thegreatdivine

3y

If he had simply announced the album and said he'd find the time to work and finish it before the year was over back in June, that'd have been enough to get fans excited and create hype.

He went ahead and promised it'd drop with the book. Then asked fans to scan some dogs for "updates" then started touring and proceeded to use every show on said tour to promise the release of an album he knows damn well is far from being ready to drop. Even said s*** like "dropping in two weeks" and "finally listened to my album in full for the first time today" and posted an album cover to make people feel like it was coming soon just to go back on stage and backtrack saying "you know I'm on tour" as an excuse for why it hasn't dropped yet like nigga that's all s*** YOU did that no one forced or even asked you to do.

Nigga is really a master manipulator, I see it now

thegreatdivine

3y

Everything dude has done with the rollout/release of this album has been stupid/unnecessary. From saying he had an album that'd be going with the book, to the whole scan the dogs daily thing to promising to drop the album in time for summer and then going on stage every night on tour to promise an album he knew was far from finished, to posting an album cover for an album he knows he won't be releasing anytime soon because according to himself, he's still working on it and now he's conveniently using being on tour as a reason for its delay. Literally, all of this s*** could have been avoided. No one asked or even demanded for an album from him this year. He's the one who jumped the gun and started that hype train only to keep delaying s***. This is even worse than what he did with Views/CLB because at least he shut up about those albums, dropped other music and didn't talk about them again till he was ready to drop. I really don't understand his thinking this time around with this album. So irresponsible.

My advice to y'all is to not expect the album anytime soon. I definitely don't see it dropping while he's on tour from what he apparently said last night.

shortstory

3y

😂😂😂😂 if only you knew FATD 8/25

shortstory

3y

I think people would care way less if he didn’t approach it the way he did. People feel entitled these days , which no one should at all. He knows what he’s doing and saying, of course trying to create hype, but part of it just starts to seem a little messy or more so not calculated which is unusual for him in some aspect

SinceKumbaya

3y

Y’all left out what he said at the end. I’m excited all over again

When he’s really sure and passionate about a body of work >>

SinceKumbaya

3y

Y’all left out what he said at the end. I’m excited all over again

When he’s really sure and passionate about a body of work >>

FlukiestFaun

3y

Honestly just think this is a result of him being gradually lazier and lazier the more successful he's gotten. Everything post Scorpion, tours, singles, announcements, etc., has been so boring and uninspiring coming from the biggest rapper of all time. He knows that no matter what happens he'll always dominate the charts and the culture so he don't put no effort in any other stuff that fans would like

Turkish

3y

Yeah pretty much, also I feel like he's building up the anticipation so high that if this album isn't anything but amazing, the reception will be very harsh considering he pump faked all summer long about the album dropping

thegreatdivine

3y

I wouldn't say the music has gotten lazy because he still tries more than most people but everything else around his music career has gotten even lazier, especially his efforts at promotion. He feels he's above it but he's really just shooting himself in the foot. Maybe he doesn't see it yet because he only focuses on first-week numbers but that doesn't really tell you the true success of an album, especially this deep in the streaming era.

thegreatdivine

3y

Drake has coasted his entire career off being talented enough to make good to great music consistently and having a listenership that actually supports his s***. He's always been sloppy/lazy/uncalculated as far as the release/promotion of his music goes.

There are too many examples that show how scatterbrained (mostly) him and the rest of his team are when it comes to releasing/promoting his music in the ways that best serve its success and whenever/if ever his GP support drops or stops being as consistent (because the world is so fragmented now and it's only getting worse, which is why his hits/most hits generally don't stick the way they used to), he'll start to pay for it numbers-wise. The wiser artists like Taylor Swift see the wisdom in being intentional and having a clear plan/strategy for every move musically and they'll be the ones who survive through this weird time in music culture and listening habits.

SinceKumbaya

3y

“If you never loved anything I did in the past I promise you this will be for you. I promise you it’s worth the wait”

FlukiestFaun

3y

he already paid for it once in his latest release, Honestly nvm selling only 200K first week is insane considering Drake in undoubtedly the biggest rapper right now and ever

FlukiestFaun

3y

he already paid for it once in his latest release, Honestly nvm selling only 200K first week is insane considering Drake in undoubtedly the biggest rapper right now and ever

thegreatdivine

3y

Nigga never learns. Still making more unrealistic/unnecessary promises

Imagine thinking someone who has never liked anything you've done in the past will magically like your new album when you didn't magically become a different artist? My goodness. Like just shut up till the album is ready. All this s*** so unnecessary too which is the funniest part lmao.

thegreatdivine

3y

That only happened because of the kind of music on that album.

FlukiestFaun

3y

doesn't matter, DLDT did only 200K aswell but it still had long term hits and stability

Love Life Utopia

3y

Cause nobody tryna hear deep/trance house w/ weak Drake vocals

shortstory

3y

I really think he said if you’ve ever loved not never loved

thegreatdivine

3y

I hope so because that's the only that'd make sense. And even then, still unnecessary. We get it. Just shut up and focus on your tour and finishing up said album. He's legit acting like fans will rush up to smack him if he doesn't say something