Dark Lane Demo Tapes HD Review Bois amp; Bar Talkhttps://boisandbartalk.com/2020/05/dark-lane-demo-tapes-hd-review/?utm_source=rssamp;utm_medium=rssamp;utm_campaign=dark-lane-demo-tapes-hd-review Dark Lane Demo Tapes HD Review Cover Art To Dark Lane Demo Tapes Im losing enough sleep dealing with envy and the news that they send for me got the block in a frenzy Deep Pockets Drake starts off Dark Lane Demo Tapes doing what he does best effortlessly floating on the intro Deep Pockets another collaboration accompanied by producer Noah 40 Shebib. Self-reflecting and reminiscing on adolescent aspirations before the transition of becoming one of the greatest artists of all time. Drake breaking the record for Most Wins in one night at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards Drake has been navigating through uncharted territory flawlessly. Proving this point yet again with his release of Toosie Slide. Drakes 3rd single to debut at 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart making him the first male in history to achieve this milestone. 500 mill and Ill fall back in the six finally give you n the space you need to exist -When To Say When Talk To em Drizzy Drake follows up with two pre-released tracks When To Say When amp; Chicago Freestyle. Jam packed with bars a sample from Song Cry by Jay-Z (one of my all time favorite Hov songs) on When To Say When and a nostalgic Eminem cadence reference on Chicago Freestyle. You really love to see Drizzy remind everyone on When To Say Whenthat his pen still outmatches all who oppose. Re-asserting his dominance as if it was ever in question. Subtle reminders like the bars above are what keep Drake and his competition completely separated. Two-thirty baby wont you meet me by The Bean? Too early maybe later you can showmethings You know whatit is whenever I visit Windy cityshe blowin me kisses no Thirty degrees way too cold so hold me tight Will I see you at the show tonight? Will I see you at the show tonight? -Chicago Freestyle Giveon a California native sings of the windy city as Drake gets ready to paint a picture of a night through his perception. From scrolling through his contacts of womens names that are seemingly categorized by area code to eventually just letting his boi Chubbs pick a girl out for him as if picking up women is as easy as shopping! Drake brilliantly segways into a memory that you forgot you had by referencing a cadence used in Eminems Superman released in 2002. Eminem and Drake. Picture: Instagram Dont be fooled by the feature credit of Chris Brown.we didnt get another No Guidance summer anthem. Just a few background vocals from the Ramp;B legend were enough to get his name on the project tracklist. Meanwhile Burna Boy is still waiting for his credits since More Life but thats a conversation for another day. Not You Too Featuring Chris Brown is the first song on the project that I really dont care for. Its disappointing when you see a Drake and Chris Brown collaboration and it doesnt slap.. What A Time To Be Alive is in my Top 3 favorite duo albums of all time. Whenever I see a Drake and Future collab I automatically get excited. Previously leaked Desires is everything you want in a slower more laid back vibe from these two. The hook is addicting. Futures verse is versatile with flows. His energy matches perfectly and his lyrics have SUBSTANCE. Listen to it carefully. Photo From Future Featuring Drake Life Is Good Drake has this ability to be able to sing 90 of the song take the other 10 completely spazz and musically still have it make sense. These are the moments in songs like Desires and Redemption that turn slow Ramp;B type vibe songs into a completely different entity within itself. Now all of a sudden youre turning up and talking your sht instead of staring at the ceiling crying yourself to sleep. When I hear Time Flies I automatically think of Tik Tok. I dont know why but if it blows up on Tik Tok you heard it here first! Honestly for me this is another skip it and forget it type of song I really hope it doesnt go viral. The first forty-five seconds is the only part of the song that kept my attention. Otherwise the rest is forgettable or just too similar to music that hes already done thus not really elevating his ability here. During a full listen to the song Im 100 paying attention during the first forty-five seconds. After that my attention doesnt come back until he starts saying Im Sorry. Dont worry Drizzy I forgive you. If he talkin out his head then its off with it yeah Boardin Air Drake then we takin off in it yeah -Landed Luckily Time Flies is followed by a HEATER. Three hooks and three verses of aggressive yet relaxed reckless bars knowing there isnt a consequence for you when youre at the top. Landed is a slick talk mean face making breakfast with the speaker on 10 with the neighbors calling the cops while youre trying to get hype for the day joint. I wanna stop writing this review get in my car windows down put this song on max volume and mean mug old people walking their dog in the suburbs for the rest of the day. At first listen I was super excited about D4L. The production from Southside is out of this world. I do feel like its lacking a certain element. Its easy to fall in love with a song featuring Drake Future and Young Thug with this type of production. To me it just doesnt sound organic. It sounds like it was thrown together rather than collectively created. Honestly I wish Drake and Future left Young Thug out of it sat down together and created a dope record. Kind of wasted a great instrumental. To be blunt Im just not impressed with Pain 1993. It could be the fact that Im not the biggest Playboi Carti fan or it could be just because the songs just not that interesting. Ive replayed Pain 1993 numerous times searching for something with depth or meaning because that accompanied with creative cadences and complex bars is the reason why I love Drakes music. This didnt do it for me. The intro to Losses is amazing. The song starts with a clip of Drakes father Dennis Graham previewing a song Dennis had been working on recently. It ends with Dennis saying something like This songs about family if anyone feel anyway about it I dont give a f classic. Its funny how you can listen to any Drake project and stumble upon a song that you personally arent really feeling. The next song is the exact song youre looking for. Self-reflection is my favorite type of Drake song because the untouchable becomes relatable and humbled. The second verse of Losses touches on Drakes motivation on why he does what he does I do it for the Grahams not the Gram. Then goes into depth about his sacrifices and choices that hes made over the years and defends his reasoning behind them. I did it by being myself with no dramatic acting I couldnt sit around and wait I had to have it happen Lost you to the game I gotta face that Really think I lost you like a ways back -Losses Drakes starts off From Florida With Love paying homage to the late Static Major who was well known for his appearance on Lil Waynes Lollipop. Otherwise the song is a dope story about Wayne showing Drake Lollipop back in 2008 on a tour bus with Kobe Bryant. (RIP) Then the story continues with Drake getting robbed for his chain and how that lesson stuck with him for life. Further justifying his reasoning for his mentality and how he handles certain situations. From that day I never touched the road without a (Plugg) Ayy from that day I never saw the point in talkin tough (Nah) Hasnt happened since I guess you n know whats up (Yup) Yeah havent seen the 6ix in like a month (6ix) F that Im back baby where the love? (Love) From Florida With Love VIRAL. MOVIE. Love to see Drake on some what I define as murder music. Type of music that just makes you wanna fight anybody anytime Drake absolutely BODIES the first verse but its a mere alley oop to Fivio Foriegn. Fivio Foriegn sounds like hes right at home on this one. His delivery is in your face lyrics are gritty his aggression is on another level. My only take back is Sosa Geeks verse just feels unnecessary. Or maybe I just really wish Pop Smoke was alive to clean this one up RIP. The final song on the project War was released around Christmas time 2019. The best part of this being the outro to the project is only that we can stream this song now. Despite being released months in advance it only became available on streaming services with this release. War is a song that is being recognized as UK Drill which obviously was created in the United Kingdom. This is just another example of how Drake can travel in and out of different genres and subgenres immaculately. Conclusion Overall the project is supposed to be perceived as a mixtape rather than an album. Drake is set to release a brand new studio album later this year. As a whole I enjoy the project Im trying to shy away from relating it to other albums because it technically isnt an album. Dark Lane Demo Tape isnt game changing but it will hold the world over until the real album drops. What was your favorite song on Dark Lane Demo Tape? Tell me what you guys think in the comments below! Thank you for reading my Dark Lane Demo Mixtape HD review. 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