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How Should PartyNextDoor and Drake Feel About the First-Week Returns for ‘$ome $exy $ongs 4 U’?

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at the early commercial response to Drake & PartyNextDoor's '$ome $exy $ongs 4 U.'

Even as a side quest rather than a traditional solo album,$$$4U had a lot riding on it for Drake, as his first commercial bid following months of Kendrick Lamar, and seemingly the entire Internet, dunking on him. It seems primed to be Drake’s biggest breakout pop hit in a long time, and even if it doesn’t have the juice to go the distance, it’s so important that he reminded us that this is something he still has in his toolkit, even without a big-name assist. While OVO diehards have long embraced PND, the R&B star undoubtedly expanded his audience with this project, which features his typically strong crooning without any of the cultural baggage that his cohort has to deal with.

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