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"From Time"
Drake ft. Jhene Aiko
Nothing Was The Same
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Drake is undisputed king of complicated, flippant, vengeful, sexual, ambivalent sorta-love songs. He excels (so Jewishly) at hyperanalytic relationship talk. He seems to spend ungodly amounts of time ruminating on woulda-couldas and past flames, which I find endearing and relatable. "From Time" is easily his best riff on this theme, with his neurotics calmed by some understated piano and the placid voice of Jhene Aiko.
In classic Drizzy form, he begins by worrying: I needed to hear that shit/I hate when you're submissive/Passive aggressive/ When we're textin I feel the distance. He packs two verses with reflections on money, music, his parents, his doubters, his internal strife and, of course, the ladies. The ladies missed out. As he assonantly puts it: What qualities was I lookin for before/Who you settlin for/Who better for you than the boy (hah)?
Aiko matches his sophistication, but pares her words down to offset the Drizzy verbosity. She etches her hook like a cursive engraving, singing simply, I love me, and then, I love me enough for the both of us. She slips in among Drake's bursts of words with soothing assurance. He can be all over the place; it's cool. She'll be right here, steady loving herself. It's not quite a love song, but it does sound good.
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