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Drake can go from being a crooning R&B loverman to spiky rapper in the blink of an eye, and that knack for stylistic shifts is particularly apparent on his less famous cuts. The inflatable synths of The-Dream duet “Shut It Down” tease out one of Drizzy's prettiest ballads; meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum is the ghostly beat of barbed hip-hop cut “Charged Up”, a ruthless diss track aimed at his rival Meek Mill.

While the worlds of R&B and hip-hop have long been filled with players and heartbreakers, Drake established another male persona, one who expressed strength by actually showing vulnerability. And whether the track itself is as sly and swaggering as “One Dance”, as sensitive and brooding as “Shot for Me” or straight-up celebratory as “Best I Ever Had”, Drake’s love songs are full of compelling contradictions.