May 2, 2016

turn da 6 upside down it's a 9 now

 

May 2, 2016

the album with FACK on it scored .1 higher than Views

 

May 2, 2016

6.8 really isn't a horrible score (when you take it down to 5 point scale it's a 3.4 which everyone would say is decent, no?). Pretty spot on.

 

May 2, 2016

It's only a pan because of the "trash or classic" attitude so many people have in regard to music. But yeah I think it's been pretty obvious the general critical community is getting tired of him. But when f---in Big Sean gets rated higher than you you know you took an L.

Actually though:

 

May 2, 2016

there's no pitchfork rating for how much p---- this album is gonna get me boys

 

May 2, 2016

Hm, I took it as them saying "Drake's masterpiece" as in it's HIS masterpiece and not a masterpiece in the general rap canon but rereading it I think you're right. I like Take Care a lot though.

My problem with this album is that a lot of people had already decided that it was either classic or trash before it dropped and are trying to perpetuate that narrative still when it's really neither. It's a catchy, easy-listening rap album with dope production and its enjoyment factor is hinged upon your tolerance for Drake. It's overly long and doesn't cover much new ground, but I'm not looking to be challenged (musically, intellectually, etc) when I listen to Drake, I'm looking for exactly what I described in the previous sentence. It's something I can put on in mixed company and have most people enjoy.

 

May 2, 2016

the combination of lemonade and this has us primed for the goat month if we capitalize tbh

we'll use Views to finesse the type of side hoes that drive my honda to CVS for tampons, then use lemonade to slide back in our girls life after a strong month of infidelity

if u think thats morally questionable then you're probably gay man, and u can listen to SLIME SEASON 3 to finesse some d-ck for yourself

 

May 2, 2016

And it's a better album than Take Care.

 

May 2, 2016

Then why are you on a music forum?

 

May 2, 2016

I do like a lot of what he said. His relationship issues, when once possibly genuine, have hardened to the point where self reflection would probably reveal that all of this is his fault. But that assumes the fact all of this content is genuine and derived from the actual happenings of his life.

Drake is a pop artist, and that's not a knock on him.
Drake's life is shallow, and that's not a knock on him.

It doesn't make for compelling subject matter, but you don't judge music using a cookie cutter to see how well this song fits in your stencil. Child Play for example, is a song about a girl that probably stayed with them for a week, but the petty banter is the charm of the song, it's what makes the entire thing funny. Combined with his 10/10 flow, and that 10/10 production, that's a 10/10 song. But the gripe people have is that the writing is "bad"? You're listening for the wrong things if you don't like that song.

Like @Poohdini has been saying, the narrative was already written for just about everybody before this album dropped.

If you were tired with Drake, you found more reasons to be exhausted. @Soldier
If you were hungry for a Drake album, you found just about every reason to be (more than) satisfied. @Dew

And for everybody else, those who were on the fence both before the album dropped and also after their first few spins, it's continued to get better for them everytime they listen. @KLD3816 as an example.

 

May 2, 2016

The critical community can s--- my d-ck fam, except @WPG because we know each other so that would be awkward, especially if we made eye contact.