Thoughts on Drake?

Not a big hip hop fan these days - I dig the 90s for that music - so Drake isn't something on my radar in 2021.

But I will say when I think of him I think of "The Story of Adidon" diss which is the one song that really caught my attention - not only a diss on him to rival Jay's The Takeover and Nas Ether (or pick your favorite) but it's one of the few genuinely subversive pieces of Art in recent times to be genuinely shocking:

It literally acted like journalism it broke a story first - before CNN or Facebook or whatever - it BROKE news on him - it was was an up to the minute takedown at a level where the guy that it's about couldn't stop it..........couldn't respond to it ......couldn't lie about it........couldn't even pay his publicity people to spin it........he literally (to me) got destroyed, and exposed.........and he couldn't say anything back........

Now of course life goes on and he's still big and rich ........but the work about him means more to me personally than his own work does ....

I’ve never been a fan of him.

Based on what my friends have been saying as well as the general public reviews, take care to if you’re reading this too late was his peak timeline, at least based on quality. He actually had something to say and prove during those years and the passion cut through the music. Now, with Scorpion, CLB, More Life, and Views to a lesser degree, its almost like he knows he can put out anything without trying and do 500k+ sales easily.

I also think it’s a bad look for him to come after Kanye and call him burnt out, only to then put out an album a week later and have it not be nearly as well received. Sure it did more sales, but I feel like the last few albums/mixtapes drake has put out won’t be timeless, and he will start getting lost in the 🐐 conversation if he keeps putting out these projects that don’t have much passion behind them.

Big fan. CLB is his weakest album, but N 2 Deep, Fountains, and a couple of other tracks are quite good and superior to everything on Donda. He doesn't challenge himself enough, but he delivers more often than not.

Unfortunately I've listened to all his albums lol  (I don't own any of them but some of my buddies are big fans of Drake so when I am over at one of their places they'll sometimes be bumping a lot of Drake songs or songs he's featured on and I just endure it haha)    I totally understand that I'm in the minority with my opinion of Drake (his new album shattered Spotify streaming records on the 1st day of its release.  So I gotta tip my hat to him I guess.  I do think he's been good on some features and I can put up with listening to him in smaller doses but not an entire album. 
He's legit good in this Travis Scott track though.  Song goes hard as hell & the video is cool too. 

Can't stand him. Can't stand his voice. Can't stand that every time someone turns on the radio, I hear a "rapper" sounding like him. He has impressive longevity, I'll give him that. But if he had been around in the mid to late 90s era I experienced, for example, I think we would have kicked this dork to the curb. And lol at the throwback picture choice.

No thank you

Btw, how does Drake top Kanye for everything Donda-related?.......... on Pitchfork (6.6 to 6.0 so neither is great) and Metacritic 61 to 53?

I know I get it - people in the know well they know what's up .......but Kanye must hate this dude ....this is the reason pacinoyes sticks with obscure Power-Pop bands these days people


Rolling Stone notes the numbers that DONDA put up in a full week in America were lapped by CLB in just three days, according to Alpha Data. At that moment, CLB was sitting at 430 million streams, while DONDA was approaching 423 million.

Drake is the biggest rapper (if you can even call him that lmao) at the moment (and maybe ever, in terms of sales/streams) so Donda was never going to beat the sales of CLB, especially since Kanye is out of his prime in regards to sale ability. The second day streams of Donda were more than CLB though, so that’s an interesting thing to keep an eye on.

The Donda reviews have been severely hampered by the controversy that surrounded the last listening party (incorporating Dababy and Manson in Jail Pt 2). I mean look at the independent review. That review alone puts Donda underneath CLB on metacritic. That stunt alone makes me think Kanye could care less how the album is received by critics.

Also the user reviews are much higher for Donda than CLB, so Drake didn’t top him on that. I do think there’s some jealousy on both sides though.

Look, I know that not all music is for everyone and while I like some hip hop, the more popular modern stuff doesn't do it for me, but Drake's music especially has never made me feel anything other than apathy. Plus the "close friendship" with an underage Millie Bobby Brown (who maybe was a kid just overhyping their acquaintance) will always make me look at him differently.