Unfortunately, IвЂ™m not home for several months out of the year because IвЂ™m a touring musician (still hilarious to say). Normally, I analyze these songs with a guitar because thatвЂ™s how I think and I stink at the piano.

Let me preface this next section by saying that I could be totally incorrect in what comes next (EDIT: I wasnвЂ™t). It kind of creates an вЂњunderwaterвЂќ sound. This means that only the lower frequencies are allowed through, cutting out the highs. A low-pass filter would achieve a similar effect. You reduce the quality of your sample (think of how songs from Myspace used to sound) but you keep the quality of the drums. Basically, you take some samples or some chords. However, I think the most вЂњDrakeвЂќ aspect of this song is the use of filtered accompaniments with large unfiltered drums. Some examples of simple accompaniments in Drake songs would be вЂњ Over My Dead BodyвЂќ or вЂњ Furthest ThingвЂќ.

Usually adding a 7th, a 9th, or a 4th on top of them. IвЂ™ve talked about extended chords in the past but as a reminder, extended chords are chords that consist of more than three pitches. Another quality of that вЂњDrake SoundвЂќ is the use of ~dreamy~ chords. Or at least there would be a lot more space in the verses. I know this is a weird distinction to try and make but a traditional pop song wouldnвЂ™t have a melody like this. Yes, it IS sung by Drake but the phrasing of the lyrics are closer to that of rapping. Notice how I didnвЂ™t say singing and/or rapping? вЂњGodвЂ™s PlanвЂќ is somewhere in the middle. But WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Well, we can break down some of those. What does that mean? In saying this, I mean that it is very characteristic of other Drake songs. Some rappers might want to take note of this. Normally, this lack of instrumental definition would probably infuriate me but because Drake has a strong sense of melody we are able to clearly tell when the chorus comes even with no change of instrumentation. That doesnвЂ™t quite happen with вЂњGodвЂ™s PlanвЂќ. Usually, we hear these differences at the start of new sections signifying a chorus or a verse. And this is a good thing! It helps to differentiate one section of the song from another. You donвЂ™t realize how quiet the accompaniment is until we hear those drums. ThereвЂ™s a big gap in the dynamic range based on when the percussion kicks in. This is fine because we know what weвЂ™re getting ourselves into. Verse, chorus, post-chorus and repeat it all. The form is simple as laid out on Genius.

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