Rubbersoul

3w

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.

malédiction

3w

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“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.

Null

3w

More Life would be top 1 in a lot of rappers discographies relax with the "not album quality" nonsense

malédiction

3w

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.

insertcoolnamehere

3w

Passionfruit hate is INSANE.

That was one of my most played songs that year.

Passionfruit is what had me initially hyped about Honestly, Nevermind (I was thinking we was gon get like 12 Passionfruits)

Lmfao

3w

Nobody hates that song. Ppl don’t like the intro but not the actual music itself.

slime wrld

3w

going to the store and buying a CD is almost like buying a book back then. You were buying a story written by an artist physically still.

that mentality has been fading since before streaming and has been dead for a while. Now it’s just content competing against your other online entertainment

HugeKetamineFan

3w

name a single good drake song. I’ll wait