After dropping one and a half projects in 2015, itâs hard to say that Drake hasnât had a successful year on par with some of the biggest pop stars in the world. But that doesnât mean that he can rest on his laurels, especially with his long-awaited full-length album Views From the 6 still set to come out in this calendar year, according to Drakeâs verse on âThe Catch Up.â Although no hard date has been set for the album, it certainly hasnât stopped Drake teasing at something with his inescapable â6 God is Watchingâ billboard that popped up last week along the highway that cuts through the city of Toronto. However, the question on the minds of the Drake devouts is whether an album, or even a single, will drop this year. Who can forget the now infamous âToronto: Take Careâ billboard that served as a cute reminder of the albumâs release date while pissing off city councillors in the process. Or the iconic âStarting From The Bottomâ video, in which Drake struts across his own billboard. Drakeâs obsession with taking out billboards went so far that someone pranked the city on April 1st by posting a fake Drake billboard. So in the interest of investigative journalism we took a look at what these new billboards, posted along the highway and in Torontoâs busiest pedestrian intersection, could possibly mean.Views from the 6 has been promised for almost a full calendar year now. Originally it was billed as having a September release, but now as weâre halfway through November itâs looking like that deadline may be unlikely. Unless Drake can travel back in time, which, if anyone could do it he could. Letâs look at the facts: the first billboard has a 6 on it, the same number featured on Views from the 6. The second billboard is in a part of town where many people can âviewâ it, so now the clues are piling up. Does this mean that Drakeâs album will come out within the next 30 days? Weâre not saying that, weâre just looking at the clues. Also âclueâ is kind of like the sound an owl makes.When Pusha T got signed on as President of G.O.O.D. Music, he mentioned that the idea of a Cruel Summer follow-up album wasnât out of the question. Obviously feeling the pressure, Drake took out space for a rainbow billboard with the owl overtop, likely to signify a number of forced coming together under one umbrella. Since OVO Sound has been stockpiling artists since the album announcement, itâs a safe bet to say that that weâre about to hear the sound of four artists harmonizing over the same underwater drums.A lot of people questioned whether or not Drake was joining the Taliban after his intro on âJumpman,â but the real truth is grounded in a much more capitalist reality. Part of Drakeâs contract stipulation with Apple was that he was able to name the next iPhone, and against everyoneâs advice he decided to call it the iPhone Taliban. Each phone will come pre-loaded with one of two backgrounds, both of which Drake has turned into billboards.If you look closely at the rainbow sign you can see an address. If you follow directions to that address you can see that it leads you to the OVO Flagship store, and if you arrive there and flap your wings like an owl while making the bird call, Oliver will appear to usher you downstairs where you can buy the rarest piece of clothing ever known. Designed by Makonnen during a particularly strong acid trip, the clothes are all meant to evoke the feeling one gets when they look at a pile of money and feel nothing inside.Drake knew all along. He tried to warn us, but we were too busy trying to dissect potential hints to see the billboards for what they really were: warnings. Itâs not the 6 God thatâs watching, itâs 6sigma Force, an alien contingent that was set to enter Earthâs atmosphere in the first weekend of November. The praying hands? Thatâs the way weâre to greet them upon our arrival. No wonder Drake hasnât put anything out: He knows that the world is doomed anyway, so heâs spending our remaining days with friends and loved ones instead.
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