The Singles Jukebox

Yes, let’s all do what Drake tells us to, that will be fun…

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Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa: Was the new version with the Beenie Man participation so necessary? Popcaan effortlessly slays this late-night gentle grinder of a track. Hell, he even slays “Too Good” from that little sample box. It’s kind of fun when Drake plays faux-Caribbean, but his low-toned “romantic” — by that i mean creepy — delivery falls short when it’s sharing the track with an actual Caribbean. My point is, Views needed way more Popcaan than what we ultimately got.  
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Alfred Soto: Ominous and confident about his sensuality, Popcaan shows up the superstar, vocoder and everything.
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Anthony Easton: Along with that Rihanna single, Drake keeps hiring people who sing better than him. I am not convinced that there aren’t two dozen singers who could work in a similar capacity in St. Thomas Parish. Extra point because I am amused that something so bottoming and needy makes the argument about control. 
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Claire Biddles: I don’t know what’s hotter; the push and pull of lyrical dominance and submission, or the anticipatory syncopation in Drake’s delivery — “you like it/when I get/aggressive/tell you to/go slower/go faster” — a rhythm that drips with sexual maturity. 
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Thomas Inskeep: For the life of me I can’t quite figure out what this song’s about — pretty sure Mr. Toronto and Popcaan find a girl “sexy” — but it’s a pleasant enough, plush dancehall-lite record.
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Natasha Genet Avery: So I guess Drake’s fake patois is less a momentary lapse of judgement and more of a directive. The most I can hope for is that this middling attempt at a summer jam helps Popcaan reach the international stardom he’s increasingly well-positioned for.
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Katherine St Asaph: *peeks head into zeitgeist* What’s Fucking Drake up to these days? Curating Caribbean and African artists? Laudable! Droning robotically and still failing to get through a love song without bemoaning more girls? Unsurprisingly unchanged.
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