@op WAS TRYNA LABEL DRAKE DECEASED

SOMEONE GOTTA SHOW US THE RECEIPTS

people can put out throwaway singles its not that deep.

Ngl, overall @op isn’t too far off. Drake has greatly saturated his brand these last couple of years. Putting out way too many projects with little time to breathe. Mid to low quality projects that communicate very little creative effort. He runs around with kids like Yachty and Uzi, and it makes him seem stunted. He isn’t aiming for classic rap albums and timeless music— instead he’s content giving us moments. He’s still rocking those horrific braids with the baretts at the end.

Drake peaked with Scorpion. He’s been on the decline (creatively, and iconically) since. Yes he’s still Drake but that’s starting to mean less and less if we’re being honest

So, idk if you’ve heard, but drake dropped this random song out of thin air with no promotion at all and it’s about to go number one.

I dont think Drake has to do anything

I think he capped off with CLB and is just now coasting, at least so far reagrding HNM & 21 collab

He's done enough and is literally a veteran, just that he's still immensely popular while wearing the vet/"twilight" years status

He can do whatever, i hope he continues branching out like with HNM

Yeah right

Since 2019:
No Guidance — 23 weeks in the top 10
Wait 4 U — 20 weeks in the top 10
Laugh Now Cry Later — 19 weeks in the top 10
Life Is Good — 17 weeks in the top 10
Rich Flex — 10 weeks in the top 10
Toosie Slide — 10 weeks in the top 10
Way 2 Sexy — 9 weeks in the top 10
Jimmy Cooks — 5 weeks in the top 10
Knife Talk — 5 weeks in the top 10

He also has like a dozen other songs that spent fewer weeks in the top 10 or never reached the top 10 but are legit hits like Money in the Grave, What's Next, Wants and Needs, You're Mines Still, POPSTAR, etc.

You and @mangotflu seem more concerned with Drake replicating the success of the Scorpion era than anything else and I don't get that. Just so you know, most artists never have an era with multiple songs being that dominant, much less multiple eras.

Look at the Weeknd and all the effort he has to put in to push his songs, from radio deals to countless remixes and back then in 2020, using bundles to boost his album/single sales. Even someone like Taylor Swift now has to resort to releasing a dozen remixes to get a song to spend multiple weeks at #1 or even just have some longevity in the top 10. Same thing with Beyoncè & Rihanna with their latest singles — they each had to release multiple remixes to boost the chart positions of those songs.

Drake has never done those things and he'll never do those things. He has always let the music speak however it will. Sometimes, that results in monster hits and other times, it doesn't but that man has more hits than any other musician that's ever lived. He isn't going out of his way to try to earn more. He just loves making music and putting it out for fans to enjoy.

Even just off his output rate, he can't possibly push every song as much as other artists can because he believes more in delivering full albums than focusing on singles. Many of you don't appreciate the kind of star power he's still able to demonstrate almost 15 years into his career. None of this is normal.

I used to wish he'd spend more time pushing singles as well but he doesn't have to do that. He isn't a pop artist and he isn't a new act. If he wants to just drop albums and push 1 or 2 songs on radio and keep it moving, he's well within his right to do so.

I'm just tired of reading takes that act like he's somehow falling off or losing steam because his songs these days aren't as huge as his biggest songs. Those are very lazy takes, especially considering everyone wishes they had a fraction of Drake's streaming/hit-making power.

Y'all just gotta learn to take the music for what it is and enjoy what you can out of it.

drake's popularity is that of the beatles, madonna, michael jackson, kanye, beyonce, etc. everything he does for the rest of his life will be covered to the utmost degree.

there's no decreasing or increasing anymore.

he beat the game and basically just doing side quests.

I wanted to respond to this with something and then i realized we have no nicki smileys on here

Mid to low quality projects is not accurately describing DLDT, HN, Her Loss at all I suggest you actually give them a chance because this is some of the best music from Drake since 2011-2015

Many of you won't ever understand the totality of what Drake has done and appreciate it until he retires or goes missing for some years. Nothing that man does commercially/mainstream-wise is commonplace.

Drake already has more hits than he'll ever have the time to perform in a single concert. Hell, even if you give him 6 hours on stage, that still wouldn't be enough to cover 60% of all his hits.

In case y'all didn't know, so far this decade, he has scored more top 10 hits and has spent more weeks in the top 10 than any other act and if Search & Rescue manages to debut at #1, he'll tie BTS for the most #1 hits this decade with 6 #1s (and remember all the chart manipulation/mass-buying tactics BTS had to resort to to score their #1 hits and how Drake never did any of that).

He's doing all of this 10+ years into his career, when most artists have fallen off and are sticking to performing their old hits and reminiscing of the days when they were commercially relevant and some of you have managed to turn that to seem like he is underperforming.

Y'all have such unrealistic expectations for Drake that I wonder what takes you'll have when he eventually retires and you're left with all these scrubs who don't hold a candle to anything he's done.

Spend more time appreciating his greatness than complaining about s*** that ultimately doesn't matter.

Honestly Nevermind is quickly becoming Drake's second best album and anyone who thinks it's mid needs a brain scan

what were u gonna say 💀

Drake will have more #1s and top 40 hits this decade than he did last decade and win AOTD again and you'll still have people saying he fell off and flopped every new album/single. These people don't look at the data and facts it's like arguing with MAGA people. Opinions over statistics

I literally said this in a conversation the other day with some friends. I really think it’s in the top 3 conversation.

I’ve had it as his third best project since the week it dropped, people called me crazy

Weeknd is chasing people like MJ and Prince and he's never catching up lol

I wouldn't even put him on Drake or Taylor's level let alone MJ and Prince

Refreshing take. It’s clear as day to me that Scorpion is his best album. The hate always blew my mind. CLB is ass, and I don’t think Drake and 21 are a good match.

Drake is the foremost pop rap singer hybrid. Idk who is second, maybe Kanye but he's more of a visionary producer type.

Weeknd is more R&B roots pop singer and he's a much less talented performer than his rivals in that department. Traffics in a lot of nostalgia anymore.

Taylor Swift is what, girl with guitar? General pop star?

People just kind of lump them all together and compare sales cause they're lazy.