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Post by Grenade on Mar 12, 2010 16:43:25 GMT -5
This is going to be on "Thank Me Later." It's been talked about for quite a while, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's going to be the Pop single. I'm looking forward to it.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Mar 12, 2010 16:54:55 GMT -5
There’s a song on the disc called “Fireworks” that has the greatest beat ever. Drake has this sidekick producer called 40, and he’s talented. I met him as well this afternoon and he’s also a good kid. He’s about to be very, very busy. “Fireworks” has a hook on it courtesy of Kings of Leon. It’s catchy.
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Mar 12, 2010 19:55:57 GMT -5
I'm really looking forward to this too. I think Drake's talented but I'm sick of him being a one-subject pony, so I'm glad to hear there will be a catchy song with a great beat about something different.
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Post by Dance In The Dark on Mar 12, 2010 20:07:56 GMT -5
This sounds like it has a lot of potential. Highly anticipating this.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Apr 6, 2010 19:16:33 GMT -5
Apr 6 2010 4:12 PM EDT
Drake's 'Fireworks' Begins Story Of Thank Me Later
'It's really where I am in my life right now,' Drake says of song he's previewing on tour.
By Shaheem Reid
Fans of Drake's are going to be treated to a preview of yet another track off of his Thank Me Later LP, dropping June 15, when they go to his Away From Home Tour this spring. The 23-year-old is performing the first verse of the much-anticipated new song "Fireworks" at his concerts.
Before his show at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania on Monday night, Drizzy explained to MTV News why he was letting the crowd sample the song. "The song itself is the first song on the album; I think it's the biggest indicator of what the album is gonna be like," he said. "That's why I picked that song to go first, and that's why I wrote the first verse like that. It's really where I am in my life right now. I know they're looking forward to the album, so I want them to get a feel of how the story starts off."
"Fireworks" starts with the actual sound of fireworks in the background. From there, Drizzy begins talking about his life, joking that his 15 minutes of fame started about an hour ago.
"It truly is a story," he added of the album. "At no point in the album does it fall off and become about some songs I slapped together. It's all a story from beginning to end. Just like So Far Gone was. It's that time."
The Away From Home Tour, with openers Francis and the Lights and K-os, runs through the end of May.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Apr 21, 2010 16:21:29 GMT -5
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on Apr 21, 2010 18:54:42 GMT -5
Sounds really good from that.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Apr 27, 2010 16:21:33 GMT -5
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Post by Chains on May 14, 2010 10:44:35 GMT -5
This is now revealed to be the Drake/Alicia Keys collaboration:
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Post by Robert J on May 14, 2010 11:03:43 GMT -5
Pfft, I'd rather hear KoL on this than Alicia
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Post by Q on May 14, 2010 19:40:34 GMT -5
Agreed. This will probably be a single.
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Post by Grenade on May 26, 2010 16:21:49 GMT -5
This is alright.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on May 26, 2010 21:18:37 GMT -5
"Fireworks" f/ Alicia Keys
Produced by: Noah “40" Shebib
Complex says: Is there a better way to kick off an album of this magnitude than with fireworks? The intro features the venerable Alicia Keys on the black and whites with a slow build-up that allows Drake to ease into his signature laconic flow. This is no “Empire State of Mind,” but as a song that explores his meteoric rise to fame, it satisfies like Snickers. A. Keys keeps it simple with the hook, allowing the Canadian MC to also drop some R&B on the refrain. Drake is fully aware of the full-fledged mania attached to his first LP with the line: “Lookin’ down from the top and it’s crowded below/My fifteen minutes started an hour ago.”
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Post by TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur on May 29, 2010 8:45:18 GMT -5
This is good but not great. Nothing he's done wows me yet, but nothing is bad. Even on a slow song like this he's just rapping about how he's famous this year and wasn't last year. Get off your one trick pony.
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Post by Grenade on Jun 2, 2010 1:55:48 GMT -5
The final version is much better.
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Post by I'M ON ONE on Jun 9, 2010 21:27:35 GMT -5
One of the most-talked-about tracks on Thank Me Later is the opening cut “Fireworks,” mainly because of what it reveals about Drake’s brief relationship with Rihanna. In a new interview, Drizzy opens up about how the pop diva broke his heart.
After their much-publicized rendezvous and make-out session at Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge in New York one year ago, Drake rapped about the experience on “Fireworks.”
“I could tell it wasn’t love, I just thought you’d f**k with me/ Who could’ve predicted Lucky Strike would have you stuck with me, damn/ I kept my wits about me luckily, what happened between us that night, it always seems to trouble me/ Now all of a sudden these gossip rags wanna cover me, and you makin’ it seem like it happened that way because of me/ But I was curious, and I’ll never forget it baby, what an experience/ You could’ve been the one, but it wasn’t that serious.”
October’s Very Own explains what happened between them. “I was a pawn,” he candidly tells The New York Times. “You know what she was doing to me? She was doing exactly what I’ve done to so many women throughout my life, which is show them quality time, then disappear. I was like, ‘Wow, this feels terrible.’”
While he may not have found his love with Rihanna, he questions whether it’s still out there. “Did I sacrifice something?” he asks. “Have I not realized what it is yet because I’m enjoying this too much?”
The article also mentions that he wrote a song for Rihanna that never got released.
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Post by Franck on Jun 22, 2010 9:53:01 GMT -5
I love this song!
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