but this isn't very nice, man
2.5 years after his last solo album For All The Dogs, a lot was riding on this album for Drake. after his historic crashing-and-burning in the beef against kendrick, he's taken his sweet time to work on a meaty 18 track album... and then 23 other songs on MAID OF HONOUR and HABIBTI, but (thankfully) this review isn't about those. over the course of 2024 and 2025, Drake's had a bunch of here-and-there drops while he worked on ICEMAN, such as the ... read more
WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH PEGGY'S SINGLE GAME???
We may never know why babygirl and war over land were dropped as singles if tracks like THIS are on the album.
my hopes for this album just went from a 5/10 to an 8/10 with a couple 5/10 tracks.
honestly, the real victim of this is war over land. if all the tracks on the album are as abrasive as yen, then war over land would have been such a beautiful moment. but now, I'm always just going to think of it as the weird single.
THINGS ARE ... read more
Denzel's 8th project on DSPs featuring 8 tracks and 8 past collaborators.... I feel like he's telling us something....
1. I Love Her Again 10/10 [amazing groove, writing and legendary sample. instant classic.]
2. The Fall-Off is Inevitable 10/10 [2nd best beat on the album and obviously very engaging writing.]
3. SAFETY 10/10 [possibly the perfect 2nd song. intriguing, fun and very memorable.]
4. Poor Thang (the top 4 are interchangeable) 10/10 [total banger, most played song so far, can't get enough of it.]
5. WHO TF IZ U 10/10 [very catchy flow, first piano part of beat is better on Old Dog but that ... read more