{"id":3457,"date":"2021-03-14T19:22:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T00:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.streamapse.com\/?p=3457"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:59:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:59:26","slug":"drake-a-few-months-out-from-knee-surgery-the-boy-hasnt-lost-a-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=3457","title":{"rendered":"Drake &#8211; A Few Months Out From Knee Surgery, The Boy Hasn\u2019t Lost A Step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In October 2020, Drake announced via Instagram that we\u2019d be getting his Dark Lane Demo Tapes follow-up, Certified Lover Boy, the following January. That was not the case. The Boy ended up injuring his knee, and the ensuing surgery and rehab pushed the release date back. But two months after the announcement that he was taking time to focus on his recovery, we got confirmation that as far as his work in the studio is concerned, Drake is as nimble as ever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>StreamDrakeOnStreamapse<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Scary Hours 2 pack is composed of three bar-heavy tracks, all of which address the unending demands of life as one of the most influential artists of his generation. On \u201cWants and Needs,\u201d which features Lil Baby, Drake posits himself above the conjecture of the general public, asking us to \u201cleave me out the comments, leave me out the nonsense.\u201d On the Rick Ross collaboration \u201cLemon Pepper Freestyle,\u201d Drake laments, \u201cThese days fame is disconnected from excellence.\u201d Then there is \u201cWhat\u2019s Next,\u201d where he broaches the incessant speculation about his time away from the limelight: \u201cSummer, all I did was rest, okay? And New Year&#8217;s, all I did was stretch, okay? And Valentine&#8217;s Day, I had sex, okay? We\u2019ll see what\u2019s about to happen next, okay?\u201d Yes, Drake, that is OK, and yes, we absolutely will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October 2020, Drake announced via Instagram that we\u2019d be getting his Dark Lane Demo Tapes follow-up, Certified Lover Boy, the following January. That was not the case. The Boy ended up injuring his knee, and the ensuing surgery and rehab pushed the release date back. But two months after the announcement that he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[453,454,455],"class_list":["post-3457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-drake","tag-months","tag-surgery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6572,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3457\/revisions\/6572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}