Drake said that this album might be "a solid hip hop album" totally different from his mixtape So Far Gone, whose musical fashion has been compared to that of Kanye West's album 808s & Heartbreak. Drake has also stated a want to work with Kanye West, Andre 3000, Child Cudi, Kings of Leon and Sade on the album
On Could 28, 2009, unbiased label Canadian Money Entertainment bought an unauthorized Drake album, The Women Love Drake, on iTunes, Rhapsody.com, Shockhound, and Amazon.com. Drake's administration sent a cease and desist order to iTunes, which promptly removed the album from sale on June 5. Drake then planned to sue Canadian Money.
Drake resumed work on the album in October 2009 following an onstage injury from a July 2009 concert. Hip hop producer Omen informed Billboard journal that a video for "Shut It Down" would be directed by Hype Williams. Nevertheless, Drake acknowledged in an interview that "Shut It Down" could be a single but not the first one. The single was launched on Drake's weblog on March four, 2010. Apart from his Toronto-based producer group, Drake additionally collaborated with aspiring European producer Crada, who already worked on Kid Cudi's debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day. Dre.
Though this statement was made, at the Grammy's, Drake stated that he is nonetheless working on the album. MTV Information reported in December that Drake planned for the album to be launched by March 2010. Later, Rap-Up revealed that the album would be released sometime in spring. Nevertheless, Common Motown said the album has been pushed again three weeks to June 15, 2010.
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