Simpin Ain't Easy: The Official Thread For Drake's Sophomore Album, TAKE CARE

I could do without "Crew Love." That's the only one that feels like a Weeknd ft. Drake track to me.

I'm okay with treating this as just a pop album, like as if I were listening to a rihanna album or something idk

well it is a pop album, so that's okay

Yeah, when has Drake been anything other than a pop rapper?

what happened to your DARK AND DISTURBING LOOK INTO DRAKE'S TWISTED MIND angle j0rdan?

so the problem is that it's basically a weeknd track?

― J0rdan S., Monday, November 7, 2011 6:49 PM Bookmark

i haven't heard a weeknd track this dumb and repetitive before but lets not get into this

oh man please never play 'thursday,' rev

hmmm, it's been sitting on my hard drive, but it's horrible tagged, which makes me 30 thousand 100 million times less likely to listen to anything.

what happened to your DARK AND DISTURBING LOOK INTO DRAKE'S TWISTED MIND angle j0rdan?

― some dude, Monday, November 7, 2011 9:53 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

there's still def an element of that (and it's not like that part of him was not pop! i mean, "marvin's room" & "i'm on one" are huge hits) but he left a lot of those tracks ("trust issues", "club paradise") off the album. and the album would actually be better w/ those songs on it

yeah 'thursday' is straight ass

hah I think I just got the official mixtape from his site and mine was tagged alright. but if you didnt like crew love then youll hate thursday

it seriously bums me out whenever 'headlines' comes in on the car, which is like every 5 minutes

this kendrick bit is cool

i like "headlines" a lot but it's kind of lowkey for a single and i wouldn't call it amazing or anything

"Look What You've Done" is kinda great. About his momma?

tuck a napkin in your shirt cause you swallow garbage like that

"Look What You've Done" is kinda great. About his momma?

― "I know its hard to hear but I'm a Realest." (rennavate), Monday, November 7, 2011 9:59 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark

the recording of his mom or grandma at the end is kind of moving : X

not feeling "underground kings" as much as other people have

my connection between "look what you've done" & "it's whatever" gets stronger now that it's come out that chase n chache supposedly sampled a youtube video of static rehearsing a song on the piano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5F5xP6cwRg&feature=youtu.be&t=1m3s

Wow, that's really really cool.

lol at ross' "only fat nigga in the sauna with jews" line

that's his second best line ever about old white ppl after "keep white in the office, call it jerry heller"

yeeaaahh, that jon b sample on "cameras" is really dope. drake's hook on this is another really dopey one tho

haha xp

most of the second half of this album has been kind of competent and boring

wait till you get to "practice"

not a game, we're talking about "practice"

hahaha

i love that that moment is so transcendent that even a dude like ship has it in the memory bank

so quotable

there's a radio dj here that uses it as a drop all the time

you guys make this record sound really dull (like a drake record) and yet you keep talking about it. so is it... not dull as balls? idgi

listen for yourself

if you dont like drake, then you wont like this, simple as.

Doubt it will convert anyone.

that's not true!

i mean it's really engrossing from a production standpoint imo, like even ppl like deej & rev seem to be saying "i get it" even if they're not totally digging the album

most all of the second half of this album has been kind of competent and boring

You think this is that different from what he's done previously? xp

if you dont like drake, then you wont like this, simple as.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, November 7, 2011 7:45 PM Bookmark

yeah, kinda wish i'd been told this. people were making it sound like even a non-fan would enjoy it.

You think this is that different from what he's done previously? xp

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, November 7, 2011 10:52 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

i think it's MUCH more accomplished than TML, yes

Accomplished yeah, but its still the same ingredients, just tastes a little better.

i mean it's a drake album, sure. it sounds like a drake album. i think you could say that for like, every rapper ever. i mean was anyone ever like "wow this doesn't sound like an [x rapper] record at all!" i'm not sure. it's just like a better drake record than i ever thought drake was capable of making.

this thread seriously is Bizarro-ILX

(except for Al)

why do you say that

(isn't it obvious)--the rampant Drake praise.

it's all well qualified tho......

i haven't heard a weeknd track this dumb and repetitive before

― cannibal adderley (The Reverend), Monday, 7 November 2011 21:54 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

i would actually prefer a weeknd ft. drake song to a lot of stuff on this album, & in general feel relief whenever someone else is on, but this is otm

pretty mad at how that beat got wasted like that tbh

it makes me sad to see everyone expending their energy and time and enthusiasm on this guy when YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE HIM THAT MUCH

talking of moody and introspective soul music with great production, meshell ndegéocello just released an album. i think her thread has about 5 new posts since it dropped ;_;

i'm v excited about her album but the only way to listen to it right now is streaming off a website which is a dealbreaker for me