{"id":1360,"date":"2026-05-21T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sbaits.com\/wordpress\/pressurereviews\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2026-05-21T00:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:25:35","slug":"habibti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sbaits.com\/wordpress\/pressurereviews\/habibti\/","title":{"rendered":"HABIBTI by Drake: A Deep Dive into the Lover Boy Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Artist: Drake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Features: Qendresa, Sexyy red, Loe Shimmy,&nbsp;PARTYNEXTDOOR&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p># Of Tracks: 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Songs to play:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WNBA&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slay the city&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High five&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I\u2019m&nbsp;spent&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Classic&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gen 5&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White bone&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prioritizing&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Review:<br>HABIBTI is the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;album to complete&nbsp;Drakes tremendous trio he dropped on us, this is classic lover boy Drake, with the old&nbsp;phrase&nbsp;being \u201cDrake who hurt you\u201d. Filled&nbsp;with the&nbsp;hurt felt pain and&nbsp;the typical&nbsp;90s&nbsp;R&amp;B whining, this is a great offering&nbsp;from the iceman.&nbsp;This takes me back to&nbsp;when I was younger,&nbsp;and you start to understand why he says the things he does. At 40&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;not easy being alone and with game and&nbsp;with&nbsp;fortune&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;that&nbsp;much harder. He makes sure we understand&nbsp;it&nbsp;and you can feel it&nbsp;in the heavy auto tune usage on the tracks.&nbsp;The Length is questionable, and it does seem a bit rushed&nbsp;but as we all know from the last two efforts,&nbsp;he is on his way out of UMG finishing his 3-album contract.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quotables&#8217;s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cYou keep&nbsp;goin\u201d away, Bahamas, MIA&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Made those plans today and the trips keep getting\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>longer, longer&nbsp;Longer, longer&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;wanna&nbsp;play around&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baby, oh, no (ooh)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;wanna&nbsp;play around (I&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;wanna&nbsp;play around), baby (ooh)&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Thinkin\u2019 of&nbsp;tryin\u2019 me, do like Bryson, pussy-ass&nbsp;nigga, then&nbsp;don\u2019t&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Maya, Maya, you&nbsp;workin\u2019 at Greta tonight or&nbsp;nah?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pick up, I need a whole section for the mob&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Right there&nbsp;hurrr&nbsp;(right there&nbsp;hurrr, ooh)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right there,&nbsp;that\u2019s&nbsp;good (right there,&nbsp;that\u2019s&nbsp;good, damn)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fuck me, you should (fuck me, you should,&nbsp;yeah)&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Look what you started, your girls&nbsp;wanna&nbsp;party (they\u2019re&nbsp;tryna&nbsp;party)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet in the lobby and leave everybody (girl, just leave everyone)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Touchin\u2019 your body, your man&nbsp;doesn\u2019t&nbsp;love you&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Swear my daddy got me a Christmas gift&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s&nbsp;a Gen5 and1 |that bitch is modified&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Someone please&nbsp;take&nbsp;my phone away from me&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Fore&nbsp;lgo&nbsp;out&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone please&nbsp;take&nbsp;my phone away from me&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Fore&nbsp;lgo&nbsp;out to a place&nbsp;thatI&nbsp;shouldn\u2019t&nbsp;be&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Don\u2019t&nbsp;let your friends turn you against&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Me and convince you the time that we spent&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wasn\u2019t&nbsp;worth&nbsp;nothin\u2019,&nbsp;didn\u2019t&nbsp;mean what it meant&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Time for&nbsp;some&nbsp;prioritizing&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time to open both those eyelids&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All these drinks are paralyzing&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Life right now is terrifying&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Rating: 3\/4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"blockart-image blockart-image-13315630\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1078 hover-effect-static filter-none mask mask-none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sbaits.com\/wordpress\/pressurereviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Animateed-Review-Scores-3-Star.gif?resize=500%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" height=\"150\" width=\"500\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: HABIBTI\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; 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