“You was ridin’ TTC metro, I had the place boomin’”: A shout-out to the Red Rocket melded with a thinly veiled nod to Metro Boomin, who was the executive producer of Drake and Future’s mixtape, What a Time to Be Alive. Drake gets nostalgic for his childhood friend Renny, an early producer. “Weston Road flows, I did this shit for my nigga Renny”: A throwback to Aubrey’s younger days, growing up on the sketchier west side of town. “Roy outta here like NASA”: Brampton’s Roy Woods, a 20-year-old OVO newbie, is building his buzz. “6 cold like Alaska”: Drake uses a chilly locale that Americans are familiar with in order to properly convey the bitterness of a Toronto winter. And Drizzy made a cameo onstage with Rihanna just two weeks ago. RiRi) filmed a steamy video for the latter’s single “Work” at legendary Jamaican joint The Real Jerk. “You cannot be right here next to me / Don’t you see RiRi right next to me?”: Among other collaborations, Drake and Rihanna (a.k.a. Fun note: The running time of “9” is 4:16. (Yes, we know there’s a 4 in both, too.) Drake flips the city he’d die for on its ass end with this lyric. “I turn the 6 upside down, it’s a 9 now”: The 6 is Drake-speak for Toronto (duh), due to the common numeral in the city’s area codes, 416 and 647. “Kennedy Road taught me not to trust people like you”: The Scarborough roadway, which also got a shout-out on Drake’s 2015 hit “Energy,” is where some of his OVO crew members reside. We listened to Views from the 6to give you track-by-track footnotes on the 20-song opus’ references to our city. Drake climbed to the top of the CN Tower Friday, surveyed our fine metropolis free of EdgeWalk tethers and dropped a musical masterpiece on the world.

Views from the 6 album list