Music and lyrics Thank Me Later






— greg kot, chicago tribune

thank me later has languorous, ambient production , characterized subtle arrangements, obscured keyboards, skittering snare drums, reverbed percussion, sparse beats, moody synthesizers, , minor keys. lyrically, thank me later has moody, introspective subject matter, , centers around drake s introduction fame , romances. toronto star describes content sorts of doubts, excesses, betrayals , creeping paranoid suspicions arrive hand-in-hand celebrity. music journalist greg kot describes album personal , eccentric, journal of flawed, self-doubting regular guy rather strutting icon-in-waiting.


the album s first-half discusses fame directly confessional songs unrequited love, money, , women, followed club-oriented , sexual songs. drake s lyrics explore feelings of doubt, insecurity, , heartbreak, while exhibiting both emotional , grammatical malapropisms. araba appiagyei-dankah of harvard crimson characterizes drake self-deprecating, privileged, [and] lovesick . raps in nasal voice , sings subtly, flow in a-b-ab form. music journalist jody rosen observes emotionally transparent rapping eschews thuggy style popular in hip hop, finding drake s style subtle , rueful rather loud , lively .


music writers liken thank me later kanye west s 808s & heartbreak. nathan rabin writes that, musically, drake favors warm washes of synthesizers create melancholy, fragile mood redolent of 808s & heartbreak. comparisons drawn man on moon: end of day kid cudi, protégé of west. contrast, joshua ostroff of globe , mail feels thank me later s emotional navel-gazing lacks west s often-suffocating self-pity , offers proper synthesis of rap , r&b. jeff weiss of los angeles times views album ignores west s celebratory side in search of anthems alienated.



fireworks references divorce of drake s parents , alludes brief fling rihanna. karaoke features background keyboards add song s 1980s musical influence, lyrics difficulty of relationships. in resistance , drake worries fame changing him, lyrics veering ailing grandmother one-night stand resulted in abortion. on incorporates orchestral backdrop, , according michael cragg of musicomh, contains 3 hooks. artful song elation , confusion accompanies fame. show me time opens , closes squeaky yelling sound. on song, drake talks addresses hip hop listeners find him inauthentic. night has menacing strings, , drake boastfully rapping nightlife, while trading lines nicki minaj. club song fancy has predominant hook, looped samples, , backwards strings. ode women spend hours primping in preparation nightlife. song features vocals producer swizz beatz , t.i., additional harmonies mary j. blige @ song s conclusion. shut down piano ballad , slow jam.


light features loud synth drums , plaintive piano strings. jay-z-collaboration critique on hip hop industry, detrimental effects, , trappings of being artist: while closest friends out partyin / m here makin music party to, while jay-z gives advice: drake, here s how gonna come @ / silly rap feuds, trying distract you. jay-z expands on album s overarching theme of self-doubt: , since no deed go unpunished / m not cool niggaz once / once cool fonz / these bright lights turned me monster. miss me has lil wayne rapping jokes, including crude punch line sucking brown off penis , subsequently groaning, ewwww, s nasty. cece s interlude has prince-like linndrum , transparent lyrics addressing girl: wish / wasn t famous / wish / still in school / have in dorm room / put on crazy. pop song find love produced kanye west , bears similarity 2008 song heartless .








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