Album Review: Drake's "Care Package"

Drake surprisingly dropped a compilation of songs that were never officially released over the years on Friday, August 2, 2019. The 17 song, 1 hour and 14 minute album included some major features such as Rick Ross, James Fauntleroy & J. Cole. Some songs seemed familiar as they were unreleased, Can I, How Bout Now, Trust Issues, 5 Am in Toronto, Draft Day, & 4 Pm in Calabasas.

Care Package by Drake

Tracklist

1. Dreams Money Can Buy

2. The Motion

3. How Bout Now

4. Trust Issues

5. Days in The East

6. Draft Day

7. 4 Pm in Calabasas

8. 5 Am in Toronto

9. I get Lonely

10. My Side

11. Jodeci Freestyle (feat. J. Cole)

12. Club Paradise

13. Free Spirit (feat. Rick Ross)

14. Heat Of the Moment

15. Girls Love Beyoncè (feat. James Fauntleroy)

16. Paris Morton Music

17. Can I

This surprise album caught Drake fans by surprise, with only one Instagram post he is projected to sell 100 - 120k copies. There are many tracks that were unofficially released but were previously dropped on multiple platforms. It was never mentioned that Drake would drop this project, nor any project this year for that matter.

When the Toronto Raptors were in the NBA playoffs, Drake mentioned that if the Raptors were to win the championship, he would release a project in which he did. Drake released The Best In The World Pack, which included two songs Omertà & Money In The Grave.

Care Package was more of RnB Drake than Rap Drake, he showed his singing off on tracks such as Trust Issues, Dreams Money Can Buy, Days in The East & Club Paradise. Trust Issues was a song previously released on different platforms a few years ago. 4 Pm in Calabasas & 5 Am in Toronto were both released on OVO Radio then Youtube back in 2016.

Draft Day, the song that represents Johnny Manziel & Andrew Wiggins was released on Soundcloud in 2014. The whole project was made throughout the last 9 years and has been a long time coming. How Bout Now came out unofficially in 2014 as well as Can I which was released in 2015. While these were some of the biggest songs on the album, his most known song has to be Trust Issues which was dropped on Youtube & Soundcloud in 2016.

Controlled Sounds Top 5 Tracks Off The Project

1. Jodeci Freestyle (feat. J. Cole)

2. Trust Issue

3. Draft Day

4. Can I

5. 5 Am in Toronto

Album Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

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