Drake’s problem is he can’t help himself. It’s right there on “CN Tower,” the first track on $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, his new collaborative project with PartyNextDoor. After musing on the color of the lights on the famous Toronto skyscraper one solemn evening (they’re red), he flips it into a familiar vignette. “Just like the text I sent you from the bed tonight/Read it ’cause I finally think I said things right,” he coos. Of course — and Drake should know this by now — if you have to send that text, chances are she’s already gone.
Yet, for the better part of the past two decades, Drake’s been trying to find just the right words, while his audience,…