We recorded at Metalworks here in Toronto, which is where we do a lot of work. “Nothing happens vocally tracking-wise until the music is ready to go. But, they’re two totally different beats. I’m not in the business of stealing people’s songs. contribution to the song was from a writing standpoint as far as melodies and from a conceptual point of view. Nothing from his original composition is in the record. Those are what drove us to Crada’s composition. Also, the title and putting the fireworks in the song. His had a piano off the top and, the sort of core progression is very similar. "I think the best part about it for us was the instruments that Crada had picked, like the piano. So I took it and reworked it completely from scratch, and at the end I sent it to Boi-1da, who programmed some drums in the verses, and then I mixed it all together. Drake loved it, but he wanted me to rework it. He had this one titled ’Fireworks’ that really caught all our attention. Crada had a bunch of stuff we really liked. had made a link with Crada, and was getting records for the album. Complex sat down with the producers and featured artists who helped make the most anticipated hip-hop debut in years.Īs told to Toshitaka Kondo ( & Insanul Ahmed ( by: Noah "40" Shebib Co-produced by: Boi-1da and Crada Noah "40" Shebib: “’Fireworks’ was October.
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That's what happens when you nab two Grammy nominations, drop an endless array of hits ("Best I Ever Had," "Successful," "Money To Blow," "Forever," and "Bedrock"), and sell 500,000 copies of a mixtape ( So Far Gone) that had been available for free for six months before you've even dropped an album.Īnd for anyone expecting Drake to let up, he already has three top 20 singles with "Over," "Find Your Love," and "Miss Me," from his debut, Thank Me Later, and has many thinking he might match the first-week sales of his mentor, Lil Wayne, who sold a million copies of Tha Carter III almost exactly two years ago. In a short period of time he has already reached a stratosphere where he is grouped with heavyweights like Jay-Z, Kanye West, T.I., and Lil Wayne. One only has to look at Aubrey Drake Graham's weight class to see how far he has come.
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