Toronto’s resident rap-god shrugged off Take Care’s moody emotionalism and Nothing Was The Same’s luxe, druggy wooze to pump out If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late like a careless shotgun shell. Even when he casually drops a mixtape just to toy with our feelings, Drake is all gossamer steel excellence. This is not that Drake from four years ago, no. This is a detached but still vulnerable kingpin who surveys his mounting fame with a quizzical eye. Assuming the mantle of success he’s always expected, Drake is left to grapple with perfection’s inevitable companion — loneliness. And if Views From The 6 can stare that phantom down, he’ll truly be a legend. –Caitlin

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