Drake’s New Album: When It Will Be Released, Name, & Everything We Know So Far

Drake is simply a rapper astir known for his hits “God’s Plan,” “Nice For What,” “Nonstop,” & more. The instrumentalist has worked with galore fashionable rappers & has won 5 Grammy Awards with implicit 50 nominations. He posted the medium screen creation for his adjacent album, For All The Dogs, connected Aug. 21, 2023.

Will 2023 bring a caller medium for Drake? As galore know, a Drake medium is much than a release– it’s an event, one that usually shattered streaming and income records. Drake (born Aubrey Graham), 36, released his astir caller album, Honestly, Nevermind, successful Jun. 2022, and is present acceptable to springiness listeners different awesome record!

Drake successful performance (Shutterstock)

His archetypal workplace album, Thank Me Later, was released successful 2010 and topped some the charts successful the United States and successful his homeland of Canada. It’s presently certified Platinum by the RIAA, which remarkably is his lowest-selling album to date. 2011’s Take Care (with singles “Headlines,” “Make Me Proud,” “The Motto” and the rubric way team-up with Rihanna went platinum six times, a feat helium would lucifer 5 years aboriginal with 2016’s Views (“Hotline Bling,” “Pop Style,” and different collab with Rihanna, “Too Good.”)

In betwixt Take Care and Views, Drake dropped 2013’s Nothing Was The Same, an medium presently certified 4x Platinum. 2018’s Scorpion went Platinum 5 times, contempt arriving to mixed reviews (it presently has a people of 67 connected Metacritic, though nary of Drake’s albums person a higher people than Nothing Was The Same’s 79). Even Drake’s mixtapes marque money, with If Your Reading This It’s Too Late, What a Time to Be Alive, and More Life all getting certified Platinum (or more) by the RIAA. So, there’s intelligibly an assemblage that wants a caller Drake Album.

Here’s what we cognize truthful far!

When Will Drake New Album Be Released?

The 36-year-old’s adjacent medium does not person an authoritative merchandise day astatine this time, however, helium is already prepping fan’s for its release. Drake took to Instagram connected Aug. 21, 2023, to uncover the screen creation for the record, which was notably illustrated by his son, Adonis, 5. The screen features a hand-drawn representation of a canine with pointy ears and bright-red eyes. The carnal is missing a snout, teeth, and a tail. This volition beryllium his archetypal medium merchandise since 2022’s Her Loss.

What Is Drake’s New Album Called?

Drake is your ‘certified person boy.’ (Shutterstock)

Drake seemingly announced the album’s sanction erstwhile helium released the screen creation successful Aug. 2023. The caller grounds is acceptable to beryllium titled For All The Dogs, arsenic helium captioned the post, “FOR ALL THE DOGS Cover by Adonis.” Soon aft helium shared the news, his 141 cardinal followers went chaotic and took to the comments to react. “ADONIS COMING THRU WITH THE PICASSO,” 1 admirer gushed, portion different added, “We request the merchandise date.”

What’s Drake’s New Record Going To Sound Like?

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Fans are anxious to cognize what the caller medium volition bring for Drake’s sound. Although nary caller details person been released, his astir caller albums Honestly, Nevermind and Her Loss will apt beryllium bully examples to look astatine dependable wise.

His 2021 medium Scary Hours 2 featured “Wants and Needs” with Lil Baby, “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” with Rick Ross, and “What’s Next,” a opus that debuted astatine the apical of the Billboard Hot 100. It dethroned Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License,” which ruled the roost for the anterior 8 weeks. The different 2 tracks debuted astatine No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, making Drake the archetypal creator successful past to person 3 songs debut successful the apical 3 of the Billboard Hot 100.

“What’s Next,” according to Rolling Stone’s Jeff Ihaza, features “Drake’s signature elastic travel punctuated by humble brags.” Still, the writer noted that “you get the consciousness that bragging astir being palmy is getting tiresome, adjacent for Drake.” On “Lemon Pepper Freestyle,” Drake and Rick Ross travel disconnected arsenic “two hardened mob bosses who cognize their clip is coming, whether it’s from a bare caller procreation that’s progressively hard to predict, oregon from the pressures of adulthood.” The writer besides describes “Wants and Needs” as  Lil Baby way that features Drake’s “new travel that manages to meander, benignant of hypnotically.”

Drake could beryllium priming himself for a 2nd act, 1 wherever he’s a much mature — but inactive dynamic — fig successful hip-hop. In 2020, helium collaborated with Giveon, Headie One, Bryson Tiller, Popcaan, and Young Bleu. Earlier successful 2021, helium featured connected Drakeo The Ruler’s “Talk to Me.” While Drake has, according to Rolling Stone, “been accused of leeching disconnected of younger artists for relevance,” these caller features mightiness hint astatine what his adjacent medium mightiness dependable like. It’s harmless to expect a small R&B influence, perchance immoderate Brooklyn oregon Latin-inspired Drill, and Drake’s signature weaving of his brushed broadside with his tough-guy image.

Who Will Be Featured On Drake’s New Album?

Will Drake beryllium a solo ‘CLB,’ oregon volition helium bring immoderate friends? (Shutterstock)

As of Aug. 2023, it’s unclear who – if determination anyone – volition diagnostic connected this caller album. Scorpion (2018) had features from Jay-Z (“Talk Up”) and Static Major and Ty Dolla Sign (“After Dark,”), but the album’s biggest songs were “God’s Plan,” “Nice For What,” and “In My Feelings.” Drake collaborated with 21 Savage successful 2022 for their album, Her Loss, which different large illustration of his astir caller style.

If Drake wants to soundlessness those who deliberation he’s washed and astir to retire, helium could enlistee his chap Toronto autochthonal (and predominant collaborator) The Weeknd for a collab. Following After Hours, The Weeknd is having arguably his hottest infinitesimal truthful that helium could lend immoderate radiance to a Drake track. Champagne Papi could besides bring PARTYNEXTDOOR, Popcaan, and different members of the OVO roster to lend a verse.

What Songs Are On Drake’s New Album?

Drake, driblet the damn medium already (Shutterstock)

The authoritative album’s opus database has yet to beryllium revealed by Drake. He is, however, presently connected circuit for his It’s All a Blur Tour. The circuit kicked disconnected successful Jul. 2023 and is acceptable to extremity successful Oct. 2023. The arrogant dada made headlines up of releasing the screen creation erstwhile helium shared a photo with his son connected Aug. 11, 2023. “‘Just due to the fact that you enactment a feline successful a tuxedo doesn’t marque him a bully guy’ – Allen Iverson,” helium captioned the photograph of him braiding his son’s hair. Watch this abstraction for updates on For All The Dogs.