definitely dig this album. usually not into the shitty "hip-hop" they play on the radio but there's something about drake. nice review.

amazing album!!!

Originally Posted by CS Lewis

Bleh. I still say the guy has nothing significant to say. It's not his fault, it's just what commercial hip hop has become. I just find it astounding that people enjoy commercial hip hop so much. I guess it's really easy for people from all backgrounds to relate to. I guess anyone with good punchlines and good producers can rap about fluff these days and people will give it high praise. "This aint for Z100. This is for Hot 97." - Jay-Z, D.O.A. I feel as if Drake is strictly for Z100. Though his stuff does get played on hip hop stations and not just "Today's Hit Music Stations", his lyrics are so poppy they make me want to puke.

But yes, I guess this hater is gonna hate. I just really despise how pop hip-hop has gotten. But I guess when you from singles like All Falls Down to singles like The Good Life, you're basically welcoming and encouraging this type of lyrical shalllowness.

That's my hater rant.

At least J. Cole is still holding it down.

So would you prefer more Eazy-E "gangsta storyteller" type of lyrics or Talib Kweli "deep" stuff?

Also, I find myself unable to really get into this CD, most of the songs don't really feel like songs so much as a constant overbearing repetition of verse-chorus-verse-chorus over... and over... and over...

I'll listen to it sooner or later, but I don't have high expectations. This guy's not for me.

Originally Posted by Keagan Ilvonen

I don't think any songs are like that on here, but then again, that was my jam.

True. Best I ever had was a dope song it just got played out by the radio stations.

thank me later was good. i thought it was gonna be way more amazing than it was and i put it on a pedestal, but i still liked it a lot. i have a feeling his next album will be way better tho

i feel like drew's really into hip hop nowadays...or at least mainstream hip hop. his last two reviews have been rap-based.

solid review, i think it's a good album but you're giving it too much credit as being a "grower." some tracks are just straight boring

I like some of the songs on this album but some of them are just boring.

I haven't had a sexy jam since Lenny Kravitz's '5' album

album was a disappointment, So Far Gone and his mixtapes > Thank Me Later

what an overscore

"But don’t get it twisted. Just because Drake shows his vulnerable side doesn’t mean he's lost his swagger."

Originally Posted by emit remmus

that would be true if eminem was still good.

Without starting a big debate, I will just jump in and say that a once through listen of Recovery will confirm that, yes, Eminem is still good -- after falling off on his previous two records.

Originally Posted by Keagan Ilvonen

Shut It Down is my new sex jam.

hahahaha my co-worker says the same thing.