I wont harp on about that too much though, because if it really is as prevalent in Toronto culture as Ive read it is, then maybe he is just paying homage to it.Īnd that all leads us to this new album. But while Macklemore is still in your mind, that raises the question why is Macklemores rapping cultural appropriation (a point which I definitely appreciate, but doesnt really impact my view on his music), while the same people seem to let Drakes use of Jamaican slide uncriticised? Ive been reading about this a little recently, and while that whole topic is well beyond this review and I dont give any answers here, it turns out, in Drakes hometown of Toronto, ∼aribbean culture has seeped into many aspects of mainstream language, food, and music ().
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I actually enjoyed his dancehall songs the most from that album, One Dance and ∼ontrolla. It was probably his most dull album in that sense, and there wasnt all that much for me to get myself into. The music on "Views" is worthy of a mention as well. At least when someone like Macklemore is being corny, he completely owns it, but it sounds like some of the cringeworthy lines he dropped on Views he thought were absolute fire. There is ∼haining Tatum to the ∼hrysler and Bentley line to the ∼heesecake Factory story, and theres so much more.Īnd the worst thing of all is that he was saying it with a straight face as if this was really serious to him. Oh boy, you should have listened to some of the bars he dropped on that one, even the most dedicated Drake fans couldnt forgive them. The reason that one stands out to me though is a negative one the lyrics. Maybe if there is one album of his that stands out from the rest, it would be Views, his album prior to this one. But his stubbornness in keeping to this sound (which is understandable given the continuing success he has had) means hes back there with the rest of the pack, with nothing to tell him apart other than name value. Theres nothing particularly amazing about his sound, which means that he is a guy that would have to change his sound up to be remembered as a truly great artist a decade or so after he has finished making music. Drake, though, isnt one of those artists. Perhaps not everyone I should say, there are some artists who have such an iconic sound that they can get away with repetition. I mean, who doesnt want to jump on an easily reproducible sound that is big in the current moment? But the thing is, to be a truly great artist, you have to keep reinventing yourself. I cant really find much to distinguish many of his albums from one another, and if I were to return to his older albums, I dont think I would see the original appeal of them simply due to his oversaturation in the music scene right now.Īnd that would almost be fine, but given how influential Drake is, every artist wants to sound like him. Because really, and this may just be me, but Im not seeing any development from him as an artist. Now, you may ask, if that is the case, then isnt any artist that has been around for the same time (or even longer) a victim of this too? To that, I say no. But now, having reached his fifth studio album (and that isnt even to mention his five mixtapes and two projects as part of Young Money), the appeal that was there to begin with has, as the term suggests, diminished. Drake was a breath of fresh air when he first started making waves around 2009, and there was something appealing about his moody introspection. There is a term in finance called the law of diminishing returns, and, were it put into musical terms, I feel it is a term that applies to Drake. Sonst ein recht langweiliges Werk, welches zudem deutlich schwächer als "Views" ist.
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Der Grossteil der Songs sind bei mir immerhin im knapp durchschnittlichen 3er Bereich, nur "Get It Together" sticht leicht hervor, vielleicht auch noch "Passionfruit". im Hintergrund laufen lassen kann, ohne gross gestört zu werden, und so hat er eben auch viele Streams.
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Aber vielleicht ist das auch sein Geheimrezept? Es sind Songs, die man auf Spotify & Co. Viele Songs auf "More Life" plätschert einfach vor sich hin, wie man es von Drake schon gewohnt ist. Während ich den Hype um Ed Sheeran komplett verstehe und ich es schön finde, dass er die Charts so mit Tracks überflutet, hört mein Verständnis bei Drake auf. Dass darauf genau 22 Tracks sind ist auch kein Zufall, den damit könnte er der Künstler mit den meisten US Hot 100 Entries in einer Woche/von einem Album werden. Letzte Woche kam aus dem Nichts schon wieder ein neues Drake-Album raus, welches zwar als 'Playlist' angepriesen wird, aber streng genommen doch nichts anderes als ein ganz normales Album ist.