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Drake: Nothing Was The Same

Ian Gittins, Virgin Media Music, 23 September 2013

HIS LAST ALBUM, Take Care, was a multi-platinum-selling number one around the globe, but if anything this has plunged hip hop's most angst-ridden player into an even deeper gloom. This album opens with the words: "Coming off the last record, I'm getting 20 million off the last record…" He makes it sound like a bitter complaint.

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