Again Drake comes through with a release that aims at quantity, over surpassing the set quality from previous endeaveurs, and it only hurts the project in the end, in this case, a double album.
My personal preferences on this album comes down to if Drake fills out the shoes, that he showcased on cuts like "Passionfruit" and "Portland" off "More Life". He does that on at least 10 tracks for me, those tracks being:

(In my preferred order:)
NONSTOP, EMOTIONLESS, ... read more

Glorified mixtape, highlights are:

RUN
COOLEST MONKEY IN THE JUNGLE (feat. SahBabii)
CHILD'S PLAY
DoIHaveTheSause?

Loud, bombastic, colorful trap rap, with great active flows. "CHILD'S PLAY" would have been the perfect intro. My dislikes are the rest of the tracks being really midpaced, and generic lyrically. The worst offenders being:

THROWAWAY(feat. Ronny J)
SUICIDE SEASON
GEEKIN (feat. Danny Towers)

Would love to see Slump evolve a bit, be more topic focused, be more witty with ... read more

SR3MM 80/100: 2+2=4
Swaecation 59/100: 1 big bottle of syrup
Jxmtro 69/100:'mixtape-quality' Solid

Overall: 68/100

This grew on me. While there are some weaker cuts in the tracks that kind of put the album to a syrup-y halt, most of the time Kirin serves up catchy pop songs with a pallette of caliburs. Tracks such as "My Moment", "Big Enough", "S.A.D." and "Living Each Day", all have a sense of humor to them, while not sacrificing songwriting in the longer run. Synth-led or not, the instrumentation stays thick and well mixed, even through more noisier spots, like ... read more