God's Plan vs. Nice for What

It is ! Which is surprising because usually I don't like very long albums.
But somehow, this one works with me !

I like the first half mostly
Not close to my fav but I'm a mild fan at best

Actually 50 Cent might as good a comparison as Em or Jay...but yeah basically he's in that eschelon where this will be regarded as an "era" of hip hop

xps
LL maybe does make more sense but he was a bit before my time so as much as people always point to I Need Love as proto-Drake I can't speak to how that was received in the 80's.

Eminem doesn't really work with this as he traded so heavily on outsider status. A lot of "not like those other rappers" (but definitely better!) underlining his appeal. Which is almost the opposite of what I feel draws a lot of fans to Drake.

Drake trades in a kind of longing to be let in and subsequent attainment of that "legitimacy", echoing the way a lot of fans from differing walks of life revere the alien, broken universes they imagine their favourite rappers hail from.

Gods plan easily

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"Nice for What," no contest

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hell yeah

it is settled then

Gods plan massively under represented

controversial but In My Feelings >>> both

controversial and rong

ew

God's Plan because it bangs and makes me want to move my arms left and right and it also has a chill vibe. I remember feeling outraged at the video, but the song grew on me. I'm cool with it playing at any time.
Nice for What has the elaborate and soulful sample loop that makes everyone develop a "this is deep and sounds like the South" authenticity syndrome, exactly like with This is America (except I actually like that one). But the rest is nothing special (of course, it's a Drake's song).
He's always kinda doing the same song anyway.

In my feelings is up there, better than Nice for what for sure, certainly not above God's Plan though.

seemed obvious "nice for what" was gonna win this easily but i threw a vote in for "god's plan"

i really like In My Feelings because it sounds like someone took one of the Take Care tracks that had a decent hook but not much else and made it into something actually fun! it's the best version of that sort of song he's ever done by far

Nice For What is way above average for Drake but there's not a lot to it? it's a great loop and I like the breakdown but something feels missing structurally to me?

Love this record. Perfect to listen to front to back or throughout the day randomly, it’s a lot to digest. Feel like the album hits the right balance between ambivalence and chill / like Drake is on auto pilot but this is comforting.
The uniform 2 rating this got upon release on RYM was mean

In My Feelings is so contrived, can't think of a Drake single I like less

and I love Take Care

Nice for What is so good. Don’t really like the part where the beat drops out though even though I know that was an homage to the bounce DJ — it disrupts the flow of the song.

i love "in my feelings" deeply

i guess u could say you are in your feelings about "in my feelings" and i am in my feelings about you being in your feelings about "in my feelings"

(otm)

I don't know how to describe it in appropriate musical terms but there's something unmelodic or atonal about the main hook/beat that turns me off, not wholly unlike whatever is going on in (another smash I never really understood) Black Beatles

and so to me it sounds like they didn't bother to write a hook or settled for a weak hook because they wanted to make the track happen and it's just not happening for me at all

never ceases to puzzle me how subjective taste is

« In my feelings » is very catchy to me !
The main hook is earworm territory... also the dance move to it is fun !