Drake's 'Iceman' Album Drops Friday After 3-Year Wait
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- Drake is set to release his ninth studio album "Iceman" on Friday, three years after his 2023 solo album "For All the Dogs."
- Drake teamed with PartyNextDoor for "Some Sexy Songs 4 U" and released a large collection of footage and files that included a handful of new songs.
- Drake began concretely teasing "Iceman" last July with a livestream series that debuted tracks like "What Did I Miss?" and "Which One" featuring Central Cee.
- Drake unveiled the album's release date by placing it inside a gigantic block of ice, a stunt Variety says brought the focus back to Toronto.
- The "Iceman" rollout follows a contentious battle with Kendrick Lamar, Variety notes.
- Variety ranks Drake's 25 best songs alphabetically, spanning two decades from his breakthrough single "Best I Ever Had" through his 2020 collaboration with Lil Durk on "Laugh Now Cry Later."
Why it matters: Drake's first solo album in three years lands Friday, a notable moment given a 25-song best-of catalog that Variety says spans two decades of pop and hip-hop. The rollout — a livestream series, a PartyNextDoor collab, and a release date literally frozen in ice — has been engineered to maximize attention on the rapper's return after his Kendrick Lamar feud.
