Drake Releases ‘For All the Dogs’
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Drake has officially released his highly anticipated eighth solo studio album “For All the Dogs.”
The project includes 23 tracks and features a loaded roster of heavy hitting artists like Bad Bunny, J. Cole, Lil Yachty, 21 Savage, SZA, PartyNextDoor, Fridayy, Yeat, Chief Keef, Sexyy Red, and Teezo Touchdown. The title “For All the Dogs” was first teased more than three months ago and is the follow-up to the 2022 albums “Honestly, Nevermind” and “Her Loss.”
Producers Bnyx, Boi-1da, Cash Cobain, Justin Raisen, Sadpony, and Southside all had a hand in the album and Drake alongside Noah “40” Shebib, Oliver El-Khatib, and Noel Cadastre are credited as executive producers.
NBA star Kevin Durant was also listed as the A&R on “For All the Dogs” which means he played a huge role in organizing the album.
While most fans were eagerly awaiting the album to release at midnight, Drake announced “For All the Dogs” would be hitting streaming platforms at 6 a.m. Eastern time on Friday.
“Sorry to all my streamers,” Drake wrote on Instagram.
Despite the abrupt time change, fans wasted no time waking up early to hear what the Toronto rapper had to say on his latest body of work and it has quickly garnered a lot of positive feedback.
“for all the dogs is already album of the year fr,” one fan wrote on Twitter.
“Drake said he going on a musical hiatus. For all the Dogs is a perfect way to start. This album is insane soo much variety,” another added.
“For All The Dogs, album of the year. Shut it down & Pack it up,” one user wrote.
While many fans enjoyed “For All the Dogs,” Drake’s latest album has gotten mixed reviews.
“For All The Dogs only gets better towards the end. it was an okay album,” one user wrote on Twitter.
“Just listened to the new drake album for all the dogs. It’s should be called for all the trash,” another added.
“Hard for me to say this, but this album by Drake, For All The Dogs, wasn’t great,” one user wrote. “I thought this was going to be some [fire] Hopefully this album grows on me Make Drake Great Again.”
In addition to releasing his album, Drake announced he will step away from music for a year or longer to focus on his health and address his stomach issues.
"I probably won't make music for a little bit, I'm gonna be honest," the Canadian artist said on Table For One, his radio show on SiriusXM.
"I need to focus on my health, first and foremost — and I'll talk about that soon enough. Nothing crazy, but just like, you know, I want people to be healthy in life, and I've been having the craziest problems for years with my stomach."
