Mar 23, 2016

You got that much power over there?

 

Mar 23, 2016

so everyone else on the staff is a stan? cause I definitely don't want a stan reviewing it either

you being the opposite of a stan isn't any better than a stan if we being real

just wanna see a fair review

 

Mar 23, 2016

A somewhat unbiased writer should review them. You've shown in the past a clear distaste for Drake.

 

Mar 23, 2016

My Views review finna be lit

 

Mar 23, 2016

 

Mar 23, 2016

It's different for sure. His sound has matured and he's obviously improved a lot, even though he hasn't exceeded some of his classics like Marvin's Room & Trust Issues. Him & PND seem to be onto something, so I'm really excited to hear what he's got in store for Views.

 

Mar 23, 2016

 

Mar 23, 2016

Do you guys want loads of songs on Views?

 

Mar 23, 2016

 

Mar 23, 2016

i think drake is a bad artist and a corny human being, but if i was incapable of writing thorough, objective reviews i wouldn't be where i am

 

Mar 23, 2016

lit

 

Mar 23, 2016

You don't think he's good/great, fine. Don't think he's deserving of the spotlight he gets? That's cool too. But he's definitely not a 'bad' artist.

 

Mar 23, 2016

i don't know, man. he's good at what he does. but i think what he does is a pretty anonymous, cynical way to make art.

 

Mar 23, 2016

 

Mar 23, 2016

what do you even mean by that, explain pls

 

Mar 23, 2016

this is part of a much longer conversation, but: when you listen to drake, isn't it hard to shake the feeling that every syllable of every song has been pored over not just by a room of writers, but by PR experts and focus groups? doesn't he feel engineered for this era more than he feels, just, of this era? it's easy to see with the hotline bling video (or with hotline bling itself) or in how he snaps up whatever slang or flows are hot at the moment. he's not the first person to do that, but at least when jay was pulling from up-and-comers--before he retired at least--he was folding them into something unique. drake reads to me as a soulless collection of pieces that exist only for click-throughs and ad dollars.

i hesitate to say "soulless" because it's such a loaded term, but i think you know what i mean.

 

Mar 23, 2016

You still think Take Care is good though?

 

Mar 23, 2016

parts of it, yeah. but even then--he jacked the hot sound wholesale and struggled without it.

 

Mar 23, 2016

yeah, im kinda with you on that. Drake has always kind of felt fake/ manufactured.

Though it doesnt stop me from playing a bunch of his songs, every once and a while he has a song that just really clicks with me

 

Mar 23, 2016