Drake’s Jamaican views

“VIEWS”, the fourth album from Canadian rapper Drake, was released Friday by OVO Sound/Young Money Records to much fanfare on social media.

The 20-track set has collaborations with Jamaican artistes and producers.

Dwayne ‘Supa Dups’ Chin-Quee shares production credits on the tracks Controlla with Matthew ‘Boi-1da’ Samuels and Stephen ‘Di Genius’ McGregor.

Too Good, done with Rihanna, is a co-production between Chin-Quee and Toronto-based Jamaican producer Paul “Nineteen85” Jefferies. The song samples Popcaan’s Love You Bad.

Samuels, who also lives in Toronto, has production or co-production credits on most of the album’s songs including the current UK number one, “Dance” (co-produced with Jefferies); “Hype”, “Faithful”, “With You” and “9”.

Jefferies is co-producer for “Hype”, “Faithful”, “One Dance” and “Hotline Bling”, a recent top 10 hit for Drake in the United States.

“9” samples “Dying”, originally done by Mavado and Serani.

The latter is produced by Craig and David Harrisingh for Daseca Productions.

Samuels, who was born in Jamaica and raised in Toronto, worked on Drake’s 2011 album, “Take Care”. He produced the chart-topping singles “Best I Ever Had” as well as “Work”, the recent number one hit by Rihanna which also features Drake.

Nineteen85, who was born in Toronto to Jamaican parents, scored a major hit last year with Nicki Minaj’s Truffle Butter. — Jamaicaobserver.