It won’t ever happen, but imagining is always nice. It’s there, and the results could be great.
How To Dress Well – “Suicide Dream 2 (Holy Other Remix)”ĭepending on how you feel about Burial, imagining this is either exciting or offensive to think of Drake rapping over the Londoner’s genre-defining work. It’s music that begs a lyricist to get personal over, which makes it a logical move for someone like Drake. And as boring as that sounds, it’s countered by the undeniable ear for a beautiful melody and sense for when to employ a payoff. His music is painstakingly deliberate, thoughtful and patient. The most immediately striking moments on Take Care were Drake’s skewed versions of the bombastic: “Underground Kings,” “We’ll Be Fine,” “HYFR.” They wouldn’t be as great, however, if they weren’t put into context by “Marvin’s Room,” “The Real Her,” and “Look What You’ve Done.” Enter Holy Other. What really got us excited is that we decided that this was probably the production we most wanted the requisite Kendrick Lamar feature to be over. This one doesn’t even feel like a stretch, Drake and Jacques are an easy pair to envision. Electronic music in 2011 would simply not be the same without his “Another Girl,” his slow burning now-classic. Jacques Greene has spent his relatively short career making extraordinarily thoughtful bass and house music centered on delicate R&B samples. Shlohmo – “The Way U Do (RL Grime Remix)” An ear for hip-hop drums and an affinity for bittersweet melodies characterize the best of RL Grime’s production and although he’s on the smaller side in regards to support and popularity for Drake to be taking notice, it sounds like only good things could come from the pairing.ĭrake – “Over (RL Grime’s Rly 2 Yung Remix)” With that as an entry point, everything else RL Grime has been producing seems to position him as a perfect collaborator for Drake, or at least someone very in tune with the sound Drake and 40 have been progressing. Pitching up Drake’s vocals to the point that they really do sound really too young and setting them on a buzzing crescendo of synths that seem imbued with restless melancholy and unhurried, confident percussion turned into a masterful piece of reinvention. What stands out is when a producer can take Drake’s brashest cut to date and make it fit in with the hushed, somber tones of his best work. RL Grime did all of the thinking for us on this one by releasing a stellar remix of “Over.” There are, at my last estimation, thousands of Drake remixes online right now. Here are 15 that we’d especially like to see him work with. There are plenty of producers out there that would mesh with the Drake aesthetic. If there’s on thing Drake has done well in his career it is to pick his collaborators well, and we’re excited to see the trend continue on his third album.
While he’s name dropped a few of the biggest talents in the loosely defined scene, there’s a whole host of other artists and sounds out there who Drake would sound perfect with. He’s worked with Jamie xx and SBTRKT, and after explaining why Guetta isn’t his first pick, he said the he’d rather work with exciting producers to “turn the club upside down.” Even more exciting, though, are his nods to the undercurrent of more interesting electronic music. I don’t really wanna go there.” We were glad to hear it. A few days ago, Drake told NME, “For me, the David Guetta stuff just doesn’t work.