Drake's best project ever is arguably the one that catapulted him to stardom: his third mixtape, 2009's So Far Gone. It is a project the cuts to the heart of Drake's ambition. On "Houstatlantavegas," he projects his aspirations on a stripper who feels trapped within her profession.
Strippers play a central role in hip hop culture, and there has never been a rap song about strippers quite like "Houstatlantvegas," which addresses the plight of the stripper with a particularly personal touch. It is truly one of rap's great stripper songs ever, alongside T-Pain's radio smash "I'm in Luv with a Stripper" and and Frank Ocean's epic "Pyramids." Shoutout Noah "40" Shebib on the production!
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Quotable Lyrics
We all got dreams and we all star reachin'
All start peakin, all-star weekend
One hotel room, and all y'all sleepin'
Housekeeping knock to see if all y'all decent
Young girls envy the life y'all leadin'
Never satisfied wit a nice calm evenin'
You be at the games lookin right, all season
But you always with me, on the night y'all leavin'