More Life was released in 2017 and Drake made it very clear it was a playlist and not an album. I would argue it very much is an album but needed a reason to release so many songs on one project which might not have been ‘album quality.’

Did this idea allow the music industry to stock pile on their own albums to get the stream numbers up?

We have definitely reached a point where an album is actually rare in terms of a structure and just a playlist an artist can drop 20/25 songs.

I always think of the album College Dropout, it features 21 songs & skits on the album but that felt like an album experience, there’s a reason for every song being on there and we go through a journey when listening to the album.

Not a Drake diss thread btw.

Passionfruit, Get It Together, Blem, Fake Love, Do Not Disturb & Sacrifices not album quality?

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I’m gonna hurt you op

“Playlist” term is solely marketing. Also there’s footage on 100gigs where Drake and 40 are discussing the track list for NWTS and being mindful about what songs are gonna make the cut because it needs to fit on a single CD.

That limitation in particular is a one of the reasons why older projects sound way more like an album experience. They’re conscious of the run time and that’s going to influence how the experience is presented.

there’s a reason for every song being on there and we go through a journey when listening to the album.

Post streaming, artists/labels don’t really need to worry about that and give listeners more.

No lmao streaming era was going to produce bloated albums regardless

Passionfruit the goat Drake song anyway

Did I list those songs?

I really like More Life btw. This isn’t a diss to the playlist this is more of a question if this was a turning point in the industry.

Hurt my ears to listen to!

But then as a result the album drops in quality as it’s bloated?

Damn never heard that much ass in my life

You said ''but needed a reason to release so many songs on one project which might not have been ‘album quality.’ Very few songs on it are ''not album quality''.
Besides, he wasn't in a situation where he needed to do that after Views.
Bloated albums was a thing before More Life
Non-cohesive album has always been a thing
Quality of the artists has been in free fall since 2017 and they don't know how to craft a great album

Ofc out of the whole op this is what your focused on

son dead listed some of the worst songs on that album lmao

That’s completely subjective; what someone considers bloat and a drop in quality somebody else might appreciate because they’re getting more.

Then on the artists side, they’re gonna want to monetize as much as they can and make long albums, albeit of varying quality but it is what it is.

But then you get artists like The Weeknd who are able to put out loaded albums but the experience is there.

It’s completely the artists prerogative and we’re all savvy enough at this point to know what their motives are.

facts

You do realize posts like these just expose how utterly horrid your music taste is, right?

Views and TLOP

name a single good drake song. I’ll wait

Yes

still waiting (jk I really liked sfg, take care and nwts)

Drake elimination, fake intimidation.

more life is big but i feel like it fits the album and the sequencing and pacing is long albums have always been a thing look at the 99’s and 00’s