Video: Drake feat. Trey Songz – Successful (30sec Preview)
It’s not exactly a do-over, but after receiving some backlash from his “Best I Ever Had” video, Drake tones things down in a clip for “Successful.”
The video was shot in the rapper’s hometown of Toronto. Drake and Trey Songz share top billing throughout the clip, directed by Jake Davis. Lil Wayne is featured in the original version of the song from Drake’s mixtape So Far Gone, but in the video version, Weezy’s verse has been replaced with a sung verse from Songz.
The clip is dark and opens with Drake overlooking the city. He continues to peer out from the balcony of a building during his first verse until he meets with Trey. As the two exit the condo, Drake turns back to the doorman, and his mind flashes as he and the man switch roles. The mood of the video matches the song; “Best I Ever Had” turned out to be a misstep for the upstart MC when the over-the-top clip didn’t match what fans felt the song portrayed.
Both Drake and Trey Songz called “Successful” eerie when they spoke about the song earlier this year to Mixtape Daily.
“It was so eerie. Like it was haunting, almost,” the rapper said of the production. “I was like, ‘Yo, that’s it. You need to use that.’ He started playing this patch, and just every note that he played fell into place.”
Trey Songz — who wrote the chorus for the song — echoed his good friend.
“It was simplistic, but it knocks. It’s eerie, it’s dark,” he explained. “The first thing I laid down was the gothic, reverb-driven harmony: ‘arrrgh, arrrgh, arrrgh.’ I couldn’t think of what I wanted to hear on it, so I did a whole bunch of harmonies [until I found the right one].”
August 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Damn, Freddie Gibbs…sorry, fam…
August 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
*yawns*
August 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Don’t write it off, but don’t listen to it around niggas either
***LOL…that shit makes “Kiss U thru the phone” sound like “Ante Up”
August 27th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Full minute preview next week guyz!!!!!!!!!
August 27th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
LOL Smiley Face
August 27th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I’mma send her a smiley face…bitches love smiley faces (c) Charlie Murphy on “the Boondocks”
August 27th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
VOTE FOR HOOTS, BITCH!!!!
August 27th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Dang..Freddie Gibbs didn’t last that long
August 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
previews for videos???
this shit is gettin tired
August 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Ike what is the word that means wild drunken behavior, in like a party atmosphere.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
@ BH- that’s what I was trying to say…nigga got less than a minute (none)…
August 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Breaux Brosephson the !! Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
that Diz shit from yesterday was fire
^^^^^^
Whoa link it brotha. you know i fux with them LA dudes heavy
August 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
IkeHomie what is the word that means wild drunken behavior, in like a party atmosphere.August 27th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
cOLD Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Ike what is the word that means wild drunken behavior, in like a party atmosphere.
***Bighomieonanygivensaturdaynight? (none)
August 27th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
lol :) :)
August 27th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
This song is more insincere than even “Dead & Gone”. It’s awful, awful, awful. Drake is TERRIBLE. I can not WAIT for his 15 minutes to be up. This kid better quit worrying about his brittle ass knees and get a neckbrace for the backlash schedule for fourth quarter 2010.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
The clip is dark and opens with Drake overlooking the city. He continues to peer out from the balcony of a building during his first verse until he meets with Trey. As the two exit the condo, Drake turns back to the doorman, and his mind flashes as he and the man switch roles.
^
and a detailed description of the preview?!
totally rad!
August 27th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Fux, you probably know the word im looking for?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Whoa link it brotha. you know i fux with them LA dudes heavy
**double ayo.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
GOAT of things to do when drunk = Barfight
August 27th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
The clip is dark and opens with Drake overlooking the city. He continues to peer out from the balcony of a building during his first verse until he meets with Trey. As the two exit the condo, Drake turns back to the doorman, and his mind flashes as he and the man switch roles.
^
and a detailed description of the preview?!
totally rad!
***Sounds like a screenplay, or some shit..
August 27th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Homie what is the word that means wild drunken behavior, in like a party atmosphere.
^ casual?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Big Homie Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Homie what is the word that means wild drunken behavior, in like a party atmosphere.
^ casual?
^^^
Casual is correct.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
^ casual?
^ nah key words there are wild drunken behavior.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
# icon(trillbert arenas) Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Damn, Freddie Gibbs…sorry, fam…
^^^
*ghostrides the phrase “ghostrides the ___”*
August 27th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Homie what is the word that means wild drunken behavior, in like a party atmosphere.
^^^^^
CLASSY?
or a seldom used word?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Seriously… what is the point of putting out snippets for a 3 minute video… this shit is retarded
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August 27th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Belligerent?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
cOLD Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
^ casual?
^ nah key words there are wild drunken behavior.
***sociointoxobration?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Cold – Unreserved, free Spirit, Alcoholic
August 27th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Saturday?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Rey Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
This song is more insincere than even “Dead & Gone”. It’s awful, awful, awful. Drake is TERRIBLE. I can not WAIT for his 15 minutes to be up. This kid better quit worrying about his brittle ass knees and get a neckbrace for the backlash schedule for fourth quarter 2010.
^^
the hate continues *laughter*
August 27th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
and his mind flashes as he and the man switch roles.
^
i remember someone on here was saying that hov swacked this very same idea from ‘ye for his spike lee rocawear commercial. now this.
no idea is original.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
desolate?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I Fux Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Cold – Unreserved, free Spirit, Alcoholic
***you could say inebriated, or that someone lost their inhibitions (none), but that’s more than one word…old folks like DPS call it “cuttin’ loose for the jive boogie”…
August 27th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
# cOLD Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Ike what is the word that means wild drunken behavior, in like a party atmosphere.
^^^
Swag? Bling? Crunk?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Impaired
August 27th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
the trap love me but fuck my heart beat slow and right now the crack house is like shaquile shootin free throws (bricks)
August 27th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Swag? Bling? Crunk?
**LMAO
August 27th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
debauchery is the word I was looking for.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
dissolute inebriated
or is it this ,,,,, i am at a loss right now
August 27th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
eratic?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
# sean coonery Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I don’t understand how Black People can be muslim…but Black people in general are religious…so it doesn’t surprise…
Arabs have beat Blacks/Africans into submission…forced to to believe in Allah….raped their woman and children…sold their men into slavery….murdered them in the most brutal fashion…
Yet you will have niggas in Philly that attend mosques with a Freeway Beard…on their knees on aladdins carpet praying to Mohamed and Allah..
GTFOH
Arabs did to Black people is far worse than what White people did to Blacks..
this is fact…
Do your history….North Arab – africans…rape, pillage and exterminate Africans…
^^^
To a certain extent, whats happenend in sudan is genocide and ethnic cleansing to say the least. I actually agree with coonery.
*cam true mag face*
August 27th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Hetero?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
# YaBoy88 Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Rey Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
This song is more insincere than even “Dead & Gone”. It’s awful, awful, awful. Drake is TERRIBLE. I can not WAIT for his 15 minutes to be up. This kid better quit worrying about his brittle ass knees and get a neckbrace for the backlash schedule for fourth quarter 2010.
^^
the hate continues *laughter*
^^^
Duder, that is NOT hate. Being completely and totally unimpressed by an average rapper who is so shamelessly being pushed to the moon as a Kanye-Lil’ Wayne hybrid isn’t hate. It’s awareness.
So if you’re for Drake, drown yourself. If you’re again’ him, welcome to the club. Either way, it’s shameless and doesn’t have one ounce of genuine passion for hip-hop or rappin’.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
cOLD Says:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
debauchery is the word I was looking for.
***Debauchery isn’t necessarily catered to drinking, though…it’s just any kind of out of control behavior in a group setting- but it fits the context of what you were looking for..
August 27th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
debauchery
^
yea thas a good one.
August 27th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
belligerent?
August 27th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Seriously what is the point of putting out snippets for a 3 minute video this shit is retarded
——
I don’t know what version you got but mine is like damn near half a Little Bill episode. rappity rappin ass 4 verse 5 chorus’ niggas
August 27th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
This song is more insincere than even “Dead & Gone”. It’s awful, awful, awful. Drake is TERRIBLE. I can not WAIT for his 15 minutes to be up. This kid better quit worrying about his brittle ass knees and get a neckbrace for the backlash schedule for fourth quarter 2010.
^^
the hate continues *laughter*
^^^
Duder, that is NOT hate. Being completely and totally unimpressed by an average rapper who is so shamelessly being pushed to the moon as a Kanye-Lil’ Wayne hybrid isn’t hate. It’s awareness.
So if you’re for Drake, drown yourself. If you’re again’ him, welcome to the club. Either way, it’s shameless and doesn’t have one ounce of genuine passion for hip-hop or rappin’.
^^^^
Out of the new-school (being rappers who started in the last 3 years), he’s easily better than at least 90% of it. His wordplay is so tight.
If yall hate because So Far Gone is soft, then listen to Comeback Season. The dude has two classic mixtapes, you don’t have limit your opinion based on a single tape.
August 27th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
shameless plug..fame tee by Dope Couture. dopecouture.com. crackberry sold separately.
August 28th, 2009 at 9:52 am
dude wears the wackest jacket in this viddy. lame ass.
August 29th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
i fux with this!
being one of his female fans that was offended or felt gipped with the breast i ever had came out, this is MUCH better. he is a thinking man’s MC why go the lowest denom and do a ass&titty video? this right her has LAYERS..which is what Drake has been talking about that he is much more than what you think.
dont mind me..i have a college degree & disposable income and think there is much more to rap than souljaboy and the flavor of the moment.
get em Drake!