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Album: Drake - 'Views'
Member Since: 1/23/2011
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the vibe is just perfect
you all will love it after some listens
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Member Since: 2/5/2014
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A couple listens in and I'm still not sure how I feel for sure. His albums usually creep up on me over time and rarely hit me hard on first listen. They're usually things that improve with time, in the weeks and months after release, and after I sit with them for a little as corny as it sounds. I know for sure that Take Care and NWTS are a lot more meaningful to me now than when they first came out and still feel as good as when they first came out because of this.
That being said. I do like that he tried a bunch of different styles on this one. It's still Drake making the album obviously, but a lot of the songs do feel a lot less immediate and not as structured (I guess) as some of his previous efforts. I don't want to call it experimental because it really isn't in the grand scheme of things, but there are a lot of different styles and flows going on which are new to him, which I appreciate because they lend a certain cosmopolitan feel the album which is pretty appropriate, and I love the polish on the production of the album after the mixtapes which felt a little more unvarnished.
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Originally posted by Ascension
I'm a bit disappointed. I will give it some time to see if anything grows, but it drags sooo much until the 2nd half of the album. Grammys and Controlla snatched me tho.
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I wasn't feeling Grammys on the first listen, but I tried it out a couple more times and I agree completely.
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by ELECTRAHEARTPOP
I'm seriously mystified by all these people saying it's 'meh'. Obviously tastes differ but I think his previous two releases were definitely a lot less than this one (WATTBA and IYRTITL). This is a return to form imo.
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Exactly!!!!
People got so accustomed to his new flows & style that people forgot this is where he started. He was a conscious rapper, nocturnal r&b singer first & that's definitely what he gave us on TC.
There's no way in hell his last two mixtapes are better than this. They both faded after about a month.
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Member Since: 4/28/2011
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Originally posted by Reserved
the vibe is just perfect
you all will love it after some listens
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Thots on U With Me?
Probably one of his best.
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Member Since: 2/5/2014
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Originally posted by Robbyyy
So after listening to the album twice I've decided the album is really cohesive & I love the nocturnal vibe that it gives off.
It's very similar to TC & I'm thankful for that because he's been serving nothing but bangers for so long that I've missed this slow nocturnal vibe in his music. This album is a grower in the same way TC was for me & that turned out to be my fave album by him.
I'm still deciding on my faves & it's going to be a while before they solidify themselves.
But as of now,
U With Me
Weston Road Flows
Redemption
Controlla
Child's Play
Too Good
Views
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I'm listening right now and U With Me just hit me.Wow. It didn't do much for me last night, but it's classic Drake.
Agree with what you said also.
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Originally posted by ELECTRAHEARTPOP
I'm seriously mystified by all these people saying it's 'meh'. Obviously tastes differ but I think his previous two releases were definitely a lot less than this one (WATTBA and IYRTITL). This is a return to form imo.
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He gave us a different side of him with the mixtapes and we got used to that
It's nice to have a more polished and refined album again.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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^ Agreed Robby and Bloomers. And that different side wasn't a step down necessarily but it definitely lost the more melodic side of his music that we all fell in love with. For me this is Drake really returning and finding himself again.
And people saying there are no quotable lines. Practically the whole of U With Me? is quotable first of all. Drake isn't like every rapper - pretty much every line he has can be quoted, he doesn't need to set up punchlines the way he has been doing over the course of his past two projects really.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Currently on Grammys, I think the best song is still One Dance, but Feel No Ways and Controlla come close.
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Member Since: 2/4/2014
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I listened to it just 2 times because of TIWYCF ( ) but wow. Not sure if it's his best but I already love it so much!
Top 5 so far:
U With Me
Feel No Ways
Controlla
One Dance
Too Good (Aubrih did it again )
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Member Since: 12/7/2011
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Originally posted by Walley
I'm so embarrassed that I've been hyping this album up to everyone. It's a huge disappointment. I expected something groundbreaking and cutting edge, but instead we got Take Care (The Rejected Tracks).
Keep the Family Close - 4/10 --- Same old same old, nothing new or interesting here.
9 - 4/10 --- same old beat, same old flow, blah.
U With Me? --- 5/10 ... welp feels like a throwaway from Take Care, but I love the last verse so it's better then the first two songs.
Feel No Ways - 7/10, it's cute, not amazing. The beat should've been given to someone who would've done more with it. 7/10 for production only. The lyrics are recycable.
Hype - 8/10 - Finally some interesting lyrics. The production knocks as well. Drake is best when he's angry. Still not completely amazing, would've fit on IYRTITL perfectly.
Weston Road Flows - 4/10 , almost fell asleep. If you're going to use a sample, at least do something with it. The lyrics are so bland, find another way to rap about the same **** if that's all you gonna talk about.
Redemption - 6/10 The lyrics are good. The production is bland once again.
With You - 5/10 -- What's the point? It's cute, but why? Nothing groundbreaking like I expected from all this hype.
Faithful - 6/10 Love the chorus and dvsn's vocals, but that's about it.
Still Here - 7/10 it's good, but I've heard it before, like everything else on this album so far.
Controlla - 7/10 - WTF is this? I love the popcaan version so much, the beat is so addicting and the lyrics are catchy as hell, but Popcaan brought the song to another level and added some much needed variety. 9/10 if it was the Popcaan version, but this is meh after his first two verses.
One Dance - 8/10 - I love this song. It's a great Pop song. Love the Kyla inclusion.
Grammys - 5/10 Drakes parts suck, Future's are okay.
Childs Play - 6/10 I'd jam to it, but still not amazing.
Pop Style - 7/10... Don't understand why he took the best features off the album. Kanye's verse makes the song. His extra parts are better then his on Controlla, but still, the features NEEDED to stay.
Too Good 5/10 ... Production is nice, Drakes verses are so bland and boring. He lacks so much flavor.
Fire & Desire - 6/10 ... some interesting lyrics, but still bland. He's rapping like it's his last day on the job and he doesn't need to put much work in. Or like he took a few to many Xanax.
Views - 4/10 ... sigh, just ..... sigh.
Hotline Bling - 10/10 ... best Pop song of 2015, this is actually creative unlike most of the album.
VIEWS: 5/10 , His worst album to date.
What I rated his other albums:
So Far Gone, 7/10
Thank Me Later, 6/10
Take Care, 7/10
Nothing Was The Same, 8/10
If You're Reading This It's Too Late, 7/10
What A Time To Be Alive, 7.5/10
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The dramatics
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Member Since: 1/23/2011
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i'm really enjoying this album rn
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Member Since: 12/14/2011
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hhmMMMMMmMMMm
this alber kinda sounds like a MESS
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Member Since: 2/4/2014
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Originally posted by ELECTRAHEARTPOP
I'm seriously mystified by all these people saying it's 'meh'. Obviously tastes differ but I think his previous two releases were definitely a lot less than this one (WATTBA and IYRTITL). This is a return to form imo.
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This.
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Member Since: 1/23/2011
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Faithful
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Ok, finally finished, this isn't anywhere near as bad as y'all made me think it would be
Still not a huge fan, but this is great. One Dance can go #1 tbh.
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Member Since: 4/28/2011
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Originally posted by Bloomers
A couple listens in and I'm still not sure how I feel for sure. His albums usually creep up on me over time and rarely hit me hard on first listen. They're usually things that improve with time, in the weeks and months after release, and after I sit with them for a little as corny as it sounds. I know for sure that Take Care and NWTS are a lot more meaningful to me now than when they first came out and still feel as good as when they first came out because of this.
That being said. I do like that he tried a bunch of different styles on this one. It's still Drake making the album obviously, but a lot of the songs do feel a lot less immediate and not as structured (I guess) as some of his previous efforts. I don't want to call it experimental because it really isn't in the grand scheme of things, but there are a lot of different styles and flows going on which are new to him, which I appreciate because they lend a certain cosmopolitan feel the album which is pretty appropriate, and I love the polish on the production of the album after the mixtapes which felt a little more unvarnished.
I wasn't feeling Grammys on the first listen, but I tried it out a couple more times and I agree completely.
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Very nicely put. Being a fan from literal TML release day...**** at least from Bedrock days, i've watched him grow artistically, musically and a person it's brilliant to see how he's evolved through the years. I believe his interactions with Jahron, Majid Jordan, 'Ye, Dvsn, Skeppy have given him the courage to experiment with his sound.
It's still the same Drake we know and love but just changing it up a bit. The problem for him is that he's so huge now that he literally has to attempt to appease a whole crowd of people; one group wants SFG Drake, another Braggadicao/WATTBA Drake, another Take Care/Introspective Drake so he has to settle on a sound that's similar to what the people expect but also to branch out and evolve for himself.
You will never grow as an artist or as a person if you don't take risks and Drake has with this album. It's not as out~there like a TLOP, which is what people expect from Kanye, but its very different to his previous exploits, and another thing i've noticed is a huge cut on the cussing in the album. It's so minimal now, like there's 1 or two in Weston Road. I guess using cuss words generally comes when you have a lack of creativity and it's certainly not the case here.
Gotta sit with it some more but I really, really love it so far.
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Listening now
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after reading the comments i thought i would be bored with it but there are some really good songs. So far my fave songs are: Weston Road Flows, Faithful, Controlla, One Dance, Too Good, Summers Over, Childs Play, Fire & Desire
maybe the album should have been a little shorter, but i still enjoy it
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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finally got a chance to listen to it in full, i think it's his best album since Take Care
the first couple songs are mehh but it starts to pick up for me at With You
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