More Life
A genre-bending playlist bridging major releases with global sounds and star-studded collaborations.
More Life is the fifth commercial mixtape by Canadian rapper Drake, released on March 18, 2017, through Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records. Marketed as a "playlist," this project bridges the gap between major releases while incorporating a broad range of genres including R&B, dancehall, grime, trap, and Afrobeats. It features an ensemble of guest vocalists such as Kanye West, Young Thug, Giggs, Skepta, Quavo, Travis Scott, 2 Chainz, Jorja Smith, Sampha, and PartyNextDoor. The project debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, earning 505,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Drake
- Released
- 18 March 2017
- Recorded
- 2016–2017
- Studio
- Chris Athens Masters (Austin)
- Four Seasons
- S.O.T.A.
- Studio 306 (Toronto)
- Sandra Gale (Yolo Estate, California)
- Genre
- Hip hop
- R&B
- dancehall
- Label
- Republic
- Cash Money
- Young Money
Lore & Background
The concept for More Life originated from Drake's desire to create a "soundtrack to your life." Following an ankle injury on the Summer Sixteen Tour that pushed the release from December 2016 to March 2017, Drake described the project as a collection of songs rather than a traditional album. The title borrows from Jamaican slang popularized by dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, whom Drake cites as a major inspiration for his own dancehall-inflected sound. The artwork features a 1970s photo of Drake's father, Dennis Graham, surrounded by a black border with the subtitle "A Playlist By October Firm." The final track, "Do Not Disturb," references Club Palazzo in Woodbridge, Ontario, a now-defunct nightclub significant to Drake's history.
Reader's Guide
The mixtape features production from 40, Frank Dukes, Boi-1da, Murda Beatz, T-Minus, Nineteen85, and Kanye West. Five singles were supported: "Fake Love" (peaked at number eight), "Passionfruit" (number eight), "Free Smoke" (number 18), "Portland" featuring Quavo and Travis Scott (number nine), and "Glow" featuring Kanye West (number 54). Critics gave the project a Metacritic score of 79 based on 25 reviews. Reviews praised its breadth of styles, with Rob Sheffield calling it Drake's "finest longform collection in years," while Clayton Purdom noted that as a collection of atomized songs, it stands among his best releases despite lacking a traditional album structure.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Free Smoke | Aubrey Graham, Matthew Samuels, Allen Ritter, Marvin Bernard, Bryan Antoine, Daniel Sewell, Paul Bender, Simon Mavin, Perrin Moss, Naomi Saalfield | 3:38 |
| 2 | No Long Talk (featuring Giggs) | Graham, Nathaniel Thompson, Shane Lindstrom, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomringer | 2:29 |
| 3 | Passionfruit | Graham, Nana Rogues | 4:58 |
| 4 | Jorja Interlude | Graham, Noah Shebib, Don McLean, Jorja Smith | 1:48 |
| 5 | Get It Together (featuring Black Coffee and Jorja Smith) | Graham, Anthony Jefferies, Shebib, Nkosinathi Maphumulo, Busisiwe Nqwiliso | 4:10 |
| 6 | Madiba Riddim | Graham, Jefferies, Ryan Vojtesak, Adam Feeney | 3:25 |
| 7 | Blem | Graham, Tyler Williams, Lionel Richie | 3:36 |
| 8 | 4422 (featuring Sampha) | Sampha Sisay, Francis Nguyen-Tran | 3:06 |
| 9 | Gyalchester | Graham, István Megyimorecz, Rico Brooks | 3:09 |
| 10 | Skepta Interlude | Joseph Adenuga, Rogues | 2:23 |
| 11 | Portland (featuring Quavo and Travis Scott) | Graham, Quavious Marshall, Jacques Webster II, Lindstrom, T. Gomringer, K. Gomringer | 3:56 |
| 12 | Sacrifices (featuring 2 Chainz and Young Thug) | Graham, T. Williams, Dane Johnson, Tauheed Epps, Jeffery Williams | 5:07 |
| 13 | Nothings into Somethings | Graham, Ryan Martinez, Paimon Jahanbin, Nima Jahanbin, Edgar Panford | 2:34 |
| 14 | Teenage Fever | Graham, LaShawn Daniels, Marvin Thomas, Cory Rooney, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins, Jennifer Lopez, Dave Santan | 3:39 |
| 15 | KMT (featuring Giggs) | Graham, Thompson, Courtney Clyburn, Cameron Shaikh | 2:42 |
| 16 | Lose You | Graham, Shebib, Steven Vidal | 5:05 |
| 17 | Can't Have Everything | Graham, Jaswinder Singh, Steve Samson | 3:48 |
| 18 | Glow (featuring Kanye West) | Graham, Kanye West, Shebib, Malik Yusef, Sakiya Sandifer, Philip Bailey, Noah Goldstein, Maurice White, Carlo Montagnese, Majid Al-Maskati, Jefferies, Ilsey Juber, Louis Johnson, Cydel Young, Kenza Samir, Jordan Ullman, Gabriel Garzón-Montano | 3:26 |
| 19 | Since Way Back (featuring PartyNextDoor) | Graham, Jahron Brathwaite, Shebib, Martinez, Marques Hutchison, Michael Surio, Robert Kelly, Warryn Campbell | 6:08 |
| 20 | Fake Love | Graham, Anderson Hernandez, Feeney, Brittany Hazzard | 3:30 |
| 21 | Ice Melts (featuring Young Thug) | Graham, J. Williams, Jonathan Priester, Larry Griffin Jr. | 4:10 |
| 22 | Do Not Disturb | Graham, Samuels, Ritter, Shebib, Snoh Aalegra, Leven Kali | 4:44 |
| Total length | 81:42 | ||
Did You Know?
- More Life broke Apple Music records with 89.9 million streams on its release day, beating Spotify's record by nearly 30 million.
- Despite being marketed as a playlist, it was named one of the best albums of 2017 by several publications.
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