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

  1. Mike Tyson
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    Mike Tyson big cuntry's alias

    May 2, 2016
    There are redeeming qualities, a wealth of them. But approaching a review like this doesn't even allow that discussion to be had. Instead it's material for those looking to parrot any negative narrative with this album.

    Looking at bars through a microscope and calling it a review isn't wrong I suppose, but it does put a pretty low ceiling on how good this review can be. And I guess you built the most you could with that 3 foot ceiling you put over this reviews head.

    You're a great writer and you're funny tho so it was still an entertaining read.
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 2, 2016
    Taking rap lines out of context is usually a terrible way to evaluate rap songs or albums. But Drake is so awful at writing lines that they wholly derail songs, at least to me. So the "I group DM my exes" bit doesn't just strike me as a bad line; it absolutely sinks the song's chances of working.

    So I appreciate you complimenting me at the end there and I'm not expecting you to agree with my take on the album, but the way I went about this is not as reductive as you're making it out to be, and not as reductive as it would be in most other contexts.
     
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  3. MTY
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    MTY VERY SHALLOW LISTENING

    May 2, 2016
    sometimes those redeeming qualities for you are just negative qualities for other people :jordan:
     
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  5. Mike Tyson
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    That's all good bro, I respect you and your work too much to turn this in to a petty argument in public.
     
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  6. Mike Tyson
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    Mike Tyson big cuntry's alias

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    Sometimes the sky is blue
     
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  7. Goldy
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    May 2, 2016
    dang you're a great writer, loved it
     
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  8. Kold
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    May 2, 2016
    @WPG who do you think is more mediocre? Cole or Drake?
     
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  9. Soldier
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    May 2, 2016
    d---. That's a hard question lol
     
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  11. Narsh
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    cole by a lil bit i think
     
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  12. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 2, 2016
    J. Cole is a pretty good producer.
     
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  13. Kold
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    Fair enough. I enjoy both was just wondering. Some of the criticisms are fair for each artist.
     
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  14. LasiK
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    LasiK d-mn fine coffee

    May 2, 2016
    read this earlier, pretty cool.
    i have similar views about the album. drake getting stagnant. if IYRTITL didnt drop drake could've had a really tight pop rap album on his hands.
    :kanye3:
     
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  15. lil uzi vert stan
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    lil uzi vert stan

    May 2, 2016
    @Charlie is such a d-ck
    @Narsh is such a phony
     
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  16. WPG
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    May 2, 2016
    @Mike Tyson (I kept typing "Hasman" and getting frustrated waiting for the drop-down): Is this better than If You're Reading This?
     
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  17. PRHYME
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    PRHYME

    May 2, 2016
    You're not even going to comment on just how catchy this project is??? Anyone can find some lines that they hate, but as you said, it's 82 minutes, and the majority is well written.
     
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  18. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    May 2, 2016
    Nothing Beenie Man didn't say stuck with me.
    I couldn't possibly disagree with you more. I think the writing is atrocious; that's the only reason I wrote the review the way I did. As I was saying to @Mike Tyson, I would only be comfortable saying what I said if I felt it was representative of the whole record. And I do.
     
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  19. Poohdini
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    May 2, 2016
    Yes based on what he's told me.
     
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  20. PRHYME
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    PRHYME

    May 2, 2016
    This makes me sad :'(

    Please just love Drizzy like the rest of us
     
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