Post-Pusha, and with milquetoast double-album in his rearview, the would-be Scorpion King’s spent more time this summer getting stung by the rap community than anyone whose name isn’t 6ix9ine. But as redemption tours go, “Sicko Mode” is, well, sick. Drake intros with a casual, Take Care flow before Trav cuts him off, but when he returns, it’s with a smooth-talking swagger that makes you remember the singer beneath the self-aggrandizing super-star. “Circle blocks ’til I’m dizzy / Like where is he?” asks the 6 God, looking to pick a fight around the neighborhood he shares with newfound rival Kanye West. “No one seen him / I’m tryna clean ’em.”
