There are a lot of musicians out there that, despite having lengthy careers with extensive catalogs, have never been able to top their debut. I've noticed this phenomenon in many of my favorite artists, but, having only become a music enthusiast relatively recently, I've only been able to observe it looking back. I've never really gotten to be there for the beginning of a new figure in music, or watch them grow in real time while still feeling nostalgic towards that first song or ... read more
I can't for the life of me figure out why Drake thought this would be a good comeback album after everything that happened last year. After everything he got accused of, after everything he accused others of, he chooses to make this compilation of slow paced "sexy" songs (in quotes because it's not sexy at all but we'll get to that in a bit) like that's going to sweep it all under the rug. To be fair, I'm not sure if there's anything he could've done ... read more
I don't see what is so insane about this to have people calling it Drake dropping the nuke or something. Some of the disses were funny but almost all of them aged horribly either immediately or in the coming months. I'll admit it had me hyped when I first heard it but that's just because I had a pretty short attention span a year ago and meet the grahams dropped too quickly for me to digest how weak most of it is. I like the production and he definitely stepped it up with his ... read more