did you not fw ksg or daytona ?

y'all hate on the wyoming sessions but we got 2 amazing albums out of it imo. more artists should hop on that wave

does he NEED to cater to every audience to stay on top tho?

another tape like too late would def move units and spawn hits

Naw need a few more if he has all that fire vaulted

12-15 cool

Really hope his last project is him leaving the game on a high note with this 10 track classic

That doesn't mean he can't switch up every once and awhile. IYARTITL is considered one of his best projects partly because it's mostly him rapping. Works both ways too. His "It's Never Enough" mixtape was highly anticipated because people really wanted to see him do a full R&B project. I'd honestly be interested in hearing a full pop album from him as well (Imagine an album full of Feel No Ways and Passionfruit!!!).

I always found his excuse of needing to cater to multiple groups of his fans weird too because he has shown repeatedly over the years his willingness to drop single or a handful of songs (or what we like to call "Care Packages") on SoundCloud that don't end up on the album. Can't he use that to cater to different fan bases and leave the albums for more a cohesive and concise effort?

I even think most of the "filler" songs on his albums would have been appreciated more and received better if they were just loosies. That is why I'm really excited for this next album it feels like he is finally doing that and releasing all the songs he would have put on the album that would have been considered filler and just releasing them on SoundCloud or giving them away as features and keeping the album short and hopefully more conceptual.

I don't understand the obsession with short albums and the demand for Drake to make one. It's like saying Akira should've made Dragonball a movie instead. Why would you want less music? People make EPs all the time that come and go, I can't think of a high quality album that has less than 12 songs.

Drake's best project is NWTS which has 16 songs. He's been pulling off classics since SFG, with 18 tracks. Take Care made him a legend in 20 tracks. IYRTITL & Views are 19 and 20 tracks long everyone being essential. Scorpion worked because it felt like the first time he's said everything he wanted to in one outing.

If it works for artists without much to say they can keep doing those projects but Drake shouldn't restrict his next album to less just for novelty.

True, but notice how both projects you mentioned were “mixtapes” he dropped while still working in an album which is entirely different imo, his albums will always be something that appeals to each group of his fanbase but that doesn’t mean it can’t be concise, he made it work with NWTS and we know he’s aiming to do that again with this album which is why we’re all expecting this to be his best project or very close to it at least

10 tracks of straight cohesive fire and i'll start living like u man

He'll do one before he retires

fax

OP retarrrrded

I also don't get the obsession, but you need to listen to more music

Nothing Was the Same is a good example of my point though. He stuck to one style generally and conceptually. Every song was different and unique. It was a good example of him not trying to cater to literally everyone and making an album full of songs that are amazing quality wise rather than trying to just check an item off the list. Also there were no overlapping songs.

And what I mean by overlapping is that there were no two or more songs that filled the same role. For example on Views there didn't need to be a Still Here, Pop Style AND Grammys if you have Hype. Or on Scorpion there didn't need to be a Talk Up, I'm Upset if you have Mob Ties and Can't Take a Joke. Even on Take Care, why is We'll Be Fine on there if you already have Under Ground Kings right before it.

He dabbles into too many genres and styles to be making inferior versions of songs and put BOTH or even more of them on the same project. Makes the albums feel like playlists which is Drake's main criticism. His last 3 projects were like this so it would be nice if he'd switch it up again and make a more compressed and well-connected album.

I don't think that is an equivalent a***ogy at all. The thing about Drake which nullifies anyone's argument that it doesn't matter that his albums are long is that he releases a lot of music outside of albums. So what exactly do we need an album as long as a movie for? If he really feels the need to cater to every type of fan he can easily do that by releasing any type of song he wants as loosies on SoundCloud or EPs on Streaming. I'd bet every dollar I got that a lot of songs people consider filler on his albums would have been a LOT more appreciated if they were just loosies.

He should totally save only the very best of his songs for his albums and start getting more creative and conceptual at this point in his career as well considering he already proved his point that he is the greatest hitmaker he literally got the most billboard entries out of everyone in history this year. Time to switch the focus back on his skills as a lyricist rather than his skills as a hit maker. He has nothing left the prove at all in that category while his quality of music is still being questioned.

And you can make the argument that no matter what he puts out people will clown him and that is partly true but in my opinion not true enough. Obviously some people are just straight Drake haters and no matter what they will be the first people on twitter to call his music trash or mid but I think there is enough people who aren't exactly like that and as Drake has said before I think he can turn his many skeptics into a believers if this next album becomes one of his best.

Too short

Yeah I see what you mean, NWTS is my favorite album so I can’t really argue this one lol I just think he can cater to all audiences and still deliver a great album ( I’ve loved the last 3 projects)

No actual Drake fan wants this. Why would he make music for people that hate him on daily in musc sxn

so he could make a classic stoopid

He has 4 already. Get lost dweeb

how does aubrey's d*** taste

He already has classics and he can do whatever he wants.

Drake is gonna do what he wants at the end of the day man
Lately he just wants to give us music to enjoy not necessarily an conceptual album