Canadian rapper, singer, and actor Drake and 21 Savage are dropping a joint album.
The Grammy-winning rappers introduced the scoop in Drizzy’s newly launched video for “Jimmy Cooks,” a 21-assisted observe that seemed on Honestly, Nevermind. Drake’s distribution label, Republic Records, also confirmed the drop via Twitter, sharing a screenshot of the undertaking’s identify and its Oct. 28 release date, in line with Complex.
Drake and 21 have teamed up on a number of data, together with the previous’s “Knife Talk,” in addition to “Sneakin’,” “Issa,” and “Mr. Right Now.” They also reunited throughout this week’s Morehouse-Spelman homecoming live performance, the place 21 introduced out Drake as a wonder guest.
The date and identify had been first printed within the new tune video for “Jimmy Cooks,” the pair’s collaboration on Drake’s earlier album “Honestly, Nevermind,” which was once launched simplest 4 months ago.
After Drake announced that the “Jimmy Cooks” song video would drop on 21’s 30th birthday, on-line speculation a couple of joint album received momentum. Drake also stunned lovers Wednesday, appearing unannounced at a 21 Savage live performance in Atlanta, in keeping with Variety.
Drake and 21 have become common collaborators over the years, with songs like “Knife Talk,” off Drake’s album “Certified Lover Boy,” and “Mr. Right Now,” off 21 and Metro Boomin’s album “Savage Mode II.” Other tracks come with “Sneakin'” and “Issa.”
In the years following their first collaboration, 21 has endured to acknowledge Drake’s contributions to hip-hop. Though he instructed GQ he doesn’t necessarily glance as much as any individual in the game, he said Drake was the closest factor he needed to a mentor.
“Drake only a genuine-ass good-hearted particular person,” he mentioned in 2018. “He did so much of shit he didn’t have to do. He do a lot of shit for up-and-coming rappers, duration. I don’t assume he get his recognize for that. Every fuckin’ 12 months, he pull a new artist up. Ain’t no other artist on his level do that shit.”
Her Loss will mark 21’s first full-length release since 2020’s Savage Mode II with Metro Boomin. The two additionally teamed up on 2016’s Savage Mode and 2017’s Without Warning with Offset. Drake, then again, has most effective launched one joint mission all over his occupation: 2015’s What a Time to Be Alive with Future.
In 2022, each rappers noticed massive consumption numbers for songs on which they seem. Drake is featured along Tems on Future’s “Wait For U” (3.1 million music equivalent gadgets, according to Luminate) and 21 Savage is featured on “Knife Talk” alongside with Project Pat (closing in on 2 million tune an identical gadgets).
The identify “Jimmy Cooks” reputedly nods to Drake’s character in “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” Jimmy Brooks, a task Drake held for just about 8 years on the Canadian series. The song, Drake and 21 Savage’s fourth recorded pairing, debuted at No. 1 at the Billboard Hot 100.
21 Savage has racked up a slew of features this year. He can be heard on Latto’s “Wheelie,” J.I.D.’s
“Surround Sound,” Shenseea’s “R U That” and alongside Pharrell Williams and Tyler the Creator on “Cash In Cash Out.”
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