@@leultrainstinct406 Considering Donda 2 is straight up just unfinished it's kind of an even bigger knock on Honestly, Nevermind that you have to compare it to Donda 2 for it to have a favorable comparison.
my issue isn’t that he switched it up and dropped a house album, it’s that when he did switch it up he STILL dropped a mediocre album considering the genre. the instrumentals were great, but his singing and lyricism was horrendous. also, currents may be his single worst track in his entire album discography
The beauty of it is there is a large # of people who agree and disagree with you. I think the album was done pretty well and there are a lot of enjoyable songs. You just said the instrumentals were great, yet I've seen a large number of people say the beats were simple and plain. We all have our own experience with the music. I just think it is so strange how we share our opinions online, but package our opinions as if they are facts.
As a South African this album is very underwhelming because it shares beats and sounds from House songs we used to listen to in the mid 2000s and early 2010s. The only reason we hyped it up was because of the Executive Producer (Black Coffee) being one of our own
It's sad because house is actually where SA thrives, but it just kinda felt like Black coffee half assed it so that he could accommodate Drake on these beats because he isn't very experienced when it comes to singing on house.
Namibian here. It made it look like the American house scene is mediocre or under developed. After the album i immediately thought, "Imagine if the entire album was produced in SA. It would have been supremely better and you'd manage to shock the world in a good way, in comparison to this"
@brandovlogs LOL the thing about Silk Sonic and The Weeknd and other artists that pay tribute to previous generations of music is that the audience knows that they're paying tribute to previous generations of music. Can you please enlighten me on what clues Drake gives to say he's paying tribute to House from 2006? What era is the shitty vocal mixing supposed to pay tribute to?
@@orondebranch9841 Oh the album isnt for me nor do i think he made it for his fans. This is reflected on the sales, its barely reaching 200k copies as i type.But i hear you.
@@Alexarce03 Global Underground 028: Shanghai by Nick Warren and Northern Exposure by Sasha & John Digweed are decent places to start in general. I'd say the closest thing to a good version of this album is Bedrock by Chris Fortier.
Drakes biggest problem right now is he's suffering from success. He's living in an era he helped define and has no artistic or financial incentives to change anything. I don't think this a bad project by any means. And I even think he took a few risk on this. But even his risk feel safe. Even him crooning over house beats somehow sounds familiar. The Drake pocket is so pronounced that he could literally do this shit over Taylor Swift records and it'll sound like he's been doing it his whole career. I don't hate the record I just think Drake needs some real time away. No features, no loosies just real pronounced time away to gain new perspectives. My granddad used to always say "how can I miss you if you never leave". That's where Drake's at imo
I think Drake HAS to keep dropping this kind of music in order to keep his relevance. He kind of turned into a TikTok sound type of guy. His music can do numbers, but they have a VERY short lifespan. He's like the Kardashian's of the music industry, if he isn't constantly on the news or in some drama, people will stop talking about him
Growing up in Chicago, I've been around house music all my life. This just wasn't it bruh. No matter how much y'all stans try to defend this. No one is taking away from him trying something different. No one is hating on it just because he isn't rapping. A lot of people just don't enjoy the music sonically. Some of the beats are dope and some of these songs would absolutely slap if Drake had more vocal range. But instead he gives us 12 songs (oustide of Sticky and Jimmy Cooks) using the same dry ass, robotic, boring ass tone. No emotion. Some of the beats were very empty to the point that the music itself was sleep-inducing. THAT'S why there is a lot of issues with it. Look up Frankie Knuckles, Black Coffee, Mr. Fingers, Aly Us...That's house. This was a bad attempt at emulating it. Also to clarify, I like Drake's music and have checked in on every mixtape/album since "So Far Gone". There are songs that I fuck with and songs that I don't go back to. Outside of "Jimmy Cooks" I don't have a reason to ever go back to this shit.
the irony is that black coffee was involved in the production... lol i don't hate this record most ppl that hate it now will like it somewhere down the road.
Bro you are on point. I also listen to house like heavy and listen to the artists you mentioned. This album ain’t doing house justice. Appreciate your comment 💯
Y’all hating on it too much lmao. There were some good songs like texts go green, obviously jimmy cooks, liability, currents, sticky, massive, and flights booked Listen will headphones if you haven’t already. It’s a way better experience
Drake seems to be at the point where he’s become extremely separated from his audience and just making music because he feels like it. As an artist I can appreciate it in a sense. But the other side of the coin is he’s not making music to a standard that he used to uphold. It makes it feel almost careless or non appreciative of his own music.
It's simple: Drake is such a superstar at this point, the only goal he has left to "achieve" is to dominate every element of the music industry that he can, so he can historically go down as the GOAT any way you slice it. There's one reason this album exists: to be placed under the Apple Music genre of "dance music" and instantly make history based on streaming views from legions of Drake fans that are expecting... anything at all from him. He dominated pop, he dominated hip hop - so what's next? Turns out it's "dance music." Now, Drake can walk away from this album with having made streaming history in a new genre (for him) that no one will top again in the "dance" space, thus securing him another career win. He's too big to fail now no matter what he takes on in his career, as he's practically marionetting the music industry at this point. But it makes sense - if I were him, I'd do the same thing.
Making music with no staying power isn't the way to do it. There's not 1 song off this or CLB that I can see myself still bumping next summer, 5 years from now, 10 years etc.
@@GriffinWelch Agree, but the industry records he wants will be broken in the first week of release. He doesn’t care if you stream it again in five years; he’ll have made a black metal album and dominated that genre by then. 😂
I guess, from a commercial standpoint that makes sense, all of these ridiculous albums that drake shits out will never have the cultural relevance that will have people taking him seriously as the GOAT in any way, shape, or form.
This Album is still so shit, not for Drake Standards, but for Music standards in general. And he will never be the GoaT. Never. Not in Rap, and not anywhere else.
I appreciate Drake finally taking a risk in what feels like a decade. But the quality wasn’t there for me. It just sounds rushed and slapped together in a week or something. No problem with the sound he’s trying out, but let it cook in the studio for a year or so to get a fully fleshed out product. But it seems like even Drake isn’t taking this project seriously. This doesn’t give him a pass tho, it’s still bad imo. He should really take a break from music and take his time with his next project.
That’s fair. Nobody has to like it but at least respect the fact he’s taking the risk of experimenting this late into his career when his entire audience is used to certain types of styles. The quality was definitely there tho. It does it’s job as a dance album. The beats and production were consistent and good and if you were to hear it at a club or any sort of party, you’d appreciate it to its fullest.
@@leultrainstinct406 This album continues Drakes issue of songs sounding too similar. It’s even worse here because every beat sounds the same. So yeah it probably would sound better at a party or club but that’s the same thing everyone says whenever Drake drops a new mediocre album.
The rumors led me to believe he was finally going to give us a rap rap album with a little of the melody that makes him great and features we have always loved or always wanted. It seems like for several years he has been pulled in too many directions and it was time to focus. Then we got this. So disappointing that I cant even tell if its good or if I even like it. The expectation versus reality was just heartbreaking.
What blows my mind isn't exactly a about what this album has to offer......... but we really got some house, dance, oontz-oontz album before we got a pure R&B & classic soul album. :(
What makes you think the man who's been singing the same way for a decade has a r&b soul album in him...There are way better artist to get that from. His singing is boring but because he can hold a note here and there he's considered r&b...come on now
it's not the fact that it's different, it's just an underwhelming album. Everyone thinks when an album gets mixed reviews it'll get the WLR treatment, when sometimes it's just not a good album. Overall the album is boring and to me sounds very rushed and I know he can make better.
What if the album was just to teach Jack, even he gets clowned too. Then they will do an album together titled "Mid". Which would be an undeniable classic.
Drake honestly really impresses me with how he has constantly dropped mid-albums upon mid-album since 2016 that you start to appreciate the previous Drake project that you thought you despised. Honestly, Nevermind is an album that I don't know why Drake dropped a "House" album. and for the people who say "Drake does something different and people don't like it." My thing with that is that i don't mind Drake or any artists doing something new with his albums. Kanye has consistently done something new with his albums (we're never gonna get an 808s Part 2, an MBDTF Part 2, a Yeezus Part 2, or even a TLOP Part 2) and he do it very dang well. Drake's House album isn't even good House music. If I wanna listen to House Music, I would listen to my favorite French robots, Daft Punk and I wish that Daft Punk do another fantastic and groundbreaking House music album than Drake doing a lifeless bare minimum mid "House" album. I only liked two songs from this album, and I don't think I will go back to this album like I did for other Drake albums that I didn't even like with the examples of Views, Scorpion, and even CLB.
I’m going to check those artists out. I really enjoyed this album so I will probably like them. But I don’t think anyone thought he would make the best house album. Just like Daft Punk would prob not make the best rap album
Honestly drakes albums/mixtapes in 2016 and before we’re never bad, he’s been putting out lacklustered stuff after 2016 besides dark demo tapes and some single that were fire, other than that, projects like scorpion, CLB and the new album he just dropped were mediocre. I think drake is at a point were he’s well established in his career so he feels he don’t need to prove anything, As a result, we get these lacklustered projects from him over the past 5 years. He’s not trying and it shows, on top of that, he lets rap beefs get to him which hinders his ability to make a good album. He changed his lyrics on scorpion because of pusha t, he beefed with Kanye and look at all the shots he took at ye on CLB. I like drake but as a fan these misses are pissing me off
I felt he could of did way more with this album, experimenting with different ideas, flows, and vocals wise. Especially since it was a different genre I think he could of took more risk experimenting with sounds in dance / house and adding his twist but it’s lackluster compared to music from the genre itself.
My issue with this album is how absolutely underwhelming it was. Listening to it I felt nothing. There was no passion or interest from drake himself. The lyrics were weirdly elementary and I didn't understand what his angle was...it just felt like he wasn't trying at all. His voice was monotone the entire album and barely changed and the melodies of the songs sounded the same just...this didn't have to be made.
This album is probably something he made to play at his own parties he just let his fans have it and to make some money off of it too also trying to get his music into clubs I don’t think this was supposed to be something as big as Kendricks mr.morale so I don’t think it should be critiqued the same how effective Jersey club music is it cuz that was obviously the goal
i respect drake for entertaining an artistic shift and in the process a more a cohesive and conceptual album. the problem is that it fits in the setting of forever 21 perfectly
Drake has released way better and more organic “House/Dance” music throughout his career. Jimmy Cooks is still fire. 21 has been legendary the past few years.
@@Abdullah-vg1uc it was. The first 13. are honestly. The final song is Nevermind. Because he knew most people wouldn’t wanna hear his other shit, they just want him to rap
@@Jaycxrti if thats the true, than that's fucking genuis and I love the album way more now just for that fact. People played the first song and hated it off the rip
It’s impressive the level Drake stans will go to defend everything he does.. “You don’t like it cuz it’s not rap,” is such a cop out defense. When other artists like Kanye or Kendrick switch up their sounds, they criticize it, but when Drake does it it’s genius (regardless of quality). I’ve enjoyed plenty of r&b / pop / dancehall songs from Drake to know what he’s capable of creating when he ventures outside of rap. I’ve also listened to enough house/dance music (like SHM, deadmau5, Avicii, etc.) to know what’s good or not. This simply isn’t it.
@@xavierlaco99 another awful take Kanye made Stronger, 808's and YEEZUS mix matching many genres, just because Drake is versatile don't make him good if anything it just always feels lazy
When you look at Drake’s entire discography then listen to this album, you realize that he’s done this type of music throughout his career, but it would typically be a one-off performance on an album. Songs like Show Me a Good Time, Get It Together, Little Bit, Take Care, With You, remind me of the records on this album. The only difference now is for the first time in his career, Drake didn’t take a commercial approach to an album. It’s still good work for what it is.
Drake said in “4pm in Calabasas” - Mike never used to rap like Pac, Pac never used to sing like Mike”. He’s abandoned this life lesson from his dad with this album completely
I think he focused on the art and quality in the first half of his career. I think since Views it seems like he's been okay with being corporate/focusing on the money aspect rather than artistry because of how lucrative his name/brand is during that time. The only full length project I've liked from him since IYRTITL has been Dark Lane Demo Tapes and it's a bunch of B-Sides/Throwaways over the years which is telling. He signed that 500 million dollar deal and it seems we'll be getting a more detached/commercialized/corporate/focused group version of Drake who will continuously look for a massive hit and phone in the art that he was once good at.
Ive said this along time ago .. the thing with drake is theres no evolution as an artist its the same shit ,now earlier in his career until after views its all been generic . The type of songs he makes is played out theres no levels to his work ,dont get me wrong he still will makes good songs but majority of the albums are just fillers that arent all that and we all leave with the same impression that its just drake being drake and thats cool but it aint gonna move u no more ... His pen nor mind cant evolve if he is still the same person , an artist creates based on where they at mentally in their lives but he making the same thing ...
If he was making music for the sole purpose of making money from it then I'm pretty sure it would sound very different from what we're actually getting, unless he's completely ignorant to what kind of music gets the most streams
How I felt about the Drake album, commented before I finish watching this video: It's the most I've enjoyed a Drake project in years, but that doesn't mean much because I really haven't enjoyed a Drake project at all for a really long time. I think the album gets pretty boring after around halfway through, but I really like house music and minimal club beats, so I was invested for longer than I was expecting to be. I think it could have easily been my favorite project of his had he just gone a little bit more leftfield with the production choices, really leaning into a grimy, more DIY Jersey club sound rather than watering it down. My expectations were super low, so he managed to surpass them at least! I like Calling My Name and Liability the most, i think.
I love house music like lofi house, deep house and Chicago type house. Listening to drakes album is like a very simple version of house. It's nothing amazing but it gets the job done. It watered down house music for the general masses
Thank you. Drake fans will say he pushes the envelope, as if house music is something new. Go and listen to Black Coffee’s albums that’s house music. That’s real house music, this thing is an attempt but an attempt failed. I hate to do this, but when you want to see rappers pushing the envelope, listen to Ye or Kdot. They don’t just take popular sounds and mess it up like this ass album of Drake
@@lorenzowillemse422 it’s not that deep Drake isn’t a DJ nigga the guy wanted to try something new, it’s unfortunate that most people in hip hop only listen to trap and shit like carti so will compare it to that. The album has some good tracks on there
Yeah the album feels rushed and little effort put in it but the hate tho is exaggerated. There are like 8-9 good tracks in there. My only complaint is Drake's singing and using auto tune.
This album feels like an even more lackluster more life. Where more life takes longer strides to pay respect and homage to the music it is based off of, with relevant features and energetic production. Honestly nevermind falls short and in turn ends up feeling quite flat and passionless. I don't think it's bad, it has a time and place in my rotation for now at least. I just see the potential of this record and have to sigh about what could have been a decent record.
As a house fan the instrumentals were very disappointing considering all the major house djs he had on the album like black coffee. But his Melodie’s were okay especially in text go green.
I agree with Shawn's assertion that whenever Drake attempts to delve into a different genre, those attempts are usually watered-down versions of that type of music. He ripped off Grime, UK drill, Afrobeat, Southern Rap and even Reggaeton before and those efforts ranged from decent to utter dogshit. And as a jamaican, I must say that his "interpretation" of dancehall on Views was insulting and just another way to draw more attention to himself, and thus, boost his profile while making him look "cultured".
I completely agree with you, and I might feel differently if he was doing something out of my culture, but I think it's almost impossible for an artist to understand various genres well enough (and dig deep enough) so that he can create something new, influential and respectful in multiple genres in a executable time frame. Obviously you're more qualified than me to speak on this but when it came to Jamaican influenced music, I think that drake actually tried to put out something decent, but I guess that if you really study the history and the genre, creating music that fits within that world and is accepted by its originators is just hard to do. Although I had contact with Jamaican music back in the first Dancehall takeover back in the late 90s, I still discovered a lot of Jamaican music after Drake dropped those songs, as hopefully more people did, and that is the biggest thing I got from that project.
Honestly it wouldn't be that bad if he didn't try to put on a corny accent every time he dips into something, like after all the excuses people made for his "jamaican" accent this dude came on a uk drill song with a horrible British accent even tho his from fucking Toronto
I made a paragraph talking bout the album and I also said that this album seems like someone on drake's team would make after he's dead. I think he nailed the theme, most of the songs follow the same rhythm and also the beats weren't entirely bad but the writing... my goodness. people are saying it's passionfruit the album but I think a more accurate statement is his song get it together which is an amazing song and still respects the genre of dancehall/house (idk). i believe he's capable of making great music in this genre he either ran out of stuff to say, was using ghost writers on past music, or rushed the release either way I'm disappointed. still taking the popular stance that I'm happy he's doing something different, but again i feel like he needs to have more pride of his work and rewrite that shit.
My only real problem with it is it's an album, not a mixtape. For this to be a full fleshed out LP it doesn't sound too thought out, or like he's been working on this for a while. There are some really good tracks on here, and as a whole if you have it playing in the background or at a function it actually goes crazy. But it's hard to rank this with his other projects due to the fact that it's soo different. I appreciate Drake for trying something new and making it into a whole project, but he could've taken the 7 best songs from this and made it into a mixtape or EP.
People criticise this project yet when you compare it to the likes of CLB and Scorpion, there’s a lot more consistent sound throughout the project and it feels like it was a pet project as opposed to him just giving the “fans” what they want yet again. I respect these type of projects from artists, and we need more of them. Fans need to let artists cook man, otherwise we just get the same thing over and over again, which is exactly what happened with us getting CLB and Scorpion. Absolute zero surprises or changes of pace on either of those albums.
I personally loved the album. I stopped expecting much from Drake after Dark Lane. He delivered with some vibes for the summer and that’s enough for me, I’ll look to other rappers for real, innovative, musical experiences.
Off jump: The house beats were giving 2016 H&M. Bored. Now I do want to say, it’s so obvious that a lot of people giving music takes are sheep 😭. I pointed out to someone who was sh*tting on the album that Liability is classic Drake and they were arguing against me. I played Liability for them with the preface that “we needed songs like THIS in the album” and their response was “yes this is the Drake we needed” LMAO. I’m convinced that we’re in the multiverse universe where all of our personal opinions are fed to us. Nothing is real.
Liability is a pre-made Slowed & Reverbed track by Drake. I absolutely love it. The Slowed & Reverbed community has been slowing Drake songs down for a long ass time now and Drake is aware of this and also supports it. Enjoys it. Rightfully so, it's its own vibe. Though originally out of Houstin was DJ Screw who sort of pioneered the "Chopped and Screwed" sounds that would then eventually evolve in to a sub-genre known as Slowed & Reverbed. I wish more people were on board with the sound. I can't get enough of it.
Obviously it wasn’t the greatest thing ever and had it’s flaws but the fact he’s willing to experiment this late into his career and be willing to face criticism shows what kind of artist he is. The production was actually really good and consistent. It’s clear that’s what he wanted the main focus of the album to be since it’s dance. Texts go green, currents, massive, sticky, a keeper,flights booked, calling my name, obviously jimmy cooks, and my personal favorite liability were the best songs on the album.
i personally like the album but i understand why ppl don't. i'm not a drake stan by any means and i hated clb. the album isn't nearly as bad as some ppl are saying and i comend drake finally taking an artistic risk and trying something different for the first time in forever.
So Far Gone, Thank Me Later, Take Care, NWTS, IYRTITL were all 10/10 straight up classics. Let’s not forget the run from 2011-2016 were he literally didn’t miss on feature or single. Drake’s catalog is very extensive
@@KM-yv3tr his peers as in Cole and Kendrick? Is that all? Meek mill, big Sean, Wale and asap Rocky aren’t putting out music that’s blowing drakes out the water. Also More Life came out after views and was way better recieved off the jump and still is so no that 2016 cap off isn’t true. I agree he was playing it safe for a few years but that doesn’t mean he can’t redeem himself. Eminem and Jay z all made good albums after they put out trash
@@romaretaylor9953 I liked some songs off of Views, More Life and Scorpion (More Life being my favorite out of those three), but as cohesive projects? Nah. They’re more like mixtapes or playlist than a consistent project. Scorpion and More Life had a lot of potential if they were way shorter. Big Sean’s last two albums (I Decided and Detroit 2) are way better than Drake’s last four projects thats for sure. Jay-Z 4:44 is better than anything Drake has made the last 5-6 years. Beyonce did a house/bounce influence track better than Drake’s entire new album. They’re way better artists and rappers than Drake now. Shit, Future has been better than Drake the last 6 years and he’s not as great as he use to be. He can still make a comeback for sure, dudes talented, but he stopped trying artistically after losing a grammy to Kendrick and the Meek Mill beef.
It grew on me but for each song to be that long holy man we dont need 6 mins of gta 4 night club in our ears we need something like jimmy cook's or sticky then something chill this album is different tho so props to drake not being scared to try this new sound but it feels like drake played the ballad of gay tony GTA 4 went to the nightclub and said Oh yeah THIS GONNA SOUND HARD I love drake but this was idk
the ONLY issue I have with this album is that it is soooo repetitive when it comes to the beats. BUT, I still like the fact that he completely changed it up for this album still showcased his talents with this type of genre
I have no beef about him making an alternative album away from his usual sound. It’s the fact that it feels like he half assed it. Even when he had previously released subpar work, it never felt as if it was due to a lack of effort. This felt different, and it’s actually kind of shocking.
This was such a missed opportunity for him to dive headfirst into full project with Majid Jordan.Him signing/collaborating with them always showed his curiosity for dance/house music.I’ve always imagined the impact an album like that could have on the industry.it’s a shame he didn’t even use them as producers.
Jimmy Cooks was put at the end of the track to give people a preview of the next album. Honestly is the first 13 songs and the final is Nevermind I’ll just give y’all what y’all wanna hear
He got one of the best Tech and House DJs of all time , Black Coffee, to produce some of the tracks on this album but it didn’t amount to anything amazing. I know he wasn’t going to drop the best the genres can offer but i feel like if he actually sat on this for a while longer, this could’ve been a strong addition to his discog. But it’s drake and that alone sells
I don't know if I should be happy that Black coffee gets a bit more shine because made it on another drake album, or if I should be sad that he was a part of this mediocre album
@@kbreezy1581 at the end of the day, if you know black coffee or have ever seen him Live, you know he’s arguably the best in the game. This album is gonna help him regardless. All publicity is good publicity. I’m just glad house is getting a bigger audience
My biggest takeaway from this album is that he really likes signs and wanted to make a whole album similar to that song lol. I actually think it’s pretty good, not anywhere near his best but imo more memorable,enjoyable and replayable than CLB
I appreciated him trying a new direction, it's good to see artists challenge their self, did I like the album, no, not very much at all , but I respect the direction.
Once Drake did everything he said he was gonna do broke records and proved everyone wrong he stopped taking it seriously and willingly let his career become a parody of itself. I think he could 100% make music as good as he used to and is aware of the drop off in quality, and he's making a conscious choice not to try because he doesn't care
@@theofficialnico5213 no I'm saying he's making a mid album on purpose bc he knows he's the most successful rapper rn and he has virtually no competition so he has no incentive to put effort into it because people will buy it anyway its simple supply and demand
I thought it was pretty decent, good background music that lets you move to it but much too much, the beats and Drake are pretty restrained to stay in a chill pocket on these songs, like the build up to a huge dance song right before the beat really drops and changes, but it stays in that warm up section the whole song. It was a chill project to me. The 21 sav feature was pretty outta place, and I loved the guitar section on tie that binds. But if it wasn't more than just background music for me I could very much see how people say it's boring.
This album was fucking WEIRD. Not because of the fact Drake dropped a House record but off the fact that I was completely ready to write this record off as Drake trying to make an album of Hotline Blings without actually capturing whatever made that song work (which IMO I still don't like that song). It felt like House music made by someone who doesn't actually know what makes House music work, especially with how little the beats and Drake's vocals works. And then Overdrive comes on... And Drake wakes up. Those three songs actually kind of hit, although I'd say hit in the way an okay Swedish House Mafia or Calvin Harris do, the penultimate track loses steam and then WHERE THE HELL DID THAT CLOSER JIMMY CROOKS COME FROM THAT WHAT THE HECK??? Also, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who heard the lyrics of this record and was definitely uncomfortable, same with that bed creaking sample was... uncomfortable.
The only three things I could have wanted from a Drake album after CLB was a consistent sound, a shorter runtime, and minimal to no features. The fact that Drake actually did all that is nice, even if the music is mid.
I’m definitely not a hip hop head. There’s about 8-10 genres I listen to. House music is awesome and Daft Punk is my favorite group of the genre. But this is an extremely generic, cookie cutter house music album. I’m not faulting him for trying something new. I’m faulting him for allowing it to be this bland, especially considering that he’s had several fire albums before (everything before 2016).
I’m a huge drake fan. I have been since the mixtape days I’ve always supported him in his music. I have a closet full of OVO shit. These past few years though he has been just throwing anything out there and people just eat it up. CLB wasn’t worth the two year delay. And if I had to describe his music here lately it would be “lazy”.His features are still on point but outside of those it’s been disappointing. I find myself listening more to the old drake stuff more than his new shit.
I'm not a Drake fan but I agree with this, New Drake is 🗑. These albums he dropping now no will consider classics. Drake knows he can drop whatever these days and it'll sell like hotcakes purely off his name. Drake is too well of an established rapper now so he is like why try? "Honestly, never mind" is different, but different doesn't equal good. Drake does not sound right on the production on that project, plus the production is bland. So far the only song I see worth a damn is "Jimmy cooks", at least the production is more lively on that track, but maybe other tracks will grow on me, probably not, but I guess it's a possibility.
Yeah feel the same man I don’t think he’s really respecting his true fans. I’m a huge drake fan, was in like top 0,5 Spotify drake listeners last year but idk man his projects aren’t delivering that much I listened to clb like 3-5 times
My principal complaint is that this album needed more vocal processing and editing. There was no need for 30 seconds and 16 bars of "Falling Back on MeeeEEEeeeEEE" in the first song. If he's going to have this much repetition, there should have been vocal harmonies to change it up. Hell, Currents has a section that has the "With every move" bridge that does this perfectly, so I don't know why it isn't in the rest of the album. It boggles my mind that RY X Carnage and 40 were producers on this album, but didn't do anything to play with the vocals. Like they were too afraid to make it less radio friendly or something. I don't know. I liked the album on first listen, but the more I sit with it, the less I like.
People are saying he took a risk… since when was making a generic, mediocre, forgettable, repetitive dance album a RISK? I’m sorry but, I feel like doing a risk has to be something unique, or somewhat special? This album is a MASSIVE miss. Obviously, Drake did not take this seriously, at all. So it doesn’t really deserve the time of day to begin with.
Correction - this album is a MASSIVE miss to some of the population. We got a lot of people who will be enjoying the summer with these tunes lol. Carry on
He definitely should’ve gotten Majid Jordan to produce this album. This is definitely their lane and they execute it well. Their first album is a 10/10
I can’t lie I rly enjoy the album. I think he finally did something that wasn’t trying to please everyone, and made a project that had a cohesive sound.
Here's how it will go. People will forget about this album. Months later someone is going to use some of the songs on tik tok, remixed or not, and people will suddenly start vibing (perhaps including former haters). Regarding the video here's a few points: -I will agree to some extent with 7:40, but it goes both ways. People get extemely nitpicky about shit they would not care for if they listened to literally anyone else. -The inclusion of "Jimmy Cooks" track gives off the same energy as "Bound 2" on Yeezus. It's this blatant statement : "i could still make shit you like, but i chose not to" -The record itself isn't perfect, but i'd argue that's the appeal. There's some sort of vulnerability in that, that just got to me. Drake could just take his time, do million takes to hit absolutely perfect notes without autotune, pack the album with features and all that. What he ended up doing was suprisingly refreshing. But yea, that's just my take.
i think alot of people fail to realize that hip hop and rap for the most part is really popular in the united states and not as much in the rest of the world. generally speaking, electronic and dance music is a way more worldwide genre and i think Drake going that route is setting himself up to be an even bigger global artist. Plus the songs on here are good! If you like this genre lol. Alot of people dont like this genre so why would they judge on album on a genre theyre not familiar with?
Also expectation on what an artist should drop will always lead to disappointment. Artists like to move forward and expand themselves and their work. Enjoy what you have and let go of what you want.
half of the criticism I've seen and what I felt as soon as I listened to it(without seeing or hearing anyone's opinion) and what is being said in this video is its boring house music. I even asked my friend (who also listens to dance music) and she called it mediocre and not interesting at all. People who listen to house are agreeing that this is a bad attempt at the genre. If anything most of the people i see that like this album don't listen to house, people like you are in the minority(assuming you listen to house).
@@dre27321 maybe take the label of “house” off the album and you’ll enjoy it a little more. take it for what it is. whatever genre this is, its new to me and i like it
Ngl I don’t like the whole “Drake just isn’t trying” narrative. It’s more of a diss than just saying the album is trash cuz you’re implying that he doesn’t care about his own music. I think he was trying he just failed. There’s no way after the terrible reception of CLB he would be like “aight they hated that one so I gotta release a surprise tape and try even less hard” 😂😂😂 Nah he definitely thought he had done something special with this album but he just missed. This might sound like I’m dissing Drake but I’m actually defending him. He took a risk but it just didn’t workout.
I think people need to realize that Drake's value isn't in him doing everything the best. It's more in that he takes everything and gives it a platform that artist as big as him usually don't touch until it's already palatable for the mainstream. He got killed when he started breaking into the London sound, dance hall, drill, etc but afterwards other mainstream artist are able to follow suit without the criticism. I think that he knows that he's done as much for himself that people will give him credit for anyway.
Disrespectful as shit to those songs you mentioned LMAOO bruh the shit drake did on this new album is borderline a slap in the face to his minions. Literally he had no effort or took this shit seriously 🤣
Whenever a Drake project drops and I don’t enjoy it, I can appreciate that it’s not for me and that it’s for somebody else This album, I have no idea it’s for
This album is going multi platinum in Zara and H&M 💿
Too accurate
Honestly never mind>>>>Donda 2
@@leultrainstinct406 Considering Donda 2 is straight up just unfinished it's kind of an even bigger knock on Honestly, Nevermind that you have to compare it to Donda 2 for it to have a favorable comparison.
And dont forget Forever 21
Y'all are smoking dick, Jimmy cooks the only enjoyable song
my issue isn’t that he switched it up and dropped a house album, it’s that when he did switch it up he STILL dropped a mediocre album considering the genre. the instrumentals were great, but his singing and lyricism was horrendous. also, currents may be his single worst track in his entire album discography
Dude listening to that bed squeaking is just so uncomfortable
@@danielmashanic5738 that’s the worst incorporation to jersey club music ever, like why would drake allow this, or even thought of this????
Exactly how I feel.
The beauty of it is there is a large # of people who agree and disagree with you. I think the album was done pretty well and there are a lot of enjoyable songs. You just said the instrumentals were great, yet I've seen a large number of people say the beats were simple and plain. We all have our own experience with the music. I just think it is so strange how we share our opinions online, but package our opinions as if they are facts.
no one cares about singing and lyrics with this genre, come on
As a South African this album is very underwhelming because it shares beats and sounds from House songs we used to listen to in the mid 2000s and early 2010s. The only reason we hyped it up was because of the Executive Producer (Black Coffee) being one of our own
It's sad because house is actually where SA thrives, but it just kinda felt like Black coffee half assed it so that he could accommodate Drake on these beats because he isn't very experienced when it comes to singing on house.
I thought it was just me thinking that a bunch of these instrumentals sound super outdated.
@@kbreezy1581 nah my guy, black coffee hasn’t been on his A game production wise for years now
Namibian here. It made it look like the American house scene is mediocre or under developed. After the album i immediately thought, "Imagine if the entire album was produced in SA. It would have been supremely better and you'd manage to shock the world in a good way, in comparison to this"
@brandovlogs LOL the thing about Silk Sonic and The Weeknd and other artists that pay tribute to previous generations of music is that the audience knows that they're paying tribute to previous generations of music. Can you please enlighten me on what clues Drake gives to say he's paying tribute to House from 2006? What era is the shitty vocal mixing supposed to pay tribute to?
as a SERIOUS house and techno head for over 20 years. This album is an Insult. Thank you Shawn C.
The album wasn’t for you not an insult to the genre just his take that he thought his audience would like
@@orondebranch9841 Oh the album isnt for me nor do i think he made it for his fans. This is reflected on the sales, its barely reaching 200k copies as i type.But i hear you.
What’s some essential albums for me to get in too house/techno music
@@Alexarce03 Global Underground 028: Shanghai by Nick Warren and Northern Exposure by Sasha & John Digweed are decent places to start in general. I'd say the closest thing to a good version of this album is Bedrock by Chris Fortier.
"im not here to tear this album apart"
*proceeds to absolutely demolish the album with no hesitation*
the fact that there are people calling this an instant classic is proof that some artists can drop whatever and some people will eat it up
Bro facts I saw a tweet where some said this is a generational album and I nearly vomited
I’ve only seen 85% ppl call it mid or trash🤷🏼
Honestly this is a instant classic I dare saw its better than take care and nothing was the same
@@lllll8449 this is defintly a generational album my kids will be bumping drizzly for long time.
Don't mind the guy above me, He is just another troll
Drakes biggest problem right now is he's suffering from success. He's living in an era he helped define and has no artistic or financial incentives to change anything. I don't think this a bad project by any means. And I even think he took a few risk on this. But even his risk feel safe. Even him crooning over house beats somehow sounds familiar. The Drake pocket is so pronounced that he could literally do this shit over Taylor Swift records and it'll sound like he's been doing it his whole career. I don't hate the record I just think Drake needs some real time away. No features, no loosies just real pronounced time away to gain new perspectives. My granddad used to always say "how can I miss you if you never leave". That's where Drake's at imo
Great comment
"Even his risks feel safe" is just about the truest thing about Drake's discography lol
Nah don’t say “no features or loosies” my guy that’s dangerous. He keep to keep his name his name out there at least a LITTLE
Well said!
I think Drake HAS to keep dropping this kind of music in order to keep his relevance. He kind of turned into a TikTok sound type of guy. His music can do numbers, but they have a VERY short lifespan. He's like the Kardashian's of the music industry, if he isn't constantly on the news or in some drama, people will stop talking about him
Growing up in Chicago, I've been around house music all my life. This just wasn't it bruh. No matter how much y'all stans try to defend this. No one is taking away from him trying something different. No one is hating on it just because he isn't rapping. A lot of people just don't enjoy the music sonically. Some of the beats are dope and some of these songs would absolutely slap if Drake had more vocal range. But instead he gives us 12 songs (oustide of Sticky and Jimmy Cooks) using the same dry ass, robotic, boring ass tone. No emotion. Some of the beats were very empty to the point that the music itself was sleep-inducing. THAT'S why there is a lot of issues with it.
Look up Frankie Knuckles, Black Coffee, Mr. Fingers, Aly Us...That's house. This was a bad attempt at emulating it.
Also to clarify, I like Drake's music and have checked in on every mixtape/album since "So Far Gone". There are songs that I fuck with and songs that I don't go back to. Outside of "Jimmy Cooks" I don't have a reason to ever go back to this shit.
he should have called crystal waters lol
Black coffee Co-produced currents, texts go green and overdrive. Currents is arguably the worst sounding one sonically lol
@@toyuts1 honestly if currents didn’t have the jersey club bed squeaks it would’ve sounded fine
the irony is that black coffee was involved in the production... lol i don't hate this record most ppl that hate it now will like it somewhere down the road.
Bro you are on point. I also listen to house like heavy and listen to the artists you mentioned. This album ain’t doing house justice. Appreciate your comment 💯
Let’s just say I’m happy it was a surprise album and we didn’t have to wait for this crap
Ong
THIS MF SPITTIN"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Y’all hating on it too much lmao. There were some good songs like texts go green, obviously jimmy cooks, liability, currents, sticky, massive, and flights booked
Listen will headphones if you haven’t already. It’s a way better experience
@@leultrainstinct406 true I love this album. I like it way better than views, scorpion and especially CLB
@@leultrainstinct406 snuck in currents lmao
Drake made this album for people who close the fridge with their hips
💀💀💀💀💀
As a fridge hip bumper, he didn’t tho
Drake seems to be at the point where he’s become extremely separated from his audience and just making music because he feels like it. As an artist I can appreciate it in a sense. But the other side of the coin is he’s not making music to a standard that he used to uphold. It makes it feel almost careless or non appreciative of his own music.
It's simple: Drake is such a superstar at this point, the only goal he has left to "achieve" is to dominate every element of the music industry that he can, so he can historically go down as the GOAT any way you slice it. There's one reason this album exists: to be placed under the Apple Music genre of "dance music" and instantly make history based on streaming views from legions of Drake fans that are expecting... anything at all from him. He dominated pop, he dominated hip hop - so what's next? Turns out it's "dance music." Now, Drake can walk away from this album with having made streaming history in a new genre (for him) that no one will top again in the "dance" space, thus securing him another career win. He's too big to fail now no matter what he takes on in his career, as he's practically marionetting the music industry at this point. But it makes sense - if I were him, I'd do the same thing.
Making music with no staying power isn't the way to do it.
There's not 1 song off this or CLB that I can see myself still bumping next summer, 5 years from now, 10 years etc.
@@GriffinWelch Agree, but the industry records he wants will be broken in the first week of release. He doesn’t care if you stream it again in five years; he’ll have made a black metal album and dominated that genre by then. 😂
I guess, from a commercial standpoint that makes sense, all of these ridiculous albums that drake shits out will never have the cultural relevance that will have people taking him seriously as the GOAT in any way, shape, or form.
This Album is still so shit, not for Drake Standards, but for Music standards in general. And he will never be the GoaT. Never. Not in Rap, and not anywhere else.
You're on something if you think Drake is dominating any genre with this mediocre ass album
I appreciate Drake finally taking a risk in what feels like a decade. But the quality wasn’t there for me. It just sounds rushed and slapped together in a week or something. No problem with the sound he’s trying out, but let it cook in the studio for a year or so to get a fully fleshed out product. But it seems like even Drake isn’t taking this project seriously. This doesn’t give him a pass tho, it’s still bad imo. He should really take a break from music and take his time with his next project.
That’s fair. Nobody has to like it but at least respect the fact he’s taking the risk of experimenting this late into his career when his entire audience is used to certain types of styles.
The quality was definitely there tho. It does it’s job as a dance album. The beats and production were consistent and good and if you were to hear it at a club or any sort of party, you’d appreciate it to its fullest.
@@leultrainstinct406 We’re not respecting bare minimum quality just because you want to D ride bro
@@leultrainstinct406 This album continues Drakes issue of songs sounding too similar. It’s even worse here because every beat sounds the same. So yeah it probably would sound better at a party or club but that’s the same thing everyone says whenever Drake drops a new mediocre album.
Facts bro.. hence why Kendrick is always going to be superior
how is making 14 shitty poundcakes risky?
I'm starting to believe that all of Drake's enemies have finally drained his energy, because that was what we got in Honestly, Nevermind.
Best comment so far.
"I got energy got alot of enegry got alot people tryna drain of this enegry"
@@lakejizzio7777 what enemies? Besides Pusha nobody has it out for him at least as far as I know
Nah this album needed Kabza & Maphorisa on the beats
The rumors led me to believe he was finally going to give us a rap rap album with a little of the melody that makes him great and features we have always loved or always wanted. It seems like for several years he has been pulled in too many directions and it was time to focus. Then we got this. So disappointing that I cant even tell if its good or if I even like it. The expectation versus reality was just heartbreaking.
What blows my mind isn't exactly a about what this album has to offer......... but we really got some house, dance, oontz-oontz album before we got a pure R&B & classic soul album. :(
Oontz oontz album has me dead 💀
FACTS¡¡
You gotta think tho his new deal he can drop as much as he want so
Hopefully that will come soon, but I agree why didn’t he just do a full R&B album
@@doncolethepoet lol he’s always been able to drop as much as he want but he just gave us an R&B album on side B of Scorpion 🙇🏽♂️
What makes you think the man who's been singing the same way for a decade has a r&b soul album in him...There are way better artist to get that from. His singing is boring but because he can hold a note here and there he's considered r&b...come on now
it's not the fact that it's different, it's just an underwhelming album. Everyone thinks when an album gets mixed reviews it'll get the WLR treatment, when sometimes it's just not a good album. Overall the album is boring and to me sounds very rushed and I know he can make better.
"Honestly, Nevermind" is what he should've said when he decided to drop this album.
What if the album was just to teach Jack, even he gets clowned too. Then they will do an album together titled "Mid". Which would be an undeniable classic.
Drake honestly really impresses me with how he has constantly dropped mid-albums upon mid-album since 2016 that you start to appreciate the previous Drake project that you thought you despised. Honestly, Nevermind is an album that I don't know why Drake dropped a "House" album. and for the people who say "Drake does something different and people don't like it." My thing with that is that i don't mind Drake or any artists doing something new with his albums. Kanye has consistently done something new with his albums (we're never gonna get an 808s Part 2, an MBDTF Part 2, a Yeezus Part 2, or even a TLOP Part 2) and he do it very dang well. Drake's House album isn't even good House music. If I wanna listen to House Music, I would listen to my favorite French robots, Daft Punk and I wish that Daft Punk do another fantastic and groundbreaking House music album than Drake doing a lifeless bare minimum mid "House" album. I only liked two songs from this album, and I don't think I will go back to this album like I did for other Drake albums that I didn't even like with the examples of Views, Scorpion, and even CLB.
youre comparing fucking daft punk to drake.. come on be real with yourself hes not going to live up to that
I’m going to check those artists out. I really enjoyed this album so I will probably like them. But I don’t think anyone thought he would make the best house album. Just like Daft Punk would prob not make the best rap album
Fax, listen to Calvin Harris' Funk Wav album. That shit is 11x better than this.
Honestly drakes albums/mixtapes in 2016 and before we’re never bad, he’s been putting out lacklustered stuff after 2016 besides dark demo tapes and some single that were fire, other than that, projects like scorpion, CLB and the new album he just dropped were mediocre. I think drake is at a point were he’s well established in his career so he feels he don’t need to prove anything, As a result, we get these lacklustered projects from him over the past 5 years. He’s not trying and it shows, on top of that, he lets rap beefs get to him which hinders his ability to make a good album. He changed his lyrics on scorpion because of pusha t, he beefed with Kanye and look at all the shots he took at ye on CLB. I like drake but as a fan these misses are pissing me off
Except Daft Punk was French house.
Drake's album is Deep House and Piano House.
That's like comparing Metal to Grunge because they're Rock music.
“Honestly, Nevermind” is how I feel when I listen to the new Drake album.
this joke is already old..
how long u had that one in the drafts
I've seen this joke 10 times already today just shows how mid the album is 🤣🤣
During the first track for me.
Good one
I felt he could of did way more with this album, experimenting with different ideas, flows, and vocals wise. Especially since it was a different genre I think he could of took more risk experimenting with sounds in dance / house and adding his twist but it’s lackluster compared to music from the genre itself.
My issue with this album is how absolutely underwhelming it was. Listening to it I felt nothing. There was no passion or interest from drake himself. The lyrics were weirdly elementary and I didn't understand what his angle was...it just felt like he wasn't trying at all. His voice was monotone the entire album and barely changed and the melodies of the songs sounded the same just...this didn't have to be made.
This album is probably something he made to play at his own parties he just let his fans have it and to make some money off of it too also trying to get his music into clubs I don’t think this was supposed to be something as big as Kendricks mr.morale so I don’t think it should be critiqued the same how effective Jersey club music is it cuz that was obviously the goal
To me this sounded like a bunch of throw away songs or songs that are way undercooked
great album to fall asleep to
Certified lullaby
WHAT TOP 5 ARE YOU SMOKING KENDRICK? DRAKE DRAKE DRAKE DRAKE 💤
Forever 21 music, the memes are accurate
@@kevincervantes427 who’s man’s is this
it’s literally the opposite
i respect drake for entertaining an artistic shift and in the process a more a cohesive and conceptual album. the problem is that it fits in the setting of forever 21 perfectly
"Honestly, Nevermind" is how i feel about the album. feels like a collection of throwaway songs.
You made more good points about this so called ‘album’ then the amount of songs on the album itself
Drake has released way better and more organic “House/Dance” music throughout his career.
Jimmy Cooks is still fire. 21 has been legendary the past few years.
Cooks does slap the 36 sample is so good
@@Nocturn4lAnim4L The way the beat kicks in when 21 starts. *Chef’s kiss*
Jimmy cooks was not supposed to be on this album
@@Abdullah-vg1uc it was. The first 13. are honestly. The final song is Nevermind. Because he knew most people wouldn’t wanna hear his other shit, they just want him to rap
@@Jaycxrti if thats the true, than that's fucking genuis and I love the album way more now just for that fact. People played the first song and hated it off the rip
It’s impressive the level Drake stans will go to defend everything he does.. “You don’t like it cuz it’s not rap,” is such a cop out defense. When other artists like Kanye or Kendrick switch up their sounds, they criticize it, but when Drake does it it’s genius (regardless of quality). I’ve enjoyed plenty of r&b / pop / dancehall songs from Drake to know what he’s capable of creating when he ventures outside of rap. I’ve also listened to enough house/dance music (like SHM, deadmau5, Avicii, etc.) to know what’s good or not.
This simply isn’t it.
Kendrick and Kanye never did and never will make a r&b or dancehall album…………
Drake, in hip hop, is the most versatile artist by a mile
@@xavierlaco99 another awful take Kanye made Stronger, 808's and YEEZUS mix matching many genres, just because Drake is versatile don't make him good if anything it just always feels lazy
@@xavierlaco99 LOLest
@@xavierlaco99 wdym bro I get down to Jesus is King all the time, play this shit in the club and everyone gonna be twerkin
This is a fantastic point.
When you look at Drake’s entire discography then listen to this album, you realize that he’s done this type of music throughout his career, but it would typically be a one-off performance on an album. Songs like Show Me a Good Time, Get It Together, Little Bit, Take Care, With You, remind me of the records on this album. The only difference now is for the first time in his career, Drake didn’t take a commercial approach to an album. It’s still good work for what it is.
Drake said in “4pm in Calabasas” - Mike never used to rap like Pac, Pac never used to sing like Mike”. He’s abandoned this life lesson from his dad with this album completely
Drake was gonna make a fire album but said honestly, nevermind.
I think he focused on the art and quality in the first half of his career. I think since Views it seems like he's been okay with being corporate/focusing on the money aspect rather than artistry because of how lucrative his name/brand is during that time.
The only full length project I've liked from him since IYRTITL has been Dark Lane Demo Tapes and it's a bunch of B-Sides/Throwaways over the years which is telling.
He signed that 500 million dollar deal and it seems we'll be getting a more detached/commercialized/corporate/focused group version of Drake who will continuously look for a massive hit and phone in the art that he was once good at.
Ive said this along time ago .. the thing with drake is theres no evolution as an artist its the same shit ,now earlier in his career until after views its all been generic . The type of songs he makes is played out theres no levels to his work ,dont get me wrong he still will makes good songs but majority of the albums are just fillers that arent all that and we all leave with the same impression that its just drake being drake and thats cool but it aint gonna move u no more ...
His pen nor mind cant evolve if he is still the same person , an artist creates based on where they at mentally in their lives but he making the same thing ...
Btw i actually like this album because its dofferemt compare to hos gemeric crap.. i like that in a top level artist ...
This was a check on the new contract deal
If he was making music for the sole purpose of making money from it then I'm pretty sure it would sound very different from what we're actually getting, unless he's completely ignorant to what kind of music gets the most streams
You have to really like this type of house to make a house album in 2022. The house boom is practically over.
How I felt about the Drake album, commented before I finish watching this video: It's the most I've enjoyed a Drake project in years, but that doesn't mean much because I really haven't enjoyed a Drake project at all for a really long time. I think the album gets pretty boring after around halfway through, but I really like house music and minimal club beats, so I was invested for longer than I was expecting to be. I think it could have easily been my favorite project of his had he just gone a little bit more leftfield with the production choices, really leaning into a grimy, more DIY Jersey club sound rather than watering it down. My expectations were super low, so he managed to surpass them at least! I like Calling My Name and Liability the most, i think.
honestly, nevermind makes me go "honestly, nevermind"
I love house music like lofi house, deep house and Chicago type house. Listening to drakes album is like a very simple version of house. It's nothing amazing but it gets the job done. It watered down house music for the general masses
accurate, I ain’t mad at it. Too much hate in the comments
Thank you.
Drake fans will say he pushes the envelope, as if house music is something new.
Go and listen to Black Coffee’s albums that’s house music. That’s real house music, this thing is an attempt but an attempt failed.
I hate to do this, but when you want to see rappers pushing the envelope, listen to Ye or Kdot. They don’t just take popular sounds and mess it up like this ass album of Drake
@@lorenzowillemse422 it’s not that deep Drake isn’t a DJ nigga the guy wanted to try something new, it’s unfortunate that most people in hip hop only listen to trap and shit like carti so will compare it to that. The album has some good tracks on there
Yeah the album feels rushed and little effort put in it but the hate tho is exaggerated. There are like 8-9 good tracks in there.
My only complaint is Drake's singing and using auto tune.
It’s not watered down house
It’s clearly influenced by South African and Kenyan house music, much different than shit you listen on the US.
This album feels like an even more lackluster more life. Where more life takes longer strides to pay respect and homage to the music it is based off of, with relevant features and energetic production. Honestly nevermind falls short and in turn ends up feeling quite flat and passionless. I don't think it's bad, it has a time and place in my rotation for now at least. I just see the potential of this record and have to sigh about what could have been a decent record.
well said
@ETHER MMA CLIPS it aged really well
More Life is a masterpiece in comparison to this trash album
O get the point
you're trippin to be hatin on more life tbh
As a house fan the instrumentals were very disappointing considering all the major house djs he had on the album like black coffee. But his Melodie’s were okay especially in text go green.
Shawn how much are you paid to hate on drake😂😂😂
The problem is you listen to the album like it’s rap
I agree with Shawn's assertion that whenever Drake attempts to delve into a different genre, those attempts are usually watered-down versions of that type of music. He ripped off Grime, UK drill, Afrobeat, Southern Rap and even Reggaeton before and those efforts ranged from decent to utter dogshit.
And as a jamaican, I must say that his "interpretation" of dancehall on Views was insulting and just another way to draw more attention to himself, and thus, boost his profile while making him look "cultured".
I completely agree with you, and I might feel differently if he was doing something out of my culture, but I think it's almost impossible for an artist to understand various genres well enough (and dig deep enough) so that he can create something new, influential and respectful in multiple genres in a executable time frame.
Obviously you're more qualified than me to speak on this but when it came to Jamaican influenced music, I think that drake actually tried to put out something decent, but I guess that if you really study the history and the genre, creating music that fits within that world and is accepted by its originators is just hard to do.
Although I had contact with Jamaican music back in the first Dancehall takeover back in the late 90s, I still discovered a lot of Jamaican music after Drake dropped those songs, as hopefully more people did, and that is the biggest thing I got from that project.
Nah bro I don’t completely agree I listen to a lot of uk drill and his drill sounded really cool tbh one of his best recent phases
Couldn't of said it any better
@@gatesboy7645 KMT and that Headie joint he did are songs I like, but otherwise that drill phase was passable for me. War was also good.
Honestly it wouldn't be that bad if he didn't try to put on a corny accent every time he dips into something, like after all the excuses people made for his "jamaican" accent this dude came on a uk drill song with a horrible British accent even tho his from fucking Toronto
It's a good album to play in the background while relaxing
Right? I don’t necessarily want to really dance to it. Just put on a silk robe and slippers, drink some wine with it in the background
If “shoulda kept it in the drafts” was an album
I made a paragraph talking bout the album and I also said that this album seems like someone on drake's team would make after he's dead. I think he nailed the theme, most of the songs follow the same rhythm and also the beats weren't entirely bad but the writing... my goodness. people are saying it's passionfruit the album but I think a more accurate statement is his song get it together which is an amazing song and still respects the genre of dancehall/house (idk). i believe he's capable of making great music in this genre he either ran out of stuff to say, was using ghost writers on past music, or rushed the release either way I'm disappointed. still taking the popular stance that I'm happy he's doing something different, but again i feel like he needs to have more pride of his work and rewrite that shit.
My only real problem with it is it's an album, not a mixtape. For this to be a full fleshed out LP it doesn't sound too thought out, or like he's been working on this for a while. There are some really good tracks on here, and as a whole if you have it playing in the background or at a function it actually goes crazy. But it's hard to rank this with his other projects due to the fact that it's soo different. I appreciate Drake for trying something new and making it into a whole project, but he could've taken the 7 best songs from this and made it into a mixtape or EP.
100%
It's not actually an album. People no more call projects mixtape
People criticise this project yet when you compare it to the likes of CLB and Scorpion, there’s a lot more consistent sound throughout the project and it feels like it was a pet project as opposed to him just giving the “fans” what they want yet again. I respect these type of projects from artists, and we need more of them. Fans need to let artists cook man, otherwise we just get the same thing over and over again, which is exactly what happened with us getting CLB and Scorpion. Absolute zero surprises or changes of pace on either of those albums.
LeBron and Drake got beards then their egos went through the roof
I’d say it’s more akin to what he wanted to do with More Life. Sounds like a “playlist”
I love how everyone is all of a sudden an expert in deep house music now lol
Brooo I’ve been listening to house and this is trash and frustrating since the production is good
Y'all drake stans just try to find anyway to excuse a bad attempt at something new lol
House music is an acquired taste for many, but this is definitely generic house music coming from someone who listens to it
@@jamespinkney189 I agree but I like house music and this is quite possibly the most uninteresting house album I heard
@@flygod916 It’s most definitely up there lol
the title is perfect. after I heard it I went like "Honestly, Never mind"
I personally loved the album. I stopped expecting much from Drake after Dark Lane. He delivered with some vibes for the summer and that’s enough for me, I’ll look to other rappers for real, innovative, musical experiences.
8.8/10 imo
@@xKxngzzz no way you listened to currents and gave the album an 8
@@Rare_VA i did its an opinion 🤣
@@xKxngzzz 🥸
Same, it's dope. Maybe our music tastes are trash lol, everyone else hates it
he should’ve said “honestly, nevermind” before dropping this ass fucking album
Wish he felt that way before dropping CLB as well tbh.
yeah I agree never mind that album sucks
@@ThePokestopPapi at least CLB had entertaining songs. This was a yikes
Off jump:
The house beats were giving 2016 H&M. Bored. Now I do want to say, it’s so obvious that a lot of people giving music takes are sheep 😭. I pointed out to someone who was sh*tting on the album that Liability is classic Drake and they were arguing against me. I played Liability for them with the preface that “we needed songs like THIS in the album” and their response was “yes this is the Drake we needed” LMAO. I’m convinced that we’re in the multiverse universe where all of our personal opinions are fed to us. Nothing is real.
more liability for sure
How are you gonna call people sheep directly after repeating the same hack joke that 10,000+ people have posted on Twitter lol
Liability is a pre-made Slowed & Reverbed track by Drake. I absolutely love it. The Slowed & Reverbed community has been slowing Drake songs down for a long ass time now and Drake is aware of this and also supports it. Enjoys it. Rightfully so, it's its own vibe. Though originally out of Houstin was DJ Screw who sort of pioneered the "Chopped and Screwed" sounds that would then eventually evolve in to a sub-genre known as Slowed & Reverbed. I wish more people were on board with the sound. I can't get enough of it.
Obviously it wasn’t the greatest thing ever and had it’s flaws but the fact he’s willing to experiment this late into his career and be willing to face criticism shows what kind of artist he is.
The production was actually really good and consistent. It’s clear that’s what he wanted the main focus of the album to be since it’s dance.
Texts go green, currents, massive, sticky, a keeper,flights booked, calling my name, obviously jimmy cooks, and my personal favorite liability
were the best songs on the album.
Champagne poetry better then this whole album
i personally like the album but i understand why ppl don't. i'm not a drake stan by any means and i hated clb. the album isn't nearly as bad as some ppl are saying and i comend drake finally taking an artistic risk and trying something different for the first time in forever.
Shawn better watch out with this or he’s gonna have a 13minute response video in his style of videos in his IG DM’s 😂
Drake is the personification of the phrase “being average consistently will get you farther the being great sporadically”
which isn’t true for the average person
So Far Gone, Thank Me Later, Take Care, NWTS, IYRTITL were all 10/10 straight up classics. Let’s not forget the run from 2011-2016 were he literally didn’t miss on feature or single. Drake’s catalog is very extensive
@@KM-yv3tr his peers as in Cole and Kendrick? Is that all? Meek mill, big Sean, Wale and asap Rocky aren’t putting out music that’s blowing drakes out the water. Also More Life came out after views and was way better recieved off the jump and still is so no that 2016 cap off isn’t true. I agree he was playing it safe for a few years but that doesn’t mean he can’t redeem himself. Eminem and Jay z all made good albums after they put out trash
@@romaretaylor9953 I liked some songs off of Views, More Life and Scorpion (More Life being my favorite out of those three), but as cohesive projects? Nah. They’re more like mixtapes or playlist than a consistent project. Scorpion and More Life had a lot of potential if they were way shorter. Big Sean’s last two albums (I Decided and Detroit 2) are way better than Drake’s last four projects thats for sure. Jay-Z 4:44 is better than anything Drake has made the last 5-6 years. Beyonce did a house/bounce influence track better than Drake’s entire new album. They’re way better artists and rappers than Drake now. Shit, Future has been better than Drake the last 6 years and he’s not as great as he use to be. He can still make a comeback for sure, dudes talented, but he stopped trying artistically after losing a grammy to Kendrick and the Meek Mill beef.
It grew on me but for each song to be that long holy man we dont need 6 mins of gta 4 night club in our ears we need something like jimmy cook's or sticky then something chill this album is different tho so props to drake not being scared to try this new sound but it feels like drake played the ballad of gay tony GTA 4 went to the nightclub and said Oh yeah THIS GONNA SOUND HARD I love drake but this was idk
the ONLY issue I have with this album is that it is soooo repetitive when it comes to the beats. BUT, I still like the fact that he completely changed it up for this album still showcased his talents with this type of genre
What talents though? Like what did Drake do well on this album in your opinion?
This being called a posthumous album because it sounds lifeless is a harder bar than anything drake has said in years
I have no beef about him making an alternative album away from his usual sound. It’s the fact that it feels like he half assed it. Even when he had previously released subpar work, it never felt as if it was due to a lack of effort. This felt different, and it’s actually kind of shocking.
ong bro, like bro didn't even take a year to release this and it feels like he coulda done even this dance thing so much better.
This was such a missed opportunity for him to dive headfirst into full project with Majid Jordan.Him signing/collaborating with them always showed his curiosity for dance/house music.I’ve always imagined the impact an album like that could have on the industry.it’s a shame he didn’t even use them as producers.
continued swag jacking
LOVE ITTTTT 😭 it gives certified lover boy more than the actual CLB album to me
Edit: well dayum…😂😂😂 you ripped this man apart
Jimmy Cooks was put at the end of the track to give people a preview of the next album. Honestly is the first 13 songs and the final is Nevermind I’ll just give y’all what y’all wanna hear
He got one of the best Tech and House DJs of all time , Black Coffee, to produce some of the tracks on this album but it didn’t amount to anything amazing. I know he wasn’t going to drop the best the genres can offer but i feel like if he actually sat on this for a while longer, this could’ve been a strong addition to his discog. But it’s drake and that alone sells
I don't know if I should be happy that Black coffee gets a bit more shine because made it on another drake album, or if I should be sad that he was a part of this mediocre album
@@kbreezy1581 at the end of the day, if you know black coffee or have ever seen him Live, you know he’s arguably the best in the game. This album is gonna help him regardless. All publicity is good publicity. I’m just glad house is getting a bigger audience
My biggest takeaway from this album is that he really likes signs and wanted to make a whole album similar to that song lol. I actually think it’s pretty good, not anywhere near his best but imo more memorable,enjoyable and replayable than CLB
omg i remember that song!! that’s a good point, i can see that being the case here hahah
I love that song so much
Signs isn’t dance tho but I get your point
Not signs, stars align when he features on majid Jordan’s album 👌
Shawn's feelings on this record sounds like the feelings I've had about Drake's music for several years.
I appreciated him trying a new direction, it's good to see artists challenge their self, did I like the album, no, not very much at all ,
but I respect the direction.
This album is titled exactly how I felt 1 min into it
Once Drake did everything he said he was gonna do broke records and proved everyone wrong he stopped taking it seriously and willingly let his career become a parody of itself. I think he could 100% make music as good as he used to and is aware of the drop off in quality, and he's making a conscious choice not to try because he doesn't care
Lmao🤣🤣🤣more excuses
@@ojvic7297 wym man
ok so you saying the album is bad on purpose, why would anyone do that?
@@theofficialnico5213 no I'm saying he's making a mid album on purpose bc he knows he's the most successful rapper rn and he has virtually no competition so he has no incentive to put effort into it because people will buy it anyway its simple supply and demand
I thought it was pretty decent, good background music that lets you move to it but much too much, the beats and Drake are pretty restrained to stay in a chill pocket on these songs, like the build up to a huge dance song right before the beat really drops and changes, but it stays in that warm up section the whole song. It was a chill project to me. The 21 sav feature was pretty outta place, and I loved the guitar section on tie that binds. But if it wasn't more than just background music for me I could very much see how people say it's boring.
This album was fucking WEIRD. Not because of the fact Drake dropped a House record but off the fact that I was completely ready to write this record off as Drake trying to make an album of Hotline Blings without actually capturing whatever made that song work (which IMO I still don't like that song). It felt like House music made by someone who doesn't actually know what makes House music work, especially with how little the beats and Drake's vocals works.
And then Overdrive comes on... And Drake wakes up. Those three songs actually kind of hit, although I'd say hit in the way an okay Swedish House Mafia or Calvin Harris do, the penultimate track loses steam and then WHERE THE HELL DID THAT CLOSER JIMMY CROOKS COME FROM THAT WHAT THE HECK???
Also, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who heard the lyrics of this record and was definitely uncomfortable, same with that bed creaking sample was... uncomfortable.
The only three things I could have wanted from a Drake album after CLB was a consistent sound, a shorter runtime, and minimal to no features. The fact that Drake actually did all that is nice, even if the music is mid.
I agree this is a pretty good comment and it summarizes how I feel I listened to this at work today and loved it
I like the newest album!
this album lowkey got me eating booty for brunch
Gross
I’m definitely not a hip hop head. There’s about 8-10 genres I listen to. House music is awesome and Daft Punk is my favorite group of the genre. But this is an extremely generic, cookie cutter house music album. I’m not faulting him for trying something new. I’m faulting him for allowing it to be this bland, especially considering that he’s had several fire albums before (everything before 2016).
Drake is 35 still making music for teen girls . Shit is weird😐
I’m a huge drake fan. I have been since the mixtape days I’ve always supported him in his music. I have a closet full of OVO shit. These past few years though he has been just throwing anything out there and people just eat it up. CLB wasn’t worth the two year delay. And if I had to describe his music here lately it would be “lazy”.His features are still on point but outside of those it’s been disappointing. I find myself listening more to the old drake stuff more than his new shit.
Faaaaacts
we need comeback season on streaming platforms
I'm not a Drake fan but I agree with this, New Drake is 🗑. These albums he dropping now no will consider classics. Drake knows he can drop whatever these days and it'll sell like hotcakes purely off his name. Drake is too well of an established rapper now so he is like why try? "Honestly, never mind" is different, but different doesn't equal good. Drake does not sound right on the production on that project, plus the production is bland. So far the only song I see worth a damn is "Jimmy cooks", at least the production is more lively on that track, but maybe other tracks will grow on me, probably not, but I guess it's a possibility.
Yeah feel the same man I don’t think he’s really respecting his true fans. I’m a huge drake fan, was in like top 0,5 Spotify drake listeners last year but idk man his projects aren’t delivering that much I listened to clb like 3-5 times
The album title is how i felt after track one….
That wasn’t even a real track bruh.
@@MrASAPAB issa joke bruh
@@isaiahblann8447 ah
The title perfectly portrays drake’s attitude towards trying
LMAO I saw a tweet that said "Everybody an expert in house music this week". Followers and views got ppl thinking they know it all smh
My principal complaint is that this album needed more vocal processing and editing. There was no need for 30 seconds and 16 bars of "Falling Back on MeeeEEEeeeEEE" in the first song. If he's going to have this much repetition, there should have been vocal harmonies to change it up. Hell, Currents has a section that has the "With every move" bridge that does this perfectly, so I don't know why it isn't in the rest of the album. It boggles my mind that RY X Carnage and 40 were producers on this album, but didn't do anything to play with the vocals. Like they were too afraid to make it less radio friendly or something. I don't know. I liked the album on first listen, but the more I sit with it, the less I like.
People are saying he took a risk… since when was making a generic, mediocre, forgettable, repetitive dance album a RISK? I’m sorry but, I feel like doing a risk has to be something unique, or somewhat special? This album is a MASSIVE miss.
Obviously, Drake did not take this seriously, at all. So it doesn’t really deserve the time of day to begin with.
Bruh
He took a risk by not releasing an album targeted towards rap or hip-hop
How does taking a risk translate to uniqueness
even if its a miss, its still risk to make this type of album..
Correction - this album is a MASSIVE miss to some of the population. We got a lot of people who will be enjoying the summer with these tunes lol. Carry on
Like Kendrick Lamar
@@Xo.064 As with every other project he’ll release. Good or bad. So this statement has no substance whatsoever 😂
Bro on TikTok if you don’t like the album it’s always “you don’t listen to anything besides mainstream rap”, wtf is Drake then?
Drakes like the Russel Westbrook of music
He definitely should’ve gotten Majid Jordan to produce this album. This is definitely their lane and they execute it well. Their first album is a 10/10
Literally, Stars Align is a great track but if this was Drake’s vision for this type of sound as a project on his own, this was a failed attempt.
I can’t lie I rly enjoy the album. I think he finally did something that wasn’t trying to please everyone, and made a project that had a cohesive sound.
if you like deep house music this is still a reach. much better deep house music out there
I got the exact opposite feeling, I felt like he was trying to get more club fans
@@sherwintavarez8539 Thats probably just a pessimistic way to think about it.
Amen
Same. If y’all didn’t like it I highly recommend listening with headphones. You’ll like it a lot more
Here's how it will go. People will forget about this album.
Months later someone is going to use some of the songs on tik tok, remixed or not, and people will suddenly start vibing (perhaps including former haters).
Regarding the video here's a few points:
-I will agree to some extent with 7:40, but it goes both ways. People get extemely nitpicky about shit they would not care for if they listened to literally anyone else.
-The inclusion of "Jimmy Cooks" track gives off the same energy as "Bound 2" on Yeezus. It's this blatant statement : "i could still make shit you like, but i chose not to"
-The record itself isn't perfect, but i'd argue that's the appeal. There's some sort of vulnerability in that, that just got to me. Drake could just take his time, do million takes to hit absolutely perfect notes without autotune, pack the album with features and all that.
What he ended up doing was suprisingly refreshing.
But yea, that's just my take.
I agree
In short; The problem is that that album wasn't what we expect from drake. Thats why you dont like it.
i think alot of people fail to realize that hip hop and rap for the most part is really popular in the united states and not as much in the rest of the world. generally speaking, electronic and dance music is a way more worldwide genre and i think Drake going that route is setting himself up to be an even bigger global artist. Plus the songs on here are good! If you like this genre lol. Alot of people dont like this genre so why would they judge on album on a genre theyre not familiar with?
Also expectation on what an artist should drop will always lead to disappointment. Artists like to move forward and expand themselves and their work. Enjoy what you have and let go of what you want.
Drake dropped this album and all of a sudden people started acting like House Music experts, judging a brand of music they aren’t even familiar with.
half of the criticism I've seen and what I felt as soon as I listened to it(without seeing or hearing anyone's opinion) and what is being said in this video is its boring house music. I even asked my friend (who also listens to dance music) and she called it mediocre and not interesting at all. People who listen to house are agreeing that this is a bad attempt at the genre. If anything most of the people i see that like this album don't listen to house, people like you are in the minority(assuming you listen to house).
@@dre27321 maybe take the label of “house” off the album and you’ll enjoy it a little more. take it for what it is. whatever genre this is, its new to me and i like it
@@douche346 and?
Forever 21 boutta go crazy.
Liability is actually a banger best song in the album gives me Bria interlude vibes
The album title encapsulates exactly how I feel about this album.
Drake is at the point of his career where he can drop anything he wants and it will still outsell all our favorite artists
He can start coughing and using the toilet and his fans will find a defensive
@@imanigordon6803 fr 😭
Sad but true.
Ngl I don’t like the whole “Drake just isn’t trying” narrative. It’s more of a diss than just saying the album is trash cuz you’re implying that he doesn’t care about his own music. I think he was trying he just failed. There’s no way after the terrible reception of CLB he would be like “aight they hated that one so I gotta release a surprise tape and try even less hard” 😂😂😂
Nah he definitely thought he had done something special with this album but he just missed. This might sound like I’m dissing Drake but I’m actually defending him. He took a risk but it just didn’t workout.
I think people need to realize that Drake's value isn't in him doing everything the best. It's more in that he takes everything and gives it a platform that artist as big as him usually don't touch until it's already palatable for the mainstream. He got killed when he started breaking into the London sound, dance hall, drill, etc but afterwards other mainstream artist are able to follow suit without the criticism. I think that he knows that he's done as much for himself that people will give him credit for anyway.
Haha🤣more excuses
I’m jealous you changed your pfp haha
cant lie it sounds like he recorded that whole album on voice memo
Nah bruh this got me turnt all day ngl😭 It’s lowkey growing on me daily
Damn, Jorja catching strays 💀
This is Passionfruit, one dance, hold on, we’re going home all wrapped into one album. If you enjoy those tracks, then you’ll enjoy this. Simple.
I liked those tracks but this album is garbage
Disrespectful as shit to those songs you mentioned LMAOO bruh the shit drake did on this new album is borderline a slap in the face to his minions. Literally he had no effort or took this shit seriously 🤣
Whenever a Drake project drops and I don’t enjoy it, I can appreciate that it’s not for me and that it’s for somebody else
This album, I have no idea it’s for
you can not be serious 😂
Most definitely agree with you 😂
okay but who told drake he could do high notes…
He’s done them since his first album.
I feel like if this album was a statement it would be “I’m pushin 40 yall😚✌🏽”
"drake is the worst part of the record for me" is EXACTLY HOW I FEEL.
Fr some of these beats sound really good but then Drake enters the track and my interest just plummets