Play Me Some Simpin, Mane: Drake - Nothing Was the Same

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The child Drake cover is better, and the standard edition cover. Adult Drake is deluxe cover, thankfully.

i like both

i also like the one where he looked like he was on to catch a predator

so i'm good all the way around

I like both, too. Will be buying both, sigh.

01 Tuscan Leather
02 Furthest Thing
03 Started From the Bottom
04 Wu-Tang Forever
05 Own It
06 Worst Behavior
07 From Time
08 Hold On, We're Going Home
09 Connect
10 The Language
11 305 to My City [ft. Detail]
12 Too Much
13 Pound Cake [ft. Jay-Z]/Paris Morton Music 2

Deluxe adding:

14 Come Thru
15 All Me

lol wu tang forever wtf

that's fake right?

nah that's real

"tuscan leather", "wu-tang forever" and "pound cake" are really the only ones that scan as drake courting drake memes

this song sounds fantastic http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/drake-too-much/n40731

i sort of enjoy "hold on we're going home" but this is suuuper dull

glad this remains not for me

Sampha contribution on this >>> his recently released EP.

I take it this has leaked?

Lies.

unlistenable

192 kbps true

i do appreciate how 192kbps is considered "unlistenable" these days

PROGRESS

lol yeah that's right boys dual stereo 320 will beef up this dribble of weak conceited piss a treat

haha

lol.

Hold On, We're Going Home is the best thing on this imo. Although I don't mind the jam with Sampha.

What tracks did Hudson Mohawke do btw? Nothing on this album particularly sounds like him.

i wasnt even hyperbolating about unlistenable fwiw, it took me two goes to get to the end of this and it was like pulling my fingernails out

think it was halfway through the jhene aiko number in particular where i began to develop a migraine of pure tedium and contempt so powerful i had to walk away

"connect" is the hudmo track

My classmates, they went on to be chartered accountants
Or work with their parents, but thinking back on how they treated me
My high school reunion might be worth an appearance
Make everybody have to go through security clearance

Anyway, it's probably a lost cause to try to rep for this here, but I like this overall. It meanders quite a bit, but the highs are pretty glorious.

I actually think it's his most concise effort yet, really smart editing. Flows fantastic, too.

this is pretty disappointing overall imo

It's pretty great imo.

j0rd being disappointed in this is actually making me want to listen to it

idk why

loool

ha ha

I think it's fantastic. Take Care has higher highs, but his rapping is very very very good here, some of the year's best, and this is whittled down and far more concise than the bloated Take Care.

Also, 40 fucking demolishes this, this is 40's album more than Drake's at times, I feel.

Also, 40 fucking demolishes this, this is 40's album more than Drake's at times, I feel.

so many feels

j0rdan being disappointed in this makes me even more perplexed than before as to what the hell he thinks drake does well

#drakefeelingstwitter is the fucking worst for real

like whatever, side-eye if you're into that wishy-washy production but really identifying with this dude is beyond acceptable

really identifying with this dude is beyond acceptable

HARDCORE OTM

#drakefeelingstwitter is the hipster version of everyone's lame facebook friends posting buzzfeed's "i'm an introvert too!" articles

j0rdan being disappointed in this makes me even more perplexed than before as to what the hell he thinks drake does well

― lex pretend, Tuesday, September 17, 2013 4:07 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

i'm still working out my thoughts on this as i write a review but i basically just find this album to be really un-dynamic. so many of the beats are just gray and amelodic. like, too much of this record sounds like squeezing the water out of a sponge. i don't get at all why people are putting the production on this album on a pedestal, to me it represents the frostbitten drake/40 sound going backwards.

drake is basically the same but man, the other record had suuuuuuuch much better production. this is more thematic but the best songs on 'take care' were like... "over my dead body"'s bright, crisp piano sample or "take care"'s organ house or the joint that samples that static major youtube OR A FUCKING STEVIE HARMONICA SOLO.

basically i think they bought too much into their own hype. this album is masturbatory as fuck. i like it and i still think the singles (including the motion and too much) are some of the best of the year, but i feel like i'm gonna be experiencing cognitive dissonance re this record on the level of my beautiful dark twisted fantasy.

Yeah, I agree, a lot of the production choices feel less revelatory and imaginative than Take Care's. I also feel strangely distanced from some of these songs, which is odd, given how ardently Drake stresses relatability on them. But the standouts are fantastic, and even the tracks that don't make much of an initial impression click with me intermittently, at unexpected times, which makes me feel like there's more going on under the surface that I haven't picked up on. I hate that I have to file a review so quickly; I would have liked more time to let this gestate before rendering a verdict.

yeah i kinda figured after Take Care and all the rap singles he guested on in 2012 and "Started From The Bottom" that this would be more of a Rap Album With Beats plus the occasional "Hold On" type record but it isn't

this is definitely his "see i'm a real rapper" album

in his mind at least

well he's a terrible real rapper

figured out why i can't get 100 percent on board with "hold on we're going home": the drums

i'm surprised this is compared MBDTF and not Graduation...coming after his big, sprawling, =ambitious opus (LR) and now a very direct, lean version of his sound.

agree the rapping and flow is untouchable but the production has less highs and is more even. it's an interesting album, taking me some time to wrap my head around it.

"the language" is incredible

so many of the beats are just gray and amelodic. like, too much of this record sounds like squeezing the water out of a sponge

Hmm I'd have described Take Care in much these terms, even ignoring drake I found the album drab production-wise

Hipster/buzzfeed/introvert thing a truth bomb though, everyone revelling uselessly in their ~sensitivity~ (all the scare tildes in the world necessary)

not really going to bat for the 8 different 'type of' twitters per se, though, serious diminishing returns on that shit

idk i just feel like i'm watching this bullshit emerging narrative from drake fans that either you love drake or you're an old homophobic boom bap rap traditionalist

propagated by noted drake stan kevin k!

but no i feel you

yeah obv it's not coming exclusively from huge drake fans i'm just saying it's becoming pervasive

Yeah that shit is stupid

but if the shoe fits....

lol

*painted nails with glitter last night* *likes brand nubian*

Ok, Drake me over with this - I went out and copped this in a store, something I haven't done with a new album in years

"Won me over"

saw this tour last nite, p lol that the whole use of the rafter thing is to walk around pointing and being like "section 205 u in camo parka i see ya, section 210 eating the soft pretzel i see ya"

also miguel was terrible live, should not be playing in such large venues

Drake me over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnAk94I3710

saw this tour last nite, p lol that the whole use of the rafter thing is to walk around pointing and being like "section 205 u in camo parka i see ya, section 210 eating the soft pretzel i see ya"

― johnny crunch, Sunday, October 27, 2013 1:23 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

o and its like literally 20 minutes that he does this for

Don't Drake me over, when I would do anything for you

So this pops up as an ad in my FB feed from a local dentist, with the caption:

Sometimes we forget how important our teeth are! Be sure to take care of your teeth this Halloween

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this is the best picture of Drake I've ever seen

he's a writer, not a biter

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BX7Qiq-IgAAoJUr.jpg

That guy deserves his own thread, obv

"Would You Like A Tour?" is one of the best tour names I've ever heard.

I finally listened to this album and it turns out I like it quite a bit and I'm going to jump off a cliff now because I can't live with this.

That was me with Take Care in '11, back when I really, really hated dude.

But yeah, I think this is a good album, and it's worn really well, so it's been a treat revisiting it this fall

i still don't think this is anywhere near as good as 'take care' and when people say it's better i kind of wretch

but it has aged pretty well

still feel like leaving new york city i m m e d i a t e l y anytime i see people dancing to "worst behavior" though

ha that's prob my favorite song on the album MUHFUCKA NEVER LOVED US

this is def his best album imo.

Really enjoyed 0 to 100/ The Catch Up I'm starting to think that if I compiled every non album Drake track, it would be a better album than what he released yet.

this is def his best album imo.

― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, October 10, 2014 9:18 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

yeah, it was how much I was enjoying "0 to 100" that inspired me to finally give NWTS a chance after what a terrible slog Take Care was

dont get me wrong it still pains me to admit i liked a drake album

These are both really good

http://soundcloud.com/octobersveryown/drake-6-god

http://soundcloud.com/octobersveryown/drake-how-bout-now/s-GOD2C

yep

"6 god" is terrible, boi 1da is such an immense hack

"how about now" is good but feels like a recently unfrozen "'take care' outtake

"heat of the moment" is the best one i think

"6 God" is stupid but at least a chance of pace from all the plinky Vinylz/Boi 1da productions of late (Believe Me, The Language, Grindin...at least 0-100 is good)

"6 God" beat is awesome

I'm generally digging Boi 1da's shtick. All his tracks are so locked in; I admire how they manage to hold my attention while doing so little.

6 god sounds like it was written by king l

the way he locks into that repeated flow pattern and that line about swishers esp

I'm generally digging Boi 1da's shtick. All his tracks are so locked in; I admire how they manage to hold my attention while doing so little.

― Evan R, Monday, October 27, 2014 4:31 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark

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You really don't feel The Language or 0-100?

"0-100" is great, who knows how much he had to do with that though

there have been good boi 1da beats but for every dope track there's 5 of the most drab beats around

6 god is awesome

man this guy is getting radio play off any random ass soundcloud joint, this is just getting crazy

Chart News
‏@chartnews
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: #45 How About Now, @Drake (debut).

meanwhile even established stars like rick ross and future have albums that die on the vine after one single cuz even the song with all the promo push behind it can barely get on radio

i think radio is playing this though, it was popping up on shazam across the country

no i have definitely heard "How Bout Now" on the radio

but yeah i mean "The Motion" and "0-100" charted just off Soundcloud and never got attached to any retail project (and "Trophies" and "Marvin's Room" and "All Me" started as just Soundcloud things that weren't really singles but ended up supporting albums).

I think it's really exciting. He doesn't make a big deal about it, but he's subverted the accepted mixtape model in favor of dropping this real-time breadcrumb trail of tracks on Soundcloud. Even his odds and ends experiments become singles; I don't know of any other artist with that cloud