You've got “Redemption” and “U With Me?,” songs that capture the best of Drake's navel-gazing appeal, that remind us there's no rapper better at describing the psychological burdens of staring at a phone screen. On one hand it's a tidy career summation, Take Care Part Two, a victory lap for the city of Toronto, and the most refined version yet of 40's signature sound, that underwater chipmunk soul that shaped this entire decade of R&B. VIEWS feels like an album conservatively designed for either eventuality. Still, there's a world in which that greatest hits is already more or less complete, in which the songs we remember Drake for forever are “Started from the Bottom” and “Hotline Bling,” and another in which, roughly seven years into his career, Drake is just hitting the period in which the greatest of his hits are yet to be made. (Isn't it always?) And he's right: His greatest hits will be unforgettable. He quips that most rappers with a deal “probably couldn't make a greatest hits,” but it's really about himself. Perhaps he's just trying to catch a view of his legacy, to see where it might be headed.ĭrake's not even 30-although by his math he's only got until 35 until he becomes irrelevant-but he's already, by the chart numbers, among the most successful rappers of all time, on the verge of being even more successful than that, within the echelon of single-named pop deities and the Beatles. Maybe he's sizing up the line at the Cheesecake Factory, where sales of late are no doubt through the roof. Perhaps he's scoping out the next C-list Toronto rapper to decide to carry out a grudge against, or maybe it's, like, a chance to set a target on the back of a club owner who didn't let him play there once in 2008. Look at Drake up there, perched on the CN Tower, looking out at something. Views doesn’t drop until April 29, but in the meantime, there will be no shortage of Drake memes to hold you over.Drake's Battle with Himself, by Kyle Kramer don't worry fam I gotchu /hxtdqtbtoKĪnd of course, Drake has already gotten the crying Jordan treatment: Idk how but…this L still makes its way back to Meek. If you zoom into album cover, you see Meek Mill falling off #VIEWS #FACTS /NF9h6UdBIx I see sad keanu up there with u fam #VIEWS /vNrPflSlhW Bae Street April 25, a fireman is coming for you to bring you to safety you're welcome (btw I made this) /FTJBVNjkzf Long story short, the internet is relentless, and the cover for Views From The 6 will be treated no differently. And then there’s Hotline Bling, which took on a whole other life of its own, with memes spanning from GIFs, to cover art riffs, to songs on Soundcloud and Youtube. If you’re just talking cover art, Take Care, Nothing Was The Same, and If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late have been offered as a sacrifice to the internet meme gods. There’s the photo app for the iPhone that artist Ryder Ripps made in his honor. There are the Wheelchair Jimmy memes, Soft Drake memes and Starbucks Drake Hands memes. To the city I love and the people in it…Thank you for everything #VIEWS /HEXHNwrWwdĬonsidering Drake’s long history of being meme’d this shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. Naturally, it was only a matter of hours before people started photoshopping Drake in a variety of locales, meme-ing him to the high heavens. Drake revealed the cover art for his upcoming album Views From the 6 on Sunday night, which features the rapper perched atop Toronto’s CN Tower.