| Room for Improvement | |
| Type: | mixtape |
| Artist: | Drake |
| Cover: | Drake - Room for Improvement cover.jpg |
| Recorded: | 2005–2006 |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Length: | 65:36 |
| Label: | All Things Fresh |
| Next Title: | Comeback Season |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Room for Improvement is the debut mixtape by Canadian rapper Drake.[1] It was self-released on February 14, 2006, by All Things Fresh.[2] [3] [4] Issued as a retail project, it sold 6,000 copies by the end of that year. It features contributions from Toronto natives Slakah the Beatchild, Frank Dukes, and Boi-1da; as well as American singer Trey Songz and American rapper Nickelus F.[5]
In February 2006, in an interview with thabiz.com, Drake talked about the mixtape, "It's a mix CD and I did it with DJ Smallz, who does the Southern Smoke Series. He's done mixtapes with everyone. Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, a lot of people and he's hosting it for me. It's called Room for Improvement. It's seventeen original tracks and a couple of remixes and stuff like that. 22 tracks in total. I have the Clipse on there, I got Trey Songz in there, I got Lupe Fiasco on there, I have Nickelus F, who is this amazing artist from Virginia, who I'm very very tight with and we work together a lot, we worked together. I have Voyce on there, he's a singer from Toronto. Production wise I don't really have any major producers on there. I have a song I did with Trey Songz. I have an individual by the name of Nick Rashur from Harlem he's a really cool cat. Amir; Boi-1da did the majority of the singles, who else should I mention DJ Ra from DC, a lot of people on the CD."
The mixtape was re-released in 2009, featuring only 11 selected songs, with no DJs along with a remix of 'Do What You Do'.[6]
Partial credits adapted from Drake's personal notebook.[7] [8]
Notes
Partial credits adapted from Drake's personal notebook.[7] [8]
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