drake will never make anything as emotionally compelling as solace. sorry.

I f*** with Drake's music and rapping but come on man, Earl is the most talented writer of his generation.

Chef Sweaty braising your faculty
Face getting gray from the ash, but I'm laughing
That's the trace of me nigga
F*** out my face while I'm thinking
Ain't step foot up in my momma place for a minute
My days numbered
I'm focused heavy on making the most of 'em
I feel like I'm the only one pressin' to grow upwards
It's still f*** you and whoever you showed up with
Just trying to see an end and some steadier hands
Who you callin' your mans
Bet you thought he was solid
When he really just sand
Washing away with the water
I'm a land mammal
Staying away from the altar
S*** changed in the August
In the wake of that August
Last autumn the leaves fell
And I raked in the profit
Disobeying the doctor
The good guy prescribe, faith they never caught 'em
Chasing these rabbits, whole face in the faucet
And I don't know who house to call home lately
I hope my phone break, let it ring
Toe to toe with the foes, new and old
Basic hoes try to cage him like the po
When I run, don't chase me
And I don't know who house to call home lately
I hope my phone break, let it ring
Toe to toe with the foes, new and old
Basic hoes try to cage him like the po
When I run, don't chase me
Solid, so the funds don't phase me
On tour wildin' by the truck stop racists
As hard as finding me a, a common thread between us
Raised different, my momma, she born readily
To get s*** poppin' like the gun's off safety
Sayin' easy and doing harder when you get caught up
Raised neck and neck with Nak, so I'm a fluid brawler
Rain checkin' on ya product, never (im)'pressing papa
Out the toaster, I gotta focus on my family problems
Shrunk and widen up with the bumps in my personal filings
It hurt cause I can't keep a date or put personal time in
A reverse of the times when my face didn't surprise you
Before I did the s*** that earned me my term on that island
Can't put a smile on your face through your purse or your pocket
S*** in a pile, never change, I'm stupid for tryin'
Still this nigga too busy wildin'
And I don't know who house to call home lately
I hope my phone break, let it ring
Toe to toe with the foes, new and old
Basic hoes try to cage him like the po
When I run, don't chase me
And I don't know who house to call home lately
I hope my phone break, let it ring
Toe to toe with the foes, new and old
Basic hoes try to cage him like the po
When I run, don't chase me

how can someone write this deep

“Well time waits for no man and death waits with cold hands
I'm the youngest old man that you know
If ya soul intact, let me know”

Come on bro

Good grief, I been reaping what I sow
Nigga, I ain't been outside in a minute
I been living what I wrote
And all I see is snakes in the eyes of these niggas
Momma taught me how to read 'em when I look
Miss me at the precinct getting booked
Fishy niggas stick to eating off of hooks
Say you eating, but we see you getting cooked, nigga
I don't act hard, I'm a hard act to follow, nigga
Like it or not, when it drop, bet he gotta listen
Chasing dragons, tryna make it happen, on a mission
Step into the shadows, we could talk addiction
When it's harmful where you going and the part of you that know it
Don't give a f***, pardon me for going into details
3-7-6 was a brothel
We had females come in every hour on the dot
And the s*** sound like a gavel when it knock
Focus on my chatter, ain't as frantic as my thoughts
Lately I've been panicking a lot
Feeling like I'm stranded in a mob
Scrambling for X**** out the canister to pop
Never getting out of hand, steady handling my job
Time damaging my ties
Who turn to get up? Get dude turned to dinner quick
You circus niggas, you turning into tricks
I was making waves, you was surfing in 'em
Dealing with the stomach pains just from birthing niggas' s***
Cut the grass off the surface
Pray the lawnmower blade catch the back of a serpent, nigga, s***
B****
Good grief, I been reaping what I sow
Nigga, I ain't been outside in a minute
I been living what I wrote
And all I see is snakes in the eyes of these niggas
Momma taught me how to read 'em when I look
Miss me at the precinct getting booked
Fishy niggas stick to eating off of hooks
Say you eating, but we see you getting cooked, nigga
I'm fleeting thoughts on a leash
For the moment, high as f***
I've been alone in my s*** for the longest
Snakes sliding in the street
Mama taught me how to not be like the bodies lying in them
Pigs, riding in 'em
I'm a target so it's hard to even eye me in 'em
If he ain't dying for me, then I ain't riding with him
There's no time for that
Making sure my man wallet's straight like a collar
When you iron that
Thinking 'bout my grandmama, find a bottle
I'ma wallow when I lie in that
I just want my time and my mind intact
When they both gone, you can't buy 'em back

cringing

the title is obvious bait but op is completely correct in what he is saying

yup

it go right foot up

Made a home outta house, lotta closet room
Bones stackin' like dominoes
Catacombs, after the glow, the battle carry on
Get all that malice out your soul, the efficacy strong
I finish what I start, the funeral was hella long
I fell asleep, the effigy was short
My effervescence lost, but not entirely
I shrug the venom off
And kept a tiny peace for times we in the war
I like to think of life as deep, chilly water
We in it, feelin' warm, swimmin' upstream
F*** is niggas on?
Icicles hangin' at my heart, cagey, estray, stay away
I hate to say they made me a dawg
Anxious, movin' at a pall bearer's pace
My family flame in the rain
Enemy of the state, f*** a allegation
Caskets and crattles to the grave and back again
Thanks to the source of the creation
And match fixed like a batch of fresh lemonade
They still couldn't fade us
How much shrapnel can your soul take?
The visions wasn't shabby at and angle
A phantom facin' a hallway, incarnations
Angels are coordinated with the fifth to the floor
Let's go half on a baby, I'm just playin' of course
I'm just sayin', maybe, later on

Theres too much layers to this s*** man

song is bonkers

No he's not. Connecting with people doesn't mean you're deep. That's not what deep means.

OP and others are misinterpreting wtf “deep” means

No

Imagine actually enjoying music made by a man called earl

How can anyone compare anything to this

..... it’s great

Your top artists tho salute to you king

i interpreted it as op speaking on emotional depth

being less specific lyrically leaves the listener room to travel in their own minds by connecting dots with their own personal experiences, making it an experience of emotional depth for a wider range of people

the key to this, however, is to provide the listener with the “rabbit hole” aka a seemingly vague line that can trigger a certain more specific memory of the listener, or just allow them to draw their own conclusions of what it means, resulting in a deeper emotional experience

for example, the line “i feel good sometimes i dont“, can trigger a memory in the listener’s head of a hard time they went through, like a loved one of theirs passing away. Maybe this line will help them come to terms with the reality that balance must exist in this world, and that with the bad times there will also be great memories that make it all worth it

They connect these dots themselves and it helps one to personally invest themselves in the song, this is why you see people have such an emotional attachment to certain artists who go about their songwriting in this way. To me that is most certainly depth

i would disagree with op in the sense that i believe earl implements this songwriting style at times as well, and drake also implements a much more specific style of storytelling at times

drake actually does a really interesting thing where he will start out a verse super specific and personal, then fade out to the more open style that i have previously discussed, only to come to the end of the verse by bringing it full-circle back to that specific style. Too Much is a perfect example of this

Same to you king

Drake raps about shallow surface level emotions so he is as deep as Earl: The Thread