More Life
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Date: 07/02/2022

More_Life:
More Life is a commercial mixtape by Canadian rapper and singer Drake. More Life borrows its name from a Jamaican slang phrase to wish someone well, popularized by dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, whom Drake has called one of his "Biggest inspirations" for his own dancehall-inflected sound. Erin Lowers of Exclaim! said, "Excluding its minor gaffes, More Life cements a place for genres long-overlooked by mainstream media; dancehall, grime, Afrobeat, house, trap and, of course, rap, and takes Toronto on a world tour to celebrate life-More life". Clayton Purdom of The A.V. Club said, "More Life is light, often weightless. Despite its playlist tag, it is unmistakably a Drake album-it even has a Blueprint highball closer like each of its predecessors-and as an album, it is probably Drake's worst. But as a collection of totally atomized songs and ideas, it's up there with anything he's released". Preezy of XXL said, "While fans and critics argue over whether or not he's one of the greatest MCs of his generation, let alone among the greatest of all-time, Drake continues to prove his worth as an elite talent with More Life, another blockbuster from rap's golden child with the midas touch". Jayson Greene of Pitchfork said, "The more voices he lets into the frame, the fuller and richer the results, and More Life bursts with energy and lush sounds-more guests, more genres, more producers, more life. It is as confident, relaxed, and appealing as he's sounded in a couple of years". Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone said, "More Life is his finest longform collection in years, cheerfully indulgent at 22 tracks and 82 minutes, a masterful tour of all the grooves in his head, from U.K. grime to Caribbean dancehall to South African house to Earth, Wind & Fire. Yet the more expansive he gets, the more himself he sounds-and the further he roams around the globe, the deeper he taps into the heart of Drakeness". On the chart dated April 8, More Life topped the US Billboard 200 and set a streaming record, earning 505,000 album-equivalent units, of which 226,000 were pure sales.

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