Wants and Needs
Drake featuring Lil Baby
2021
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2021
Release: 2021Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The selected original recording is documented in 2021. Only year precision is assigned; later album placements, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace that release year.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Scary Hours 2 - original three-track release
The original March 2021 release identifies Whats Next and Wants and Needs with Lil Baby. The later Certified Lover Boy album is not treated as the first event for these distinct recordings.
About Drake
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Drake, born Aubrey Drake Graham in Toronto, worked as an actor on Degrassi: The Next Generation before his recording breakthrough. Best I Ever Had helped establish his rap career, followed by the debut studio album Thank Me Later and the subsequent Take Care. His catalog includes solo songs such as Hotline Bling and separately credited collaborations, including the album Her Loss with 21 Savage.
Artist background sources
Drake - Recording Academy artist biography
Toronto identity, earlier acting, Best I Ever Had, Thank Me Later, Take Care, Hotline Bling and documented Her Loss collaboration. Award-year metadata is not converted into release dates. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
About Lil Baby
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Lil Baby developed within Atlanta rap, building an audience through mixtapes and the jointly credited Drip Harder project with Gunna. My Turn, released in 2020, brought that work into a larger album setting built around trap production. Its collaborators included Future, Lil Wayne and Lil Uzi Vert, with producers such as Hit-Boy and Tay Keith contributing to the recordings. His own album catalog remains distinct from guest appearances and shared projects with other rappers.
Artist background sources
Lil Baby: My Turn - Recording Academy hip-hop album survey
Lil Baby section: Atlanta rap, mixtapes and Drip Harder collaboration, 2020 My Turn, trap production and credited guest/producer contributions; the source's erroneous Street Gospel title is not used. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Wants and Needs by Drake featuring Lil Baby is included in the 2021 annual collection. The cited US year-end table lists it at number 47. A documented songwriting inspiration has not been established for this record; this is chart context, not a creative-origin account.
Chart or collection context only
Billboard year-end 2021 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription: title, artist and annual association only. Not a complete recording or songwriting review.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
External chart association; scope is limited to the cited chart, not full discographic verification
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 2021 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription: title, artist and annual association only. Not a complete recording or songwriting review.
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