Sunflower
by Lenny Kravitz (featuring Drake)

Album: Black and White America (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • Kravitz recruited Canadian rapper Drake for this feel-good track, which sounds like it's straight out of Carnival. He recalled to Billboard magazine: "I got on the phone with Drake for before he had even heard the track and he said, 'Yeah, I'll do it. I'm a fan and I love your work and I would love to be on it.' So that was cool."
  • The Drake feature was a surprise to many of Kravitz' fans as the singer had never preciously featured an MC besides Jay-Z on any of his songs.

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