‘I just wanted to laugh,’ Drake says of clip featuring women’s basketball team.
Some fans liked it, some fans were scratching their heads after the debut of Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” video last month. Some in the blogosphere said the clip’s buxom female basketball team did nothing but cater to the male audience without matching the theme of the song; others just thought it wasn’t all that creative. And a couple of bloggers even went so far as to suggest that director Kanye West sabotaged Drake’s production.
In fact, Drake told MTV News that West offered to shoot another video for the song, and he declined. He noted that receiving mixed reviews of his clip was a great lesson. 
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A newcomer in hip-hop music industry, Drake lends his famous face and celebrity status to star in an advertisement promoting Stay Strapped Condoms. With hip-hop music playing in the background, he is seen in the ad informing fans of the importance of using protection when having sex.
“Yo what’s going on man,” says Drake in the 30-second campaign “This is your boy Drake and I’m out in the H-Town. You already know. Get informed, not infected. Use strapped condoms and save lives. I approve this message. Yeah.”
Drake, whose birth name is Aubrey Drake Graham, earns his fame with single “Best I Ever Had” off his third mixtape “So Far Gone”. Confirmed to have signed a deal with Cash Money/Universal/Motown, he plans to release his official debut album, “Thank Me Later,” in late 2009, and has confirmed collaborations with the likes of Kanye West, Jay-Z, Danny! and Lil Wayne. Besides, he also writes songs for Rihanna’s new album.
Drake released his debut video, “Best I Ever Had,” video to little fanfare today from female fans and industry alike, “I am appalled as a female in the music industry. I was a huge fan of his music before I saw this. He’s not your typical hip-hop artist so why would he film a typical late night BET video. Trash I call it,” says an employee from Giant. Fans are upset at Director Kanye West, “man kayne f**ked diz (this) man video up…bet if it was jay-z video kayne wuld (would) make sure it was on point,”
What do you think of the new music video?
After coaching Team Drake in the clip, the newly signed MC outlines his bigger game plan.
Drake’s new video for “Best I Ever Had,” directed by Kanye West, premiered Wednesday night. In it, Drizzy coaches a basketball team of well-endowed female lovelies, clad in revealing pink uniforms, who face a more focused and skillful squad of women. Coach Drake doesn’t seem heartbroken that his hoopers won’t exactly draw comparisons to the Dream Team.
“Some of us younger men, we refer to our affiliation with women like a roster,” Drake said, explaining the clip’s concept to MTV News. “You have key women in your life when you’re single and doing your thing.”
“Best I Ever Had” is the first video from his debut LP, Thank Me Later, which he aims to release later this year, now that he’s signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money label. Of course he does. He’s red-hot right now, thanks to the mixtape So Far Gone.
“I just gotta get this tour knocked out,” he said earlier this week, smiling about going on the road as part of the America’s Most Wanted Music Festival, which will feature Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy Tell’em and Young Jeezy. “I am working on [the album] right now. I’ve actually started. I was in the studio with Pharrell, and it’s basically a pretty lax process for us.
“Basically, So Far Gone worked,” he continued, talking about his strategy for the highly anticipated LP. “So, let’s just try to do it again. You know, let’s try and act as if we were making a second disc to So Far Gone.”
Source: MTV
Drake was a special guest today on the MTV talk show to talk his new deal, Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne, and even a pre-ceaser cut clip from Degrassi : The Next Generation. Jump to 3:23 to take a sneak peak at the clip for the Yeezy directed, “Best I Ever Had.”
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