''More Life'' is the fifth commercial

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by Canadian rapper

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. Described and marketed as a

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, some publications have referred to it as a mixtape. It was released on March 18, 2017, through

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, and

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. Production of ''More Life'' was handled by a variety of record producers, including 40, Frank Dukes,

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, Murda Beatz, T-Minus, Nineteen85, and

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, among others. An ensemble of guest vocalists also appear, including West,

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, Giggs,

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, Quavo, Travis Scott,

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, Sampha, and

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. The songs on the mixtape feature a broad range of genres, including R&B,

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, grime, trap and Afrobeats. Supported by the singles " Fake Love", "

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", " Free Smoke", " Portland", and " Glow", ''More Life'' received generally positive reviews and debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200, earning 505,000

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s. It was Drake's seventh consecutive number one album, and also broke several

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records. Though a mixtape, it was named one of the best albums of 2017 by several publications. By the end of 2017, the mixtape had accumulated over two million album-equivalent units in the US.

Background

Following the project's announcement, Drake described ''More Life'' as "a body of work

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creating to bridge the gap between nymajor releases". He further commented on the project during an interview with ''

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'', detailing his intention to " reatea playlist to give you a collection of songs that become the soundtrack to your life". ''More Life'' was subject to many speculative release dates, with it initially set for December 2016. However, it was pushed back to January after Drake suffered an ankle injury on the Summer Sixteen Tour. Further dates were also rumored up until the official announcement in March 2017 of the project's release. ''More Life'' borrows its name from a Jamaican slang phrase to wish someone well, popularized by

artist

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, whom Drake has called one of his "biggest inspirations" for his own dancehall-inflected sound. The last song on the record, "Do Not Disturb" mentions "Club Palazzo in the Bridge". This is a reference to a now defunct nightclub in the northwest Toronto suburb of

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Musical style

''More Life'' has been characterized as

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, R&B, and dancehall with elements of grime, trap,

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, and pop.

Artwork

The cover art of the project features a photo of Drake's father, Dennis Graham, taken in the 1970s. The photo is surrounded by a black border with the subtitle "A Playlist By October Firm" written below the photo. The original version of the cover art released in October 2016 on Drake's

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did not feature the black border or subtitle. ''

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''s Tatiana Cirisano listed the album cover as one of the best of 2017.

Promotion

''More Life'' was preceded by three singles: " Fake Love", " Sneakin'" featuring 21 Savage, and " Two Birds, One Stone". The songs premiered on October 23, 2016, during Drake's thirtieth birthday edition of ''OVO Sound Radio''. The episode also housed Drake's collaboration with Dave on "Wanna Know (Remix)". Drake further previewed two additional songs on February 17, 2017, during appearances at the Paper Soho Club in London. On March 11, he announced the release date as March 18, via commercials released through Instagram. It initially premiered on the 39th episode of ''OVO Sound Radio'' at 6:30 pm. EST.

Singles

The mixtape's

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, "Fake Love", was released for digital download on October 29, 2016. The song was produced by Vinylz and Frank Dukes. The song peaked at number eight on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The mixtape's second single, "

", was released to

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radio on March 28, 2017. The song was produced by Nana Rogues. The song peaked at number eight on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The mixtape's third single, " Free Smoke", was released to rhythmic contemporary radio on April 18, 2017. The song was produced by

, with additional production by

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, while the additional music by Akira Woodgrain. The song peaked at number 18 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The mixtape's fourth single, " Portland", was released to rhythmic contemporary radio on May 16, 2017. The song features

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s from American rappers Quavo and Travis Scott, while the production was handled by Murda Beatz, with co-production by

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. The song peaked at number nine on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The mixtape's fifth single, " Glow", was released to

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radio on June 6, 2017. The song features a guest appearance from American rapper

, while the production was handled by 40 and Kanye West himself, with additional production by Noah Goldstein. The song peaked at number 54 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Critical reception

''More Life'' was met with generally positive reviews. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the mixtape received an

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score of 79, based on 25 reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.5 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Dan Weiss of '' Consequence'' said, "The singing and melodies are massaged with a care unheard in the prior Drake discography; this album flows as improbably as ''

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'', with more assured lyrics and smoother sequencing, to offset the lack of a certifiable genius at the helm". Erin Lowers of ''

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'' said, "Excluding its minor gaffes, ''More Life'' cements a place for genres long-overlooked by mainstream media; dancehall, grime, Afrobeat,

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, trap and, of course, rap, and takes

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on a world tour to celebrate life—''More life''". David Turner of ''

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'' said, "Even if the album lacks the humor of the '' Views'' songs "9" or "Childs Play"—no line here bests "Why you gotta fight with me at Cheesecake / You know I love to go there"—the breadth of styles recalls his 2012–2015

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that found space for both

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and James Blake remixes". Clayton Purdom of ''

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'' said, "''More Life'' is light, often weightless. Despite its playlist tag, it is unmistakably a Drake album—it even has a ''

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'' highball closer like each of its predecessors—and as an album, it is probably Drake's worst. But as a collection of totally atomized songs and ideas, it's up there with anything he's released". Preezy of '' XXL'' said, "While fans and critics argue over whether or not he's one of the greatest MCs of his generation, let alone among the greatest of all-time, Drake continues to prove his worth as an elite talent with ''More Life'', another blockbuster from rap's golden child with the midas touch". Andy Gill of ''

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'' said, "Pleasingly, two of the best uestsare British, Sampha capping "4422" with an emotive outburst, and

getting an entire "Skepta Interlude" to himself to muse about how he "died and came back as

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". Elsewhere, the likes of Giggs,

and

add furtive but menacing sketches of thug life to tracks like "No Long Talk" and "Sacrifices", the latter offering Drake's most elegant mea culpa for past transgressions". Jayson Greene of ''

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'' said, "The more voices he lets into the frame, the fuller and richer the results, and ''More Life'' bursts with energy and lush sounds—more guests, more genres, more producers, more life. It is as confident, relaxed, and appealing as he's sounded in a couple of years".

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of ''

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'' said, "''More Life'' is his finest longform collection in years, cheerfully indulgent at 22 tracks and 82 minutes, a masterful tour of all the grooves in his head, from U.K. grime ("No Long Talk") to Caribbean dancehall (" Blem") to South African house ("Get It Together") to

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("Glow"). Yet the more expansive he gets, the more himself he sounds—and the further he roams around the globe, the deeper he taps into the heart of Drakeness". Scott Glaysher of ''

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'' said, "Other than the Yeezy collab "Glow" being a bit lackluster, primarily for being slow and sonically off-putting, ''More Life'' has very few stumbles and a plethora of exciting moments that will ensure this project's shelf life". Kitty Empire of ''

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'' said, "By definition, ''More Life'' has sprawl in-built, so judicious use of the skip function is required, but this is high-quality filler".

Year-end lists

Commercial performance

Worldwide, on the day of its release, ''More Life'' broke streaming records on both

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and

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. The tracks of the album achieved a total of 61.3 million streams on Spotify in a single day, breaking the previous record of 56.7 million for '' ÷'' by

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, in early March 2017. On Apple Music, the tracks of the album achieved a total of 89.9 million streams on the day of release (not including the number of listeners during the ''OVO Sound Radio'' debut of the album on

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), setting the record of most streams of an album in a single day on Apple Music, as well as any single streaming service, and beating Spotify's number by almost 30 million streams. On the chart dated April 8, ''More Life'' topped the US ''Billboard'' 200 and set a streaming record, earning 505,000

s, of which 226,000 were pure sales. The project achieved these sales figures in only five and a half days of sales as it dropped late on a Saturday. By the end of 2017, ''More Life'' had accumulated 2,227,000 album-equivalent units in the United States, with 363,000 being pure sales.

Track listing

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featuring

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; and excerpts from "Building a Ladder", written by Paul Bender, Simon Mavin, Perrin Moss and Naomi Saalfield, performed by

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. * "Jorja Interlude" contains an

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of "Doing It Wrong", written by Aubrey Graham, Noah Shebib and

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, performed by Drake. * "Get It Together" contains uncredited reworked elements of "Superman", written by Nkosinathi Maphumulo and Busisiwe Nqwiliso, performed by Black Coffee featuring

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; and an uncredited sample of "More Life", written and performed by Burna Boy. * "Blem" contains an interpolation of " All Night Long", written and performed by

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. * "Teenage Fever" contains elements of " If You Had My Love", written by

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, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels and Cory Rooney, performed by Jennifer Lopez. * "KMT" contains a sample of ''

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''s " His World"; and "

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", performed by

. * "Glow" contains a sample of " Devotion", written by

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and

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, performed by

; excerpts from "6 8", written and performed by Gabriel Garzón-Montano; and excerpts from "Jungle", written by Aubrey Graham, Noah Shebib and Kenza Samir, performed by Drake. * "Since Way Back" contains a sample of "Clipped Wings", written by Robert Sylvester Kelly and

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, performed by R. Kelly. * "Do Not Disturb" contains elements of "Time", performed by Snoh Aalegra.

Personnel

Credits adapted from mixtape's liner notes. * Snoh Aalegra – backing vocals (track 22) * Aaron Ahmad – assistant engineer (track 22) * Harley Arsenault – engineer (tracks 9, 17, 21, 22), assistant engineer (track 20) * Chris Athens – mastering engineer * Baka Not Nice – backing vocals (tracks 1, 9) * Black Coffee – vocals (track 5) *

– producer (tracks 1, 22) * Noel Cadastre – engineer (tracks 1–7, 9, 11–20, 22) * Noel "Gadget" Campbell – mixing (all tracks) *

– co-producers (tracks 2, 11) * Deejae – additional production (track 12) *

– vocals (all tracks) * Charles "Bricks" Driggers – Young Thug vocal engineer (tracks 12, 21) * Frank Dukes – producer (tracks 6, 20), keyboards (track 20), additional music (track 6) * FLR – additional production (track 19) * FrancisGotHeat – producer (track 8) * Giggs – vocals (tracks 2, 15) * Noah Goldstein – producer and engineer (track 18) * Hagler – producer (track 14) * Beres Hammond – additional vocals (track 21) * Dave Huffman – assistant mastering engineer * iBeatz – producer (track 9) * Jazzfeezy – producer (track 17) *

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– additional vocals (track 3) * Wallis Lane – producer (track 13) * Supah Mario – producer (track 21) * M3rge – co-producer (track 19) * Gregg Moffett – assistant engineer (tracks 3, 16) * MSM – engineer (track 10) * Moodymann – additional vocals (track 3) * Murda Beatz – producer (tracks 2, 11) * Nineteen85 – producer (tracks 5, 6) * Edgar Nabeyin Panford – additional production (track 13) *

– producer, vocals, and engineer (track 19) * Chef Pasquale – producer (track 15) * Ness Pasquale – producer (track 15) * Noland Presley – 2 Chainz vocal engineer (track 12) * Quavo – vocals and engineer (track 11) *

– additional production (track 1), co-producer (track 22) * Nana Rogues – producer (tracks 3, 10) * G. Ry – producer (tracks 13, 19) * Dirty Saj – Giggs vocal engineer (tracks 2, 15) * Sampha – vocals (track 8) * Steve Samson – producer (track 17) * Travis Scott – vocals and engineer (track 11) * Noah "40" Shebib – producer (tracks 4, 16, 18, 19), engineer (tracks 3, 16, 18), additional production (tracks 5, 22) *

– vocals (track 5) * Stwo – producer (tracks 5, 16) * Symbolyc One – producer (track 21) * William Sullivan – assistant engineer (track 18) * T-Minus – producer (tracks 7, 12) * Vinylz – producer (track 20) *

– vocals (tracks 12, 21) *

– vocals (track 12) *

– producer and vocals (track 18) * Finis "KY" White – 2 Chainz vocal mixing (track 12) * Carl "Dennis" Willets – Giggs vocal engineer (tracks 2, 15) * Akira Woodgrain – additional music (track 1)

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References