Intro
The opener of Comeback Season is Drake's second mixtape curtain-raiser, and the contrast with the Room for Improvement intro is the point. A year of work between tapes shows in the tone: the comeback framing positions this as a return, a re-entry, a sharpened second attempt. It reads as a more assured statement of intent than the debut's intro — an artist who has started to believe the narrative he is selling. The track is produced by Al Welsch and runs barely thirty seconds. As a scene-setter it does its job, establishing the comeback thesis the tape's title promises, and in the catalog's long view it marks measurable forward motion toward a breakthrough still two years off.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "Intro" and Comeback Season. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Pitchfork: Kendrick Lamar 'Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers' reviewPitchfork · 2022-05-16 — Dated album review framing the project as introspective rather than combative.
- 5 Takeaways From Drake's Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of HonourPitchfork · 2026-05-15 — Editorial characterization of HABIBTI as the slow R&B 'Heartbreak Drake' panel of the 2026 trilogy (cites 'I'm Spent', 'Classic', 'Rusty Intro'); used for sonic-direction and rollout claims.
- Drake — City Is Mine — GeniusGenius · 2026-05-18 — Producer credit Boi-1da; Genius song bio identifying it as Drake's spin on JAY-Z's 1997 'The City Is Mine'; DJ Smallz / Southern Smoke intro.
- Comeback Season (mixtape) — WikipediaWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Tracklist, per-track producer credits, sample credits, features, release date (September 1, 2007), and the BET 'New Joint of the Day' / Replacement Girl single context.
- Drake — Comeback Season (Genius album page)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Cross-confirms tracklist/sequence and features; notes Bryan Espiritu cover art, OVO label, and an alternate October 24, 2007 release date in the About blurb.
- Drake – Best I Ever HadGenius · 2026-05-18 — Boi-1da production confirmation and his first-person account of building the beat in his parents' basement; D10 cited as the producer who introduced Drake and Boi-1da; 'Fallin' in Love' sample.
- Rich Flex - WikipediaWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Production (Vinylz, Tay Keith, FnZ, BoogzDaBeast), Young Nudy intro, beat-switch structure, interpolations, chart peaks and Grammy nominations for the lead single.
