Albums Drake - Certified Lover Boy (Discussion Thread)

[ISO]

only Drake stans think them shyts are classic

To the culture as a whole those are classics not to “Drake stans”

 

[TrifeGod]

Way 2 Sexy

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[ISO]

Take care is close but too much filler to be a classic imo

There’s no filler…songs you hate others loved

Besides classics are determined by their impact and influence and resonance it’s an album that continues to chart which means it continues to be played with songs that continue to be sampled by the next generation of artists

 

[JordanwiththeWiz]

“TSU” samples/interpolates some of the orchestral bits from R. Kelly’s 1998 single “Half on a Baby.” And so rather than wind up in Olivia Rodrigo’s current position, it appears Drake got ahead of divvying up songwriting royalties. (JT is credited because the song also uses NSYNC’s version of Christopher Cross’s “Sailing”; Timbaland is also credited.)

 

[Slic Ric]

Track 1 Intro is an all timer

 

[Da_Eggman]

There’s no filler…songs you hate others loved

Besides classics are determined by their impact and influence and resonance it’s an album that continues to chart which means it continues to be played with songs that continue to be sampled by the next generation of artists

I agree with that and I don’t feel like it had an impact like that

if anything House Of Balloons is the true classic of that era

 

[ConPHIdential]

Apple probably broke Drake off for that album cover.


My timeline on FB/Twitter are really enjoying the album.

 

[Renegade47]

SJWs are annoying as hell. fukk is son reaching for?

 

[TrifeGod]

I don't even fukk with Drake unless it's to lie to a chick but this is kinda good, there's some good joints on here that I'll keep

 

[Peak]

nikkas talking about this same ol. We heard this a thousand times.
But be in them Westside Gunn, Benny the butcher, Conway the machine and Boldy James threads eating dikk and they making the same songs over and over again.
What so new and different Nas that did on his last album. What J Cole did so new nothing. nikkas writing long ass reviews for no reason if you don’t like Drake just say that.

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[Mastamimd]

only Drake stans think them shyts are classic

Bruh I'm far from a Drake stan but SFG, Take Care, maybe NWTS and IYRTITL are classics.

 

[B!tchuoffendingme]

SJWs are annoying as hell. fukk is son reaching for?

That dude is a Black mouthpiece for White liberals who hate Black ppl.

 

[ISO]

I agree with that and I don’t feel like it had an impact like that

if anything House Of Balloons is the true classic of that era

Both are classics. Take Care the album and it’s tour put on The Weekend and other artists to bigger fanbases. It was an era defining project.

 

[Raquinotj]

A deluxe should be coming right

Should. I need hitboy, Boi 1da, Tae Keith, Murda On the beat songs on there.

 

[InstantKlassik]

I'm hearing a lot of complaints of it sounding the same as all his prior work, but to be honest, 99.99% of rappers have a signature sound and when they stray away from it the results are usually terrible or underwhelming. I guess if you're saying his content can grow and expand more, I can see that and agree to an extent. But as far as the switching up the sound production wise, that's not really fair to expect that. And Drake switches up his flows and delivery.

I always thought being diverse in rap can be overrated, and a lot of fans just say it because they think it's what you're suppose to say. It's only dope if you're dope at multiple styles, which most rappers rarely are. It's like taking a player who scores in the paint and trying to make him a 3 point shooter. Sure, you can do that and make his game more "diverse", but if he's shooting 20% from the field doing it, is him being "diverse" really a good thing? No.

I agree with your premise but unless you’re a die hard fan, it’s hard to distinguish a lot of his tracks from each other. MATW and AEOM don’t sound alike, RTD and LAD don’t sound alike and I don’t think either Pac or BIG strayed away from what made them..them. There’s a fine line between switching up your sound and expanding your sound. I think a bigger issue is that he just doesn’t seem inspired, it’s like he’s replaying all his prior hits.