Episode 43 · Hip-hop
God's Plan
Drake
Is it a prayer, a flex, or both? We dig into what makes this song so slippery, and why it became inescapable.
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God's PlanDrake · Prayer or flex?
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Few songs are as easy to hum and as hard to pin down. We try to decide whether the title is a humble shrug or a boast, and what the answer says about the whole record.
Marcus Reyes follows the track back through gospel-tinged rap, Jade Monroe dissects the sparse beat, and Rio Castillo defends the meme era the song helped create.