Started from the Bottom

Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
User Score
Based on 226 ratings
2013 Rank: #235
February 6, 2013 / Release Date
Single / Format
Mike Zombie, 40Producer
Drake, 40, Mike ZombieWriter
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Critic Reviews

75
Entertainment Weekly
It’s not as eloquent or expansive as previous takes on the genre (Jay-Z’s ”December 4th,” Kanye’s ”Last Call,” A$AP’s ”Suddenly”), but the looping pianos and eerie chanting will still pull you into a Kendrick Lamar-ian trance.
50
Rolling Stone

The result is a duller Drizzy – his rhymes lack his usual wit and flair. The dude seems defensive – unnecessarily, and to the detriment of his music.

lsak
79

AYYY
1000 follower special soon

TheDankestMeme
46

He didn't start from the bottom but the beat was still good and it's catchy

beetlebat
58

He didn’t start from the bottom though!!!!!!

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vvv_rat8
92

a 66 user score is abysmal. (i refuse to type the other number.) this is probably one of his most iconic songs to date. as of…5 days prior to this review, that’s really not saying much…

92

The most misunderstood song ever. The song is actually an anthem to the struggling ones at the "bottom". Drake further pushes this narrative on literally next track on the album - "Wu-Tang Forever" where he says: "I find peace knowing that it's harder in the streets, I know, Luckily I didn't have to grow there, I would only go there 'cause ni**as that I know there". And other than that, it's a banger, don't lie.

blickrosssssss
75

a lil overrated but still pretty iconic

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