Almost every feature on the album, either…

1. Would’ve been better off as a DRAKE feat on the featured artist’s album.

or

2. Was needlessly shoehorned onto the latter half of a track.

Examples of (1):

• Girls Like Girls would’ve been better off as a Drake feat on a Lil Baby album.

• In The Bible could’ve easily been a Drake feat on a Lil Durk album.

• Way 2 Sexy sounds way more like a Future or Thug song, than it does a Drake song.

• Knife Talk is so clearly a 21 song that Drake hopped on and got from him.

• Fountains was hardly even a Drake song. Would’ve been a nice feature if it were on TEMS album.

• IMY2, again, sounded way more like a Cudi song than a Drake song.

Examples of (2):

• I know we only know this cause of the leak, but adding Jay and cutting off the outro of Love All was such a huge mistake.

• Fair Trade would’ve been 10x better without Travis, I’m sorry (and I’m a big fan of Travis).

• N 2 Deep is really good in the first half, then he had to go with that beat switch and add Future on it, which I feel was super unnecessary.

On a DRAKE album, I expect all of the songs to have a distinct Drake sound and any featured artists have to work with what he has to achieve harmony. Instead, almost all the features on this album, sounded like they originally belonged to the featured artists, Drake hopped on it, and then just took it for his own and put it on the album.

Because of this, the vibes of this album are all over the place. It’s scatterbrained and asynchronous. There’s no cohesion or rhyme or reason to anything really.

Taken individually, I don’t have too many issues with the songs themselves. As a collective, as a project tho… it’s a mess and disappointing.

I have other issues with the album, but let’s just start here first lol

clb a classic out now

Lol ok. Or you could actually have a constructive conversation and let me know what you think about the points I brought up…

Classic album

I can kinda see that. I don’t think it’s inherently a bad thing tho

im not reading your essay complaining about the album a day after it drops im gonna sit back and just keep listening

there's a 0% chance you will agree with half the things you just wrote a year from now

Good point

Album 12/10 for me on my momma! Got everything I wanted from it .

Well that’s good, I’m happy for you 🙏

What I learned from music is its subjective . I enjoy music more when I take it for what it is . Not what I wanted it to be . I appreciate the music the artists drops for themselves and not being bullied by the fans to drop something they want .

You don’t know anything about me or the way I think or my perception of music.

If you’re not reading my “essay” or coming itt to have a productive conversation, then maybe just…don’t… comment itt..?

Thanks man.
I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s “bad” either, just less than ideal for what my expectations have come to be for Drake.

All of his other albums prior to Scorpion had some level of cohesion or calculation, so I was just hoping to get that again.

KTT starting to feeling like Reddit rn

clb a classic, and it is out now

Future was amazing on N 2 Deep

My biggest issue is that it’s garbage :(

go suck a d*** b

fair trade beat change is so unnecessary
travis could’ve rapped over the first beat

Your avi fire so ima give you a pass for being a nerd jock

Facts tbh

I disagree for the most part, I think the features all work pretty organically

However, I am 100% with you in regards to Knife Talk - that track is so clearly a product of Savage Mode II sessions it doesn't justify an appearance on this album

Fountains is weak on both accounts, Tems & Drake don't push it with any momentum

I strongly disagree about IMY2 though, I love it. It doesn't feel like a Drake track, but nor does it feel like a full-on Cudi track, for me, it strikes a cohesive balance between their two respective sounds and introduces something new to the album's soundscape