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Drake A brief WPG review of Views

Started by WPG, May 2, 2016, in Drake Add to Reading List

  1. Saint
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    Saint

    May 2, 2016
    the taco bell sauce packet line :'(
     
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    the majority is horribly written
     
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    May 2, 2016
    ^only thinks this bc @WPG does
     
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    May 2, 2016
    Why hasn't this turned into a Beenie Man appreciation thread?

    I stopped playing Views altogether, it's just drags on way too long. Drake had a persona that made TC & NWTS into what they are, I'm trying to figure out what exactly he was doing on here. I'm keeping a few songs but it just wasnt for me.
     
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  5. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 2, 2016
    I kind of respect Drake making such long albums, at least in theory, if he's telling the truth about it being a homage to the golden age of Cash Money. But he's just not equipped to do it as he wants to.
     
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  6. Mike Tyson
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    Mike Tyson big cuntry's alias

    May 2, 2016
    Yes absolutely. IYRT was a one tone collection of hits and misses, with less than a handful of compelling material.

    But given it was a tape, I'm not any more mad at the joint that I am at Future's EVOL. Views is just definitely better.
     
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    Mike Tyson big cuntry's alias

    May 2, 2016
    what are there more of:
    Underwhelming bars on Views OR
    Original Narsh insights on music, not previously said by somebody else

    Man I might have just indirectly s--- on Views
     
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  8. Jerome
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    May 2, 2016
    wow WPG hates Drake even more than Eminem
    Shocker
     
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  9. PRHYME
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    I think Views is a strong album, that does, admittedly, drag. I think taking some great features off shows Drake's arrogance.
     
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  10. Jerome
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    May 2, 2016
    good read tho :emoji_thumbsup:
     
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    Pato v3 exilio

    May 2, 2016
    I'd say the balance between rapping and singing was better in those records, and the highlights more iconic

    But really what made TC era so special imo was Drake's emotional state at the time and how he had to prove everybody wrong after the relative critical flop that it ended up being TML
     
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  12. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 2, 2016
    Well I think you're hitting on something very true here: Drake benefitted from the expectations he drastically lowered with Thank Me Later.
     
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    May 2, 2016
    or a third option: hasman posts where he's scrambling to paint Views as better than the bloated pandering drivel that it is
     
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  14. Mike Tyson
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    Mike Tyson big cuntry's alias

    May 2, 2016
    That doesn't even go with my original post buddy
     
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  15. Narsh
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    Narsh

    May 2, 2016
    idk u keep picking on me and i had to do something
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 2, 2016
    See I would rather listen to the mixtape, just because nothing here grabs me like the first half of "Legend" or the beat on "Energy" or "10 Bands," you know? But I can see someone who has a higher tolerance for this guy being more willing to spend a lot of time with Views.
     
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    Mike Tyson big cuntry's alias

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    Haha sorry bud I'm just warning you up for my review of your review.
     
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  18. Narsh
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    Narsh

    May 2, 2016
    lol nothing u have to say about my review stops me from gettin that $$$ playa

    also, the best takeaway i have from my time w Views so far is that NWTS sounds A LOT better now lmao

    might have it finally replace take care as my favorite drake project in a few months
     
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    May 2, 2016
    What I liked about TC was he was literally a sulking loser but it just managed to strike a chord with a huge audience. It was great ambient music and to me it's held up very well. Here it felt he was reading and rapping it off a piece of paper.
     
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  20. Narsh
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    he went from an emotionally stunted, yet earnest and driven artist to just being emotionally stunted
     
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