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Views is the fourth studio album by famed Canadian rapper, Drake. Originally teased as Views From the 6, the album gained massive hype similar to other albums released around the same time such as "The Life of Pablo by Kanye West", and Jenny Death by Death Grips, and thus circulated widely around the internet memetically.

Origin

Although news about the album Views From the 6 have been around since 2014 after he announced the name of the album on Twitter^[1], hype for the project begun to build, following his digital album, If You're Reading This It's Too Late, and his collaborative album with rapper Future, "What a Time to be Alive". Drake also gained a massive amount of momentum following his beef with Philadelphia rapper, Meek Mill, which was declared that Drake had won by a wide margin.

Reception

Views was released to lukewarm critical reception.

Despite the mixed reviews, the album would go on to become Drake's most commercially successful, with almost every song on the album charting on the Billboard Hot 100 and going six times certified platinum.

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