm not gonna trash this song because surprisingly it's not bad considering the awful piece that was Started From the Bottom. I used to listen to Drake when he was up and coming and this song kinds of takes me back to that point. So Far Gone was some of Drake's best work to date, Thank me Later and Take Care were okay but to me SFG was his beginning and the best he'll ever get. But not to be too hard on the guy he's putting Toronto on the map I just cant stand the image that comes with it.
Anyway, 5 AM in Toronto, a song produced by Boi1da features a synth sounding beat (but i could be wrong), it's coupled with simple old school sounding snare and bass with some light hats. The content of this song shines though. There's no definitive hook on the song, sounds like 3 minutes of pure rapping on Drakes part, the rhymes he puts out are those of the cocky, I made it kind. He starts off with "You underestimated greatly/most number ones ever how long did it really take me/ the part i love most is they need me more than they hate me", some how he gets to talking about guns "so they never take shots/ I got everyone on safety/ I could load every gun with bullets that fire backwards/ probably wouldn't lose a single rapper." Wait wait wait, did i just hear that? Dope line, just dumb coming from you. "N****s make threats cant hear em over the laughter", my guess is that this is to all the beefs he's been involved with. He then goes on to talk about money, his grammy and how rappers these days are all about the PR and how he's the only rapper known for the music. Again, what? This goes two ways mate. No you're not known for the music, you're known for beefing with Chris Brown over Rihanna, and that garbage that was Started from the bottom. "B*****s loving my drive i never give it a break/ give these n****s the love, the verse and even the hook/ that's why every song sound like Drake featuring Drake." I won't lie that line was dope and had some truth to it, every single song Drake is a part of gets radio play. He went as far as saying "without me rap is just a bunch of orphans". Again.... No. And then he finishes the song with that singing, "awwwwwhhhh yeah".
One of the best things about this track is just the name. Drake has done a good job staying connected to his roots, and putting Toronto on the map, although it may not always be in a good way. All in all great rhymes, very well executed, sick beat but it's just Drake so... hating it a must. All love though, ha ha.
What do you think of the track? Listen below and let us know.
I don't think you fully understood the song. The song is much deeper than how you describe it. I am a big drake fan so I guess I catch the subtle things he says easier. Drake bodied this track.
Maybe we didn't fully get the song Ed but we do get Drake, we actually see right through him. Maybe it was the bad taste in our mouth from the "started from the bottom" track but we weren't totally impressed. If this track wasn't over a boi 1da beat i don't think the lyrics could hold themselves up alone. That's just our opinion and although were not in love with the song we still jam to it and other Drizzy tracks. Thanks for the comment.