I'm not listening to it and that's final *crosses arms*
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 April 2016 12:22 (seven years ago) link
This is probably the most "3 am and insomniac" album he's made yet.
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 29 April 2016 12:32 (seven years ago) link
lol this is trash he should make an album with mark kozelek
― adam, Friday, 29 April 2016 12:34 (seven years ago) link
you're all still gonna find a way to get it in the 77
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Friday, 29 April 2016 12:36 (seven years ago) link
the back half of this is a lot stronger than the front imo, like controlla on I fuck w
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 April 2016 12:36 (seven years ago) link
think its time to ditch 40 as a producer
― just sayin, Friday, 29 April 2016 12:36 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StlMdNcvCJo
― warm winds and clear skies, Friday, 29 April 2016 12:42 (seven years ago) link
this like Lemonade for dudes
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 29 April 2016 12:45 (seven years ago) link
ew
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 29 April 2016 13:02 (seven years ago) link
listened to about half while I was drunk and:
- production is real pretty- it's too long (even just in the half I've heard) and moves like it (unlike say the fetty album which is paced well for 20 damn tracks)- weston road flows was great - that's about all I got rn
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Friday, 29 April 2016 13:31 (seven years ago) link
I'm not listening to it and that's final *crosses arms* otm
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 29 April 2016 13:34 (seven years ago) link
^^
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Friday, 29 April 2016 14:06 (seven years ago) link
4thed
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 29 April 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
like, I don't envy the colleagues who have to write 900 words on this twaddle and the Beyonce parallels we'll read
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 April 2016 14:22 (seven years ago) link
more like boos from the 6th
― ejemplo (crüt), Friday, 29 April 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
uh, from the 6
https://mobile.twitter.com/noz/status/717387281762377728
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Friday, 29 April 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Friday, April 29, 2016 10:06 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, April 29, 2016 10:16 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
cheers for solidarity but I am physically located in TO which means my resistance is futile :(
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
The only drake song I know is hotline zing. Will I like this?
― calstars, Friday, 29 April 2016 16:29 (seven years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/28/drake-all-pervading-master-hyper-reality-rap-hip-hop
grimey simey piece
― Is Jack Nicholson really qualify as "Partyman"? (jim in glasgow), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
has anyone said "views from the 6/10" yet
probably
i woke up late
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Friday, 29 April 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
could this be his New Jersey?
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 29 April 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
it's just so long. so long.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 29 April 2016 18:33 (seven years ago) link
I was gonna say, it feels like we've reached peak Drake.
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Friday, 29 April 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
Sorry for using that phrase, but it seems like the Drake market is saturated and people are gonna start getting sick of (or at least bored with) him.
Probably wishful thinking.
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Friday, 29 April 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
i would always argue that his best tracks are his less known (non-album, deep cuts), but the ten tracks of the second half + hotline bling would have been enough to be a good album. it's a shame because the better tracks here have the potential to convince the non believers.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 29 April 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
there's literally nothing that will "convince me" wrt this clown
― Is Jack Nicholson really qualify as "Partyman"? (jim in glasgow), Friday, 29 April 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
also yeah, his ubiquity is a disservice to his craft. there's another universe in which he has much less success and is still just this dork who's really good at playing the rapper. instead I guess we are all tired, I know I am.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 29 April 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
agree w/ VHS re: the second half of the record
with few exceptions, he'll prob always be a love him or hate him rapper (and those on both sides will continue having to LET YOU KNOW those feelings in no uncertain terms). kanye is prob the only hip-hop figure who's as thoroughly polarizing at this point
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Friday, 29 April 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
it is funny 2 me that ppl so much feel they have to be a part of w/e the cultural discussion is w/r/t drake that they post like no way am I listening to this
that seems to not happen w other artists or other high profile media does it? I know im not posting on every Marvel movie thread 'no interest never seeing this'
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 April 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
^ i want to do this whenever i see a marvel movie thread tbf but yes OTM
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Friday, 29 April 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
i have no interest in ever seeing a marvel movie!
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 29 April 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
easier to escape marvel movies.
― Is Jack Nicholson really qualify as "Partyman"? (jim in glasgow), Friday, 29 April 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
i absolutely disagree
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Friday, 29 April 2016 19:27 (seven years ago) link
it's easier to escape marvel fanboys, the movies' presence is inescapable but neutral. no one says they identify with captain america
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 29 April 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
i work for a video game company so i may be an edge case but i can absolutely tell you i ehar people discuss the relatability of spiderman and batman more often than that of drake
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Friday, 29 April 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
Drake peaked with "Hotline Bling," a brilliant song. This album bores me. But I was never a big fan to begin with. My brother on the other hand has been telling me about Views from the 6 for two years, hyping it as his magnum opus. Even he's unimpressed. Says that Drake is only interesting when he's the underdog.
― flappy bird, Friday, 29 April 2016 19:41 (seven years ago) link
LOL https://twitter.com/RacksOnZach/status/725896611004473344
― flappy bird, Friday, 29 April 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, April 29, 2016 3:29 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
there is a whole world waiting for you out there
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 29 April 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
i briefly went through this just like a 30 second samples or whatever on itunes, most of it is bad, a few decent moments but i think we have past peak saturation drake
i thoroughly liked hotline bling prob the best thing he's done but there is a LOT of garbage on this
― marcos, Friday, 29 April 2016 20:59 (seven years ago) link
but i think we have past peak saturation drake
meaning that i can't see this being as ubiquitous as the last few? idk i could be wrong.
― marcos, Friday, 29 April 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
i thought IYRTITL was more fun than this
― marcos, Friday, 29 April 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
ha ok drake saturation still very much present, I just heard literally 4 drake songs across a few different stations in the past 10 minutes
― marcos, Friday, 29 April 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
- weston road flows was great
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Friday, April 29, 2016 9:31 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea this track is good
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 April 2016 22:12 (seven years ago) link
this makes me part of the problem, I know, but no artist makes me feel old, decrepit and out of touch so much as drake. and he's older than me even.
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 30 April 2016 00:23 (seven years ago) link
Sampling this, I thought Kanye's rapping on "30 Hours" was straight and dude helped with that, so for all I think dude's flow lacks spark/spontaneity sometimes I think it's just the voice
― nova, Saturday, 30 April 2016 00:47 (seven years ago) link
at no point in the last 7 years have i ever even wishfully gone "ok, Drake's had his moment, he'll fade away now" but this album feels like Carter 3 in the sense that it feels just a little bit past the peak moment it could've capitalized on (i.e. last fall just after Meek beef/"Hotline Bling" blowing up) and it'll be hard for him to ever get back to that same moment. i could see him have a long profitable career decline like Jay-Z though, still ubiquitous but with some palpable sense of lost urgency.
"Hype" and "Weston Road Flows" and "Too Good" felt like the initial highlights to me.
― some dude, Saturday, 30 April 2016 01:34 (seven years ago) link
As far as peak Drake, 90% of Snapchat is still people driving/lip-syncing or smoking weed to Drake.
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 30 April 2016 05:29 (seven years ago) link
i'd like to listen to this, but until it's on spotify, i'm not going to go out of my way. same with lemonade, tbh, but if it doesn't end up on spotify within a few weeks, i'll prob dl it on iTunes.
― jaymc, Saturday, 30 April 2016 05:42 (seven years ago) link
sorry, dumb post.
― jaymc, Saturday, 30 April 2016 05:50 (seven years ago) link
it is catchy indeed, but wtf is up with that video
― niels, Thursday, 22 February 2018 14:59 (six years ago) link
He’s god.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 22 February 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
hah i had typed that then deleted for some reason. otm. part of me hates this ego-stroking video but part of me is like hm maybe this will inspire some youngsters (or anyone) to do some good or nice? idk
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 22 February 2018 16:38 (six years ago) link
sure, in that sense it's nice
but I can't help feeling like it ends being more of a demonstration of power, a celebration of the inequality that Drake is benefitting from and other people are suffering under, and maybe it's because of all the Trump stuff but that kind of gesture probably seems less innocent to me now than it would have 5 years ago
― niels, Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
for sure
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
Stuff like that’s Never innocent, but not necessarily bad or nefarious either. I like the song. It feels as if he has stripped everything down to the purest, drakiest sound ever. The acapella part in the middle is a stroke of genius. So simple, so effective. So very Drake.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
otm i also only love my bed and my momma im sorry
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
Love the b-side "Diplomatic Immunity." Goes from Motor City Casino details (Detroit) to L.A. restaurants to the UAE.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 22 February 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
He sampled Lauryn Hill's Ex-Factor on his newest song. It's pretty good!
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Saturday, 7 April 2018 21:56 (six years ago) link
yea this knocks
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 7 April 2018 23:02 (six years ago) link
New song is great
― flappy bird, Sunday, 8 April 2018 00:57 (six years ago) link
the best bit is the brief break that's just the Lauryn Hill and Big Freedia samples layered over each other
― ufo, Sunday, 8 April 2018 03:04 (six years ago) link
Fuck the beat is so good
― flappy bird, Sunday, 8 April 2018 03:30 (six years ago) link
Drake knowing exactly when to release a single with a Lauryn Hill sample is why he is dominating the charts, dude is just in total sync with the moods and zeitgeist.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 8 April 2018 04:27 (six years ago) link
the same part of "ex-factor" is interpolated in cardi b's latest single
― dyl, Sunday, 8 April 2018 10:16 (six years ago) link
as immediate as God's Plan is, it's grown on me
― niels, Sunday, 8 April 2018 11:48 (six years ago) link
Did not expect him to come out with a New Orleans bounce song, it's nice though
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 8 April 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
He had one on Views, no?
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 8 April 2018 19:52 (six years ago) link
I wouldn't know, did he?
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 8 April 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
More on this – https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/hip-hop/8297506/drake-nice-for-what-lauryn-hill-ex-factor-samples-kehlani-cardi-b
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Monday, 9 April 2018 00:19 (six years ago) link
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, April 8, 2018 6:22 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Child's Play was described to me as such
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 01:30 (six years ago) link
Thanks, I checked that out, it has a slowed-down bounce sample buried in there, but doesn't feel like a bounce track (it's way outside the tempo range for one thing). The new one has 'that beat'.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 19:40 (six years ago) link
well now i got to know more about NO's bounce, which does deserve a mainstream crossover.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link
new album blew me away, i'm sorry
― Ross, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:03 (five years ago) link
There is 13-14 worth of great stuff on this record, but as always with Drake there is also 10 absolute duds.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 5 July 2018 04:14 (five years ago) link
New Jersey predictions turned out to be off didn't they?
https://pitchfork.com/news/drakes-scorpion-went-platinum-on-its-release-day/
― piscesx, Thursday, 5 July 2018 12:45 (five years ago) link
I wanted to trim it down to the tracks I enjoy and thought I'd be left with roughly a single album worth material (around 13-14 tracks)... but I ended up with 20 !So yeah, I really like this album.btw there's a dedicated thread ya'll : Drake - Scorpion (June 29, 2018) ~it's a double album~
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 5 July 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
xp riaa counts streams and digital sales ("streaming equivalent" and "track equivalent albums") from pre-release singles toward album certifications now. consequently it's normal for albums to be eligible for certification immediately upon release.
the album's total first-week 'consumption' total as reflected on the billboard charts will likely be a bit less than what views pulled, inevitably broken streaming records aside.
(since i've seen heavily-rt'd twitter threads getting this point very wrong, i should point out that the way riaa handles things is NOT the same as how billboard does it. billboard will count streams and sales for "god's plan" "nice for what" and "i'm upset" towards the album's first-week total, but only those attained during the tracking period i.e. after the album was actually released. none of the streams/sales "god's plan" racked up while it was #1 on the singles chart will impact scorpion's placement on the album chart.)
― dyl, Thursday, 5 July 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
dj khaled got a copy of drake's poetry book
Drake sent Khaled his poetry book pic.twitter.com/jbBvLsxnYl— Drake Direct (@DrakeDirect_) June 27, 2023
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 14:24 (nine months ago) link
gotta love khaled
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 15:01 (nine months ago) link
“The boy out here killing trees to have five words on each page”
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 16:56 (nine months ago) link
Seriously, I’d sooner buy a DVD of Khaled reading and reacting to this book than to buy the book
(But might buy copies for my son and I so we can goof on it hard)
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 16:57 (nine months ago) link
Jack Handy 6 God
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 17:10 (nine months ago) link
Hahaha
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 28 June 2023 18:20 (nine months ago) link
lmao
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 21:08 (nine months ago) link
Every now and then, when Drake decides to stop sounding like an insufferable White Lotus character, sing-whining about botched luxury vacations and the women who have supposedly done him dirty, he can still be one of the best bar-for-bar rappers on the planet. “8am in Charlotte” continues in the tradition of his head-down timestamp tracks, unloading tangy punchlines over dinner party boom-bap.
ryan dombal otm (if slightly ott)
must admit I fuck with those punchlines over dinner party boom-bap, finding this very enjoyable, lil wayne inspired wit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udTQIU_BiPo
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 21 December 2023 13:25 (three months ago) link