Electronic Music Producers That Need to Work With Drake

While everyone's celebrating/reliving So Far Gone on its anniversary, I'm over here wondering which electronic producers could hook Drake up with that

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While everyone's celebrating/reliving So Far Gone on its anniversary, I'm over here wondering which electronic producers could hook Drake up with that next level fire. See, he's already spit on a track from SBTRKT, and "Hold On, We're Going Home" had so many house leanings I was half waiting for an official EDM remix EP of it. Since Drake emerged, his sound has (at times) leaned on that darker, more futuristic vibe, yet given the multiple hues of his personality (aggressive underdog, seductive casanova, guy who started from the bottom and is now here), we could see him occupying a couple of different electronic music lanes. Here are some of the producers we feel could help guide the ship.

AWE

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AWE's 19, and came to our attention via his work for Plastician. Dude's got that bright, vibrant material that could work well with an epic, stadium-status hook from Drizzy. Just peep "Crystals" and imagine Drake doing some slow flows on it.

Disclosure

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Disclosure's already worked with Mary J. Blige, and were spotted in studio with Q-Tip. They're big enough a name to start commanding meetings, and we have a feeling that a "Hold On, We're Going Home" might sound better with that Disclosure bounce under it. If Drake's going to take it there, he might as well go big.

LAKIM

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With the way that Soulection's LAKIM has been sounding, we have a feeling that he and Drake could spend time dissecting throwback R&B vocalists. At the very least they can do an album flipping nothing but Aaliyah samples into something truly awesome.

SBTRKT

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Drake hopping up on "Wildfire" felt leftfield, but it worked so perfectly. He made sure that he didn't change his content at all, which was perfect for the instrumental. We can only hope that a new project is on the horizon.

Ta-Ku

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We'll just leave the fact that Australia's Ta-Ku released Songs To Break Up To, and Drake's always seen as being a hyper emo spitter. We have a feeling that Drake and Ta-Ku would spend time dissecting Dilla's music, then get tipsy on some good wine and craft a new "Worst Behavior." And album between these two would be nutty as hell.

James Blake

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We figure people were wondering if these two would ever get together when James hit the OVO festival in 2013, and hearing what James did to "Come Thru," we have a feeling that Drake and Blake (!) could really tap into that emo wave and bridge more gaps that will have critics going crazy.

RL Grime

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Sure, we just want to see Drake turn up and shit all over his competition over some ratchet RL Grime turn up, but when RL hit us with "Because Of U," we realized that he has a number of levels to this. We can turn up, but let's get a little deeper with it. Drake could be that guy.

DJ Sliink

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If Jersey club's going to get that proper mainstream appeal, it'd need someone who could properly channel those vibes to the masses. Sliink's already made a name for himself, but imagine how wild it would be if he got an official look from Drake, giving us something that highlights both the way he works with vocalists and the way he can get the dancefloors popping.

Sinjin Hawke

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Drake has Memphis roots, and hearing the beauty of Sinjin Hawke's Gangsta Boo collaboration "Yea Hoe," we figure Drake could return to his roots (sort of?) and link with Hawke, who's even recently produced a track with Just Blaze. It just makes sense.

Cashmere Cat

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We would hope that Drake wouldn't flip "Barbie Girl" over a Cashmere Cat instrumental. It could be a magical combination on a "Marvin's Room" scale.

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