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A relatively unguarded moment on Drake's second studio album 'Take Care', 'Practice' leans into the strip-club aesthetic that recurs across the record. The track interpolates Juvenile's 'Back That Azz Up', folding the New Orleans bounce reference into Drake's own voice as he addresses a woman whose past relationships he frames as preparation for the present encounter. The production, handled by 40 with Drake as co-producer, distorts his vocal slightly, lending the performance a rougher edge than much of the surrounding material.
The lyric adopts a possessive tone, the narrator positioning himself as the culmination of someone else's romantic history. Drake credits past partners as rehearsal, a framing that sits somewhere between confidence and condescension. The song gestures toward New Orleans hip-hop tradition whilst remaining firmly within the introspective, club-adjacent mode that defines much of 'Take Care'.
"Practice" is a track by Drake, from the album Take Care, released 15th November 2011. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Drake.
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