Albums Drake - Certified Lover Boy (Discussion Thread)
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Pretty sure no one cares and R Kelly himself sold off a lot of music to stay afloat. It’s not like he will ever get out of prison to spend any residuals
No dog in this race, but I assume his point is there are millions of songs that Drake could’ve sampled, but he chose to sample music from a guy who is a defendant in a high profile disturbing case.
Wait till he finds out who Russell Simmons is
Nomad1
Tupac KONY and GOAT
dont listen to these delusional nikkas, So Far Gone was a classic and that shyt hit different if you were living in Toronto when it dropped, Take Care a classic, Nothing Was the Same is a classic and the collab with Future could be looked as a collab classic.They are though in real life especially Take Care.
So Far Gone is not a classic because it was different for its time that’s sly hate it was just a classic tape period.
avon barksdale
i want my corners
Just listening to this album and Push T got this zebra singing Montell Jordan to his son on papi home 
Rembrandt
the artist
Yeah, it's a valid criticism imo. Not gonna be a huge deal to most ppl but he has a point, especially doing so right now.
But he's reaching saying millions are now gonna go play that song.
KillerB88
Superstar
Or maybe that’s just how the people feel. You’re basically suggesting that Drake stans are too dignified to do the same to Dondas score. The album is some mid with a few standouts.
Mastamimd
Ain't shyt
I doubt that Kelly's gonna make a dime off of this
Rembrandt
the artist
Same. I tried to see if he owns his music and who his royalties go back but couldn't find anything in a quick search
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
The Off-Season was a dope album and this is the level of quality Cole should be aiming for. Even people who weren't impressed by Cole before liked it.
DAMN isn't Kendrick's best album, but it's not garbage. There's too much quality in it to say that, and that just speaks to the standard that Kendrick has set for himself with his projects.
And all of that's cool, but Drake shouldn't be put in any top five or GOAT lists. He doesn't want to challenge himself or prove that he's the best anymore. I don't have a problem with that. Just take him out of that category of legendary rappers. If you want to be the best, your albums have to hit, and there are two other people who put more effort into their work than Drake does.
People don’t listen to whole albums like that not sure what you talking about everyone makes playlists, follows pre-made playlists, or shuffle their phones
Drake has several albums that have stayed on the Billboard 200 for like 400 weeks off the strength of the streaming of singles and certain b-sides on those albums in reality his albums are the one people are revisiting
So nobody listens to albums like that anymore, but people are revisiting Drake albums? Which is it? I don't know why you guys go around acting like albums don't matter when you don't want them to. Drake doesn't have to make albums anymore. He can do singles for the rest of his career like Jennifer Lopez and eat off those. You release an album, that's another body of work to add to your discography. It counts. If you don't want it to count, don't make an album.
And you said it yourself, the huge singles and certain B-sides are keeping those albums on the charts. As an entire body of work, how do those albums hold up? From start to finish, which Drake albums have the quality in 2021? I'll give you Take Care, what are the other ones? Come on, tell me.
EDIT: Just checked the Billboard 200 and Kendrick and Cole both have spots there for GKMC and 2014 FHD, respectively. I guess Drake isn't the only one having his albums revisited off the strength of singles and B-sides.......in reality.
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Artfull Dodger
All Star
He’s #1 in 131 countries right now, If it ain’t broke, why “fix” it. He giving his fans what we like. He breaking records 12 hours in with 5 Days of promo.Another safe stick to the formula effort from Drake.
His 2020 run wastho...
This album sounds like he didn't want to go all in with the R&B like he initially said he was going to do for this. Didn't want to take too much risk, that's what I'm feeling as I play this.
I mean, that's besides the point and a given. I was referring to this tho...
Drake Already Thinks People Will Hate 'Certified Lover Boy' as They Did With 'Views'
This album doesn't sound much different like you're admitting with the "if it's not broken, why fix it" sentiment. He's a machine and he operates like one. Which is why it's easy to say he usually opts for the safe comfortable route.
Not knocking, just giving my observation after spinning this.