The Rundown: Drake, Nothing Was the Same

A track-by-track review of the rapper's third album.

And Then, Nothing Was the Same... - Nothing was the same after Drizzy revealed the cover art for his third album. Twitter went to town mocking the Kadir Nelson images of an Afro-rocking baby Drake facing off with a freshly-shaped up, grown up Drizzy.(Photo: Young Money Records)

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Nothing Was the Same - The wait is finally over! After many leaks and months of anticipation, Drake's third full-length studio album, Nothing Was the Same, drops today; and with it, the man Jay Z called "The Kobe Bryant of rap" looks to continue his reign over the airwaves and Billboard charts. And he just might. It's a strong effort in a look at those feelings and experiences that changed baby Drake to the man he is now. It pushes his boundaries of making rap something that's so singable, and it's backed by some pretty plush production. Check out BET.com's track-by-track review.(Photo: Young Money Records)

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse: Drake – "Versace" (Remix) (Migos f/ Drake)  - Verse of the year? Drake didn’t emerge as hip hop's lyrical prince without reason. Drizzy's bars on the remix of the Migos single gave it a boost from local sensation to one of the hottest rap songs of the year.  (Photo: David Wolff - Patrick/Redferns via Getty Images)

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"Tuscan Leather" - Fall may have officially started, but Drake wastes no time bringing the heat over this early 2000's Kanye-esque track that features a sped up loop of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" soulfully caressing the thundering bass. "This is nothin' for the radio/ But they'll still play it, though/ 'Cause it's that new Drizzy Drake/ that's just the way it go," Drake spits on his 6-minute intro.(Photo: David Wolff - Patrick/Redferns via Getty Images)

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"Furthest Thing" - Synth sounds back this updated version of Drake's 2011 hit "Marvin's Room" with the Toronto MC professing, "I hate that you don't think I belong to you/Just too busy runnin' s**t to run home to you." Then, like in the first song, the second half of the beat turns up and Drizzy gets his A$AP Rocky on in response, adding a screwed up voice to play his alter ego.(Photo: CFI/Splash News)

People’s Champ Award Presented by Verizon: Drake – "Started From the Bottom" - Being pitted against his friends shouldn't worry Drake much. His ode to hip hop come-ups was a fan favorite and should get a good number of votes here. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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"Started From the Bottom" - Drake recounts his meteoric rise and the four year victory lap that's ensued with this song (and its flossed out video), cutting the haters off at the knees with, "Say I never struggled, wasn't hungry, yeah I got it n***a." Don't question his credibility. It's the album's lead single and one of the year's biggest hits.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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33. "Best I Ever Had" - Drake - This song, from Drake's 2009 mixtape, So Far Gone, is the one that catapulted him to international stardom — and almost won two Grammys along the way.   (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for ESPN)

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"Wu-Tang Forever" - Drake continues to show off his ability to effortlessly transition from singing to rapping while the snare tries to keep up and a touch of piano balances the pacing. "Nowadays when I ask about who got it, they say, 'It's yours,' nobody else's, yeah this s**t belong to nobody, 'It's yours.'"(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for ESPN)

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Drake - "You get artists in this position who go crazy and don't know how to handle it... There's the overwhelming stress... the weight on your shoulders of going out there and giving 18,000 people entertainment… it's a lot of pressure." Drake in The Guardian in 2012(Photo: PA PHOTOS/Landov)

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"Own It" - This cinematic continuation of "Wu-Tang Forever" starts with an ominous 3-D build. The concept of the song becomes apparent as a voice crescendos from subliminal to blatant, uttering, "Own it, own it, own it," to "Own that s**t, own that s**t," before Drake comes in with the hot 16.(Photo: PA PHOTOS/LANDOV)

"Worst Behavior" - Drake keeps coming harder as the album progresses and on this one the Young Mula prodigy is spitting venom at snakes who've got him on his worst behavior. "Muf***a never loved us, so everywhere we go now, full cup/ Always hated the boy, but now the boy is the man. Muf***a, I done grown up," he rhymes.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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"Worst Behavior" - Drake keeps coming harder as the album progresses and on this one the Young Mula prodigy is spitting venom at snakes who've got him on his worst behavior. "Muf***a never loved us, so everywhere we go now, full cup/ Always hated the boy, but now the boy is the man. Muf***a, I done grown up," he rhymes.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

"From Time" Featuring Jhené Aiko - Drake gets extra personal on this track, which will have both kids and their parents vibin' to it. Just the right amount of piano and boom-kick give it that old school R&B feel. The 26-year-old kicks one of the more personal verses of his career, addressing the non-refundable price of fame and even touching on his resurgent relationship with his father, lamenting, "We been talking about the future and time that we wasted/When he put the bottle down, girl, that n***a's amazing."(Photos: Kevin Kane/WireImage/Getty Images; Rodrigo Vaz/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

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"From Time" Featuring Jhené Aiko - Drake gets extra personal on this track, which will have both kids and their parents vibin' to it. Just the right amount of piano and boom-kick give it that old school R&B feel. The 26-year-old kicks one of the more personal verses of his career, addressing the non-refundable price of fame and even touching on his resurgent relationship with his father, lamenting, "We been talking about the future and time that we wasted/When he put the bottle down, girl, that n***a's amazing."(Photos: Kevin Kane/WireImage/Getty Images; Rodrigo Vaz/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Best Collaboration: Drake f/ Majid Jordan – “Hold On (We’re Going Home)” - Drake is a collabo king. He's usually the one lending the help, but this time he got the worthy assist from Canadian singer-producer Majid Jordan. This infectious cut was one of the many highlights from Drizzy's platinum-selling album, Nothing Was The Same.(Photos from left: BIGMEDIABOSS/Splash News, October's Very Own)

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"Hold On, We're Going Home" (featuring Majid Jordan) - Drake steps outside of his comfort zone and it pays off on this Euro-pop sounding track complete with an Annie Lennox-sounding voice (courtesy of production/vocal duo Majid Jordan) that could easily be a hit from the '80s. His own voice reaches new heights, singing, "I got my eyes on you, you're everything that I see/ I want your hot love and emotion, endlessly..."(Photo: BIGMEDIABOSS/Splash News; Courtesy of October's Very Own)

Best Hip Hop Video: Drake — "Started From the Bottom" - While the pulsating track continued Drake’s hit-making dominance as hip hop’s true prince, but the video follows his rise to the top. Casting his real friends in the clip adds a nice personal touch.  (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Bing)

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"Connect" - Relationship woes got Drake's mind working overtime as his Houston influence comes out in the form of a lean-induced voice echoing his thoughts. "She just wanna run over my feelings like she drinkin' and drivin' in an 18 wheeler," he spit. By the end, the "YOLO" rapper has taken a page out of Big Poppa's book, offering a detail-oriented account that plays out like an on-screen drama.(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Bing)

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"The Language"  - Ratchet goes international. "F--k going platinum, I look at my wrist and it's already platinum/ I am the kid with the motormouth, I am the one you should worry about," spit Drake with his signature sing/rap flow. The beat stays on the slow tip, but the crushing bass makes this one the official speaker rattler. (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for MTV)

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"The Language" - Ratchet goes international. "F--k going platinum, I look at my wrist and it's already platinum/ I am the kid with the motormouth, I am the one you should worry about," spit Drake with his signature sing/rap flow. The beat stays on the slow tip, but the crushing bass makes this one the official speaker rattler. (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for MTV)

"305 to My City" Featuring Detail - Detail's soothing vocals are the perfect complement for Drake's ode to the female macks who aren't afraid to get their hustle on. "Tonight was your night, go get you some lobsters and shrimp/ You smart and you know it, I get it, I get it, you outdo these pimps/ I hope you don't fall, that's you on the top of the ceiling," Drake raps over the rapid fire snare.(Photos: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV; Rob Kim/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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"305 to My City" Featuring Detail - Detail's soothing vocals are the perfect complement for Drake's ode to the female macks who aren't afraid to get their hustle on. "Tonight was your night, go get you some lobsters and shrimp/ You smart and you know it, I get it, I get it, you outdo these pimps/ I hope you don't fall, that's you on the top of the ceiling," Drake raps over the rapid fire snare.(Photos: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV; Rob Kim/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Drake: October 24 - The Canadian rapper started from the bottom and is still here at 28.(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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"Too Much" - Despite the track's smooth taste, Drake's got some drama in his inner circle and he's letting it out. The Thank Me Later MC talks about his tendency to over think and takes aim at all the people coming up that slept on his talent. The introspective rhymer even airs out what's been eating him about his own family. "Money got my whole family going backwards. No dinners, no holidays no nothing/ There's issues at hand that we're not discussing."(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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"Pound Cake/Paris Morton Music 2" Featuring Jay Z - Drake continues his homage to the Wu with this album closer, looping, "Cash rules everything around me" on the hook. Jay Z adds a twist to Rihanna's "Birthday Cake," 'Ye's verse on "No Church in the Wild," and to his own usual stance that everyone he touches makes dollars: "I done made more millionaires than the lotto did/ Dame made millions, Biggs made millions/ ... Beans would tell you, if he wasn't in his feelings."The song then takes a turn for a mellow out, but Drake's machismo doesn't follow suit. "F--- all that happy to be here s--- that you want me on/ I'm the big homie, they still be trying to lil bro me, dawg/ Like I should fall in line. Like I should alert n---as when I'm about to drop something crazy/ And not say I'm the greatest of my generation.&q...

Drake, "Underground Kings" - "I'm the greatest — I said that before I knew I was," Ali once explained, and Drake got the message on "Underground Kings," lifting the champ word-for-word:I swear, it's been two years since somebody asked me who I wasI'm the greatest man, I said that before I knew I was (Photo: Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)

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"Come Thru" - Drake starts off the deluxe edition taking it back to his pre-fame days with this mid-tempo feel-good track, a top-down-head-nodder that is a requisite for any good album. On it, Drake sings first, raps later. "When I was on a mission to make it/ Who used to sleep on the floor with you, when you lived in the basement?"(Photo: Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)

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"All Me" Featuring 2 Chainz & Big Sean - You already know what happens when this trio comes together. Unimpressed with the spoils of fame, Drake unabashedly notes, "I got everything, I got everything. I don't even know how much I really made." Big Sean and 2 Chainz, accomplished boasters in their own right, add to the radio appeal, leaving the listener happily riding the airwaves as the deluxe edition — the one with the grown-up Drake on the cover — closes out.(Photos: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BET; Jeff Daly/PictureGroup; Christie Goodwin/Redferns/Getty Images)

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