page_title: From Time
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: From Time / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Jhené Aiko performing at the Manifesto Festival on September 22, 2013 in Toronto, Canada.
context_page_description: "From Time" is a song recorded by Canadian recording artist Drake for his third studio album, Nothing Was the Same. The song was written by Drake and its producers Chilly Gonzales and Noah "40" Shebib, while American singer-songwriter Jhené Aiko provided additional vocals and writing. "From Time" is the second collaboration between Drake and Aiko, during which she wrote to the music Drake provided for her.
  The resulting production is a slow R&B song, accompanied by a lite piano, during which Drake addresses his past relationships with women and his father. "From Time" received critical acclaim from contemporary music critics, who lauded Aiko's guest feature, the song's lyrical content and production. Upon the release of Nothing Was the Same, the song charted in the lower regions of singles charts in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
context_section_description: On June 1, 2013, Drake confirmed the first guest appearance on the album as singer Jhené Aiko. Aiko and Drake had previously collaborated on Aiko's "July" for her mixtape Sailing Soul(s) (2011). However, their recording sessions took place at different locations. Drake and Aiko went into the studio to record and he played some beats for Aiko. Enthused by one of the beats, Aiko took it home with her to work on the lyrics to it. She said "I actually wrote like a different song to it. I had it for like a month. And then one day, it was super-specific to me, so I was like "I don't know if he's gonna like... you know I don't know what he would be able to do with that. So... I gave it one more shot and I just sorta like free-styled my whole like, my hook and my verse." Despite initial speculation that the song title would be "Momentous Occasions", Drake he denied the title on Twitter, adding "That's a terrible title".
  "From Time" was written by Drake, Jhené Aiko, Noah Shebib, and Jason Beck. Production for the song was handled by Shebib under his production moniker "40", who also served as the recording engineer and main instrumentalist. Background vocals were provided by Travis Savoury Baka while the piano featured was played by Chilly Gonzales. The song was mixed by Noel "Gadget" Campbell at Studio 305 in Toronto, Ontario. Recording sessions for the song were orchestrated by Shebib and Noel Cadastre at Metalworks Studios (Mississauga, Ontario) and The Yolo Estate (Hidden Hills, California), with assistance from Travis Sewchan. Aiko's vocals were recorded by Brian Warfield and Christian Plata at Fisticuffs Gym (Culver City, California).
caption: American R&B artist Jhené Aiko provided additional songwriting and vocals to "From Time".
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