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Does Drake Have Your Parents' Taste In Music?

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Another day, another Drake leak. As the world sits and waits for Drizzy to finally drop his new album Views From The 6 (supposedly in April but, let's face it, who the hell really knows?) two tracks – that may or may not be from the album – have appeared online today. "Contralla" is quite a standard Drake number. But it's the other one that really intrigues. Drake has decided to put out a cover of "These Days", a song by '60s folky type (and your mum's favourite singer) Jackson Browne. The song, which has been covered by everyone from St Vincent to Elliott Smith (although Nico really made the definitive version), might at first seem like an odd choice for the rapper. But, looking back, we should be used to his left field choices of covers and samples by now. In fact, he has borrowed from more than a few tracks that you'd find happily nestled in your parents' record collection. I mean, we all know he loves a dad dance but this is next level stuff. Just take a look at this lot.

"Doing It Wrong" by Drake

Technically this song from 2011's Take Care borrows from not one but two songs by this MOR favourite...But who is it?

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"The Wrong Thing To Do" by Don McLean

The "American Pie" singer is the very definition of easy listening. As well as using this song, Drake also nicks a bit of McLean's "When A Good Thing Goes Bad" (superfan!) One of the comments below this track on YouTube nicely sums up its appeal: "This sounds like a song that would be on at the end of a House episode." Spot on.

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"Come Winter" by Drake

This song is dedicated to Canada and love in a cold climate. But wait, whose crooning is that in the background?

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"Autumn Leaves" by Eva Cassidy

It's only singer-songwriter Eva Cassidy, who first came to the British public's attention two years after her death in 1996 when Terry Wogan started playing her version of "Fields of Gold" on BBC Radio 2, which I'm beginning to think is Drizzy's favourite station.

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"Let's Call It Off" by Drake

Which twee threesome did Drizzy sample for this track from his 2009 mixtape So Far Gone?

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"Let's Call It Off" by Peter, Bjorn and John

OK, so you may have liked "Young Folk", aka the song from every promo ever made, for a nanosecond, but your Dad still plays this record at get togethers. "Let's Call It Off" was the other single from their album Writer's Block and the one that really caught Drake's attention.

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"Take Care" by Drake featuring Rihanna

OK, the most obvious sample used here is Jamie XX's "I'll Take Care Of You" but he also pinches from something a lot less cool.

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"It's My Party" by Lesley Gore

As well as being used in "Take Care" this song by Lesley Gore, who died last year, has soundtracked endless sweet sixteen parties. Probably including your mum's.

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"Juice" by Drake

This track made an appearance on an early mixtape and is a slightly forgotten favourite. But which singer-songwriter has he borrowed that beat from?

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"Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega

Ah it's Suzanne Vega, the folk favourite that your dad probably took your mum to see on their third date.

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"Extra Special" by Drake

This is taken from Drake's very first mixtape, Room for Improvement, that he put out in 2006. But which family favourite does he sample?

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"My Cherie Amour" by Stevie Wonder

Your parents totally played this at their wedding. The soundtrack to a thousand first dances.

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