Which One
by Drake (featuring Central Cee)

Album: Maid of Honour (2025)
Charted: 4 23
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Songfacts®:

  • "Which One" is a collaborative song between Drake and UK rapper Central Cee. Produced by O Lil Angel, B4U and OZ, the track glides along on breezy dancehall rhythms and a bassline smooth enough to iron your shirt on. It's the kind of sound that Drake's been flirting with since Views (some reviewers have compared it to his Rihanna collaboration "Work") but here it's sharpened by the UK rap sensibility that Central Cee brings to the table.
  • Drake opens the track in familiar territory: speaking directly to a woman in the club, emphasizing she's not like the rest. While he's sipping something expensive and wearing feelings like cufflinks, he casually slips in some bars about losing friends. But unlike the wistful tone of "What Did I Miss?," which he dropped three weeks previously, this time he's more resigned than regretful. As Drake puts it:

    You want Cench or your ex, which one?
    You want friends or success, which one?


    Life, he seems to suggest, is just a series of tradeoffs set to a dancehall beat.
  • Central Cee takes up the baton, spinning the titular "which one" into a different kind of ultimatum. His verse is a blunt-force flirtation that walks the tightrope between romantic and reckless:

    You wanna have sex or do you wanna make love
    Which one?


    Where Drake smolders, Cee pokes the fire.
  • Drake and Central Cee previously joined forces on Drizzy's 2023 standalone single "On The Radar Freestyle." Cench also appeared in the video for Drake's Her Loss single "Jumbotron S--t Poppin."
  • Two of the producers, O Lil Angel and OZ, also worked on "What Did I Miss?"

    O Lil Angel is a French-British rapper, singer, and songwriter from London who performs under the name of Octavian. In 2019 he won the BBC's Sound of Award, their top award for new artists.

    Swiss beatmaker Ozan "OZ" Yildirim's other credits include Drake's "Toosie Slide," and "Life Is Good," Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode," and "Highest In The Room" and Jack Harlow's "Lovin On Me."

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