Although released on CD (unannounced) by his own label Cash Money Record, rapper Drake considers his fourth a mixtape. Nice and important, you might think, but for mixtapes different rules apply than for a 'normal' CD. For example, things can be a little looser, and the quality control is sometimes a bit less strict. Initially, little can be seen of this; If You're Reading This It's Too Late starts
… very strong with eight coherent, ultra-bare tracks, in the spirit of predecessor . From Legend to Star67, one of the five titles in which the number 6 occurs. There is fierce speculation on the internet about the deeper meaning, but according to the 28-year-old Canadian himself, it simply refers to the code of his hometown Toronto (416). Be that as it may, Drake then lets the reins loosen up too much on weak Brothers Preach (with that superfluous autotune) and Wednesday Night Interlude. For example, a few more of the 19 songs in total could have been deleted, so that If You're Reading This… would have fit exactly on an old-fashioned sixty minute tape. (RME)more