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If You're Reading This It's Too Late

by Drake

If You're Reading This It's Too Late is a 2015 pop rap album by Drake. It runs 17 tracks across 69 minutes on OVO Sound. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 847 ratings.

Pop Rap · Hip-Hop · Alternative R&B

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847 ratings
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10 critics
17
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69 min
Runtime
108 bpm
Tempo
A# major
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847 ratings · avg 4.0

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  • 3.5

    The mixtape-that's-a-mixtape-wink: Drake in full predator mode, no hooks for the radio, just "Energy"'s siege mentality and "Know Yourself"'s woes running through the 6. The leanest, hungriest he sounded all decade — proof the imperial era ran on threat as much as melody.

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The If You're Reading This It's Too Late cover was art-directed by Nicky Orenstein and October’s Very Own. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5 out of 5 from 1 rating.

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17 tracks · 69 min

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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on If You're Reading This It's Too Late is Know Yourself — rated 4.4/5 by 510 listeners.

  1. 1Know Yourself4.4510 ratings
  2. 26PM In New York4.310 ratings
  3. 310 Bands4.39 ratings
  4. 4Energy4.3142 ratings
  5. 5Jungle4.399 ratings

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About

If You're Reading This It's Too Late is the fourth mixtape by Canadian recording artist Drake. It was released through the iTunes Store without prior announcement on February 13, 2015 by OVO Sound, Aspire Music Group, Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records. It is considered his 4th studio album although Drake himself considers the project a mixtape. If You're Reading This It's Too Late had positive reviews from Music critics for its perceived display of lyrical growth and stellar production. The mixtape debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 with three-day sales of 495,000 copies and 40,000 online streaming credits, and topped his native Canadian Albums Chart after moving 37,000 units upon the conclusion of the tracking week.

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In July 2014, Drake announced that the name of his fourth studio album would be Views from the 6, however he had not yet begun to record it. In an interview in November 2014, Toronto Raptors basketball player DeMar DeRozan mentioned that Drake intends to release a mixtape in January 2015. In the morning of February 12, 2015, Drake released a short film titled Jungle. There were snippets of the songs "Know Yourself" and "Jungle" in the video hinting that Drake would be releasing new music. In an interview with HipHopDX, DatPiff founder Kyle Reilly revealed that If You're Reading This It's Too Late was intended to be released for free download on DatPiff and hosted by DJ Drama until Cash Money Records intervened. Although recognized as a mixtape by OVO Sound, due to being released through iTunes, by copyright it is considered his fourth studio album for Cash Money records and as such, is acknowledged as an album by Cash Money. Simultaneously, Young Money recognizes it as Drake's second EP, while Republic has yet to acknowledge it as an official release under their label. Since mixtapes are usually free, some websites have labeled the release a "commercial mixtape," a mixtape given different format distinctions for-profit by separate labels. Later, Drake clarified that If You're Reading This It's Too Late is a mixtape.

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Is If You're Reading This It's Too Late good?
Riffiter listeners rate If You're Reading This It's Too Late 4.0/5 from 847 ratings.
What is the highest-rated track on If You're Reading This It's Too Late?
Know Yourself, rated 4.4/5 by 510 listeners on Riffiter.
When was If You're Reading This It's Too Late released?
If You're Reading This It's Too Late was released in 2015 on OVO Sound.
How many tracks are on If You're Reading This It's Too Late?
If You're Reading This It's Too Late has 17 tracks, with a runtime of 69 minutes.
What genre is If You're Reading This It's Too Late?
If You're Reading This It's Too Late is catalogued under Pop Rap, Hip-Hop, Alternative R&B.
What BPM is If You're Reading This It's Too Late?
If You're Reading This It's Too Late runs at a median tempo of 108 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to If You're Reading This It's Too Late?
Listeners of If You're Reading This It's Too Late also rate DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West, PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4) by PARTYNEXTDOOR.
Who produced If You're Reading This It's Too Late?
If You're Reading This It's Too Late was produced by Allen Ritter, Boi-1da, PARTYNEXTDOOR and Syk Sense, among 5 credited in total.
Who wrote the songs on If You're Reading This It's Too Late?
If You're Reading This It's Too Late was written by Drake, 40, Alicia Keys and Allen Ritter, among 12 credited in total. Drake wrote 2 of them.

Credits

Produced by
PARTYNEXTDOORAllen RitterBoi-1daSyk SenseVinylz
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Boi-1daEdwin JantunenJan StoeckartKerry “Krucial” BrothersQuentin MillerSyk SenseVinylz

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