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Drake Nothing Was the Same Zip Download Free Drake Nothing Was the Same Zip Download Free drake nothing was the same zip download free Drake nothing was the same zip download free. 1) Select a file to send by clicking the "Browse" button. You can then select photos, audio, video, documents or anything else you want to send. The maximum file size is 500 MB. 2) Click the "Start Upload" button to start uploading the file. You will see the progress of the file transfer. Please don't close your browser window while uploading or it will cancel the upload. 3) After a succesfull upload you'll receive a unique link to the download site, which you can place anywhere: on your homepage, blog, forum or send it via IM or e-mail to your friends. Drake – Nothing Was The Same (NTWS) [Album Stream] Drake’s junior album Nothing Was The Same was set to drop September 24th, but as with every album these days, the leak has hit the Internet and flooded people’s speakers. He has debuted a couple songs for radio play on Nothing Was The Same, such as ‘Started From The Bottom’ and much softer songs like ‘ Hold On Were Going Home ‘ and recently released the controversial single for the Internet ‘ Wu-Tang Forever .’ Despite constantly contradicting himself and any ‘street cred’ he may have, Wu-Tang still announced they will be remixing the song named after them. Even tho the Canadian singer/rapper has been named at the top of Ghostface Killah’s Softest MCs list 5 times in the past 2 years (yes you read that right. He landed spots 3,2, and one in 2011, and got second AND first again in 2012.) Even Inspectah Deck says the song “In no way is a tribute to The Wu and should not wear the title.” So I’m expecting a diss track from the New York group, but we shall see. All that aside, somehow Drake always seems to prove his critics wrong by finding a perfect balance of rhythm and blues with the mind blowing raps he’s so capable of producing on his junior album Nothing Was The Same. NTWS is the perfect example of a GREAT talent like Drake advancing his skills from rapper to singer. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for such a well rounded musician. Stream some tracks from Drakes latest album Nothing Was The Same below, if you like it, be sure to support good music and buy his album September 24th. EDIT: We’ve added the full tracklist and full album stream for Drake – Nothing Was The Same (NTWS) below. Drake nothing was the same zip download free. 1. Tuscan Leather. 2. Furthest Thing 3. Started From The Bottom 4. Wu-Tang Forever 5. Own It 6. Worst Behavior 7. From Time 8. Hold On, We’re Going Home 9. Connect 10. The Language 11. 305 To My City (f/ Detail) 12. Too Much 13. Pound Cake (f/ Jay Z) 14. Come Thru 15. All Me (f/ Big Sean & 2 Chainz) Rate this: Share this: Like this: Related. 6 responses. Wow, fantastic blog layout! How long have you been blogging for? you made blogging look easy. The overall look of your site is wonderful, let alone the content! I want to to thank you for this excellent read!! I certainly loved every bit of it. I have you saved as a favorite to look at new stuff you post… I seriously love your website.. Pleasant colors & theme. Did you build this web site yourself? Please reply back as I’m planning to create my very own blog and would like to find out where you got this from or exactly what the theme is called. Thank you! Ahaa, its pleasant discussion concerning this post here at this website, I have read all that, so now me also commenting at this place. Hello would you mind sharing which blog platform you’re working with? I’m planning to start my own blog in the near future but I’m having a tough time choosing between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal. The reason I ask is because your design and style seems different then most blogs and I’m looking for something unique. P.S My apologies for getting off-topic but I had to ask! bit.ly/2Ks4UX5. Nothing Was the Same is the third studio album by Canadian rapper Drake. It was released on September 24, 2013, by Cash Money Records, OVO Sound, Republic Records and Young Money Entertainment. Work on the record began in 2012 and continued through 2013. As an executive producer, Drake enlisted collaborators such as 2 Chainz, Big Sean, MajidJordan, Jay-Z, Jhené Aiko and Sampha for guest appearances on the album. The album's production was primarily handled by 40 and other OVO Sound producers; including Boi-1da, Mike Zombie, Nineteen85 and Detail. Artist: Drake Album: Nothing Was The Same Released: 2013 Style: Hip-Hop, Rap Format: 320 kbps. Track list: 1. Tuscan Leather 2. Furthest Thing 3. Started From the Bottom 4. Wu-Tang Forever 5. Own It 6. Worst Behavior 7. From Time 8. Hold On, We’re Going Home f. Majid Jordan 9. Connect 10. The Language 11. 305 To My City f. Detail 12. Too Much 13. Pound Cake f. Jay Z / Paris Morton Music 2 14. Come Thru (Bonus) 15. All Me (feat. Big Sean & 2 Chainz) (Bonus Track) In January 2013, Drake was seen filming a music video for a new song, titled "Started from the Bottom", which was directed by Director X.[52] Drake later announced that he would release the song as the first single for his third album, which happened on the night of the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.[53] The single premiered instead on February 1, 2013, and was released on iTunes, five days later.[9] On February 10, 2013, the music video for "Started from the Bottom" was released.[54] The song charted in many countries, reaching a peak of number six on the US Billboard Hot 100,[55] and has been certified double Platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Nothing Was The Same. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. Buy the album Starting at 17.99€ After an EP and two albums that firmly established his moody, introspective style and made him a huge star, Drake's third album, Nothing Was the Same, isn't a huge departure but it does take some steps in new directions. Built around sped-up samples and Wu-Tang-inspired, spooky loops, the production retains the same basic style, but is a little deeper and more foreboding. Provided mostly by longtime collaborator Noah "40" Shebib, the backing is suitably melancholic and claustrophobic enough to match Drake's main lyrical themes of angry boasting, dealing with a broken heart, and being disillusioned by the lifestyle his fame has brought him. This time out, Drake adds to his list of family issues, as a couple tracks deal with re-establishing a relationship with his father and worrying about his mom. It's good to hear him reaching out a little and expanding his concerns because his usual topics are wearing thin, especially the boasting. "Started from the Bottom" is the main offender, since the idea of Drake starting from the bottom is a little ridiculous. If growing up well-off, starring in a TV series, and hooking up early with Weezy is the bottom, we should all want to start off there. It's hard to entirely write off this song, and the others that focus on his greatness, since the music is so evocative and because Drake's basic persona is still appealing. "Too Much," in particular, is a brilliant combination of brag rap and quiet storm balladry that features a simply heartbreaking vocal from Sampha. The tracks that work the best on Nothing are the slow-to-the-point-of-being- static ballads like "Own It," "Connect," and "305 to My City," which feel like the late-night emotional outpourings of a truly sad soul; the songs that bubble with raw emotion and are balanced against very dark loops, like "Wu-Tang Forever"; and the one song that has some uptempo punch, the very poppy R&B groover "Hold on, We're Going Home." That last one shows that Drake could make great left-field R&B if he wanted to, and is a nice contrast to all the angry talk and bitter introspection that fill the rest of the record. As impressive as it is that Drake has become a star while making records that are mostly joyless and twisted up by emotions, it might be nice to hear him loosening up and having some fun now and then. As far as this album goes, though, it's not much fun but it is worth exploring if you've been following Drake's progression up till now. Nothing Was the Same doesn't show large amounts of growth, but the small changes to the sound and the slightly wider net his lyrics cast make it worthwhile. Plus, there aren't many other rappers who do gloom as well as Drake and that's something worth supporting, if only because it's something different than the hip-hop norm in 2013. © Tim Sendra /TiVo..
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