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I can't believe Drake out of all people put me onto a rage rapper. Honestly though this album is really cool, it starts off with a more typical rage sound and later transitions into more ethereal, synth-heavy cloud rap. Molly Santana sounds pretty good on both types of instrumentals as well, and her performances really give the album an identity and consistent throughline despite the very varied beat selection.

ICEMAN is Drake's best effort since If You're Reading This It's Too Late, and a genuinely solid album overall despite losing steam towards the end. Although nothing on here presents a radical change for Drake, either musically or lyrically, it is executed much better than on his other albums this decade. Furthermore, this feels like the first time in forever where I was looking forward to full replays of a Drake album: With most of his albums in the last 10 years, there are ... read more

I feel like the main reason for why Tha Carter V falls behind prior installments in the series (apart from the first one, maybe) isn't even really the length, it's more because so many of these songs lack identity. This is especially noticable in the first, more feature-heavy half of the album: Songs like Don't Cry with XXXTENTACION and Let It Fly with Travis Scott sound like Wayne adapting to other rappers' styles on his own album, with disappointing results. I also feel ... read more

I genuinely have tears in my eyes every time I listen to this song after not playing it for a while. One of the greatest & most powerful Hip-Hop songs ever.