ryuH

8mo

I think it’s Drake’s refusal to respect the art form of the album format

Let’s be clear this nigga Drake makes incredible music. That much isn’t debatable imo. Like $$$4u is full of sweepingly beautiful s*** and he’s had moments of lyrical excellence rap wise all decade. But he just doesn’t seem to care about making projects that are more than the sum of their parts. More than just a playlist of great songs. He’ll stumble upon something cohesive every now and then like in the case of $$$4u but then he’ll pepper the tracklist with s*** that completely kills the vibe the album is creating like Meet Your Padre. S*** has no business around the rest of those songs lol. A mf who respected crafted albums would never do that. If this mf had an ounce of restraint he’d have 10 perfect albums already

Purrp

7mo

Look into the platform dreaming Spanish / the concept of input

In a year and a half I went from no sabo to being able to watch native level podcasts and tv shows. I can understand Spanish I hear in movies or irl for the most part.

ryuH

8mo

I think it’s Drake’s refusal to respect the art form of the album format

Let’s be clear this nigga Drake makes incredible music. That much isn’t debatable imo. Like $$$4u is full of sweepingly beautiful s*** and he’s had moments of lyrical excellence rap wise all decade. But he just doesn’t seem to care about making projects that are more than the sum of their parts. More than just a playlist of great songs. He’ll stumble upon something cohesive every now and then like in the case of $$$4u but then he’ll pepper the tracklist with s*** that completely kills the vibe the album is creating like Meet Your Padre. S*** has no business around the rest of those songs lol. A mf who respected crafted albums would never do that. If this mf had an ounce of restraint he’d have 10 perfect albums already

TheFader

7mo

It’s why his best album is the one where 40 basically forced him to lock in and make a cohesive & concise project.

It’s funny that Drake said maybe he’s Prince and Kendrick is actually Mike because when you look at their approach to album making it kinda fits.

MJ would take years in between albums and come back each time with a short & concise body of work. Prince, on the other hand, released an album almost every single year from 1978 to 2015. He was prolific and uber creative, but the thing with his approach was that he still made sure that each project had its own sound and identity to justify its existence.

Drake, while he definitely releases as frequently as Prince, doesn’t have that same constraint in making each project unique. He just records a bunch of music, most of it good, and throws it all together and calls it an album

ryuH

7mo

I never said it was wack lol that be the thing it just doesn’t fit the vibe of the other songs

He groups songs that are sonically incompatible recklessly that’s why it be so many lol

If he would just be like “aight on this project ima to this sound on the next project I’ll do this other vibe” he’d be straight and drop classics regularly lol. But nooooo he’s gotta stuff everything on there at once and make is eat chicken parm and tacos at the same time 💀

GodzillaMinusOne

7mo

One dimensional, subject wise. Once you’ve heard one Drake album you’ve heard everything he’s ever had to say—nothing.

Now stretch that 15 years and it just becomes a depressing second half of a career repeating the same thing over and over again

ICEMAN40

9mo

Another drake thread 💔🥀

thegreatdivine

7mo

The part about this you're missing is that since as far back as 2009, Drake has had a varying range of vibes on his projects.

So Far Gone has:
Traditional R&B cuts.
Straight up bar-heavy rap cuts.
A pop rap cut.
Houston screw songs.
Indie/alternative cuts.

By Thank Me Later, he started adding at least one pop song per project.

By Views, he extended that sonic palette even further.

You might view it as him being lazy and just throwing things together but it's established that that's simply his identity as an artist. He's an artist with a wide variety of musical influences and tastes which he likes to express on his projects.

Yes, sometimes, he makes things more concise sonically and you get projects like Honestly, Nevermind or Dark Lane Demo Tapes but those are exceptions to the rule.

Suggesting that he shouldn't do that or he should do what other rappers you enjoy do is exactly why he is Drake and they're them. It's amazing to me that this guy is almost 20 years into his mainstream career and people still can't accept him for who he is, whether as a person or as a musician. Everyone is always telling him what he should do, how he should act, what type of songs to make, etc. All things we don't tell other musicians.

Flack06

7mo

I have some disagreements about his direction but there is something interesting about the fact this dude is so deep into his career and people react to him the way they do

Genuine anomaly

thegreatdivine

7mo

Yep and it's been that way since day 1.

Whofliz

7mo

Simple. Not enough production by 40.

Noir

8mo

Drake has said himself that he can't write that s*** anymore. I find his newer stuff pretty disagreeable but it is what it is at this point.

Honestly I think his overall wellbeing hasn't been that great for a while, even before the beef, and it's hard to lock in and be your best self in all circumstances.

ryuH

7mo

Facts that was the rare time he focused on a sound and the result was fire for the most part but I think the execution could have been better

I think the vocal mix is a bit harsh on some of the tracks like Falling Back and his singing wasn’t great on that project which is wild since it’s pretty much an all singing project. I feel like $$4U has way better vocals and singing. I love the beats and the vibe and concept of HNM though. It’s always something with bro lol smh maybe it’s just me

bundles

7mo

wym
polar opposites is the best song hes ever made

Black Smoke

7mo

U not gonna bring up how jimmy cooks don’t belong on there?

bundles

7mo

wym
polar opposites is the best song hes ever made