Drake has taken to Instagram, hinting that his new album ‘Views From the 6’ is in it’s final stages.
In a series of Instagram posts this week, the Toronto-hailing rapper is gearing up to release his new studio album in just under a month’s time. The follow up to ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’, the rapper has been hinting at the production of the album since his original announcement in July 2014.
According to Complex, Drake today released a series of posts revealing ‘behind the scenes’ workings at the studio sessions. The first – below – shows the rapper performing at Libertine in London with Chubbs. Drake was in town for the Brit Awards, where he linked up with Rhianna to perform “Work,” and also made a surprise appearance at a show for Grime collective Section Boyz. The caption reads “Home Stretch”.
He then posted another update, showing his long time friend and collaborator Noah ’40 Shebib ‘stocking up’ on supplies. The caption again reads ‘Home Stretch’.
Drizzy’s final update – posted yesterday (March 2) – shows six LaCie 2big Thunderbolt 2 external hard drives, presumably to back his work up before taking to be mastered, again with the caption ‘Home Stretch’.
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Drake had previewed new music on Vine ahead of the release of next album ‘Views From The 6’ last December (2015)
The Canadian rapper shared a six-second long clip of a new track as he finishes up work on his next studio record. Drake revealed that he will head back into the studio to finish work on ‘Views From The 6’ while performing at Austin City Limits festival in October.
This year has seen Drake release his mixtape ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’ and a joint album with Future, ‘What A Time To Be Alive’.
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Drake recently spoke to The Fader about his next album, claiming that it would be released “imminently”. However, the rapper failed to offer a firm due date.
Drake also recently teamed up with Beyonce on a new song called ‘Can I’. The song leaked online in its unfinished form back in March, with the full version airing on Drake’s own OVO Sound Radio show on Apple Music’s Beats 1 station. Drake and Beyoncé previously collaborated on ‘Mine’ from the latter’s 2013 self-titled album.
‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’ recently became 2015’s top selling digital album. The record – which was surprise released in February – has sold 951,000 copies digitally, putting it ahead of Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’, Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’ and The Weeknd’s ‘Beauty Behind The Madness’.
