Aiight then, even though I really do think it has more to do with Kanye being a rebel and trying to be revolutionary so the people who wanted to hear an actual rap album bought Cole instead. Whatever, my main idea still stands
the amount of disappointment I have for this record. Think the beat is horrific. NaS is in my top 3 and I'm a big Cudi fan but this song is the definition of disappointment.
as a whole, it's stale repetitive, and doesn't have the ability to actually connect with the listener. Most people when listening to Hip-Hop nod their heads to the beat, and don't even pay attention to the lyrics, because the lyrics are straight ****. Srs. Sure there are Drakes, Coles, and Kendrick's who are able to make that connection through the music like other genre's do, but as a whole? Hell No.
One of the best songs he's ever made tbh.Pound Cake is so dope.
Allathat.
I have to disagree with anti about Hip-Hop being the best Genre to listen to. Hell no
I like Sean's album, the replay value isn't that high though. Minus a few records, I still play Detroit more than HoF. I think he's underrated though. I've literally seen the same people praise Drake and **** on Sean when they are actually very similar. You Don't Know, Milf, Nothing is Stopping you, Fire, Ashley, All Figured Out, records I still bump from it,
And I do agree with some of you that Drake does have those spaces where he's spitting a bunch of empty bars. Does that a bit frequently on this NWTS. Didn't have as many of these moments on Take Care. I think it comes from the fact that he wasn't working through some type of emotion during NWTS as he was on Take Care. When homie is actually going through something and has some **** to talk about, he's awesome because he doesn't reach for metaphors and punchlines, he just spits and delivers. It's when he has nothing to talk about is where he gets in trouble, because then he actually tries to rap and comes up with a bunch of struggle, filler bars. (Metaphors and "Punchlines" are sooooo played out in Hip-Hop anyway)
All in all, it's a dope album minus a few songs that I don't like. A lot of what he's talking about is surface material and shallow, but he does well. Only album that may be better than this this year imo is Born Sinner. Take Care was better than me after listening to NWTS all week.
the only reason why I don't prefer TML over this is because TML had too many features. I know for a fact a year from now i'll be playing like 4 songs from this and i'm probably the biggest Drake fan on this board tbh. I've stated what you said numerous times in this thread. Not only that, I was addressing a comment that I disagreed with. Music is subjective, which opens it to disagreements. In that same passage I stated "IMO" g. What are you even getting at ?
I literally said a few pages ago that "In my opinion Hip-Hop is limited as a genre" what's wrong with having that stance on Hip-Hop? It's just my opinion 
I am a fan of Drake's music, but I'm also real. My friend and I were talking about the album, Cole's album, and this is what he text me. Made me do the "Alonzo mourning gif."
"Yo, Drake has peaked. What saves him is that it's a super high peak. That and that sonically, him and 40 make rap music that's soothing and easy on the ear. But unless Drake makes a drastic change, dude is gonna continue to put out the same stuff. NWTS is the last time Drake will be above Cole. Cole is far less repetitive and he's still getting better. He's just now making songs like Power Trip. From Power Trip, to records like Crooked Smile, conceptually he's a lot better than Drake. It's like he try harder and care more. He's closing the gap.
Drake's decision to talk about his life instead of just making great songs with various concepts is gonna hurt him in the long run. It started with NWTS.His next album what is he gonna talk about? The same ol' **** if in all likelihood. Now is this exact? Definitely not. Oliver 40 and Drake very well may figure it out they're masters at what they do and have figured it out, shooting 95% from the field right now. But as it stands now, Drake's story is getting old, to me at least. Stillg reat songs, but that's where it stops"
This NWTS album for me is getting boring quick :\ Every song sounds the same. Nothing new, kind of stale. He's talented, so he'll always make "Good Songs," but they'll be completely empty. I loved Take Care and still do. This? Not so much. I like a few songs, but that's it. Drake's content has always teetered on shallow, but this is realll shallow
