He is not exploring new sounds

Idt We Cry Together is an homage to Kim man its a reflection of domestic abuse/toxic relationships esp in the black community

Kim is just revenge fantasy

Yes he is

At least Drake didn't give us downright unplayable music like Kendrick purposely did, I'll give him that.

Its experimental FOR drake. No one said house is a new thing. However these house tracks he's making are not typical house tracks either so in that sense it's a leap forward

Idk how Drake dropping a whole afro house album can be considered him “not experimenting”

Why do people hate the Kendrick album so much

Kendrick is one of Eminem’s biggest supporters in the game I don’t think it’s a stretch to say he was paying homage. It’s very clearly in the same vein as Kim. I’m not the only person who thinks that.

He really should of extended the sax intro and done something more with it

We waited 5 years and he gave us that mess

This is growing on me

Liability def the stand out track on here for me

What song on Kendrick's album is close to unplayable except We Cry Together lol

Definitely not the thread to make this argument. People who have never heard house music in their lives think Drake invented it now. It's a departure from his stagnating career and has to be hailed as a transcendent project and not the fun, good album it is. Kendrick's album is eclectic and chaotic and not subject to a narrow confine. The only avant garde moment between the two albums is Kodak Black over a piano though, a radical juxtaposition of low and high art that works flawlessly. I'd call MMBS a more substantive project. There's just a lot more to it. Drake album lives or dies on the beats and house song structures and sticky vocal leads that lots of dance music has.

It's honestly a trap to compare them outside of the fact that both guys sound like they made the album they wanted to make with the only real concession being Jimmy Cooks. I think Kendrick's album is obviously the one that showcases a personality and a broad range of emotion though. Drake is showcasing a genre to his core audience. We can appreciate both and it's so boring to have to disparage one.

Also, this is not a rap album.

People fallen into the “it’s cool to trash drake” narrative every time on social media, a new project drops. At this time it’s just the norm.

Album would be better without drakes tb6h

Don’t get me wrong I know why you would make the comparison but it just seems kind of obvious and surface level imo, especially considering Kim doesnt have 1/10 of the nuance that WCT has so rrducing it to just that is reductive

Dawg I said this is new territory for Drake because he’s never created a full on album like this before. Songs like Signs, Passionfruit, Madiba Riddim, etc are all times he’s explored this sound before. This is just the first time he’s honed in on the sound and made an album with it. And it’s incredible.

This album really shines when you look at in context of his discography. He didn't take any safe moves that he knew would work.

You playing Auntie Diaries a ton?

There’s a good handful of songs with very experimental production

Probably the only song I really go back to

Name em

Chill man I know, we’re just talking lol

I’m just saying how I believe this album to be more experimental than Mr Morale

happy you like the record I cant stop listening to it myself lmao

Fair tbh. I think I’ve only listened to it two or three times since it dropped so I can’t add too much to the conversation, i’ll have to listen again. However off my initial few listens I do agree I expected something much better(especially with all the “smoking on top 5’s” talk)