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Drake didn’t release an album that year, and aside from the aforementioned “0 to 100,” he didn’t even release a new single of his own (although the exultant “Trophies,” ultimately credited to Young Money featuring Drake, was essentially a solo hit).
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“Draft Day” appeared in the midst of a rare moment of victory-lap coasting in Drake’s career - in between the next-level success of 2013’s blockbuster set Nothing Was the Same and before the Meek Mill wars of 2015 would temporarily undercut his career, before improbably propelling it to even greater heights. And it’s a fantastic reminder of what a blast the song has been to return to over the five-plus years since its debut in April 2014. But there’s just a buoyancy to the track, a casual, smiling brightness to it all that’s found only sparingly across the set’s other 16 cuts.
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Not that anyone will confuse the song for “One Dance” or “Nice For What” or even “0 to 100” - its pitched-down sample and groaning beat aren’t exactly floor-fillers, and structurally it has much more in common with Drake’s stream-of-consciousness “Freestyle” series than anything resembling a lead single. That’s what makes “Draft Day” such a standout track on the compilation.