Digital Dash
Featuring Future
'Digital Dash' opens What a Time to Be Alive, the 2015 Drake & Future joint mixtape. Per Drake's Zane Lowe interview, it was the first record the duo made for the project: originally a Future song that was later finished with Drake. Produced by Metro Boomin and Southside, the track is widely read as a statement of intent - a propulsive, menacing opener signaling that the collaboration would live in Future and Metro's trap idiom rather than Drake's Toronto sound. Future drives the energy and Drake matches his harder register; as the first thing listeners hear, it deliberately sets the tape's tone of fast, aggressive, minimal Atlanta trap. Drake Universe treats this as editorial context, not lyric republication.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "Digital Dash" and What a Time to Be Alive. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Pitchfork: Drake & Future 'What a Time to Be Alive' reviewPitchfork · 2015-09-23 — Dated review of the joint mixtape.
- Wikipedia: What a Time to Be Alive (Drake & Future)Wikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Authoritative track-listing table (per-track producers and writers), personnel, recording locations, charts, certifications, and critical reception used to correct fabricated producer credits and enrich editorial copy.
- Genius: Drake & Future - What a Time To Be Alive (album page)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Album page and Q&A confirming Metro Boomin produced 7 of 11 tracks; the four he did not produce are 'Plastic Bag,' 'I'm the Plug,' 'Change Locations' and '30 for 30 Freestyle.' Confirms 'Jersey' as a Future solo and '30 for 30 Freestyle' as a Drake solo. Discrepancy with Wikipedia on 'I'm the Plug' noted.
- Pitchfork: Drake / Future - What a Time to Be Alive (review)Pitchfork · 2015-09-23 — Sheldon Pearce review (7.0/10) used for critical framing: lack of chemistry / Drake as 'bystander,' Metro's 'glimmering' production, and the highlights 'Scholarships,' 'Jumpman,' 'Diamonds Dancing,' 'Jersey' and '30 for 30 Freestyle.'
