🦉The Official Drake Thread6️⃣ - Drake & PND Album Fall 2024

[Hahahaha]

So because majority of rappers are average today, I should accept mediocre bars?

You answering questions with questions fam, you all in a thread spreading your baseless hate for Drake when you could be in a thread talking about one of these invisible rappers that's spitting more than "mediocre" bars.

I gotta question your taste and priorities, but as homie said on the album "****** talk more than ******* these days"

Baseless hate? I've been in this thread giving love to a good amount of tracks on the album. I'm not a groupie like half of you ladies in here. I've played the songs that I kept from the album mad times.

Then you got the nerve to quote one of the worst and most contradicting records on the album

 

[00david00]

this part from the bigghost review basically summed up my view for the build up to the album, and ultimately the album itself

after I heard ‘Started From The Bottom’ n ’5 AM In Toronto’ I felt like yo…guess maybe this fool Drake wanna step his whole **** up. He had also jumped on the Versace joint n it was like aight…I see what he doin. He dropped a couple more hot verses on some other ****. Then he had that wack *** ‘No New Friends’ record which reminded me why I aint like this ****** music in the first place.

 

[Top Boy]

Album of the year.

I been sayin it.

 

[guzzy]

Koudie for OP

Strong cosign.

 

[Top Boy]

So he liked everything drake was putting out but ignored it all when he heard one song he wasn't fond of?

iLLest!

On top of that, one song that wasn't even on the album. Dudes just look for reasons to hop on the hate Drake bandwagon

 

[tomdiginson]

this part from the bigghost review basically summed up my view for the build up to the album, and ultimately the album itself

after I heard ‘Started From The Bottom’ n ’5 AM In Toronto’ I felt like yo…guess maybe this fool Drake wanna step his whole **** up. He had also jumped on the Versace joint n it was like aight…I see what he doin. He dropped a couple more hot verses on some other ****. Then he had that wack *** ‘No New Friends’ record which reminded me why I aint like this ****** music in the first place.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Big Ghost delivers again.



A lot of what he said was on point though.

 

[00david00]

this part from the bigghost review basically summed up my view for the build up to the album, and ultimately the album itself

after I heard ‘Started From The Bottom’ n ’5 AM In Toronto’ I felt like yo…guess maybe this fool Drake wanna step his whole **** up. He had also jumped on the Versace joint n it was like aight…I see what he doin. He dropped a couple more hot verses on some other ****. Then he had that wack *** ‘No New Friends’ record which reminded me why I aint like this ****** music in the first place.

So he liked everything drake was putting out but ignored it all when he heard one song he wasn't fond of?

iLLest!

I took it as liking all the stuff that was coming out, being reminded by NNF why he doesn't really mess with Drake in the first place.

Felt the same way, but substitute the album in place of NNF ( I don't mess with that song either but I thought w/e it's a throwaway). There are some cuts from the album I enjoy but the songs/verses leading up to it made me think it was going a different direction.

 

[degenerate423]

 

Breakfast Club interview next?

i been wishing for this for the longest

He straight up called MGK wack to his face while homie freestyled his heart out on the verge of tears on live radio lmfaooo​

That MGK one was funny

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I'd like to see Drake on Breakfast club too.  They're the only dudes that keep it real, well really just Charlamagne...

 

[grandtheftbike]

big ghost got so many quotables and run ons that make me do the alonzo gif

 

[Gordonson]

 

Breakfast Club interview next?

i been wishing for this for the longest


He straight up called MGK wack to his face while homie freestyled his heart out on the verge of tears on live radio lmfaooo​

That MGK one was funny .

I'd like to see Drake on Breakfast club too.  They're the only dudes that keep it real, well really just Charlamagne...

Drake legitimately hates Charlamagne because he supposedly said something about his mother. He's never going there.

 

[Peep Game]

Pretty spot on review:

Spoiler

Drake :: Nothing Was the Same
Cash Money Records

After the epic "Take Care" - which spawned countless singles, mottos, hashtags, memes and probably babies - his third album title makes another bold statement in a similar vein to his debut, this time declaring that "Nothing Was the Same". In reality, it ends up being more a case of "Same Same But Different". Similar formula, different structure. A few tweaks, very few radio singles. It won't sell in droves, but it will cement his reputation (the last point is far more valuable when you're basically competing with yourself right now). The Canadian applies lashings of mystery and intrigue, effectively locking you in his car while driving you around to places he used to go, pointing at people he used to know. However, at no point does he unlock the door, step out and explain the story. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Drake's world. Your tour guide is Drake, talking mysteriously about Drake.

It's at this crucial juncture that he risks becoming so self-aware that he loses self-awareness; the point where instead of actually drawing you into his life, he just talks about himself for hours. It's wonderful that he seems to be so giving of himself, opening up and expressing his deepest emotions, something that takes others years to understand: but having listened extensively, you'd be forgiven for not having absorbed much at all. He's a master of the #HumbleBrag and while it may seem that he's deep and ****, with a hidden backstory that's so fascinating, looking strong but scarred, it's actually just a way to seduce you (like the scene in "Phone Shop" below where the guys are trying to teach Newman how to impress a female target). Sometimes you get the feeling that Drake stands in his bathroom listening to "Man in the Mirror" just staring at his own reflection for hours on end thinking about how mysterious he is, with his hands in ‘praying' formation like an early-90's R&B singer. (How much time is this writer spending on the intro?)

The album itself draws on the vibe of "Take Care" but Drake seems particularly interested in creating a watertight structure, one that is leaner and significantly tighter with far less excess. It's a well-crafted puzzle, aided and abetted by that now familiar ‘open text' writing style that he continues to perfect with panache - both more personal, yet wonderfully vague. You have to connect the dots, and that's half the fun (a trait shared with Nas on tracks like "Silent Murder" and "Last Real ***** Alive"). Incidentally, the Nas comparisons - in terms of influence amongst other things - are concrete, and it would have been better to see the two doubling up instead of hearing Jay Z on the album closer.

Drake is just fine on his own (there are no guest rappers until the final song/bonuses), but the guest singers have always helped - there are frustratingly few here, with Jhené Aiko and Sampha providing the only notable chorus assists on, by no coincidence, two of the best tracks. For the first time, the familiar Drake/"40" double act starts to stutter. At times, Drizzy himself doesn't sound quite as energised, but - tellingly - the tracks with "outsiders" tend to be home runs. "Tuscan Leather" is split into three separate instrumentals, and the second track is divvied up into another two - it's an interesting experiment but ends up akin to pressing the "Preview All" button on iTunes and getting a deluge of 90 second clips. It also cruelly cuts short one of the best moments: the incredibly classy "Furthest Thing". Released at the beginning of 2013, the raucous "Started From The Bottom" still sounds fresh enough to fit in well and is followed up by another one-two. Drake calling a track "Wu-Tang Forever" was epic trolling of the highest order (regardless of whether any Wu lads end up on a remix) and it's an intelligently balanced tune that leads seamlessly into a future concert anthem for the ladies, "Own It".

The first questionable moment arrives in the form of the interesting but arguably misplaced "Worst Behaviour" (the relentless chant of "************* never loved us!" gets a tad tedious). Although we may never have heard Drake in this capacity - swearing so much, shouting, so ballsy he spits half of Ma$e's verse on "Mo Money" like it's Hip Hop Karaoke night in London - it kills the vibe, and could just as easily have been subbed for the more straightforward but effective "All Me". "From Time" hints at that "Take Care" sound perfectly, before the massive crossover single "Hold On, We're Going Home" electric slides onto the dance floor with some much needed pep (it may sound completely out of step with the rest of NWTS but it's a necessary evil). The final third, while containing magical moments like "Too Much" otherwise doesn't hit the previous heights as an audible tinge of fatigue enters the fray. That malaise extends to Jay Z's predictable verse on "Pound Cake" whereas Drake casually destroys it with aplomb. The bonus cuts, unfortunately, prove to be stronger than much of the album - although, as with "All Me", they may well be a touch more vanilla, at least they have more of a unified purpose within their own confines.

When push comes to shove, there is much to like about "Nothing Was the Same" - but that's as far as it goes. There are standout songs, but on "Take Care" there were outstanding passages (e.g. Track 1 up to and including Kendrick). It continues that vibe successfully, and it feels bizarre to call this inferior - it's clearly a step forward in multiple ways. Drake is probably a victim of his own success, but he's used the album format as a safety net. The vibe isn't even unified, as "Hold On" was clearly shoehorned into the middle section, and NWTS could have done with more anthems like "Started From The Bottom" alongside more beautifully subdued cuts like "From Time". Even "Too Much" hints at that fascinating final act of his sophomore, but this time finds itself surrounded by a far weaker run-in. Has he become the king who never leaves his castle?


I used to be mates with a guy who had a very set group of friends - four of them, and that was it (literally "no new friends" allowed). At first, it was intriguing to wonder what went on being that iron curtain, hoping that I'd be afforded a glimpse. When I eventually did, however, they were so wrapped up in their own little world; it immediately proved to be sinfully dull and shattered the entire illusion. This is why collaboration is essential in music and life - to work with different producers, singers and rappers, or even to branch outside of your tight-knit social circle and experience different things to the norm. Drake is so convinced it's a strength that it ends up a weakness (Nicki Minaj recently alluded to this in an interview). He is the best at what he does, but there is a point when what he does stops being relevant. That crossroads feels close. He is communicating his message more effectively than ever; the problem is the message itself. The album cover may as well be a 1000-piece jigsaw, and the LP ends up reflecting this (the first two tracks contain a dizzying five instrumentals) - make no mistake, "Nothing Was the Same" is a good album, occasionally great, but sometimes you end up yearning for more of those epic Drake SONGS, of which there aren't nearly enough.

Music Vibes: 7 of 10 Lyric Vibes: 7 of 10 TOTAL Vibes: 7 of 10

Originally posted: September 24th, 2013

 

[stillin729]

Damn that's pretty wild every song is in the top 100 on iTunes

 

[antidope]

I REALLY dont agree with the last paragraph from that article. For one thing I've had the same 8 friends since the 4th grade, and since then we've allowed one person into our circle. It hasnt gotten dull for a second.

Second too many features is one of the easiest things that can set an album back. I want to hear a Drake album, not Drake and Friends. Over collaboration is much worse and under collaboration and unless Nicki Minaj, Young Tunafish, and crew brought their A game, they wouldnt have added anything to this album, an album he said was going to be his realest and most truthful one. 

 

[yotk13]

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THIS ALBUM IS >>>>> TAKE CARE EVEN THOUGH I HAVENT LISTENED TO EITHER!! 

 

[Gordonson]

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THIS ALBUM IS >>>>> TAKE CARE EVEN THOUGH I HAVENT LISTENED TO EITHER!! 

Oh, okay. Thanks for sharing?

 

[Peep Game]

I REALLY dont agree with the last paragraph from that article. For one thing I've had the same 8 friends since the 4th grade, and since then we've allowed one person into our circle. It hasnt gotten dull for a second.

]Second too many features is one of the easiest things that can set an album back. I want to hear a Drake album, not Drake and Friends. Over collaboration is much worse and under collaboration and unless Nicki Minaj, Young Tunafish, and crew brought their A game, they wouldnt have added anything to this album, an album he said was going to be his realest and most truthful one. 

And those are pretty much the only parts I disagreed with, especially the latter. His loser labelmates not being on there is honestly one of the best parts of the album. You know that this is a Drake album and not a beta Rich Gang compilation.

 

[yanky]

Saw this on ig

Album is dope though.

 

[User 37837]

The album is good. Not his best and not his worst. I don't think it's up to Drake's standards. When Take Care came out, he genuinely seemed really proud of the project. This one, he's new album happy, but not proud of it happy. Should last me until Dom drops his new project. A few tracks will def get play for a long time though

 

[gatorbeltsnpattiemelts]

Thats her..  

https://twitter.com/courtneyjanell

her ***** fahn doh--- only think Drake got on him is his money/fame

 

[ayotayo]

Honestly I am only feeling like 4 tracks off this album... Just like Cole, I expected a masterpiece and was short-changed. Maybe my expectation are too high for these new school rappers 

 or a new genre of Hip Hop is emerging (Hip Hop Fusion or some ****).

The only dude that delivered imo as of recent is Kendrick. But then again I am from the Long Beach Greater Area so I am somewhat bias...

 

[All Ready]

the transitions coupled with the content of each song made every 2 songs sound like one complete song if that makes any sense

i had to keep checking my phone to see if the track changed

and im not feeling tuscan leather like everyone else seems to be

so far gone > take care > nothing was the same > thank me later

 

[cobra kai]

Writing a script for class, definitely just jacked all of that intro to the "Hold On" video.

 

[flossb15]

so far gone > take care > nothing was the same > thank me later

10000% agree

 

[mugen81]

Album of the year.

I been sayin it.

So this one note carrying, lame duck has the album of the year,OH GOD
This album was straight basura, I had high hopes after started from the bottom
But this is definately not album of the year..
Trap Lord is 10x better then this coaster *** cd...