"Pain 1993" is a song by Canadian rapper

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featuring American rapper

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from the former’s ''

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'' (2020). It was written alongside producer

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Background

In early April 2020, Drake teased a collaboration with Playboi Carti during an

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live session, sharing a snippet of the track and its title. The song is a tribute to fashion designer Ian Connor, who was the manager of Playboi Carti and had previously worked with hip hop artists

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and

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. Connor himself first teased the track in June 2019. "Pain 1993" marks Drake and Carti's first collaboration.

Critical reception

''HotNewHipHop'' noticed Drake "brings his usual effortless delivery," while Playboi Carti "introduces his baby-voiced madness to a wider array of hip-hop and pop fans." In ''

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'', Matthew Strauss deemed it the "stand out track" on the mixtape, and noticed it "offers a beat that glimmers like sheet metal." Strauss stated Carti "hypes Drake for the new song's first half... Then, when it's isturn, he doesn't upstage Drake so much," concluding "Drake and Carti blend their styles while still bouncing off each other, creating a hybrid that's distinct but new."

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number 7 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Drake's 38th Hot 100 top 10, matching

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for the most in the chart's history. For Playboi Carti, it became his first top 10 entry, besting the number 29 peak of 2017's "

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Charts

References

External links

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