{"id":673831,"date":"2026-05-16T02:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/673831\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T02:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:24:12","slug":"drake-sexyy-red-cheetah-print-track-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/673831\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake \/ Sexyy Red: \u201cCheetah Print\u201d Track Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drake<\/a> has this One Weird Trick that almost always works for him: When they go low, make the people dance. That\u2019s how \u201cNice for What<\/a>\u201d almost singlehandedly defused \u201cThe Story of Adidon<\/a>\u201d\u2014not by redressing its surgically precise takedowns, but by swerving them entirely. Call it the inverse Streisand Effect. Except somewhere between the fifth Kendrick diss<\/a> and the second UMG lawsuit<\/a>, Drizzy seemed to forget all that.<\/p>\n

Either he just remembered or someone very wise reminded him. \u201cCheetah Print\u201d is a standout on MAID OF HONOUR\u2014the clubby party-starter of the three albums he dropped last night<\/a>\u2014and just a really good-ass time. Actually, it\u2019s the tactical weapons system of good-ass times. If the Peggy Gou<\/a> sample<\/a> wasn\u2019t 100 percent surefire, here\u2019s Sexyy Red<\/a> interpolating the \u201cCha Cha Slide\u201d: \u201cClap with no hands.\u201d Drake\u2019s come-ons are sort of half-hearted (\u201cI\u2019ll tell you what I really want\/Like I\u2019m Scary Spice, girl\u201d) but in a charming way, like he\u2019d much rather be queening out and listening to house music with you. Checks out, considering his greatest contribution<\/a> to popular music this decade is \u201cHeated\u201d by Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A little over a year ago, Drake tried to pull off something similar with $ome $exy $ongs 4 U<\/a>, his full-length PARTYNEXTDOOR<\/a> collab, but when you\u2019ve just stepped onstage with smoking bullet holes<\/a> in your black hoodie, \u201cNokia<\/a>\u201d comes off like forced levity. A little time spent (relatively) out of the public eye has restored his gift for knowing when Drake is missed, and what incarnation of him people are missing. That gated piano in \u201cCheetah Print\u201d\u2019s final minute hits like a massive<\/a> Stake payout for everyone who\u2019s been holding on to their Honestly, Nevermind<\/a> stock. And wouldn\u2019t you know it, animal print is back in style<\/a>. What\u2019s going on with DJ Khaled<\/a>? Don\u2019t worry about it, kitten.<\/p>\n