This album is a classic.

one of the only middle-loaded albums i’ve ever heard, pretty interesting

Still hate this cover

Because The Internet is like that

808s to me too, and rodeo

No 808s & Heartbreak is amazing start to finish

i love 808s and think every song on it is great, my favorites are just in the middle

Say You Will is my fav so I couldn't call it middle packed

CLB a blassic

angel eyes but u been giving me hell all night

Best song on CLB

WOW CHAMPAGNE POETRY BEST INTRO

it’s so good man. pipe down, the opener, n2 deep, race my mind, fair trade.

what happened that forced him to tap into this emotion and energy with his vocal takes

FATD will make people realise how good this album actually was

Just gave this a re listen after FATD and damn i forgot how great this is

You only live twice is so good

Better than scorpion btw

I feel like subconsciously people associate the "media consensus" with an album when they think about it regardless of their actual opinion

For example, you think NWTS and you automatically go "classic" or "Drake's best album" or some s***... because that's what you think everyone thinks, even if you don't think it yourself

Anyway my point is I feel like CLB is one of those albums where the media opinion was "it's meh" so much to the point people think it's meh by default but then they go back it and realize they this actually was pretty good and now enough time has passed that they feel like they can express their opinion

Totally agree. Jon Denton for example rated CLB 9/10 after his first listen but when he talked about it in the FATD reaction he seems to like CLB a lot less

If you actually review each song in its own bubble outside of the “mid allegations”. Majority of the songs are actually really good.

Champagne poetry is that classic rapping drake that people love considered “old drake”

Papis Home is somewhere between Views and Scorpion but has enough bars in there coupled with a jumpy flow so can be considered relevant for the time

Girls want Girls has it’s moments and probably a viral hit for some right / wrong reasons.

In the bible is a good song durk did what he needed to as a feature. Instrumental is nice

Love All - subjectively I prefer it without JayZ and wish he kept the leak outro but still not a BAD song as people make it out to be.

Fair trade - has all the elements of a good drake encompassing new age style beats with drake singing. Majority of people don’t hate this song

Way 2 sexy. Abit corny but does what it needs to. It’s a fun song it has its place (club/outside)

TSU - no more needs to be said. If the intro wasn’t there this would’ve been an all time great song

From here the run from N 2 Deep, Pipe down (subjectively the best song on here) , Yebbas Heartbreak , No friends in the industry , Knife Talk, 7am on bridle path, Race my Mind, Fountains , Get along better, You Only Live Twice, F***ing Fans and The remorse. Barring IMY2 (because of Kid Cudi) I don’t see any skips in there. All of those have great energy, sonically are produced well and live up to the test of time.

What more do people want? Lol

Aoty in the title

CLB was always a classic.

people always rush to s*** on Drake's album in the first 3 weeks just bc its trendy

then they live with the music and see the value in it

tale as old as time

people gonna be saying the same s*** about FATD in 2 years, they just want to feel part of the 'discourse'

Lol exactly this. It’s even true for his older albums. Drake just posted a screenshot of “reviews” when Take Care came out and it’s literally the same cycle 😂😅