''The Best in the World Pack'' is the third
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. by Canadian rapper
Drake
Drake may refer to:
Animals
* A male duck
People and fictional characters
* Drake (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the family name
* Drake (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* ...
. It was released on June 15, 2019, by Frozen Moments,
Republic Records
Republic Records is a New York City–based American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). It was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially an ...
and
OVO Sound
OVO Sound (also known simply as OVO) is a Toronto-based Canadian record label, founded in 2012 by hip hop artist Drake, producer 40, and Oliver El-Khatib. It operates as a subsidiary of, and is distributed through, Warner Music Group's Warner ...
. It contains the dual singles "Omertà" and "Money in the Grave", with the latter featuring a guest appearance from American rapper
Rick Ross
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Prior to releasing his debut single, "Hustlin'", in 2006, Ross was the subject of a bidding war, receiving offers from Sean Combs, D ...
, and later becoming Drake's 26th and Ross' 2nd number one respectively, on ''Billboard''s
Rhythmic Songs
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chart in August 2019. Multiple publications noted that the EP marks Drake's first release outside of the
Cash Money Records
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and
Young Money Records
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record labels.
Instead, on
streaming services
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, the release lists "2019 Frozen Moments, LLC, under exclusive licensing to Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc".
''Billboard'' confirmed that Frozen Moments has previously been listed on additional OVO projects.
Background
Drake posted the cover of both songs on his social media on June 14, 2019. After the
NBA Championship
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win of the
Toronto Raptors
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, the songs served as a "celebration release". Drake was named Global Ambassador of the team and was previously seen attending the
2019 NBA Finals.
Track listing
Credits adapted from
Tidal
Tidal is the adjectival form of tide.
Tidal may also refer to:
* ''Tidal'' (album), a 1996 album by Fiona Apple
* Tidal (king), a king involved in the Battle of the Vale of Siddim
* TidalCycles, a live coding environment for music
* Tidal (servic ...
.
Personnel
Credits adapted from
Tidal
Tidal is the adjectival form of tide.
Tidal may also refer to:
* ''Tidal'' (album), a 1996 album by Fiona Apple
* Tidal (king), a king involved in the Battle of the Vale of Siddim
* TidalCycles, a live coding environment for music
* Tidal (servic ...
.
*
40 – mixing
* Harley Arsenault – mixing assistant
* Greg Moffet – mixing assistant
* Les "Bates" Bateman – engineering
* Lindsay Warner – engineering
Charts
"Omertà"
"Money in the Grave"
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
"Money in the Grave"
References
2019 EPs
Drake (musician) EPs
Young Money Entertainment albums
Cash Money Records EPs
Republic Records EPs
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