Drake featuring Trey Songz - Successful

Random Lyric:

I get it, I live it

To me there's nothing realer

Just enough to solve your problems

Too much'll kill ya

Are there high hopes for a song like this considering our stance on generic singers? We're still trying to figure out who Drake is and what he does, but we already know Trey sounds like any number of other young R&B singers. They all sing out of their natural register to fit the record corporations definition of where the hit octave is. The results are usually pretty bland.

After listening to it a few times, you wonder why they bothered to put Trey on the track. Drake's the real star here and Trey, while he's a different voice and he handles the more avaristic properties of the song, didn't need to be there. With his singing and his rhyming, Drake seems like he had it already.

The best is a simple drum machine with some low synth lines attached. It sounds pretty much like what a 10 year old would put together if this was his first time using an 808. Luckily, Drake's lyrics and slow flow rescue the song. Rather than rapping about how much money he has, he sings the praises of being successful. It succeeds.

Banger or booty: banger

Previously by Drake

The One (with Mary J Blige)

Best I Ever Had

Every Girl (with Lil Wayne, Jae Mills & Mack Maine)

Previously by Trey Songz

I Need A Girl