Aug 2, 2019

Late but...

Take Care - 8.4/10

Spoiler

Cried in my pillow revisiting this, jokes aside I'm not shocked that this holds up so well. This was Drake slowly coming out of that blatant Wayne/Kanye influence (although you can still see traces of it still in his rapping on TC) and embracing that lonely, heartbroken persona he's come to be known as. There is a consistent theme to this record, it sort of feels like you're actually in that dim-lit little diner room on the cover listening to this while Drake still somberly staring at the dinner table.

Some of his strongest songs are on here; Over My Dead Body, Crew Love, Marvin's Room, Cameras/Good Ones Go, Look What You've Done are all seminal Drizzy cuts. I personally feel NWTS was him truly coming out of this shell that still encases parts of Take Care, but othwerwise I have little else to add on to this. I'm still enjoying this 8 years later, Drake has took us on a wild ride.

Invasion of Privacy - 7/10

I forgot who once said this, but this album is essentially the Get Rich Or Die Tryin for Thots. Cardi in her own right is a electric personality, either magnetizing or repelling you depending on your perspective. I was still surprised at her range that she displayed on this album, this gave me a glimpse that she was inevitably going to be a superstar whether we liked it or not (then again this is a typical Atlantic Records release).

Going back to that range, she's able to switch up her flow and cadence to fit the right mood and on this album that s--- is constantly changing with each subsequent song. Granted this sort of thing sums up modern releases to a tee; cohesiveness is sacrificed for singular songs catered to streaming playlists, Invasion Of Privacy pretty much plays through something like Drake's More Life. This is detrimental to my listening experience, but there are some genuinely decent moments on this that I still have some fondness for.

 

Jul 31, 2019

8/10

 

Jul 31, 2019

sremmlife

 

Jul 31, 2019

5/10
its an okay album, i wasnt into it

 

Jul 31, 2019

 

Jul 31, 2019

Boring a--- album. @Michael Myers stanned it for some reason. English is not his first language (foreign old man) so we will let it slide.

2/10

 

Jul 21, 2019

Definitely Drake’s best and really the only one I care to listen to on an annual basis. There’s a little lull of songs in a row, but for the most part it’s great and drake still sounded authentic to me.

8/10

 

Jul 21, 2019

Drake’s best album. Kinda falls off towards the end, but there are some undeniable songs on here

7/10

 

Jul 18, 2019

my man trent will not be happy to hear this

 

Jul 18, 2019

Lol. You act too hard.

 

Jul 14, 2019

Either this or Aquemini was my first Southern rap album I've listened to and g.d. what a first impression. Not one track f---in skipped. One Day still a major track I'm playing to this day, and I never knew til now that p---- produced that track (alongside Bun and someone else but still). That alone is worth a million points. Diamonds & Wood, Murder, Hi Life, each and every one of them. I think both p---- and Bun peaked here definitely. This IS the Southern album imo. You know what score I gave this already.

 

Jul 14, 2019

Maximum votes

 

Jun 19, 2019

I think Predator is most underrated in that it’s never really mentioned alongside the first two albums when it deserves to be, but if we’re really being real, Laugh Now Cry Later is his most overlooked project

 

Jun 18, 2019

Lethal Injection is tbh

 

Jun 11, 2019

9/10