The project Travis has always wanted to make, the album
The best way to go into the album is just not expect anything. The more you set a standard for what you hear, the less you're going to expect. Not that it lacks any intrigue, but you're probably going to be wrong.
A five-year hiatus that has had everything in between from Astroworld to the incident to singles and delays into drops leading to UTopia is over and the entire world of hip-hop turned their eyes to the biggest enigma in the ... read more
Spent 95% of the project’s budget on samples, the album
Peggy has returned and what has kind of been his form for the last few years, some controversy to go with it.
“Experimental Rap” is true to its name as this thing is all over the place and wacky. That’s not really a great thing in this situation though.
Yes, it has a lot of beats, yes it has a lot of different ideas and yes, there’s no shortage of triplet flows.
But, the first half of this album really, is ... read more
Aint for me and can admit that, the album
Getting 40-something songs deep into a Drake tri-album can do some things and I think there was a bit of a realization as I went through the third listen of this album.
It’s just not the type of music for me. I don’t really know what music it is for, maybe for male mid-30 year-olds at the strip club, going through their second divorce and seeing a lap dance for the first time in a few years.
It’s a lot of catering, it’s not ... read more
We’ve never been more shallow, the album
Going in order of “HIM”, we get to the meat of this trilogy with “Iceman”. An album that, to be fair to Drake, was promoted extremely well.
Arguably as good as Certified Lover Boy. From ice sculptures, to lighting the CN Tower “icey”, he made legit buzz for this thing, creating an expectation for good music.
Maybe this is what happens for creating expectations for someone that has become such a shallow ... read more
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, the (three?) album
Drake has attempted to get through his UMG deal by dropping a trio of albums on the same night, creating an absolute frenzy for the internet (specifically, my timeline).
This is part one of my three-part series on the albums, beginning with his R&B album, a sound and effort that I’ve heard many times throughout Drake’s career and this album doesn’t sound any different than the others.
To preface it, I believe Drake has good R&B ... read more
It exists, the album
There’s been a ton of hype for Isaiah Rashad coming into this album, after a really popular, “The House Is Burning”.
This album, to me in a vacuum, feels very there. There’s nothing subjectively wrong with the music or Isaiah Rashad’s performance, besides his low-key facade comes off as relatively boring at times.
There’s some pretty strong Mac Miller and A$AP Rocky influences all over the album. So many flows sound like Rocky, ... read more
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