Mar 29, 2017 I just don't see how this is anything different than a rebranding. If he released this as a "mixtape", would anybody really be focusing on all of these vague details that supposedly separate it from the norm? Because as I said, your article touches on some random, disparate elements without persuading me that this is something new.
Mar 29, 2017 you're entirely missing the point. this is a rebranding more than a substantive change. that's the whole idea.
Mar 29, 2017 We're seething but the post above this one is you calling everyone else in this thread fa----s
Mar 29, 2017 "Until More Life, Drake’s toying with form had been strictly semantic." Okay, so how is this not just another semantic change.
Mar 29, 2017 because nothing but semantics separated Nothing Was the Same and If You're Reading This It's Too Late. here, it's chiefly a rebrand, but there are also substantive changes, first and foremost that he felt liberated to ditch the rap stuff he included on Views out of obligation.
Mar 29, 2017 Me and a few others are in the minority that think NWTS is #1 even though I've seen some here argue that IYRT is his best. I think if you polled everyone Take Care would win.
Mar 29, 2017 Views B sides are his best work since 2011 I'm dead. This is better than views and that's all. IFYR, NWTS & WATTBA so far ahead of this
Mar 29, 2017 @Koolo next time you want me to make them upset make sure to let the mods (Poohdini) know it's not that serious. Dude is beyond repair right now
Mar 29, 2017 I've been asking for the substantive changes, because those are the crux of the argument if you're going to call this "playlist" markedly original relative to "mixtapes" and "albums". So your final answer is that it's because he's singing more?
Mar 29, 2017 you're being obstinate. this is obviously the record he wanted to make a year ago, but didn't because of the baggage that comes (in his mind, at least) with the quote-unquote album format. do i get a traffic bonus? i'll take an amazon gift card
Mar 29, 2017 but in all honesty @Koolo i don't appreciate you mounting a cheap, ill-formed shot at my integrity for clicks, i don't appreciate it at all.
Mar 29, 2017 I understand that. I'm not arguing his artistic trajectory. I'm asking you to back up the very title of your article. (i) What are the defining characteristics of a playlist which separate it from mixtapes/albums? (ii) How do those characteristics make it more suitable for the digitized nature of music in 2017?
