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Drake – For All The Dogs

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FOR ALL THE DOGS is Canadian native Drake’s eighth full-length studio album, following his June 2022 house-based, Honestly, Nevermind, and the 21 Savage collaborative album Her Loss that released in November 2022.

The album was teased following the announcement of Drake’s new book, Titles Ruin Everything, on June 24, 2023. In the book, a QR code was found which led to the website named after the book. On the website, it reads:

I made an album to go with the book
They say they miss the old Drake girl don’t tempt me
FOR ALL THE DOGS

“The old Drake” refers to his early studio albums, like Nothing Was the Same. This desire to go fall back on a classic style could be due to the hate he received following Honestly, Nevermind due to the unexpectedly heavy house influence and the lack of rapping — Drake’s primary genre.

A leaker who’s allegedly close to Drake’s camp revealed that the album was pushed back due to the release of Young Thug’s third studio album, BUSINESS IS BUSINESS and would release on the 30th. However, Drake received major backlash on social media — despite not announcing the project himself — due to the release of Lil Uzi Vert’s highly anticipated third studio album, Pink Tape.

On July 5, 2023, Drake confirmed the album would be released soon during his first show in the first leg at the It’s All A Blur tour in Ontario, Canada. On July 8, 2023, Drake revealed that Nicki Minaj would be featured on the album during his show in Detroit, MI. However, when the album released, Nicki Minaj was not present on the album for unknown reasons. Then on July 17, it was confirmed that J. Cole would land a spot on the new album during his show in Montreal, Canada. Then on August 14, it was confirmed that Bad Bunny would be on the album during his show in Inglewood, CA.

Weeks later, on August 21, 2023, Drake revealed the official cover art for the album — designed by his son, Adonis Graham. After several rumors of the album releasing on August 25 due to the reveal of the artwork, Drake noted that it would be released soon while urging that it’d be “worth the wait” during his show in Las Vegas:

I know everybody’s upset because I didn’t drop my album last night. I didn’t say it was dropping last night, so don’t be mad at me. I just said it was coming soon.
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It’s not going to be that much longer. You know I got shows every night. But I promise you, For All the Dogs is on the way. If you never loved anything I’ve ever done in the past, I promise you, this album will be for you. It’ll be worth the wait.

On September 6, 2023, Drake took to Instagram to announce the release date of his album, with a video of a younger Dennis Graham, his father, performing a live cover of “Crosscut Saw” by Albert King. In the caption, Drake writes:

FOR ALL THE DOGS SEPTEMBER 22

On September 13, 2023, Drake released an Instagram ad for NOCTA GLIDE. This ad included a snippet of “IDGAF”, which was given to Drake by Yeat.

“Slime You Out,” the SZA-accompanied lead single was released just a week prior to the album on September 15, 2023, to promote the release of the project.

The album would eventually be pushed back until October 6, 2023, as Drake announced via Instagram stories that he was facing a dilemma on whether to cancel shows or finish the album, in which he decided to cancel no shows but instead delay the album. The delay to October perfectly fits with Drake as in the aforementioned “Slime You Out,” he noted that October is, “all about [him].”

“8AM in Charlotte” would then be released on October 5, 2023 through Drake’s Instagram page, serving as the second single for the album. That same day, Drake took to social media to reveal the album’s official tracklist.