The 10 Best Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR Collaborations: Critic’s Picks
Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR‘s $ome $exy $ongs 4 U is officially the No. 1 album in the country. The project debuted atop the Billboard 200 on Sunday (Feb. 23), earning 246,000 equivalent album units and handing PND his first chart-topping album. The debut also marks Drizzy’s 14th No. 1 album, tying him with JAY-Z and Taylor Swift for most No. 1s among soloists in the Billboard 200’s nearly-69-year history.
Impressive accolades aside, $$$4U also marks a historic moment for the OVO duo. The 6 God and Mississauga crooner have dropped off tropical-tinged bops and toxic R&B anthems for over a decade now, dating all the way back to PARTY’s eponymous debut in 2013. From “Over Here” to “Since Way Back” to “Preach,” the pair’s link-ups have been so colossal that it’s bred a cult-like level of fandom. Year after year, OVO supporters consistently duke it out in online forums, arguing over which Drizzy and Party collaboration reigns supreme.
So the question remains: which record, in fact, stands above them all? With years of music to comb through, as well as a new batch of tunes from the new project, it’s a tough question that Billboard is attempting to answer. It’s an even harder task when there are uncredited duets like 2013’s “Come Thru” off Nothing Was The Same, or standalone cameos like 2015’s brooding “Wednesday Night Interlude” off If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.
All of these songs are bangers, but these are the best of the best. Check out Billboard’s picks for the 10 best PND and Drizzy collaborations below.
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady
Billboard