Drake fans (and haters, we think) got 100 gigabytes — yes, 100 gigabytes — of Drake-related data to sift through on Tuesday. The rapper randomly posted the footage to a website called “100gigs.org,” which included a video of him revealing his desire for Future to sing his biggest hit, “Hotline Bling.”
A series of videos from the making of the song show Drake smoking a hookah in the studio while producing the song, with Drake listening to the song, commenting on it and being moved by it while making it.
“It's a melody but it's a vibe. When I was writing it, I wrote it as a Shy Glizzy song… That's why I was wondering if we should put Future on this song,” he says in a video posted online.
“Me and the future are in this…” he repeats, before someone else in the studio responds, “You’ll have to wait.”
In another clip from “Hotline Bling,” we hear Drake explain the inspiration behind the song's title and how it came about from a booty call.
“We were sleeping together in bed. We just finished having sex and all of a sudden her phone blew up, so I saved her name in my phone as ‘Hotline Bling,’” Drake recounted. “That was always her name in my phone. Hotline Bling is such a weird name, it should be my stage name.”
“If I was a dance artist, I would be Hotline Bling,” he joked in the video.
on rolling stoneOn the list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, “Hotline Bling” – a radio hit he released in 2015 – is ranked 373 on the list. The song is from his 2016 album OpinionsI reached second place on painting The song topped the Hot 100 and won two Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Vocal Performance.
Along with 3GB of footage of the song, the site also included several files uploaded in early July and August with various titles such as “Barbados Studio,” “Air Drake,” “Abbey Road,” and “Nonstop in Color.”rolling stone Not all shots have been viewed.)
In the 25-minute video, we see Drake diving into The process behind Opinions Lil Yachty screams, while in another video he appears: Play table tennis with Steph CurryA third video shows Drake recording the reference section for his verse in Kanye West's song “Oh, my GodIn another clip, Drake and Rihanna are seen rehearsing a live performance of “Take Care” years ago.
The footage also includes several clips of Drake listening to some of his unreleased music, including an extended version of Drake and Future's song “n 2 deep“And the” Certified Lover Boy Cancelled songA piece of me“.”
Earlier, Drake also shared three new songs that were premiered on the mysterious Instagram account @plottttwistttttt, along with a link to the website with the footage. The songs — “It’s Up,” “Blue Green Red” and “Housekeeping Knows” — are Drake’s first new releases since Kendrick Lamar’s chart-topping parody “Not Like Us.”
