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If You're Reading This It's Too Late
If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Studio album by Drake

Released

13 February 2015

Recorded

2013-2015 at The Hazelton (Toronto, ON), The YOLO Estate (CA), Sota Studios (Toronto, ON),Chozen Studios (Toronto, ON) and The New York Palace (NY)

Genre

Hip hop

Length

68:24

Label

Cash Money, OVO Sound, Republic

Producer

Boi-1da (also exec.), Daxz, Eric Dingus, Jordan Evans, Frank Dukes, Aubrey Drake Graham (exec.), Illmind, Jimmy Prime, MostHigh, NYLZ, OB O'Brien, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Allen Ritter, Noah "40" Shebib, Syk Sense, Sven Thomas, TM88, Vinylz, WondaGurl

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Nothing Was the Same (2013)

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Views from the 6 (2015)

If You're Reading This It's Too Late is the fourth commercial release by Canadian artist Drake, released in 2015 on Cash Money Records, OVO Sound and Republic Records. It was released through the iTunes Store without prior announcement, and was later released in physical form. There was a debate whether this project is a mixtape or a studio album, as it was released commercially, while Drake himself referred to the project as a mixtape. Contractually, it is considered his fourth studio album for Cash Money.

The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, with three-day sales of 495,000 copies and 40,000 for online stream credits, making this Drake's fourth time at the top of the chart. He also topped his native Canadian Albums Chart, after moving 37,000 units upon the conclusion of the tracking week. The album broke Spotify's first-week streaming record with over 17.3 million streams in the first three days. The record was previously held by Drake himself, with his 2013 album Nothing Was the Same, which had 15.146 million streams in its first week. If You're Reading This received positive reviews from critics, who praised Drake's unique lyrical style and the album's production work.

Legacy[]

Rolling Stone listed If You're Reading This It's Too Late at #367 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2020.[1]

Track listing[]

No. Title Performer(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Time
1. "Legend" Drake Brathwaite, Bush, Garnett, Graham, Mosley PARTYNEXTDOOR 4:02
2. "Energy" Drake Dorfmeister, Graham, Kienzl, O'Brien, Samuels, Thomas Boi-1da, OB O'Brien (co.) 3:02
3. "10 Bands" Drake Feeney, Graham, Miller, Samuels, Thomas Boi-1da, Sven Thomas (co.) 2:58
4. "Know Yourself" Drake Graham, Hernandez, Miller, Milray, Ritter, Samuels, Scruggs Boi-1da, Vinylz (co.), Syk Sense (co.) 4:36
5. "No Tellin'" Drake Feeney, Graham, Paxton-Beesley, Samir, Samuels Boi-1da, Frank Dukes (co.) 5:11
6. "Madonna" Drake Bush, Garnett, Graham, Mosley, Shebib Noah "40" Shebib 4:08
7. "6 God" Drake Graham, Samuels, Scruggs Boi-1da, Syk Sense 3:01
8. "Star67" Drake Graham, Muelboeck, Obeid Mosthigh, NYLZ 4:55
9. "Preach" Drake, PARTYNEXTDOOR Augello-Cook, Brathwaite, Brothers, Graham, Jantunen, Shebib PARTYNEXTDOOR 3:57
10. "Wednesday Night Interlude" PARTYNEXTDOOR Brathwaite, Shaw PARTYNEXTDOOR 3:32
11. "Used To" Drake, Lil Wayne Carter, Giombini, Graham, Miller, Oshunrinde, Samir WondaGurl 4:28
12. "6 Man" Drake Carter, Graham, Scott, Shebib, Storch, Thompson, Trotter Noah "40" Shebib, Daxz (co.) 2:48
13. "Now & Forever" Drake Dingus, Graham, Johnson, Phillips Eric Dingus, Jimmy Prime 4:41
14. "Company" Drake, Travi$ Scott Graham, Luellen, Oshunrinde, Ritter, Simmons, Webster WondaGurl, Travi$ Scott, Allen Ritter (co.), TM88 (co.) 4:13
15. "You & the 6" Drake Al-Maskati, Andrews, Graham, Hernandez, Ilbanga, Ritter, Samuels, Shebib, Ullman Boi-1da, Noah "40" Shebib (co.), Illmind (co.) 4:25
16. "Jungle" Drake Garzón-Montano, Graham, Samir, Shebib Noah "40" Shebib 5:20
17. "6PM in New York" Drake Feeney, Graham, Samir, Samuels, Thomas Boi-1da, Frank Dukes (co.), Sven Thomas (co.) 4:43
18. "How Bout Now" Drake Degrate, Evans, Graham, Hailey, Samuels Boi-1da, Jordan Evans (co.) 3:55
19. "My Side" Drake Cadastre, Graham, Samuels, Shebib Noah "40" Shebib, Noel Cadastre, Boi-1da (co.) 4:41

References[]

  1. Rolling Stone (September 22, 2020). "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
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