The WORST Drake Album
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- Drake released CERTIFIED LOVER BOY back in 2021 & in my honest opinion it's the worst aged album he's ever made. Even his Scary Hours 2 EP encapsulates everything great about Drake within 3 tracks better than Certified Lover Boy ever could.
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Once the album cover was released everything went downhill from there. 😭😭
The moment I saw the cover I knew it would be mid
I got a hot take that the cover is lowkey weirdly hard in a way
Lowkey
lmao facts, scary hours is better than all of CLB.
Facts 🤣🤣🤣
Drake is the Call of Duty of rap at this point. Regular releases, with no soul or flavor or innovation, universally criticized yet still successful, and with every new release people look back on the old releases with nostalgia and respect.
Real talk lol
great comparison
I love this 🤣🤣
Well put
As a COD player and Drake's music listener I can agree this is the most accurate comparison ever.
Certified Lullaby😴
U should hear carti’s music 😂
@@O.S.O.M.Education WLR wipes CLB,Scorpion, and Views
@@O.S.O.M.Education I wonder if you just got your feelings hurt, looked at his profile pic, then tried pathetically to diss Carti in an attempt to save your certified boy lover, Drake. Lmaooo😂😂
@@destroysterling0047 lmao WLR doesn't come close to Views
@@joebidenjr5902 lmao 124.58.211.99
“Drake is making music like a Househusband of Toronto but without a wife” is CRAZY 😭
For years I ignored Views because people told me it was garbage. I finally listened to it and it was top 3 for me. Sound quality crisp, different beats from 40, different flows--it was really good.
very cohesive its aged very well
It’s bloated by keep the family close, feel no ways, a few others fire
It has aged the best out of all of his work outside of Take Care. Great album
@@leoansa536 u think feel no ways is bad😫
@@dannyliebs702 nothing was the same?
Drake tried to make us all believe he’s still making classics like he was 2011-2015 but now it’s like that gimmick is pretty much dead and he’s drawing straws, and this coming from someone that actually kinda enjoys CLB, Drake ain’t in his prime anymore, it’s literally like MJ on the Wizards, is he still good? Yeah, but not as much as he was a few years back
I actually agree More Life was amazing
He can go full RnB/pop and work with the best of the best songwriters and he’d be back dominating
He’s getting old
Shit I still bump 09-10 drizzy 🤣🔥
@@officiallydreama4412 🤣🤣
I agree that CLB is Drake’s worst album. Even though upon relistening, there are more songs (namely Papi’s Home, TSU and Knife’s Talk) I liked in the album, there’s too much fat in the album. If it was 13 tracks, I would have really enjoyed it but it’s the same Drake has been given since 2016 and that’s why it’s his worse. Also, I don’t understand why Drake didn’t put any of the songs (even one) in Scary Hours 2 and laugh now, cry later in CLB because it probably would have elevated the album.
so true. i thought it would have been different considering the sound from the original album trailer
There is not a single song on CLB I went back to expect Fair Trade and that is also because of Travis even after giving me it 10+ listens
@@perplexed1783 what about Knife Talk?
Out of curiosity what do you deem "fat" on the album?
This doesn’t sound like anything on views or more life tho & def doesn’t sound like scorpion as a album so how has all his music sounded the same since 2016
What makes CLB so disappointing is that Drake definitely changed the album last minute cuz of the Kanye beef. DLDT and Scary Hours 2 were promising and he even experimented with a new darker lofi sound. Kinda wish he just put some of the songs from those projects and put them on the tracklist
he always done that dark lofi sound thats 40’s signature production
thats what im sayin i need a leaked verison on clb i bet it wouldve been a top album from him
@@TheBoyJA The way DLDT did it was a lil different tho
@@noir269 which songs ?
If the entirety of clb was as good as wants and needs I would’ve enjoyed it more
*For me his worst album has to be Scorpion or Certified Lover Boy*
Ye but low key Scorpion is better then CLB
Man some of my favorite drake songs are on scorpion so I can’t hate
CLB def his worst. Scorpion was actually solid
He only gets worse with age
Scorpion is definitely his worst album
Lol drake said "oh you think this bad you know what..."
HONESTLY NEVERMIND
This needs more likes😂
Honestly kinda liked it I don’t think it was drakes best work but I don’t think it was bad
Worst album worst cover
scary hours 2 was acutally hella good. laugh now cry later too. fuck even the features in 2021 before clb were good. made me think clb was gonna be really good, especially coming after scorpion. i agree with dark lane demo tapes, im actually one of the only ones that loved that tape it was just cool so
Chicago freestyle literally proves Drake still can rap and make good music he just not trying
Only for fans over 18 years old tinders.club/agnez 🥵
tricks I do not know
Megan: "Hotter"
Hopi: "Sweeter"
Joonie: "Cooler"
Yoongi: "Butter
So with toy and his tricks, do not read it to him that he writes well mamon there are only to laugh for a while and not be sad and stressed because of the hard life that is lived today.
Köz karaş: '' Taŋ kaldım ''
Erinder: '' Sezimdüü ''
Jılmayuu: '' Tattuuraak ''
Dene: '' Muzdak ''
Jizn, kak krasivaya melodiya, tolko pesni pereputalis.
Aç köz arstan
Bul ukmuştuuday ısık kün bolçu, jana arstan abdan açka bolgon.
Uyunan çıgıp, tigi jer-jerdi izdedi. Al kiçinekey koyondu wins taba algan. Al bir az oylonboy koyondu karmadı. '' Bul koyon menin kursagımdı toyguza albayt '' dep oylodu arstan.
Arstan koyondu öltüröyün dep jatkanda, bir kiyik tigi tarapka çurkadı. Arstan aç köz bolup kaldı. Kiçine koyondu emes, çoŋ kiyikti jegen jakşı dep oylodu. # 垃圾
They are one of the best concerts, you can not go but just seeing them from the screen, I know it was surprising
💗❤️💌💘
The Headie One feature he did on EDNA is still one of the best things I've heard. Bro went from that to ass in a minute
@@rogue9230 that wasn’t even the best rap song on that tape. Deep pockets and losses were. at least the rappity rap songs on CLB were still fire
@@romaretaylor9953 nah I think Chicago freestyle one of Drakes best songs from the best 4 years
Drakes peak was If your reading this it’s too late for me.
Obviously
Yeah
absolutely! It's all downhills from there.
I think it’s his best work
Not At All
Idk what it is, but I feel like Scorpion was his worst one. I was in love with it in 2018, but there was way too much quantity over quality. Could’ve easily cut it in half and it would be top 3. I think the art of CLB is Drake’s kinda F U to the industry. How he can make whatever he wants and still have a number 1 album, break records on the billboard and streaming charts, and be nominated for multiple Grammy’s before he eventually pulled out. So even if it wasn’t as good as maybe a Take Care or IYRTITL, he’s still able to control the music industry without even trying.
So any time Drake makes a shit album he's "sticking it to the industry"? Copium is fucking weird lmao
Wdym control the music industry? What influence has CLB or most of his albums have or will?
@@ballsywhiteguy1557 nah it’s more like, I’m at the top and because my name is Drake you’re gonna listen. Hell, Ye did it with Lift Yourself
@@KrillTheThrill97 but that was a single, drake seemed like he put in less effort throughout CLB so i can’t give him a pass
Well even if this was his fuck you to the industry it doesn’t change the fact that the album was not good numbers ≠ good music
Drake knows we’ll listen to anything he does.
Thing with drake is that even when he makes trash he makes it sound fire 🤷♂️
@@soulmoney119 that’s so cap
@@ixg1297 nah, come on now
@@soulmoney119 - Said by A Drake Stan
@@niggato23 hey man, when Eminem makes trash, it sounds like trash. When Kanye makes trash, it’s still funny. When drake makes trash, it’s still listenable. I’m not delusional
As a drake fan I think he really needs to take his time and focus on one sound for his next album. I like CLB off first listen but it hasn't aged well and is probably his worst album. I really thought it was gonna be a classic just based on the way he promoted it with that great trailer. Albums like this make me appreciate how good of a album views is its so overhated.
Maybe try listening again
I felt the same way. The trailer made it look like CLB was gonna be a movie, or at least an album with a consistent theme similar to what Kendrick, Cole and so many artists have done in the past.
@@Baker308 true it was dog shit first second and third listen
@@pcasimire I believe the original version of CLB would’ve been more along those lines but after he pushed it back all those months it’s clear he changed it. Which sucks cause that’s what might’ve been a truly great album which he’s DUE for. CLB was decent I think it’s Overhated but it is no better than a mid tier drake album and he’s capable of way more that
Views is overhated because it was basically the start of the inconsistencies and incohesiveness of Drake's albums, despite Views actually being pretty good there but still not his best
I've been asking for a straight R&B album from Drake for years now, and thinking that he should listen to 40 when he says, in drake's own words, that he wants a 10-12 track 'classic' album. I thought CLB was supposed to be that, and was so disappointed that half of the album became a pseudo-gangsta cut. Drake has to stop trying to deliver both vibey and hard tracks in the same album. We can get two separate albums i different times. Still love his music tho. Some of it is absolutely amazing.
Didn't know 40 said that. Need to find where he said that
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@@traplover6357 drake has an interview from 2019 I believe that he himself posted
@@traplover6357 it was in his interview with Rap Radar with Elliot! 2019/2020 I think
@@owenbymusic exactly! The rap radar one.
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late was the last good body of work Drake ever put out.
Bro went to this kid’s channel and lie
his albums progressively got worse after views
No cap 🧢
More Life was good though. Dunno if that’s an album though
@@shehahnefan1739 more life wasn’t good haha. It was just a collection of throw always that were pieced together. Has some decent songs on it, but as a whole it’s not great .
@@chiefscentralprod more life was his best project
@@DanielBlears If you started listening to Drake in 2017, yes.
What’s funny is if Drake was a young new artist and this was his first shit, it probably be well received. But Drake’s more than 10 years in the game. He could do better.
This aged well
i feel like for drake to make another classic is needs to focus on one sound for the whole album
and make it 10-12 tracks i am tired of these 20 track albums with tracks averaging 3-4 minutes each. If it's gonna be a 20 track album make your songs snappy "go in and out"
Just drop a mixtape in the summer and all is forgiven 😌
I’m a big fan of Drake but the album was definitely a let down. I feel like the beef with Kanye hindered the direction he was going in. Tracks like Pipe Down, Race My Mind, Get Along Better, Champagne Poetry, The Remorse and a few others are great but the album is just so bloated. He really needs to focus on a more concise project
I agree, I think scorpion wasn’t that good either because of his beef with pusha t. I think if drake forced more on himself rather than others he’ll make a very good album/mixtape. CLB was definitely a let down for me and I feel like he could’ve done so much better.
@@envythagod8699 I hear you. It definitely felt like scorpion was altered last minute however I do actually rate scorpion. Every song is a slapper in my opinion. I think it’s insane 🔥
For a little while I felt like drake dumbed down CLB to spite Kanye’s donda, saying “you might make the better cohesive album (Donda) but my album will out sell your album by millions (CLB)” because another thing I felt was if drake really put a good effort in to try and challenge Kanye at who could make the better cohesive album and CLB still lose to donda in that aspect especially if the whole world knew that he really put in a good effort to make it his “best” album to date that that would be a bigger L than anything else so I thought he’d rather win the numbers argument than the better album argument at the end an laugh it off as him beating Kanye’s album with loosies and half hearted tracks. That’s just my idea of it all.
@@rollthedice.5973 Yeah CLB definitely feels like it’s mainly loosies.
@@rollthedice.5973 I think of drake put effort into making CLB good, not only it’ll out sell Kanye’s donda, it’ll be better too. Donda wasn’t that good either, at least to me it wasn’t, Kanye has put out much better projects in the past so Donda is definitely not his best work
well this video certainly aged well…
Drake needs to take a break and actually listen to what he's about to release. CLB wasn't that special and I think he stopped trying after if you're reading this it's too late. He knows he has fans that will gravitate towards whatever he releases so he delivers bottom of the barrel albums knowing it will get discussed whether in a positive or negative light.
To me more life was his last Really dope project. And easily the best attempt at these 20 plus track Albums.
More Life was actually pretty good
More Life is unnecessarily hated because of the dancehall hype at the time and that KMT scandal otherwise it's a solid solid good album a 6.5 or 7/10 project
Thank you for this.
I’ve been saying this since IYRTITL.
This entire list is wrong he now just made his worst album
His worst album is CLB or Views, idk why but it seems like he put no effort when making those albums. His best albums are NWTS & IYRTITL, theyʼre his classics. 2013-2015 Drake was his prime.
Views does not deserve the hate. Such a dope album.
9 too hard
Don’t forget about take care and thank me later
Aint no way y’all saying views as if scorpion don’t exist
if anything views is the album he spent the most effort on
Idk I find CLB enjoyable. Definitely not a bad album, but the standard of what we hold Drake up to because of his past projects is higher than what we hold other artists to because it’s Drake. Some body of works don’t have replay value, just a listen straight through album. Yes, there are some skips in CLB if they were to come on, but others like IMY2 or You Only Live Twice are infectious songs that get stuck in your head long after you listen. To me that’s what makes a good album
Drake really thinks we are thirsty for that corny ahh music and dropped Honestly Nevermind
Scorpion is definitely Drake’s worst album. I can’t get over how did MJ dirty. Too long and not cohesive.
Side B was fire
Don’t matter to me is one of the better tracks on that album imo
THANK YOU! Somebody had to say it! Scorpion was CHEEKS
Literally
I completely forgot about Scorpion
certified (L)over boy
All ik is that fair trade, knife talk, way 2 sexy, love all, papis home, no friends in the industry, champagne poetry, 7am on bridle path, even girls wants girls are all fire. Not his best, but still great
Get along better is my favorite this albums way overhated
imagine he made an album about falling out love with the game and made it analogy of falling out of love with a girl, that would’ve been interesting and new from him at least
this sounds cool ngl
Spoke too soon
Yeah, CLB hasn’t grew on me at all. I didn’t see any evolution of him as an artist or subject wise on that.
I think he’s too comfortable in his position rn and that’s fine, but I really would like to see him explore other things, maybe work with different producers or be more “thoughtful” on the concepts of the albums like The Weeknd been doing, something like that.
Imagine a Drake’s album produced by Tyler for example, idk 🤷🏽♂️
I really just don’t wanna be hearing a whole project of a grown man basically talking about girls and shit
At the end of the day, if drake's music is "soulless", "lacking artistry" , wth are people still buying his stuff?
Because it’s so soulless you can toss it on in the background and know it’ll never really do anything to pull your attention away from what you’re doing
Something overtook Views?? These are Scary Hours indeed
Ngl I laughed a lil
@@TheEmeraldBeast135 I'm gonna take that W
CLB is not his worst album lmaooooo
This guy just says anything and his fanboys eat em up
For me CLB was very disappointing. The whole build up with the trailer and the promo hair cut was very misleading, the album was mid and I think Views and Take care is his best work nothing can really top that tbh
Nothing was the same, so far gone and More life>>>>>Views
The promo for the album had me soooo excited. Felt like a cohesive & theatrical album was going to be given to us. I was also going off Laugh Now thinking that song was a single 😢
Nah… Take Care, Nothing was the same, IYRTITL and his collab with future was his clear cut, definitive PRIME.
The last great selection of music from Drake was More Life. I can argue this to the point of me being objectively right, because at the end of the day its how you feel about the music not how others on the internet make you feel about it. In my opinion a lot of the hate that came with More Lilfe was more so due to the fact that it wasn't an album, it was too long, and the whole X flow drama lmfao. Even for such a long body of work most of the songs hit. IDK how he did it, but it seems like he can't replicate that anymore. It seems as though in that point of his career he didn't need to try so hard in making music, which is very very apparent now that he does do in fact that. Shawn hit nail on the head with saying how when Drake doesn't take himself seriously we get good music. Point in case being More Life. Aruge your points because I am genuinely interested. Drakes career is interesting lol.
More life to me is Drake's best collection of vibes; we got tough Drake, time stamp drake, UK drake, pop drake, rnb drake...you get the point.
VIEWS is Drake's best body of work.
Let’s be real Drake hasn’t had a good album since IYRTITL or maybe Views, He’s just chilling and isn’t doing anything to wow people
If CLB was an album full of R&B songs with some rapping here and there, it would make sense given the title, however it feels forced and pretentious and not as “toxic” as he initially made out. Not to mention the worst album cover of all time. Lastly, WHERE WERE THE SONGS FOR THE BITCHES?
Drakes Littering at this point…😵💫
I couldn't agree more. Since Views for me he hasn't been able to put out a good album. He will always be a hit maker and there is nothing wrong with that. This is kinda like how Eminem at one point had a decent discography then began putting out bad album after bad album: It doesn't take away the merit, but it does smudge and tarnish a legacy.
More Life as well. I know it is a Views 2.0 but it still slaps till now.
Yeah bro more life and dark demo tapes are solid
Drake: no friends in the industry
Also Drake: *proceeds to befriend Kanye*
Nah to be honest Views, Scorpion, and Certified Lover Boy all sucked only a few memorable songs and even his More Life had more hits than those 3 albums which is very sad because it's a Playlist. Kendrick didn't made an overall disappointing album yet and Cole while 4 your eyes only was good it did had some mixed moments, but still they did more appreciated memorable work than Drake in this era.
All fact. And Drake outperforms them in sales because of the low standards people have nowadays 🤦🏿♂️
let’s take views outta this smh
@@kc.21k no drake out performs them because he knows how to make hit singles
@@joyboy1720 we talking about the fact that he outperforms in terms of album sales. Not singles my boy even though I’ll give that to Drake it still ain’t fair how Kendrick and Cole have way more skill and versatility but don’t get the same attention on they albums. While Drake can drop the same sound and people cool with that
@@joyboy1720 you can’t just run on singles
Shawn would you consider doing a reaction to Drake's first two mixtapes? Those contain some of his best verses in terms of lyricism and I think they are slept on. They're also the only projects that we can know for certain he was writing his own shit because we actually have the notebooks he was using at the time. Along with a degrassi interview from 2004 where he's giving a tour of his house and he pulls out a bunch of notebooks from a drawer filled with lyrics and the notebooks are the exact same brand as the one that was found in Toronto with the handwritten lyrics for his Room For Improvement tape. Slept on mixtape imo.
Drake never stopped writing his shit. Getting help on a few records doesn’t mean he can’t write or lost his wit. You can compare any song on comeback season to 7am on bridle path and you see the resemblance
@@romaretaylor9953 I know he still writes. In fact I would bet he writes the majority of his lyrics. I’m just being careful with my claims cuz the Quentin Miller saga made a lot of people think he can’t write at all. So those first 2 mixtapes is a good way to counter that. In fact it’s what changed my mind on Drake too I used to shit on him a lot.
I've never bought into the idea of Drake, like, at all. The dude always came off as pandering and unflattering. Sure, in terms of being perceived as "soft" there's some validity in him trying to dispute those claims, but my biggest issue wasn't that he was soft. In fact, my issue was that I always thought he was *pretending* to be soft.
Now, I know the argument is that people want Authenticity and when they finally get it, it's a lot more negative than people signed up for, but in the end I wasn't asking for Drake to be "authentic" or anything like that. Drake to me just doesn't have much in the way of integrity, not as a rapper, not as an artist and definitely not as a person. Which is why I find it so odd that him and his people are trying to push this whole "soft" or "emotional and sensitive" image or even as this "suave and calculated" when through out his catalogue, he's been making music that's just from the perspective of a fuck boy just making soft music to get laid.
And after everything, after the Pusha T diss, after the release of albums like Scorpion and CLB, it all just shows what I already knew about Drake. The dude's music doesn't have much of anything going on underneath the surface, and even the stuff underneath the surface, it's mostly just drama and celebrity gossip. And when he's not making that, it's just pandering love jams.
I mean, I do enjoy me a Drake track here and there. I enjoy his music but only in small doses. Not just in small doses, but in like *micro*doses. Because I just do not get much of anything out of Drake's music at all aside from maybe a vibe or a hype song here and there.
You pretty much echo all my sentiments here. I liked drake a lot back at the beginning of his career when I was a kid because his surface level topics seemed deep for me at the time as I didn't have much to compare it to. Now that I've had more years with a lot more distinguished artists who do what drake wishes he could, it all seems so vapid and fake, especially this mob boss mentality he tries to push. Went from a pseudo gangster to a fake Don. You can feel the insecurity and the Pusha T beef solidified everything I thought about him and the fact that he still kept talking like nobody could touch him in later projects just shows to me how much he lies to himself
@@romaretaylor9953 nobody said he had to give up on rap. Could've been a man and actually taken the L but he acts like he was treated unfairly and ignores the situation entirely
@@romaretaylor9953 just because he's somewhat emotional on his songs doesn't mean he doesn't hide his insecurities. You would know this if you actually listened to Pusha's verse, which clearly you didn't and he's always talked like he would do something physical in that hood sense like he didn't come from a gated community. He's done that his entire career
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Don't listen to drakes hits , listen to his other songs
I don’t really understand the CLB hate to be honest, especially when you got songs like
No Friends in the Industry
Knife Talk
Champagne Poetry
The Remorse
Race My Mind
You Only Live Twice
N 2 Deep
Pipe Down
Love All
just to name a few
I don’t get the hate either, but we’ve seen people do this to his albums since 2016 it is what it is
@@mrfalls3003 most drake albums age like wine, saw it happen with views where it gets shit on at first and people come back after some
time and see it as a classic. I think we might see the same thing with CLB
Same. It's Kanye stans invading every comment section to comment how bad CLB is.
I feel like critics dont like the idea of you listening to an album, picking a few favorite tracks and looping them over and over again , they want you to listen to the entire album at once .
the kanye dissing ruins it.
Every Drake project is bloated and would benefit from trimming. Yes he makes some great tracks but you can’t view him as an album type of artist.
This is such cap none of his albums pre 2016 were bloated. College dropout was 22 songs nobody calls that bloated. Nothing was the same was so concise, so was so far gone and take care
@@romaretaylor9953 I agree. I also peeped that after NWTS the album quality dropped off severely. When I say bloated I mean it’s a long album with hella filler, so I don’t classify College Dropout as bloated because it had no skips
@@Shemzinho The new workout plan is def a skip
@@romaretaylor9953 drake has never released anything as groundbreaking as college dropout
What you said about the difference between what's close to his heart as an artist and pandering is a perfect summation. After "Views" I didn't connect to the music. Obviously some songs still slap, but didn't hear songs that made me feel like I had to stop and run it back.
He should have released lemon pepper freestyle on certified lover boy. I hate when he releases scary hours because We never get tracks like those on the actual album and it annoys me. cob is not as bad as people think but I will say it is probably his worst album but I listen to it everyday lol
facts what was the point of Laugh Now Cry Later is it wont gonna be on the album
To me everything up to more life was Drake in his prime. He hasn't really hit content wise since then and this is coming from someone who has always considered him to be in my top ten favorite artists. And it's not so much because of nostalgia that I feel this way because all of those projects still hit the same as they did back then. I think he's just gotten to a point to where he's comfortable living off his name rather than pushing himself as an artist.
Hi mr Shawn cee. Great video as always. As a huge Aubrey graham fan. I agree certified lover boy is not his best album. It is decent, in my opinion, but not his best. Top three albums from him, are nothing was the same, if you’re reading this it’s too late, and take care. The energy and the potential that mr Aubrey had on those projects, really made you a true Aubrey graham fan. So far gone is a classic mixtape. Thank me later was decent, but not my favorite album. More life is amazing. Views is ok, and scorpion the album is amazing, but just wish that wasn’t long. Now I have respect for truly one of the greatest of all time. And mr Aubrey if he releases take care 2 possibly, I don’t know, or a different album, I just hope the potential, and energy that was on nothing was the same, if you are reading this it’s too late and take care is there. So salute to mr Aubrey. But he can improve and do better with his next album.
Just for a quick disclaimer, take care, if you’re reading this it’s too late, and nothing was the same are my three favorite Aubrey graham projects, that I consider his top three classics, and best bodies of work. So far gone is a classic, but thank me later is my least favorite album.
CLB is the first Drake album I listened to once and never listened to ever again.
I’ve seen comments saying “why wouldn’t you take advantage of the fact that you don’t have to work as hard when you’re the biggest rapper ever?”
Someone replied with “passion and love for the art form”. I agreed with the reply.
However, I do see it as an accomplishment being in the position that Drake is in. He can put out anything and people would still call him a legend, and it would do numbers. Why? Because he’s Drake.
In my opinion, Views, Scorpion, and CLB tells me that Drake doesn’t have the same passion that he had when he first got in the game.
But why does he put the blame on other people for why his new music is ᴄheeks? If he didn’t have a passion anymore, he should’ve just owned that. Kanye’s pᴏopity scoop was more respected because he was right. We’ll listen to whatever he puts out. His passion is his timing. But Drake putting out albums implying “NOW he’s gonna sound like old Drake because no one is getting in the way of his vision”. But when the album drops, all we hear is another Drake version of pᴏopity scoop! SteaIing flows left and right, low vibrational bs, and bars that don’t even rhyme anymore
@@Dexter-nr5hb now u just hating
why the fuck doesnt he just experiment if people will listen to whatever he puts out i will never understand. he could experiment on some shit to rekindle his passion and actually earn some critical aclaim and prove why he's the biggest rapper but nah he's just coasting
@@Dexter-nr5hb this makes no fucking sense all you did was explain why give Kanye a pass for trolling and bs’ing is better than giving Drake a pass for playing it safe. Hell Liking lift yourself in itself is a meme tbh
@@romaretaylor9953 no wonder you’re confused. You have a comprehension issue. Nobody said anything about liking Lift Yourself. We’re talking about artists being passionate about their artistry. Just like Galloping FUPA said, if Drake still cared about the art, he would experiment and do things to help him create and evolve. Instead he releases mid music with a couple good singles thrown in. My point of comparing to Kanye was to say that Kanye did EXACTLY what Galloping FUPA said. He memes, but he also still cares about the art and drops whenever he pleases. We just want to see Drake’s passion again, no matter what it takes.
Dark Lane Demo Tapes and Scary Hours 2 were pure heat
We need another Drake album this year. CLB isn’t an album he can leave us with for 3 years until his next drop; there’s not enough substance for that.
maybe he should not drop for a while so he can have some time to come up with sum worth releasing
Nah he should sit on the hate for a good 3 years and let it fuel creativity to create a great album.. do a MBDTF like Kanye did when he felt the pressure. But Drake isn’t that creative as Kanye so it’s difficult.
@@DimeJae true. But I feel like he still needs to at least drops some really good singles in the meantime.
He’s dropped every year since 2015 so we’re good
It's been in the top ten for 28 weeks straight, more than any hip hop album last year, people are loving it
This is so true, everything Drakes released since Views has felt like a playlist rather than a coherent album
It's not surprising "Way Too Sexy" was a hit for Drake it was a hit in 1992 under it's original name "I'm Too Sexy" he just took a very popular song and added a few barz to it he used The Diddy formula take a popular song from the past and hip-hop it out for the next generation.
Agree on scary hours 2 100%
Micro dosing Drake is the greatest take I’ve heard about his music in a long time. He makes music for when you’re outside. Sadly like Usher, outside is a lil too young to still making the same music for over a decade…
worst Drake album so far*
I think this is a great analogy. Drake needs to just focus on one sound at a time drop something short and sweet. Every album doesn’t need to be this long wannabe Magnum Opus trying to recapture the glory days. He needs to realize where he’s at in his career and make music that makes sense
He should really stop listening and catering to what the fans want from him and make the music that HE wants to make.... and if he doesn't want to make more music rn then he should rest and focus on his personal life. The music will only be better this way even if it doesn't sound like it off first listen imo
his verse on churchill downs or i'm on one were fire... he still got it
Was CLB what the fans wanted tho? Did they want songs like Girls want girls and Way too sexy? I think Dark lane demo tapes was for the fans but not CLB
@@onmymomma1766 cant forget wait for u thats the best one out of the 3 imo
Drake needs to stop a concise, 12 or 13 track of fire to redeem himself. If he continues to drop 20+ track projects just to boost his numbers he’s only gonna continue to hurt his legacy
exactly 20 track albums are more risk than reward in terms of quality. They only work if you consistently have 2-3 minute tracks and some interludes in between. Otherwise 13 tracks is always the magic
CLB was actually a really bad album, man is 30 years old talkin' bout' "I'ma certified lover boy".
So if drake made an album with that title at age 24 you would understand it? Smh y’all really wrote this album off cause of the title
@@romaretaylor9953 right bro
Daaaaamn! That analogy at the end, comparing Drake to prescription meds is too perfect.
Drake really does make your eyeballs fall out of you listen to too much of him.
I think what this video highlights well is the fact that Drake really does need to stop putting out so much at once in his albums. He doesn't need double discs. He doesn't need nearly 30 sounds on a record. We hear from him every year and he doesn't exactly have that much to talk about so he stales himself out by the overexposure. I can't tell if it's a slight insecurity about wanting to retain starpower so he has to saturate himself in the music market, but dude if you're that guy, and you have nothing to prove, then like, drop a 3-4 song EP for a year and be on a handful of popular features and let that be it. See if your superstar and name recognition can withstand the lack of persistent drops.
Drake also does this quantity over quality thing because I don't think he knows which record will land for people. Sometimes he has an idea and his ears are right, but I feel that he creates so much because he doesn't know what will resonant, and I find that's a huge problem. Again, if there's nothing to prove, drop like a 3-4 song EP and let that sit with people. Hell, drop two of those a year if you're so worried. Like, this dude is Drake and he's supposed to be sitting pretty but he's clearly overcompensating for something.
Sorry but nobody pay attention to eps, don't make a fool outta drake
I think we are definitely in an era where people aren't waiting for a Drake release any more...It's hard to ask a successful artist to go back to rapping like they're hungry but if Jay or ye showed us anything, you can still make good music and bodies of work even when rapping from a position of success and accomplishments. The problem is, it doesn't feel like he creates cohesive bodies of work anymore. He's just manufacturing tracks after tracks like a factory to see which one hits or if he can capture a wave. I know it wasn't part of this release but Tossie slide is a prime example. He's still have a his spot in the industry but I don't think he has the masses captivated like he used to. But if he puts his mind to it, he can still write great projects
As someone who has been listening to Drake since 2007… CLB was ass. I only liked 2 songs on this album: Knife Talk and Fair Trade and even still I wasn’t the biggest fan of these songs, they just stood out to me amongst the rest. DDT was actually enjoyable to me but wasn’t anything insane.
So you like EVERY time stamp track he’s made except 7am on bridle path? That song is 🥶 lyrically
@@romaretaylor9953 what? No I said only like 2 songs on CLB. Should I go back and listen to 7am Bridle Path again? (I don’t use the 🥶 emoji so I don’t know if it’s a good thing or not. Usually people use 🔥 to mean it’s heat. I assume you mean it’s cold as in a good thing)
When I first heard Champagne Poetry from CLB I was like "yo this album about to be fire!" Then the 2nd track came on I was like "eehh ok ok not bad" and that was how I view the others tracks outside of Fountains and Yebba's Heartbreak lmao
*I was honestly just thinking* while listening to a CLB video.. that Certified Lover Boy could’ve been Drake’s magnum opus *IF DONE CORRECTLY* . Think about it:
You have this name that clearly feeds into his biggest self conscious factor of being perceived as “Soft” so *What If* instead of countless boring songs about the same subject.. it was instead a character study on himself - and the questions that arise from the lifestyle he’s living? Like, if he’s chasing a never ending high of sleeping with women and he’s not content with his music - where is the gratification coming from? With some unique production, better writing from Drake - he could’ve knocked this album out of the park. But instead it felt like the product of someone who is complacent after all these years at the top.
He isn't self aware enough to do an album like that. He sees the money coming in and just sticks to what works and that's fine with him.
Theworst - and that’s the problem - if he’s sticking to what works instead of altering what already works - he’s not developing as an artist and he’ll be singing about being a lesbian even when he’s 54
Brooo u put why i was a disappointed w the album in perfect words. Worst he actually showed flashes of this on scorpion so he WAS on this path but probably scrapped it. Pain
Views is my favorite Drake album not just bc of the album but because of the time that it came out, and how it contributed to my life at that time. Some albums become soundtracks to a an era, at least for me, & so its difficult to rank sometimes bc of external contributions. A nigga was down bad when IYRTITL was on a constant loop in my headphones & as a Drake stan I know I don't revisit it as often as most but I said all that to say... idk i feel like its all kinda subjective to the listener. Points were made tho Ceena, points were made.
Everything after IYRTITL was his worst
Views is my favorite mainly because it actually sounds like a body of work. From Keep the family close to Weston road flows to Summer’s over interlude. I just enjoy it a lot more than the others.
Drake on his next album: all these critics long winded like division. I guess Shawn couldn’t really “cee” the vision
DLDT was such a gem that kept me over similar to IYRTITL just with less classics, an easy revisit
The Intro to the trailer was so promising and made me so excited for the album.
The Album then was something so completely different, didn‘t match the Inteo at all.
I was so disappointed.
It is safe to say CLB is Drake‘s worst Album
He did that with scorpion as well he knows what he’s doing 😂🤣
@@monroe6455 he puts more work into his Intro‘s than in his Music 😭 these intro‘s bang tho
@@17.trunkz47 I agree I dunno with drake anymore I use to luv his music but as I’ve got a bit older I dunno I’m 33 now and his music just ain’t doing for me no more 🤷🏽♂️ I would like to hear a bit of growth from him
@@monroe6455 things could change. Let’s not count him out just yet, I bet the negative reception to CLB will force him to step it up next time
NEW KENDRICK ALBUM ON THE 13th OF MAY IT LIT
I think the biggest problem with Drake Albums now is the sheer length of the projects. I Think the is a classic album buried in CLB, but there are too many Mid type tracks that dont need to be there, and too many features. He is basically releasing a double album every time out for like the past 3-4 albums. He should cut down to around 13 tracks of the best work.
Tell me why I clicked on this video and I saw the CLB reaction by Shawn Cee lol
It's weird to me no one talks about TSU. It's a power differential / gaslighting anthem. But it's not even enjoyable on the surface level
Can you explain what you mean by gaslighting athem ?why do you think that?
beg to differ about enjoyable
Bruh the best is so good
@@joebidenjr5902 yes thats literally why I listen to the song
Idk how you go into a rap album expecting heart warming content
I don’t know where the hate for Views comes.. as someone who was 21 at the time this was such a peak for Drake. I felt like In Views he was so confident and actually started playing with new sounds and rap flows. Plus Views has 3 of Drakes greatest hits ever, Controlla, One Dance and Hotline Bling. That album was hit peak 🤷🏾♀️
One dance and hotline bling as huge as they were are no where near his Best singles lol
@@romaretaylor9953 I said his greatest in terms of success not his best my friend 😁
I think the reaction to Views is really what made Drake not gaf when it came to Scorpion and CLB. I feel like they really tried with Views but the critical reception was very harsh.
I think it was that the hype didn't match the music given. I remember that Drake was arguably the most talked-about rapper at the time and Soho had a bunch of teenagers running between Drake pop-up stores and Kanye's TLOP pop-up. For an album that was as hyped as views, I think it just had too many filler tracks. When the previous album had commercial hits like started from the bottom, features from Wu-Tang Clan, and introduced most people to Sampha, it seemed like Drake was surprising people and raising the bar for success. I think it's similar to when Chance the Rapper dropped The Big Day, it's not that the album was horrendous but the hype and expectations exceeded the material. When you consider that the previous album had Tuscan Leather, Too Much, From Time with Jhene Aiko and a song with Wu-Tang Clan, it's hard to exceed the expectations of previous work. The only artist I've seen consistently surprise people is Tyler, the Creator off the top of my head but Tyler's eye for talent is crazy when you realize he had Syd, Matt Martians, Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean, and more artists under one group when he blew up.
I never understood why people complained bout Dark Lane Demo tapes, to me best body of work from Drake in a while
Who complained about it?? Most ppl say that its 🔥 bro
The only reason IMO that Take Care was great was the Weeknd's contributions as a rising singer in the industry shortly after House of Balloons. Mix that with Drake's love for Rihanna and the crazy feature list that the project had(Kendrick Lamar, Andre 3000, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne) and you get a great Drake album. It also is crazy to think that to some extent the number of young people in the OVO camp that were working on his albums was giving a lot of their energy to drake(Roy Woods made Drama at 19, Partynextdoor got big with drake at 20), Drake's most inspired phase was working with young artists developing their sound. IMO the Chicago Freestyle was a highlight of the Dark Lane Demo tapes and I think if Drake was ever able to truly be vulnerable and reflect on his life(getting friend zoned by Rihanna who now is starting a family with A$AP Rocky, dealing with 40's declining health, starting a family, challenges of being in showbiz for most of his life/aging in show biz, what he's learned along the way) there'd be a chance to maybe want to listen to a new Drake album. If CLB is a forecast for where he sees his career I can happily say I'm fine to never hear drake as a musician again. He's doing a great job as a producer on Top Boy, his clothing brand is better than most record label merch, and he's made a bigger lane outside of music than just being an artist.
The fact that you credit take cares quality to the weekend shows you don’t respect drake in the slightest. That album was a classic because of HIS writing as well this is when you can tell drake was still hungry to prove himself. He made NWTS with little ovo help and that’s arguably his best album. he had more ovo help on views if anything
I agreed with some of what you said. although you cant just come on here and say that the weeknd had a a major part in all of Take Care. Drake had idk how many tracks without the weeknd. This stigma of people saying that the weeknd made take care is so outdated already
@@romaretaylor9953 I'll respond to you directly since I want to make this clear: The weeknd's writing credits prove his influence to the song. The Weeknd had a hand in the writing process for three songs where he wasn't featured (but is credited) in the album(Shot for Me, Cameras / Good Ones Go Interlude, and Practice). I'm not saying Drake didn't do great work without Abel, but it's hard to deny that someone who is credited on 5 of 18 songs didn't play a role in the album process. I respect Drake more as a curator of music(like DJ Khaled) than as a rapper on his own, not because I dislike his music but believe that his ability to bring artists together has made incredible moments in music. If I don't include the 5 songs the weeknd is involved in, I feel that the album would sound a lot different. Inspiration isn't negative, and being inspired and making great work only bolsters the artist who inspired them by strengthening their legacy. Brent Faiyaz isn't shy about Curtis Mayfield's influence and I would argue has made great music.
Without delving into the "OVO Sweatshop" controversy, it has been clear to many that the artists that drake discovered at young ages have been able to foster an environment that allowed the writing rooms and studio sessions that showed an inspired, motivated Drake. This is positive because comparably Michael Jackson had A LOT more help on his music, and most pop stars just by songs from songwriters to create a somewhat cohesive album. I find it interesting that you highlight NWTS due to the fact that there was a lot more Drake Writing than Take Care, and once "If you're reading this, it's too late" came out Drake used a reference track for Legend as well as taking Wednesday Night Interlude, which Partynextdoor has showed frustration about in interviews. My point isn't that Drake isn't talented but has not been able to be inspired musically as when he was rising to stardom. I think that Dark Lane Demo Tapes showed his inspiration coming back(Especially with the song with Giveon), but the challenge as I see it is Drake's inability to be vulnerable with his audience. I'm not expecting every artist to be as transparent as Kanye or Frank Ocean, it does become important as an older artist to become more vulnerable so that fans can see into your personal growth in the time since you first achieved mainstream success. I'd argue that The Weeknd has progressed greatly and kept a sense of vulnerability in his music, but at times it's hard to tell if Drake is playing the role of a rapper on some projects vs giving us his emotions and feelings. I think Drake is talented but hasn't applied his talent as much in newer music, and would benefit from either working with more artists on newer work(I think Brent Faiyaz co-writing some new Drake songs would make incredible music) or taking the chance at dissecting his career the way Pusha T did since that beef exposed some of Drake's challenges in Drake's ascent to fame. I think it actually shows less respect to downplay incredible collaborations because not many artists are able to build something greater than the artist might create on their own. It's easier to see influence and collaborations as an important step in fashion when you can look at Pharell and Nigo's work to build BBC/Ice Cream or the ways Gianni Versace found himself making Tupac looks but if you consider the individual contributions of Syd, Matt Martians and Steve Lacy bring together to create The Internet you can see how collaborations are a benefit, not a drawback to the process of making music.
@@ElijahLoganmaztrpeac3official ain’t nobody reading all that bullshit projection 🤣
When I think of Take Care, it’s Marvin’s room and headlines. Weeknd is an afterthought
I still mess with Drake because he was one of the main upcoming artists from 05-07 that was gonna make it big in which I predicted and became big and the others I was listening to was Kendrick(1st while he was still knownas K. Dot) and Cole.
Drake is now making music that is bland, cookie cutter, fuck even mediocre. Champagne poetry was good until I heard the song he sampled it from and I prefer it and maybe that’s a subconscious desire to be different, but, i think it was the breakfast club saying essentially that he’s trying to surf the wave when he is the wave just sums it up perfectly. No experimentation, no out of the box thinking. Yes that sells records and gets radio time but in 5 years you’ll listen to it and won’t remember a word. Putting him into the same bracket as Kanye is just obscene to me because of these points, drake won’t ever make a Yeezus, a college dropout, fuck even a JIK. Drake makes “fast food” music but in a much more glorified sense and doesn’t get talked about because it’s drake
The issue is you guys say shit with nothing backing it up. Drake has barely got any radio play in recent years, I don't even think he's a top 10 artist on Radio. What song from CLB is a radio hit? literally nothing, even Scorpion didn't really have anything.
The reason CLB and especially Scorpion/More Life/Views received so much hate is because they had too much experimentation/out of the box thinking. No one wanted him to do UK inspired songs or deep R&B cuts. Everyone wanted him to make IYRTITL 2.0, a trap album. Filled with Travis/Thugger etc. He went the hard route instead of the easy one, because he was genuinely obsessed with R&B in 2016 & the UK scene in 2017
@@JoshGesh You lie , Scorpion wasn't experiment...okay maybe that MJ feature track but it was basically the same Drake formula & CLB was just another Scorpion but worse.
More Life & Views were more experimental and people critisized him and called him a culture vulture
@@phistoltv5196 Scorpion Side A wasn't an experiment, but Side B was pretty left field. NFW with bounce (hasn't done this before), Summer Games/After Dark sounds like no other Drake song ever.. In fact pretty much every song on Side B is weird moody R&B and very different to what Drake's done in the past or what people say they want from him. That's why I think it's pretty experimental. He could have extremely easily called up Travis/Post/Ariana/Dua/Young Thug etc and littered that album with cheap pop/trap collabs for streams but Side B literally feels like Drake releasing the music he wants to, not for numbers.
What even is "the same Drake formula"? Drake's issue is arguably that he doesn't have a formula. It's all over the place.
@@JoshGesh Summer Games smells like "So Far Gone (SFG)" Drake so it aint experimental, listen to "A Little Bit" from the SFG. Okay After Dark was dope shit wish he had an album of the same concept. Drake formula is the "genie in the bottle" Shawn was talking about. If you take notice of the subject matter on how he talks about girls basically hasn't changed since Take Care till now, that is alarming.
CLB grew on me crazy
definitely The Life Of Pablo it doesn’t even sound like drake raps on it it’s filled with features
The moment drake experiments y’all bash him that he steals, now he drops consistent successful mid and y’all still won’t let man be
Regardless of the controversy I think N.W.T.S and I.Y.R.T.I.T.L were his Ultra Instinct level projects. At this point Drake should take the Kendrick Lamar approach and take half a decade to drop an album or mixtape. It's good to enjoy life and let the fans miss you.
Kendrick taking 5 years isn’t a great idea tho cause his expectations are now through the roof. Watch people are gonna expect something as good as TPAB and if they don’t get that they’ll call it underwhelming and not worth the wait
@@romaretaylor9953 But Drake is a different case than Kendrick because he's already done the massive ground work. Drake has been consistent for more than over a decade to the point his content doesn't sound as inspiring as it did in the past. Drake taking a slower approach to dropping a project would benefit him now on an internal level because he would have more time to experience life without dropping content on a consistent basis which will give him more opportunity to experiment with his craft.
Drake has been mediocre since 2017 and people still hype him up to no ends. It’s confusing.
Cause hes a goat of his generation. jay z and nas have put out duds in their career and neither were the most consistent with albums for awhile. i disagree anyway more life was a great project way better than views
As much as I love Leon as an actor before being a music producer. He made this with the beats & he’s good. However this is the worst Drake album honestly cause I only have 2 songs from it. Thank you the sexy song was overrated
more life is way awesome because he didn't overthink...
I got to the point where I genuinely don’t even expect anything from him anymore lmao, I haven’t enjoyed anything since “If you’re reading this” and even then I’m starting to not care for that album as well 🗿
As a Drake fan, (call me bias all you want), I actually really enjoyed the album 😂 I can see where the criticisms are coming from but I genuinely enjoyed how it’s aged
That's not the question or topic here at all, it's if CLB is Drake's worst in his discography so far... if not which is? Scorpion, Views? Doubt it...his albums before? Nah
@@MaximsContent nah fam a LOT of people out there like CLB more than scorpion. Esp his older fans
@@MaximsContent Fair, CLB doesn’t have the amount of hits and classics as Take Care, Nothing Was the Same, IYRTITL, etc. I’m just saying as someone who really fw drake, I was able to enjoy nearly every song on CLB and don’t hate it nearly as much as a lot of other people
Drake fan here, see I would agree with you.. and I wanna agree with you, but his issue is he hasn’t shown any signs of growth. He repackages what he’s been talking about for the past 5 years and talks about the same things. That’s why CLB was not good at all, he didn’t really open up in depth, he just chose to chase after hits and what sounds good on tiktok.
she moved outta state seeking forgiveness 😂🤣😅 Drake music was funny but good last year!
I make her Climb on the top of the pole then get to slinging down😂😂
@@hxnnid bruh that song crazy deep 😂🤣🤣
@@rennellreed9 fr😂😂😂
Thank you!!!!! He’s been getting a pass because of who he is the music doesn’t sound genuine and it’s been like this since More Life for me. The thing with artist like Cole and Kendrick is with each album you grow with them and leave with more appreciation then when you started listening. With Drake it’s like he’s scared to at least try something different. You’re Drake niggas gonna meat ride whatever you do try something different you have nothing to lose. The bars and majority of the songs on CLB were corny,repetitive and lazy. Plus if you think about it he’s closer to 40 than 20 and he’s sounds like a creepy dude. He’s 36!!!😭😭😭😭
No he just turned 35. That’s mid point, sorry not every 35 year old is 50 mentally everybody is different. I’m not a meat rider but Drake was never in the same lane as Kendrick as an artist he can’t just become a woke pro black rapper at this point it’ll look hella fake. I loved more life because he did what he did on views in a much better way. Plus j Cole got a lot of hate for 4yeo and to a lesser extent KOD until people saw them for what they were