Drake is in an introspective temper on the gospel-tinged shock observe “8AM in Charlotte,” which the 6 God dropped early Thursday morning (Oct. 5). The Conductor Williams-produced observe rides on a laconic beat and finds Drizzy backed by a soulful choir as he flexes about his nine-figure life-style whereas dropping an awards show-worthy checklist of A-list names.
The video for the observe co-stars the rapper’s five-year-old son, Adonis, who opens the five-minute visible by exhibiting off a cute drawing he made for his pops. “Inform me about your stunning piece of paintings that you just offered me,” Drake says to his son, who goes on to explain a story of a goat working away from monsters amid photos of flaming flowers, race vehicles and jail stairs.
“Daddy’s identify is subsequent to the goat, does that imply that he’s the GOAT?” the MC wonders. “Sure, so it’s Daddy GOAT,” Adonis confirms. Clearly already a chip off the outdated block, when Drake asks Adonis how a lot he earned for his stunning drawing, the kindergarten controller laughs and says, “Oh please.”
Then dad will get to enterprise, rapping, “Preachin’ to the canine about wantin’ extra for themselves/ It’s weighin’ heavy on my ethical scale/ Knowin’ they gon’ promote one other citizen ‘cane, they suppose they Orson Welles,” within the bare-bones visible by which Drizzy sports activities colourful hair curlers, dishevelled black vinyl pants and a jacket with a collection of colourful V’s on it. In a single shot, Drake sits surrounded by a gaggle of males, and Adonis, all sporting black shirts that learn “Hate Survivor.”
The avalanche of bold-faced names continues, with a shout-out to a fellow GOAT (“the restaurant clears out faint echoes of Lauryn Hill”), a spooky szn-appropriate ref (“I say we gotta speak about us, I really feel like Jordan Peele”), in addition to stops at 21 Savage (“acquired a inexperienced card straight out of the consulate”) and Michael Jackson (“I really feel like Mike switched out the glove for the pen”).
Plus, he will get political with a intelligent geography bar, rapping, “The place I am going, you go, brothers, we’re Yugoslavian/ Formal is a costume code, dawg, so many checks owed/ I really feel Czechoslovakian.”
The second verse drops references to a rustic icon (“Shania Twain, notepad, I’m making it line dance”), a megachurch preacher (“I swear I’m like a younger T.D. Jakes to my menaces/ Lengthy kiss goodnight, PDA for my nemesis”), anti-vax presidental candidate RFK jr. (“Conspiracy theories begin floatin’ round just like the Kennedy man”) and the late DJ Screw (“R.I.P. to the DJ from Houston, we unfastened screws”).
The Adonis cameo is becoming, since Drake revealed final month that his son’s line-drawing of a pooch can be the quilt artwork for his upcoming For All of the Canines album, which is due out on Friday (Oct. 6) and is anticipated to additionally embrace his SZA collab, “Slime You Out.”
Watch the “8AM in Charlotte” video beneath.
