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Started by pluto✰, Jul 2, 2018, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Enigma
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    Jul 2, 2018
    What do you listen to “I Love the Dough” for? What do you listen to “Never Change” for? You’re intrigued by the artist’s story/background & what they have to say. You want to know what happened to Jay’s 92 bricks. If you’re not interested in Drake that’s one thing but with everything leading up to this release, I don’t think “boring” is a good adjective to describe Drake’s most personal Project.
     
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  2. Poohdini
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    Poohdini MVP MVP

    Jul 2, 2018
    Boring is just such a lazy way to critique music. He's better on Elevate/Mob Ties/Can't Take a Joke where he's experimenting with new flows & melodies, and tracks with more substance like Emotionless/8 out of 10/March 14, but Survival serves it's purpose well as a small indicator of what to expect for the rest of A side. Nothing exceptional about it but it's not boring.
     
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  3. Michael Myers
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    Michael Myers Moderator

    Jul 2, 2018
    Boring is also kinda personal I guess. Same with uninteresting. If I play a song and after a minute I'm like is it over? I also would call it that but it doesn't mean its bad. Like on Talk UP Jay also raps without much energy compared to .. lets say apeshit as his recent single.

    I kinda understand what BD means though, but yeah.
     
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  4. Rodamon
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    Rodamon

    Jul 2, 2018
    The difference is the way Jay and Big painted detailed pictures.. plus they just have better delivery, charisma and have way more interesting things to say than Drake talking about random enemies and girls.
     
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  5. Poohdini
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    Jul 2, 2018
    I get it though, he's set the bar high on his intros with OMDB, Tuscan Leather, Legend, and Free Smoke
     
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  6. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Jul 2, 2018
    Pretty fair score and review was spot on.
     
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  7. Vahn
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    Vahn butterfly jewels beauty

    Jul 2, 2018
    Nah most people aren’t delusional enough to think that hip hop is somehow ineherently better than rnb, Drake is just not very good at making either at the moment.
     
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  8. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

    Jul 3, 2018
    The production palette and tone of this album is very sleepy.
     
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  9. Xdx
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    Xdx

    Jul 3, 2018
    A Side is GOAT. B Side is solid but it has some pretty weak tracks. Overall 8.5/10
     
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  10. Jay Zeus
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    Jul 5, 2018
    That beat carried that s---. S/O PND tho.
     
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  11. 50CentPeace
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    Jul 8, 2018
    a Pitchfork review:drakelaugh2:
     
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  12. dna hits
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    dna hits

    Jul 8, 2018
    Definitely a little low of a score. I’m still playing this album. 8.5/10 for me. He is missing one started from the bottom or the language type track and I’d give it a 9.5
     
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  13. dna hits
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    dna hits

    Jul 8, 2018
    Yeah man he’s not good at what he does. A billion streams. A BILLION A BILLION A BILLION!! You just s--- at posting reviews atm and have a current s--- taste of music.
     
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