Don't be fooled by the Views track's sunny beat, though: These two should really break up, if they know what's good for them.” Charts Ĭzech Republic ( Singles Digitál Top 100) ("I wanna benefit from the friendship/I wanna get the late night message" is the Drake-iest moment here.) People always feel unappreciated and overworked in their relationships, and here Drake and Rihanna nail that dynamic as only they can-mixing blunt neediness with lust." Įd Masley of AZCentral said it revisited "the Caribbean dancehall rhythms" of Rihanna's “Work", and going on to note that Drake "and his greatest female duet partner trade off verses in a richly detailed he-said/she-said portrait of what may be going through the other person's head while you're busy convincing yourself that you're the only person putting any effort into this relationship." īillboard ranked "Too Good" at number 32 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list: “Drake hit the jackpot with the dancehall sound of "One Dance," but the addition of Caribbean queen Rihanna on this dueling duet takes his island vibe to the next level. and claiming you did it on accident is shameless. This is one of a few songs on Views that benefits from his unabashed shamelessness in the same way that texting someone at 4 a.m. (A similar influence is all over Views.) Drake clumsily interprets a Popcaan song that nineteen85 (of dvsn) ends up sampling anyway, but give him some credit for embracing his fake patois.
Ramirez stated, ""Too Good" is a vestige of the same creative juices that flowed through " Work" 's Caribbean-inspired polyrhythm. Matthew Ramirez of Pitchfork Media named the song "The Best New Track" of the day and "Too Good" a highlight from Views. It is the fourth collaboration between Drake and Rihanna after " What's My Name?", " Take Care" and " Work". In addition to Drake's lead vocals, the track features a guest appearance from Rihanna and contains vocal and lyrical samples of "Love Yuh Bad" performed by Popcaan.
We have a genuine energy between us." "Too Good" was written by Drake, Paul Jefferies, Rihanna, Maneesh Bidaye, Diego Sanchez, Dwayne Chin-Quee, Andrew Hershey, Andre Sutherland, Atom Martin and Terence Lam, and produced by Nineteen85 and Supa Dups. It was like a flawless victory when she sent it back. She got in the studio and just bodied it. "Too Good" came into fruition after both Drake and Rihanna recorded her 2016 single "Work", Drake recalled stating "I was like, I think I have one that would follow this one up really nicely. The vocals in the song span from A 3 to D 5 with the song moving in common time. "Too Good" is written in the key of G Lydian and has a tempo of 118 beats per minute. "Too Good" was the third dancehall single to be released from Views, along with " One Dance" and " Controlla".
"Too Good" proved to be commercially successful, reaching number 9 in Canada, number 3 in the UK, and number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The artists co-wrote the track with its producers Nineteen85, Maneesh Bidaye, and Dwayne Chin-Quee, with additional writing from Andrew Hershey, Andre Sutherland, Atom Martin. The song was released as the fourth single from the album in the UK on and serviced to US contemporary hit radio on July 26, 2016, as the fifth single in that market. It samples the dancehall song "Love Yuh Bad" performed by Popcaan. It features guest vocals from Barbadian singer Rihanna. However, Cash Money’s failure to obtain clearance for the final product wasn’t relevant because Drake altered the original recording in a significant way, using it as “raw material” to create something new." Too Good" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, recorded for his fourth studio album Views (2016). According to The Hollywood Reporter, the company obtained said licensing rights for the recording of “Jimmy Smith Rap,” although it could not clear Drake’s final composition with Smith’s estate due to the legendary Pennsylvania musician stated dislike of hip-hop music. The track is produced by Detail, Jordan Evans, and Boi-1da.Ī “fair use” ruling is fairly uncommon in songwriting, but in this case, Cash Money hired a music licensing company for the specific purpose of obtaining the sample licenses for Drake’s third album, Nothing Was the Same. Drake has emerged victorious in a lawsuit over a sample on his 2013 track “Pound Cake /Paris Morton Music 2.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, a federal judge has determined that Drake’s sample of the 1982 spoken word recording “Jimmy Smith Rap” by jazz musician Jimmy Smith falls under “fair use” and Drake is not liable for copyright infringement.