I can also see him congratulating his own originality by saying, “Damn, 6 God has done it again!! I’m a genius!”… or something along those lines. However, I can also see Drake making an incongruous album (it is 22 songs, after all) and trying to hide that by calling it a playlist. I guess that could be a smart move in terms of marketing kids these days are all about curating and sharing Spotify playlists and whatnot. They’re not breaking genres like FKA twigs or “Legion,” or moving audiences like Chance and “Transparent.” Like I said about Lil Yachty in a previous post, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but because “More Life” is lyrically and thematically more of the same from Drake, I can’t help but want … more.Īpparently Drake is calling this project a playlist, rather than a traditional album. It’s entertaining enough to elicit a few chuckles, but not so captivating that if I miss a moment I’ll regret it.ĭrake and “Friends” are both crowd-pleasing, digestible entities that aren’t always edgy or profound. It’s the perfect show to have on the background while I’m doing dishes or cleaning my apartment. Again, nothing new, but despite all this, Drake shows with “More Life” that he can keep my attention once again with great production, catchy hooks and effortless flow from him and guest artists.Īt the risk of sounding like a white millennial, my feelings about Drake mirror my relationship with the classic sitcom “Friends.” Although I don’t think the show is that funny, and episodes sometimes reek of the same White People Problems, I still rewatch it ALL the time. Similarly, “More Life,” Drake’s new playlist which came out March 18, features 22 tracks where the Toronto rapper addresses the same things he always talks about: trust issues, how he’s killing it despite his haters and all the girls he’s thinking about but can’t establish relationships with. Often, when I don’t know what I’m searching for, I go back to “Redemption,” “Faithful,” “Still Here,” not to mention that the hook from “One Dance” is permanently embedded in my brain. complain about women not revolving their lives around him), yet I revisit “Views” constantly. Aubrey does the same thing he always does on the album (i.e. I had a realization the other day, while I was looking over my “Views” review: Drake is the “Friends” of rappers.
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