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Drake’s Nothing Was The Same finally hits stores today. A few weeks back, when Drake revealed the cover art to the album, Twitter was ablaze with jokes and reactions to the covers, the original featuring Drake as a child and the deluxe edition featuring Drake as an adult. Of course people went nuts over the cover, this is Drake we're talking about! Everything he does, every rhyme he drops, every time his picture is taken, it becomes fodder for endless Internet jokes and lists, forever overanalyzed. Maybe it's because we're all mean people who love to make fun of the same celebrities we help build up or maybe it's because when you're a massive artist, minute details are worth scrutinizing.
Either way, Drake is one of the few artists who we routinely discuss every little detail about. That's why even Drake's cover art is worth discussing. Looking at his cover art over the years you can actually watch his style develop, his aesthetic come into focus. Just look at how the So Far Gone era made use of silhouettes or how unified the artwork for Take Care's singles were. So we took a look back at all of Drake's artwork over the years to see what else we could learn. Check out Drake's Discography In Photos.
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Room For Improvement
Release date: February 14, 2006
Type of release: Mixtape
Comeback Season
Release date: January 1, 2007
Type of release: Mixtape
So Far Gone (Mixtape)
Release date: February 13, 2009
Type of release: Mixtape
"Best I Ever Had"
Release date: June 16, 2009
Type of release: Single
"Successful"
Release date: August 1, 2009
Type of release: Single
"Forever" f/ Eminem, Kanye West, & Lil Wayne
Release date: August 27, 2009
Type of release: Single
So Far Gone (EP)
Release date: September 15, 2009
Type of release: EP
"Over"
Release date: March 8, 2010
Type of release: Single
"Find Your Love"
Release date: May 5, 2010
Type of release: Single
"Miss Me" f/ Lil Wayne
Release date: June 1, 2010
Type of release: Single
Thank Me Later
Release date: June 15, 2010
Type of release: Album
"9 AM in Dallas"
Release date: June 15, 2010
Type of release: Non-album single
"Fancy"
Release date: August 3, 2010
Type of release: Single
"Marvin's Room"
Release date: June 28, 2011
Type of release: Single
"Headlines"
Release date: August 9, 2011
Type of release: Single
Take Care
Release date: November 15, 2011
Type of release: Album
"Make Me Proud" f/ Nicki Minaj
Release date: October 16, 2011
Type of release: Single
"The Motto" f/ Lil Wayne
Release date: November 29, 2011
Type of release: Single
"HYFR" f/ Lil Wayne
Release date: April 24, 2012
Type of release: Single
"Crew Love" f/ The Weeknd
Release date: July 30, 2012
Type of release: Single
"Started From The Bottom"
Release date: February 6, 2013
Type of release: Single
"Girls Love Beyonce"
Release date: April 6, 2013
Type of release: Non-album single
"All Me" f/ 2 Chainz & Big Sean
Release date: August 1, 2013
Type of release: Single
"Hold On Were Going Home"
Release date: August 6, 2013
Type of release: Single
Nothing Was the Same
Release date: September 24, 2013
Type of release: Album