2:14 - Champagne Poetry 3:33 - Papi's Home 4:37 - Girls Want Girls ft. Lil Baby 5:57 - In The Bible ft. Lil Durk & Giveon 8:22 - Love All ft. Jay-Z 9:41 - Fair Trade ft. Travis $cott ($ trav vibes) 12:17 - Way 2 Sexy ft. Future & Young Thug 13:20 - TSU 15:14 - N 2 Deep ft. Future 16:28 - Pipe Down 18:13 - Yebba's Heartbreak ft. Yebba 19:06 - No Friends In The Industry 22:46 - Knife Talk ft. 21 Savage & Project Pat 24:06 - 7am On Bridle Path 25:12 - Race My Mind 26:15 - Fountains ft. Tems 27:04 - Get Along Better ft. Ty Dolla $ign 28:56 - You Only Live Twice ft. Lil Wayne & Rick Ross 29:37 - IMY2 ft. Kid Cudi 30:01 - Fucking Fans 31:20 - The Remorse I got y'all mfs
I feel like Kanye always takes mad risks and makes bold choices on his albums, where Drake always plays it safe. I always appreciate it when artists show confidence and boldness.
@@demandcollect the direction is being a better you and trying to do right by god (im not to religious) and showing kanyes true self talking about relationships, street struggles, and overcoming great obstacles but the message is there you may just not care enough to see it
THIS! The intro and second track is fucking flawless with production but I said “Drake not doing much but it’s the beginning, I’m sure he’ll improve.” Then i fell asleep after track 5 played
@@Papabandana Yeah, like the sample on the intro is from Michelle, one of my favorite Beatles songs and really songs in general, the chop is immaculate, but there’s just nothing that grabs me as much as I’d like it to. I think I’ve just heard the sample-based Drake confessional track too many times because he doesn’t have much new to say.
It was delayed 9 months so I was expecting an absolutely crazy album just for it to be incredibly underwhelming. Saved like 8 songs out of the 20 and I’ll still prolly end up skipping a lot of em when they come up on shuffle.
Drake should have dropped first. Kanye dropped too much of a dynamic album to follow. Drake is still talking about the same thing. Women we don’t know that play games… the apartments they live in and how everyone in the game is a opp… there ain’t much more insight we can get on Drakes life or career at this point.
Insight about his life or career? That is his life. In both freestyles he dropped, When to say when and Chicago Fresstyle, he talked about arriving at his son’s school for parent teacher conferences. Look, I get some of what these comments are talking about but a lot of people are reaching, searching for sumn they can’t even put into words. Evolution as an artist doesn’t mean changing the conversation.
@@davidamrovhe779 I can see where you're getting at here. I don't want to be misunderstood as if I'm wanting to be completely immersed in Drakes life lol. I'm speaking from an artist/consumer standpoint. I barely listen to Drake's recent material because he copies everything that surfaces at this point. Both Kanye and Drake had the same features. Why does Drake's project sound like what we've been listening to for the past 2-3 years now? It's not about his life... it's about how it's translated within a body of instruments. There's no way we really expected Drake's album to compete if he didn't come different... What's different? lol Playing both sides of the fence Drake does have hits... He at has like 4-5 every project up to Scoprion. Plus these albums have two different audiences kinda. We've been listening to continuations of projects. In my opinion this project lacks evolution and shock value. We knew the contents of the album before it even dropped. Donda had an actual story to tell with sounds, mixes, and content we haven't heard before. Not only that... but Donda sounds like nothing we've heard from Kanye.
by any means this is not a bad album, but i‘m still confused as to how he had such an insanely intense and long rollout for such an easily forgettable and mediocre album. like how was he in the studio listening to himself and saying „yes this is THE certified lover boy everyone’s been waiting for“
This is exactly it! You hit the nail on the head, it wasn’t bad just forgettable. And I’m genuinely shocked that not a single song stood out except maybe fair trade.
This is a Drake album and that is a compliment and a criticism. He refuses to leave his comfort zone. He will never make a "bad" album but that is my problem with Drake. There is zero risk. I'll give it a few more spins but I can't see myself going back to this after that.
@@xXStIcKiNgXx look at Kanye, most people would agree that he has at least one bad album with jik, but he’s taken so many risks and had so many paid off with way more certified classics than any other rapper in the game, let alone drake. Every album is a different sound he’s experimenting with and it pays off.
@@juancena8329 the thing is…drake doesn’t need to “take a risk” or whatever to prove himself. The one of the greatest already. Like the original comment said, “he will never make a bad album” like that’s a bad thing. If he were to change it up and take a risk, people would just clown him for releasing a bad album and the fact he tried to change it up.
@@johnmarston1568 i don’t understand how mfs HATE this album as much as they do.. like dawg this album was good idc what ppl say, i think ppl just expected too much out of drake on this project.
@@pddimez8485 its people that cant think for themselves, majority kanye fans. this album is a fun listen w great production and some of drakes best rapping. give it a week, this hate happens all the time when drake drops. take care was hated like crazy, along w views, more life, and scorpion
@@NightOwlJa i want to agree with u but... nah 😂 the hate for more life and scorpion were for good reason, both bloated projects. but i do agree that ppl aren’t rlly thinking for themselves on how they feel abt the album.
@@pddimez8485 its a lot of lil teenage kids that are like kanye cult members who repeat shit like parrots when they havent listened to an album. this album is gonna age well
Yebba’s Heartbreak is the song you play in a movie where the main character gets shot at the end and he’s just dying slowly while they show flashbacks of his life.
Yoooo I think about this all the time because I like writing screenplays for fun. I always base situations on songs I like and could sound good in there. this is one I always think about. What song plays when that main character dies and the flashbacks come through. I always liked franks moon river as my “sad/dying” song. Just had one of those weird moments where you’re thinking something then you see it on tv or somethin right after and your comment was that😭
Since Drizzy takes inspiration from The Beatles, he should do what they did and go to a 3rd world country, so he can go on a psychedelic retreat in the mountains somewhere and find new material from that just like The Beatles did. It’d help his growth as an artist.
that’s what a lot of people been wanting for a long time , Drake spitting over hard rap beats on an album. He’ll never do it cuz he wants his melodic shit in there all the time.
@@Hypno_BPM that's the only thing that keeps me coming back each album release, the potential, im hoping he gives us at least one "hungry Drake" mostly rap project before all said and done
@@Hypno_BPM It's because Drake is trying to appeal to the radio and tiktok crowd. He's trying to go for earworm melodies and failing miserably at it. It's a shame that he chooses popularity over actual good quality rap or just good quality music in general. I wouldn't complain if the melodies were actually good.
100% kanye always trying some different shit with his sounds and i can always appreciate it. feel like ive already heard every song on this drake project.
I’ve enjoyed Drakes music for many years, but dropping an album as generic as this off the back of Kanye releasing an album as experimental and conceptually intriguing as Donda is a huge mistake.
I feel like this album proved that Drake didn't grow as an artist at all since Views. Same production style, repetitive features, some song slaps, but some are just 'meh.' It's just funny how I enjoyed DLDT more than CLB (and the fact that he delayed it too to improve it.) I miss IYRTITL Drake, man.
@@seanpardy8128 I feel like he's too comfortable in his comfort zone. He needs to try different pattern in terms of creating an album. This is too underwhelming for me for an artist like Drizzy.
He’s playing it safe because he knows he has a winning formula where he can keep breaking records with marketing and features. The production is top notch but besides that it was underwhelming. It’s not bad by any means just not what I expected since it was 9 months late.
After reeling in my expectations, I can appreciate it for what it is a bit more, which is another Drake album, in the same way Culture 3 was another Migos album. I don’t think it’s a stand out in his discography, but it’s listenable and it’s distinctly his sound. I guess what I was hoping for was some more maturity (idk why lol). Thematically he stays in a very boyish place and sonically it’s very on brand. In the first half, outside of the intro, he steps back and big brothers most of the features, which comes off as lazy rather than grandiose here. I also feel like the high energy songs fall flat, although I appreciate a break from his subtle, monotonous delivery. Don’t get me wrong, he can sound completely unenthused and still kill it, but both the vocals and the wavy instrumentals had me waiting for something to heat up. When he’s up to plate in the latter half, there might not be any home runs (just my opinion), but he hits the ball and the points add up. Definitely more variety on this end of the project, and less diminishing returns by the end of each song. I enjoyed most of these tracks. He sits all the way back for Yebba which pays off, and there are a couple decent lyrical showcases after that. I think the closer ties off an album nicely, but it feels out of place. It doesn’t feel like the proper ending of THIS album. My mistake was coming into it expecting the celebration of a decade at the top, but the title and the cover art give away everything and nothing. This is a culmination of his experience as an artist, not a victory lap. He knows how he is perceived and plays it up while making sure to reinforcing his status. There’s a lot to attribute to his prior endeavors, but he’s not taking it too seriously. If you don’t take it too seriously either, you’ll have fun. Still, he’s gonna be all over the air waves and I’m sure my Sherlock analysis will have turned to Stockholm’s by then. Edit: when I say mature I’m referring to both a more refined sound and tackling similar themes in a different light or like a retrospective, and this album does neither. Also the marketing had me thinking it would be a stronger, more cohesive body of work. I appreciate the feedback.
Not even an insult to Drake but honestly it’s the most mid of all mids, and if I’m being honest I actually hate that more. Even a bad album will be remembered but this just seems forgettable
Its kinda painful to admit to this as a Drake fan. I really expected better. Really thought that 9 month postponement would make it so much better than what it is. Second half it really felt like it was a chore to listen to it.
Drake is the definition of the "Capitalism breeds innovation" meme. Drake has gotten used to coasting on his albums because he knows his diehard fans are uncritical of him and will lap it up and fill his bank account with dollars, regardless of how similar the tracks are. He is the iPhone of rappers.
The fact you classify him as a “rapper” is inevitably ignorant, his versatility is un heard of and the fact that even when he receives awards he makes it known he’s never satisfied, he’s an artist that will be remembered long after you or anyone else hating will be, I’m speaking centennials
This another typical drake album, Just good enough to get plays and be a crowd pleaser. You can never go wrong putting on some drake, but you can easily find something better.
Exactly a few great songs here and there but overall feels like a pretty average 6/10 album that hasn't blown me away with a lot of generic decent songs similar to scorpion imo
@@adamgriffiths8639 Few songs here and there? There are 10+ songs that slap on the 21 track album. More than half of the album has replay value, that’s more than “a few songs here or there.”
Fun fact about the first track. That beat is actually taken straight from Navajo by Masego. Until it changes in the next verse. So it’s like a double sample. If that makes sense
In retrospect I feel like Scorpion was much stronger than people gave it credit for. Side B is some of the best r&b/pop of Drake's career, imo. Summer Games, Jaded, Nice for What, In My Feelings, After Dark, etc...
Definitely people have to understand that Drake sounds better after the 2nd listen. People give it one quick listen than Shut it out. They ask for consistent R&B drake but don’t really want that. Drake already gave them that
@@roll2ones no , he didnt say thaf , he said that scorpion is underrated , but CLB still better , and you ll see after it grows on you in a few months Views took people YEARS to appreciate it
@@gkay8889 Views was my favorite drake album since the first listen and still is, I really don’t see CLB growing on me to be over scorpion theres just a lot missing for me. First listen of Scorpion I still loved it usually w Drake all you need is one listen
Listening to this album was like watching Woodley fight paul. You know what Drake is capable of but rather than giving tracks his all, he sits back, throws a few good hits here and there and does the bare minimum to get by.
yeah for me it even felt like Tyson v Roy Jones, GOAT boxers but you can tell they were holding back they're true power so they didn't KO each other into the grave early.
i think this is how all objective drake fans feel, album is just ayt, a 6/10 , its sad seeing an artist as talented as drake fail to reinvent himself since 2016
Yea I found the album good but not at normal drake tier but if you’ve listen to music lately it seems like everybody is running out of ideas. Music is boring now. The only I people I can think of that didn’t was j cole and Kendrick and that’s because they take like 3-4 years each album
One of the things I noticed is that although the artistic direction intended in both Donda and CLB is very surface level, Kanye does a great job of making every song sound relatively different while still bringing you back to that same direction, whereas with CLB it’s so all-over the place and random that I often forgot what the point of the album even was. Also, Kanye let the features shine without letting them carry; Drake honestly needed every single feature he got on this, and it’s no coincidence that all of the good songs on it have features that outshined him. The artistic range on Donda is also far better, but that’s to be expected because I think we all know Kanye could make a CLB, but Drake could never make a Donda. (Not sure how y’all aren’t getting the ‘surface level thing’. I’m not saying Donda was surface level as an album, I’m saying that Kanye made it very apparent what it would be about; and despite this, he still managed to make every track have a new feeling to it, while still maintaining that same artistic direction. I promise your 12 year old ‘I’ve been listening to music consistently for 2 years’ opinion means nothing to me.)
this comment needs to be ping right on top to remember these bandwagon drake fans that is not becuse they like 7-8 song on CLB that the album is better than DONDA , i like both but lets be honnest, just the fact that kanye produce his whole album makes it 19321784 time better and there is no debate here .
Is the artist direction on Donda really surface level though? I think going the gospel rap route is pretty bold and the lyrical content is actually some of the deepest Kanye’s ever had if you actually listen to it.
Donda is not surface level lol we haven’t had enough time with the album to truly dissect it but I can already tell there’s a lot there and it’s clear the album tells a cohesive story, as most of Kanye’s albums do.
@@MrOranorange I know I’m saying that the direction he was going in is surface level, as in he let us know what it would be about and yet still made it sound refreshing with every new track
I always says this. His whole discography up until that mixtape was flawless. After that. He just fell off tbh. I still love his music. But I can’t keep lying to myself.
Drake should have made this an EP and kept the 6/7 songs that are decent on it and binned the rest. Feel like CLB had no real concept here on a 21 song album an EP would’ve been perfect and could pick 6/7 that fit the concept better. Drake could still sell 500k for an EP lol
Not every album needs to have a concept for it to justify its run time. This album, while nothing groundbreaking from drake, kept a good consistent run of quality songs and had no real lazy attempts at trying to make a billboard 100 hit. Overall it was an enjoyable and quality album to listen to and I don’t understand why people are crying about it not being experimental or conceptual, it’s literally Drake
I actually think all 21 songs were good. It’s like every drake era in 1 album and every song sounds good. Yeah there were a few corny bars but I enjoyed it all in all
If yall liked the Intro, I'd check out Navajo by Masego. He was the one who actually brought that immaculate sample that ewe mafe by hie friend to lifeee and he blessed it with his own voice and the sax on a song he made a few years back 🙌🏿 Show some love to the OG 😤🙏🏿
I feel like a lot of mainstream artist haven’t fully grasped the new blueprint for albums. They just drop songs in there. Some artist have full themes and shit but some artist just have too many audiences to please.
an album having a theme isn’t something new bruh, i’d personally rather have an album have a theme than just a playlist of random songs together. that way, it kind of sticks to that moment in time for me.
Drake is a fine example of a POP star. When one track blows up, the artist will only follow with a similar sound to keep some of that base. Every song on the pop station on radio sounds the same. Can say the same about drakes albums for same reasons.
Bruh ngl I disagree heavily about this, as much as people like to hate on drake, this not the reason why. It jus sounds like a good reason so people like it. Not even a “Drake Head” but bro has hella sounds
This is an absurd take. Explain how know yourself, hotline bling, gods plan, back 2 back or one dance sound similar to one another. Guy has maybe a couple singles with trappy or afro caribbean rhythms that overlap
Everything on this project sounds the same to y’all ? I got that from Trippie’s album last week lol but I didn’t cut on CLB and think the same but I guess we have different ears.
He has hella sounds but like most of the songs on this album just sound like reused flows, lyrics and content matter. I love it when Drake does something afrobeat or uk because that stuff goes hard af, but he’s just recyling shit at this point . At least 10 of the songs off this album were forgettable and the same shit tbh
this was typical drake. if you took every song made by drake in the past, idk 8 years and played it for someone who has never heard him they would have thought it was from the same time. this dude doesnt evolve.
I feel like this album suffers from OVER marketing, and i'll say it, since its coming of the heels of its release and bc of their beef CLB will undoubtedly be compared to DONDA. And while I love some songs off this album (TSU, Fair Trade, No Friends in the Industry) none really hit the highs of songs like Hurricane, Moon, or even Off the Grid. It's possible listening to this album at 1:20 am might've affected my initial thoughts but after the first listen im giving CLB a 6/10 (for comparison I gave DONDA a 8.5/10) P.S I also kinda liked scorpion more than CLB so maybe im just wack.
I agree 100 percent. CLB is plagued with and will always be compared to Donda until the earth stops spinning. And I agree with you that I enjoyed Scorpion more than CLB even if I didn’t even like that album.
I find it ironic how drake dissed Kanye on 7AM saying that he’s fallen from grace and he’s way past his peak when drake himself is already way pass his peak like since 2016 while Kanye still value art, continue to take risk, continue to reinvent himself and be boundary pushing
The shots at ye are actually ruining these tracks for me at this point. He’s been sending subliminals for 3 years now because he can’t cope with the Story of Adidon. I think this album makes it clear that Drake’s ego is just as big as Kanye’s and the both of them are equally insecure and it’s annoying af to have to constantly listen to.
Yeah but his reinvention was trash. JIK, Ye, and Donda are all mid. His reinvention was trash 🗑, lmao. And I dare to say KSG was only good because of Cudi’s influence on the album.
@@Relikia25 graduation was a reinvention, 808s was a reinvention, yeezus was a reinvention, even MBDTF was a reinvention of his sound honestly. The man’s discography is impressive and you’re just exposing yourself as a 🤡 with a stupid take like that. You can’t say that KSG was only good because of Cudi after he’d been dropping dud albums for years man.
The best way I can describe this album is - this album is good background music that doesn’t require much brain power. Album sounded boring when I was listening to it at 3am alone. Album sounded great on my way to work knowing a three day weekend is coming up. Album sounded better after linking with a few friends and just throwing it on in the background. This album is not game changing. It’s not innovative. But it’s that new Drizzy. We already knew what to expect. He’s the 2K of rap - same game, new rosters.
This is why Drake won't progress. People hype up his stuff even when it's mediocre. He has no incentive to grow artistically. If Big Sean put out this same album he'd have mad 🗑 emojis online.
"drake's pen game is fire when he wants it to be" "I'm gonna see a side of drake I've never seen before" *2 songs later* "say you a lesbian, girl, me too"
Bruh, like so many of Drake's lyrics are just pure cringe. Although none (for me at least) will ever top "Shout out to Asian girls, let the lights dim some"
Most songs sound similar but I guess that’s a normality for drake albums. Donda is better for me, Kanye mixes his great production with great features and solid content.
@@matt-xk2wc bro don’t act like half the rap base ain’t comparing the two either. holy shit. competition is great for any industry and i’m a fan of both.
I was subjected to it on a Lyft ride last night, and was DYING to get out of the car...just really lazy and boring...other than the features, all the drake bars could've been in any one of the songs without it being noticable...very generic
I feel like Drake accomplished his goal with this one. It’s so inoffensive and has just enough variety between different tracks that it’s just kinda something you can put on and play anywhere. It’s not the best artistically, but it’ll fs do some crazy numbers.
@@rodkneehitstp5449 I wouldn’t say 34 is “almost” 40… I mean for a music career you can damn well have 2 more albums/projects before reaching 40. Trynna make him out as an old and out of his prime artist
I remember walking through ODU’s campus and seeing Masego playing his saxophone on the quad lawn. A decade later he’s featured on the #1 song in the world with one of the greatest artists ever.. talk about turning a dream into a reality! 🔥
Crazy seeing all these comments which are describing everything he’s dropped since this album, but this one aged like fine wine, I’ve loved it since day 1 but y’all hated this is his last good album
I have a hard time understanding how people a actually like donda😭😭 ain’t no way u actually bump it full volume in the whip bruh it’s no way I refuse to believe it
CLB is really a "relative album", I mean you feel it better when you're just trying to enjoy music and feel yourself I promise you'll connect with at least one of the songs. I found that out recently also!
Idk man it seems like u guys jus tryna dig up random stuff for why everyone thinks the album is Garbo. Can’t rlly connect to drake man he’s immature and a child groomer.
@@caasieu I would hardly disagree. I don’t think he’s made a good album since iyrtitl but to each their own. Drake has abused the same sound and hasn’t changed as an artist for the last 10 years so even the songs that you’d think would be good(champagne poetry and 7am on bridle path) come across as extremely stale and boring cuz it’s like I’ve heard the exact song before.
I feel like this album encapsulates everything that’s wrong with Drake and his persona, which could be aptly named “certified lover boy”. He treats his fans similarly to how I would imagine he treats women-promising them more maturity, follow-through, complexity, and finesse than he ever ends up *actually* giving. There are soooo many self-owns in the bars of this album that when people come for him for being a “lesbian” or being predatory towards women, he’s gonna gaslight the hell out of them and claim top-dog status because he’s a Don Juan of the music industry. Drake is smooth. But he ain’t deep. He doesn’t put in the artistic effort (even though he COULD, which is super frustrating), and his bars are weak af. He shouldn’t be getting outshined by his features like this. It’s almost like OVO, as an entity, continues to have its priorities wrong and is completely unwilling to change a formula that keeps singles on the charts instead of curating albums with depth or vision… they’re just chasing dollars like rabid dogs. Anyway. Drake is so irritating and low key I feel like the information that he’s shared with us about his love life and approach to the rap game in this record make me dislike him even more. This man has a huge ego and wants to TREND rather than impress or communicate an artistic statement/vision… I dunno, but I don’t think the annals music history will look back on Drake as fondly as he thinks it will.
if you said this 6 years ago id call u crazy but this accurately represents drake today. seems like hes just tryna recreate his old shit but just doing it worse
It really is mad frustrating. Especially with all the promo, and the haircuts i thought this album would have much more complexity, maybe even ironically play on the stereotypical soft drake some people have painted him as. He has the influence, he has the hits, but the only thing that differentiates him with his contemporary's, a.k.a Kendrick and Cole, is the willing to take artistic risks, and depth. His Pen game is really strong when he wants to be, so it's not like he can't do it. I couldn't have said it better.
yh exactly - on the one hand it must be hard to put loads of effort into songs now as he's been at the top for so long and no matter how shit a song he releases it still goes top 5 at the minimum, but also was expecting a way better album not some 21 pretty generic drake songs with 3/4 max standout songs. Especially after the deserved criticism of scorpion would've expected something above a 6-6.5/10 album, for me as a big drake and ye fan clb was no where near as good as donda
In all honesty at this point I think Drake has like 5000 songs pre recorded and just records like two or three new songs every album. Very talented but after the first three albums it feels like he’s phoning it in for the most part. Not hate just IMO 😎
100% agree, and even though it might not be a “better” album I respect cartis whole Lotta red more than CLB cause at least carti is attempting to be creative and give us new things. Tyler so far to me has the best album this year. He build worlds and brings us into them. Even donda is cinematic. Drake….idk not bad just not exciting
I really don't know if i prefer Donda or CMIYGL, Tyler made an album with 0 skips, and Donda has some bad moments like in Tell The Vision, but the songs have so much quality that it doesn't matter for me
This album is at least a C to C- at best. Even though I listened to it twice I found some of the features better than Drake's verses at times. It's safe to say that Drake has been comfortable with music for a while and this album shows that.
I honestly wanna see Kanye make a Drake album as some sort of non official release just to kill the GOAT conversation. It might even push Drake to actually step out of his comfort zone and try something ambitious, which is what people have been begging for since Views.
Really wished for Drake to go out of his comfort zone. I got so excited for CLB after listening to his feature on "Betrayal" with Trippie Red, As it was one of the first times we heard Drake on a rage beat and it worked well. Disappointed he didn't expand on that.
@@LilSaske27 Similar to what? It sounds like every song in the album. Production inasne, Beat insane, Song never takes off and lazy delivery with lyrics that shouldn't represent a 34 year old Drake. Literally 10 years after "The Real Her" and he still talks about helping strippers. If i want to hear better versions of these songs i'll just listen to "Take Care".
The closing track was kinda nice and I was thinking “wait was that album actually kinda good?” And then I remembered everything else and thought “yeah… not really”.
Most people hate this album because it’s too Rnb. That’s what it should be. It’s called Certified Lover Boy for a reason. However, i think the tracklist needs adjusting, so here’s how i would make CLB a great album cover art - The CLB logo he was promoting 1. Champagne Poetry: Classic intro. No discussion 2. Papi’s Home: This song isn’t great but it fits the theme of the album and sets the tone well. 3. Wants and Needs (feat. Lil Baby): Cut Girls Want Girls and get the other Lil Baby song 4. Laugh Now Cry Later (feat. Lil Durk): Cut In The Bible and get the other Lil Durk song. Also this was supposed to be the lead single for CLB. 5. Love All (with JAY-Z): The ready to die part fits well after the two singles, and is a decent enough song to keep on 6. Get Along Better (feat. Ty Dolla : Perfect song for the theme, and a classic song. One of his best IMO. 7. Pipe Down: Flows well after Love All, and is a great song 8. Yebba’s Heartbreak (feat. Yebba): Tranistions after Pipe Down. Also great interlude 9. Chicago Freestyle (feat. Giveon): In this world DLDT is like a 6 song EP: This song fits in well with the album and is good. 10. Not You Too (feat. Chris Brown): Amazing song, and fits the theme again 11. Fair Trade (with Travis Scott): Not a love song but you can’t leave it off here. Classic track. 12. TSU: I feel like Fair Trade does a good transition into this song, it fits theme, and is good 13. N 2 Deep (with Future): Transitions from TSU, and a classic 14. Way 2 Sexy (with Future & Young Thug): I know this song sucks but it kind of fits the theme and it was the big single on this album. 15. No Friends In The Industry: The only reason this track is on here is because it talks about Kanye/Kendrick which was a big storyline around this albums release. 16. 7am on Bridle Path: see above 17. Race My Mind: Transitions from 7am, and fits the theme perfectly, the last part of this song is like the climax of the album 18. F*****g Fans: Ik people HATE this song. I don’t get it. One of the best on the album, flows well after RMM, and fits the theme perfectly. Also good closer to the love themed songs 19. The Remorse: Great closer for the album, all of his projects have ended on full rap songs. 20. [hidden track] You Only Live Twice (with Lil Wayne & Rick Ross): This is a hidden track because I couldn’t find a good spot for it on the tracklist, but it works well as a hidden/bonus track, and is a great actual closer to the album. Basically like The Motto Part 2. 21?. Toosie Slide: If you want to this song a bonus track like Hotline Bling on Views. Put it between Remorse and YOLT Knife Talk got cut because it doesn’t fit the theme of the album. At all. Put it on SM2. Same thing with Fountains. IMY2 got cut because it’s not memorable enough + can’t find spot on tracklist A deluxe for this album can easily be made. I feel like this album goes up as one of Drakes best. So many classics.
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I still can’t get over that cover
shit is terrible
Yea it’s bad
The original got leaked so i think he changed it
@@90spapii15 he could’ve changed it to something better bruh
he probably picked it because he knew people would talk about how bad it is, basically promoting his album so more people see it
2:14 - Champagne Poetry
3:33 - Papi's Home
4:37 - Girls Want Girls ft. Lil Baby
5:57 - In The Bible ft. Lil Durk & Giveon
8:22 - Love All ft. Jay-Z
9:41 - Fair Trade ft. Travis $cott ($ trav vibes)
12:17 - Way 2 Sexy ft. Future & Young Thug
13:20 - TSU
15:14 - N 2 Deep ft. Future
16:28 - Pipe Down
18:13 - Yebba's Heartbreak ft. Yebba
19:06 - No Friends In The Industry
22:46 - Knife Talk ft. 21 Savage & Project Pat
24:06 - 7am On Bridle Path
25:12 - Race My Mind
26:15 - Fountains ft. Tems
27:04 - Get Along Better ft. Ty Dolla $ign
28:56 - You Only Live Twice ft. Lil Wayne & Rick Ross
29:37 - IMY2 ft. Kid Cudi
30:01 - Fucking Fans
31:20 - The Remorse
I got y'all mfs
YOU THA GOAT
Goated
Goat
🐐
Goated I wish you were my drug dealer
I feel like Kanye always takes mad risks and makes bold choices on his albums, where Drake always plays it safe. I always appreciate it when artists show confidence and boldness.
I guess the album cover is bold tho. Terrible, but bold
kanyes album didnt make any decisions and had no direction. literally just threw mp3s at the wall and made the album cover black.
@@demandcollect you need to listen to it again
@@demandcollect the label put the album out, I wonder if Ye had an album cover in mind
@@demandcollect the direction is being a better you and trying to do right by god (im not to religious) and showing kanyes true self talking about relationships, street struggles, and overcoming great obstacles but the message is there you may just not care enough to see it
I think we're all surprised that the Emojis of 12 pregnant women ACTUALLY ended up being the album cover.
12 pregnant women *
Facts lol 😂
yeah I thought it was gone be the CLB logo with the rose and shit
I wasn’t lol
I love the cover. Actually fire
Drake has the best production imaginable and continues to make one of the same 5 songs over and over and over
facts
THIS!
The intro and second track is fucking flawless with production but I said “Drake not doing much but it’s the beginning, I’m sure he’ll improve.”
Then i fell asleep after track 5 played
I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it lol 🤷🏾♂️
@@Papabandana Yeah, like the sample on the intro is from Michelle, one of my favorite Beatles songs and really songs in general, the chop is immaculate, but there’s just nothing that grabs me as much as I’d like it to. I think I’ve just heard the sample-based Drake confessional track too many times because he doesn’t have much new to say.
I couldn’t put my finger on it but that’s my problem with Drake. I want to like his stuff but I am just so damn bored most of the time.
"Girls Want Girls" feels like a parody of a Drake song
The album feels like a parody of a drake album lol
That song is fucking awful. The rest of the album was meh for me, but that song alone made me hate the whole thing.
@@bubblesthemonkey6615 I think 2 sexy was the corniest song on the album
😂😂😂😂
It really sounds like time flies from dark lane demo tapes
Drake made a whole album just to come out as a lesbian. Respect
I’m a lesbian 2
🤣
It was delayed 9 months so I was expecting an absolutely crazy album just for it to be incredibly underwhelming. Saved like 8 songs out of the 20 and I’ll still prolly end up skipping a lot of em when they come up on shuffle.
Damn you got 8? I only got 5.
12 for me
@@reobae I got 12 as well.
I kept 2 😅
I got 13
Drake should have dropped first. Kanye dropped too much of a dynamic album to follow.
Drake is still talking about the same thing. Women we don’t know that play games… the apartments they live in and how everyone in the game is a opp… there ain’t much more insight we can get on Drakes life or career at this point.
Insight about his life or career? That is his life. In both freestyles he dropped, When to say when and Chicago Fresstyle, he talked about arriving at his son’s school for parent teacher conferences.
Look, I get some of what these comments are talking about but a lot of people are reaching, searching for sumn they can’t even put into words. Evolution as an artist doesn’t mean changing the conversation.
@@davidamrovhe779 you're right. Evolution can mean changing your sound too and he doesn't do that at all either
@@jasonhope8052 true, you could go in a time machine and release CLB before More Life and it wouldnt matter.
@@davidamrovhe779 I can see where you're getting at here. I don't want to be misunderstood as if I'm wanting to be completely immersed in Drakes life lol. I'm speaking from an artist/consumer standpoint.
I barely listen to Drake's recent material because he copies everything that surfaces at this point. Both Kanye and Drake had the same features. Why does Drake's project sound like what we've been listening to for the past 2-3 years now? It's not about his life... it's about how it's translated within a body of instruments.
There's no way we really expected Drake's album to compete if he didn't come different... What's different? lol Playing both sides of the fence Drake does have hits... He at has like 4-5 every project up to Scoprion. Plus these albums have two different audiences kinda.
We've been listening to continuations of projects. In my opinion this project lacks evolution and shock value. We knew the contents of the album before it even dropped. Donda had an actual story to tell with sounds, mixes, and content we haven't heard before. Not only that... but Donda sounds like nothing we've heard from Kanye.
This is 40's album. lol
by any means this is not a bad album, but i‘m still confused as to how he had such an insanely intense and long rollout for such an easily forgettable and mediocre album. like how was he in the studio listening to himself and saying „yes this is THE certified lover boy everyone’s been waiting for“
This is exactly it! You hit the nail on the head, it wasn’t bad just forgettable. And I’m genuinely shocked that not a single song stood out except maybe fair trade.
@@niki4you for real, i still cannot believe that this is just how it all played out. i hope drake still has an ace up his sleeve.
You hit it. Not bad but won’t have many songs show up in a Drake mix from Spotify in the future
Absolutely agree
@@niki4you I just hope his next album is not saturated with filler tracks and shit
This is a Drake album and that is a compliment and a criticism. He refuses to leave his comfort zone. He will never make a "bad" album but that is my problem with Drake. There is zero risk. I'll give it a few more spins but I can't see myself going back to this after that.
You read my mind
So you’d rather get a bad drake album….that you don’t like, just to see him “leave his comfort zone” and “take a risk”, which means nothing…..
@@xXStIcKiNgXx look at Kanye, most people would agree that he has at least one bad album with jik, but he’s taken so many risks and had so many paid off with way more certified classics than any other rapper in the game, let alone drake. Every album is a different sound he’s experimenting with and it pays off.
Facts, I feel like Drake has been comfortable with making music for the past few years though
@@juancena8329 the thing is…drake doesn’t need to “take a risk” or whatever to prove himself. The one of the greatest already. Like the original comment said, “he will never make a bad album” like that’s a bad thing. If he were to change it up and take a risk, people would just clown him for releasing a bad album and the fact he tried to change it up.
We’ve been eatin off Shawn vids lately. Thanks for providing W content Shawn, keep it up.
Bro all the huge artists are dropping 😭 he can’t take a little break or anything 😂
@@patrickmoore8890 damn straight the Certified R n B Boy putting in work
Trav’s feature so good even Shawn Cee can’t hate on it
One of the only redeeming parts of this album
@@johnmarston1568 i don’t understand how mfs HATE this album as much as they do.. like dawg this album was good idc what ppl say, i think ppl just expected too much out of drake on this project.
@@pddimez8485 its people that cant think for themselves, majority kanye fans. this album is a fun listen w great production and some of drakes best rapping. give it a week, this hate happens all the time when drake drops. take care was hated like crazy, along w views, more life, and scorpion
@@NightOwlJa i want to agree with u but... nah 😂 the hate for more life and scorpion were for good reason, both bloated projects. but i do agree that ppl aren’t rlly thinking for themselves on how they feel abt the album.
@@pddimez8485 its a lot of lil teenage kids that are like kanye cult members who repeat shit like parrots when they havent listened to an album. this album is gonna age well
Shawn: “I don’t like COVID bars from any rapper”
Also Shawn: “drake spitting this a pandemic up in here”
don't worry this won't be on his R&B album
Lmaooooo
damn didnt even know drake was droppin... ive been off the grid lately
ahh I see what you did there
😭😭😭
smooth wid it ahaha
Lol
guess who's going to jail tonight
Yebba’s Heartbreak is the song you play in a movie where the main character gets shot at the end and he’s just dying slowly while they show flashbacks of his life.
Best song in the album tbh
carlito's way
@@kamfisher1714 nah it’s papis home
Yoooo I think about this all the time because I like writing screenplays for fun. I always base situations on songs I like and could sound good in there. this is one I always think about. What song plays when that main character dies and the flashbacks come through. I always liked franks moon river as my “sad/dying” song. Just had one of those weird moments where you’re thinking something then you see it on tv or somethin right after and your comment was that😭
@@Uknow___5 fair trade
Drake is the goat at making one long song and giving it 21 different titles
They really did all run together
Facts lmao
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This comment deserves thousands of likes
Bro how does Fountains and 7 am in Bridle path sounds same?? Drake living in your head rent free 😂😂
Since Drizzy takes inspiration from The Beatles, he should do what they did and go to a 3rd world country, so he can go on a psychedelic retreat in the mountains somewhere and find new material from that just like The Beatles did. It’d help his growth as an artist.
Bro Drake's New album is trash th-cam.com/video/W-EXy-AitnY/w-d-xo.html
Bro it’s too late. He 34 and is one of the top 10 known artist in the world
@@bigchinese6239 he’s a commercial rapper, nothing more
"His pen is phenomenal... when he wants it to be." MANNN THIS, I wish he would really want it more often
Man you could make 2 albums worth of songs of just drake barring up. Hell always have that
👍🏻
that’s what a lot of people been wanting for a long time , Drake spitting over hard rap beats on an album. He’ll never do it cuz he wants his melodic shit in there all the time.
@@Hypno_BPM that's the only thing that keeps me coming back each album release, the potential, im hoping he gives us at least one "hungry Drake" mostly rap project before all said and done
@@Hypno_BPM It's because Drake is trying to appeal to the radio and tiktok crowd. He's trying to go for earworm melodies and failing miserably at it. It's a shame that he chooses popularity over actual good quality rap or just good quality music in general. I wouldn't complain if the melodies were actually good.
Listening to this album feels like watching reruns on tv.
*Lmfaoo this the one bro*
That was a bar!
Tbh this album made me appreciate Donda even more
I SAID THE SAME THING!!!!! Donda will live on forever…CLB will be forgotten
100% kanye always trying some different shit with his sounds and i can always appreciate it. feel like ive already heard every song on this drake project.
Same, krnal
7am on bridle path made you appreciate Donda more… I believe that…
@@DM-iw5mj you're fuckin hilarious man. Lemme guess you're 10 years old
Drake makes music with solid production, he can sing and rap well, but he just has nothing interesting to say.
Actual and factual
I feel like this is the problem, he ain’t relatable anymore
Are you dumb, drake be spitting facts. Maybe this comment was a joke and it went over my head
@SapendoYen , unless you a fuck boy you can probably find more relatable music
Common knowledge
it’s crazy how drake can just put out whatever. people like tyler who organize they albums perfect do not get the praise like this dude. album 6/10
Remember seeing a study that the more popular the music is on average the worse the critical reception
facts, its crazy how it looks like drake doesn't put much effort into these songs, while tyler literally makes every part of each song himself
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYINNN
DUDEEEEE FINALLY SOMEOJE WHO UNDERSTANDS i love this comment, I been saying call me if you get lost >>>> clb
6 is so generous
Bro Giveon just another breed his vocals are OUTTA THIS WORLD
Sampha somewhere punching the air rn
@@jensenshackles haha facts, feel bad for him
Everyday i wake up & watch “seven hunnid” on TH-cam , im addicted ever since i found out about him‼️‼️😩
Someone gotta tell Drake that he a grown ass man in his mid 30s.
whats that suppose to mean??
he hittin the meek mill
@@cameronsparadise8061 she a lesbian, me too
Yea we gotta control another mans life, we just have to
@@cameronsparadise8061 that his bars are lacking his hes spitting the same BS.
I’ve enjoyed Drakes music for many years, but dropping an album as generic as this off the back of Kanye releasing an album as experimental and conceptually intriguing as Donda is a huge mistake.
😂😂😂
💯 facts.
💯💯💯
i like how you think you know stuff about stuff but you dont know shit about shit
@@larewsmysticalmeat and you just said nothing about nothing
I was anticipating Shawns reaction more than the album itself
Same
Facts
@@stratosphere2323 no it’s not , in Donda’s case maybe
@@gkay8889 Donda blows this shit away. Stop it.
@@BennoYaKnow22 um , you good my boi?
I feel like this album proved that Drake didn't grow as an artist at all since Views. Same production style, repetitive features, some song slaps, but some are just 'meh.' It's just funny how I enjoyed DLDT more than CLB (and the fact that he delayed it too to improve it.) I miss IYRTITL Drake, man.
He’s trying to be too safe and appeal to a massive audience, I took this from a comment above but I feel like it’s the truth
@@seanpardy8128 I feel like he's too comfortable in his comfort zone. He needs to try different pattern in terms of creating an album.
This is too underwhelming for me for an artist like Drizzy.
The women will still love it and the clubs will play it everyday. Also many IG captions
That’s why I say his mixtapes are better than his actual albums
He’s playing it safe because he knows he has a winning formula where he can keep breaking records with marketing and features. The production is top notch but besides that it was underwhelming. It’s not bad by any means just not what I expected since it was 9 months late.
Only here to see how he reacts to the travis feature
Update: i see it was so heat that even shawn had nothin bad to say 😂
😂
Hey @AkashLego Productions! You're goated
th-cam.com/video/HZnZxWCKpg8/w-d-xo.html
Imo that is the best song on their besides you only live twice.
he always talking shit about travis, this time he had to just accept that he bodied
After reeling in my expectations, I can appreciate it for what it is a bit more, which is another Drake album, in the same way Culture 3 was another Migos album. I don’t think it’s a stand out in his discography, but it’s listenable and it’s distinctly his sound. I guess what I was hoping for was some more maturity (idk why lol). Thematically he stays in a very boyish place and sonically it’s very on brand.
In the first half, outside of the intro, he steps back and big brothers most of the features, which comes off as lazy rather than grandiose here. I also feel like the high energy songs fall flat, although I appreciate a break from his subtle, monotonous delivery. Don’t get me wrong, he can sound completely unenthused and still kill it, but both the vocals and the wavy instrumentals had me waiting for something to heat up.
When he’s up to plate in the latter half, there might not be any home runs (just my opinion), but he hits the ball and the points add up. Definitely more variety on this end of the project, and less diminishing returns by the end of each song. I enjoyed most of these tracks. He sits all the way back for Yebba which pays off, and there are a couple decent lyrical showcases after that. I think the closer ties off an album nicely, but it feels out of place. It doesn’t feel like the proper ending of THIS album.
My mistake was coming into it expecting the celebration of a decade at the top, but the title and the cover art give away everything and nothing. This is a culmination of his experience as an artist, not a victory lap. He knows how he is perceived and plays it up while making sure to reinforcing his status. There’s a lot to attribute to his prior endeavors, but he’s not taking it too seriously. If you don’t take it too seriously either, you’ll have fun.
Still, he’s gonna be all over the air waves and I’m sure my Sherlock analysis will have turned to Stockholm’s by then.
Edit: when I say mature I’m referring to both a more refined sound and tackling similar themes in a different light or like a retrospective, and this album does neither. Also the marketing had me thinking it would be a stronger, more cohesive body of work. I appreciate the feedback.
My sentiments exactly. Except, I think instead of it being seen as “on brand” I see it more as being lazy and uninspired.
Ay bruh it’s never that serious I’m not reading that
@@youngpedroplug8249 Just wrote this on the can bro lolll
Holy shit you went in
@@goodcontentforcoolkids double entendre
Some cool samples on this thing 🤬
yo glad youre back man
cool samples on this thing that got wasted
hi bandstand
U fell off
@@Lovecore802 L
Not even an insult to Drake but honestly it’s the most mid of all mids, and if I’m being honest I actually hate that more. Even a bad album will be remembered but this just seems forgettable
Yeah least a bad album has some bangers this was kinda all high quality but eh.
People called this a top 3 album and a classic. This album was meh.
Always happens with drake albums , y’all hate on it at first but it becomes a classic in 2-3 years
Its kinda painful to admit to this as a Drake fan. I really expected better. Really thought that 9 month postponement would make it so much better than what it is. Second half it really felt like it was a chore to listen to it.
I don’t want to here mid anymore if you you say something is mid you gotta be under the age of 14
Drake is the definition of the "Capitalism breeds innovation" meme. Drake has gotten used to coasting on his albums because he knows his diehard fans are uncritical of him and will lap it up and fill his bank account with dollars, regardless of how similar the tracks are. He is the iPhone of rappers.
You pretty much just described every top artist lmao
Im a diehard Drake fan and i disliked this album. Have seen him twice on tour. This was BS.
Drake's new album is trash imo. th-cam.com/video/W-EXy-AitnY/w-d-xo.html
Drake is a salesman! He acknowledges his target audience in a unique way. Still a drake fan, dont listen to the album that much tho
The fact you classify him as a “rapper” is inevitably ignorant, his versatility is un heard of and the fact that even when he receives awards he makes it known he’s never satisfied, he’s an artist that will be remembered long after you or anyone else hating will be, I’m speaking centennials
This is for everyone who knows DONDA was a much better album from a much more talented ARTIST. Stay blessed.
🙏🏽 🙌🏽
You too 🙌🏼
on god!
there's really no comparison.
you too!!
Just gonna let y'all know Kanye made MBDTF at 33 while Drake made CLB at 34. They shouldn't even rly be compared to each other imo
True…. Not comparable at all
I gave this album a fair chance putting the beef to the side…then i pulled an akademics
@@Papabandana wdym? Did it cure your insomnia.
Fr, I slept like 6th track. Came back to it, just every bored of it. I like Drake to, but most of these aren’t hits.
Bro i am a kanye fan, but don’t do drake like that. He gave some classic albums or else he wouldn’t be where he is right now.
This another typical drake album, Just good enough to get plays and be a crowd pleaser. You can never go wrong putting on some drake, but you can easily find something better.
Exactly a few great songs here and there but overall feels like a pretty average 6/10 album that hasn't blown me away with a lot of generic decent songs similar to scorpion imo
@@adamgriffiths8639 Few songs here and there? There are 10+ songs that slap on the 21 track album. More than half of the album has replay value, that’s more than “a few songs here or there.”
This isn't a typical Drake album. This sounds more like a lazy "playlist" as he calls it. It's More Life pt. 2.
@@JetSetAnime for you yeah, I don't hate the album but there's only 6 songs I know I'm gonna be taking away from it.
@@JetSetAnime that’s your opinion
Fun fact about the first track. That beat is actually taken straight from Navajo by Masego. Until it changes in the next verse. So it’s like a double sample. If that makes sense
Fair Trade was the best track on the album, that one needs to be a single cus it's the best thing Drake's put out all year
Glad it's not just me
Instead of making it a single he put a big snippet on his ig a few months ago
Nah it’s fountains
In retrospect I feel like Scorpion was much stronger than people gave it credit for. Side B is some of the best r&b/pop of Drake's career, imo. Summer Games, Jaded, Nice for What, In My Feelings, After Dark, etc...
Definitely people have to understand that Drake sounds better after the 2nd listen. People give it one quick listen than Shut it out. They ask for consistent R&B drake but don’t really want that. Drake already gave them that
i…. agree
Exactly scorpion is miles ahead of CLB idk what people on
@@roll2ones no , he didnt say thaf , he said that scorpion is underrated , but CLB still better , and you ll see after it grows on you in a few months
Views took people YEARS to appreciate it
@@gkay8889 Views was my favorite drake album since the first listen and still is, I really don’t see CLB growing on me to be over scorpion theres just a lot missing for me. First listen of Scorpion I still loved it usually w Drake all you need is one listen
Listening to this album was like watching Woodley fight paul. You know what Drake is capable of but rather than giving tracks his all, he sits back, throws a few good hits here and there and does the bare minimum to get by.
I think 7am in bridle path was a bit more than a few good hits here and there
yeah for me it even felt like Tyson v Roy Jones, GOAT boxers but you can tell they were holding back they're true power so they didn't KO each other into the grave early.
@@romaretaylor9953 my guy you just named one song out of 21.
i think this is how all objective drake fans feel, album is just ayt, a 6/10 , its sad seeing an artist as talented as drake fail to reinvent himself since 2016
Thank You!!
Noone gonna listen to any song on this album in 6 months i swear. Im still a drake fan tho but feel cheated and dissapointed.
Objective and music CAN NOT be used💀
I also gave this a 6/10
I like it but Idk just didn’t do it for me
Underwhelmed
I thought the same thing
Nothing spectacular about this album, but this wasn’t the worst.
Yea. Just sounds like he’s running out of ideas honestly
@@braxtonsmith1708 that 11 year streak is showing wear and tear for him.
Yea I found the album good but not at normal drake tier but if you’ve listen to music lately it seems like everybody is running out of ideas. Music is boring now. The only I people I can think of that didn’t was j cole and Kendrick and that’s because they take like 3-4 years each album
Even with donda it’s just like Kanye put the features on most of the songs and just let them take over
It might be his worst album
One of the things I noticed is that although the artistic direction intended in both Donda and CLB is very surface level, Kanye does a great job of making every song sound relatively different while still bringing you back to that same direction, whereas with CLB it’s so all-over the place and random that I often forgot what the point of the album even was.
Also, Kanye let the features shine without letting them carry; Drake honestly needed every single feature he got on this, and it’s no coincidence that all of the good songs on it have features that outshined him.
The artistic range on Donda is also far better, but that’s to be expected because I think we all know Kanye could make a CLB, but Drake could never make a Donda.
(Not sure how y’all aren’t getting the ‘surface level thing’. I’m not saying Donda was surface level as an album, I’m saying that Kanye made it very apparent what it would be about; and despite this, he still managed to make every track have a new feeling to it, while still maintaining that same artistic direction. I promise your 12 year old ‘I’ve been listening to music consistently for 2 years’ opinion means nothing to me.)
this comment needs to be ping right on top to remember these bandwagon drake fans that is not becuse they like 7-8 song on CLB that the album is better than DONDA , i like both but lets be honnest, just the fact that kanye produce his whole album makes it 19321784 time better and there is no debate here .
Is the artist direction on Donda really surface level though? I think going the gospel rap route is pretty bold and the lyrical content is actually some of the deepest Kanye’s ever had if you actually listen to it.
Donda is not surface level lol we haven’t had enough time with the album to truly dissect it but I can already tell there’s a lot there and it’s clear the album tells a cohesive story, as most of Kanye’s albums do.
@@MrOranorange I know I’m saying that the direction he was going in is surface level, as in he let us know what it would be about and yet still made it sound refreshing with every new track
Love this comment man
"I'f you're reading this, it's too late" is still Drake's best album start to finish
I always says this. His whole discography up until that mixtape was flawless. After that. He just fell off tbh. I still love his music. But I can’t keep lying to myself.
Bro Drake's New album is trash. th-cam.com/video/W-EXy-AitnY/w-d-xo.html
🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢
So far gone is better, so Is his first 3 albums
Nothing was the same
The fact that he prefers this over the offseason is wild to me
Yeah, and I’m not even the biggest fan of the off-season. But the song My Life is better than anything on CLB.
@@DDub04 and applying pressure and 95 south and the climb back in my opinion
Shawn tweakin
Yeah he trippin
Tbh I do too. Off-season ain't all that.
It's the same formula. Is it a winning formula? It sells. It's not a bad album, it's a Drake album.
After however many albums it’s boring af. Especially when he took more successful risks on past projects.
It’s Also trash
Compared to Donda it looks bad
Cap, album is aging really well
@@Elliott_Elliottit is not aging well.
Drake should have made this an EP and kept the 6/7 songs that are decent on it and binned the rest. Feel like CLB had no real concept here on a 21 song album an EP would’ve been perfect and could pick 6/7 that fit the concept better. Drake could still sell 500k for an EP lol
Exactly!! Well said
Or he should’ve just burned the whole hard drive cause there was only 2 good songs
this is basically the same story for every drake album for the past like 7 years lmao
Not every album needs to have a concept for it to justify its run time. This album, while nothing groundbreaking from drake, kept a good consistent run of quality songs and had no real lazy attempts at trying to make a billboard 100 hit. Overall it was an enjoyable and quality album to listen to and I don’t understand why people are crying about it not being experimental or conceptual, it’s literally Drake
I actually think all 21 songs were good. It’s like every drake era in 1 album and every song sounds good. Yeah there were a few corny bars but I enjoyed it all in all
Bro this album was fiiiiiiiire I used to hate it but once I rly listen it’s fire
If yall liked the Intro, I'd check out Navajo by Masego. He was the one who actually brought that immaculate sample that ewe mafe by hie friend to lifeee and he blessed it with his own voice and the sax on a song he made a few years back 🙌🏿 Show some love to the OG 😤🙏🏿
Sego should have had a verse on this album
first thought hearing it was about him, shame he ain't gonna get the recognition for the beat but yk
og song is a lot better. it didn’t really work for me as a rap beat, but maybe that’s just because i listen to the og song a lot
literally the moment I heard the instrumental, I was like bruh.... I heard this somewhere before lmao
Yoooooo good lookin out. I never heard it before but that was absolute 🔥🔥🔥
I’m not even a Kanye Fan, and I can admit that Donda was a way better album.
and donda is garbage.
@@rsun_ 😭😭😭😭
@@rsun_ Donda is definitely not trash
@@rsun_ go listen to lesbian bars bruh
Donda was ass
I feel like a lot of mainstream artist haven’t fully grasped the new blueprint for albums. They just drop songs in there. Some artist have full themes and shit but some artist just have too many audiences to please.
an album having a theme isn’t something new bruh, i’d personally rather have an album have a theme than just a playlist of random songs together. that way, it kind of sticks to that moment in time for me.
get along better SO underrated to this day
One word to describe this album is: Bland
Very ..
Certified Bland Boy
Mid
Like Donda
@@ysoserious5498 good one, Donda is miles ahead
Drake is a fine example of a POP star. When one track blows up, the artist will only follow with a similar sound to keep some of that base. Every song on the pop station on radio sounds the same. Can say the same about drakes albums for same reasons.
Bruh ngl I disagree heavily about this, as much as people like to hate on drake, this not the reason why. It jus sounds like a good reason so people like it. Not even a “Drake Head” but bro has hella sounds
This is an absurd take. Explain how know yourself, hotline bling, gods plan, back 2 back or one dance sound similar to one another. Guy has maybe a couple singles with trappy or afro caribbean rhythms that overlap
Everything on this project sounds the same to y’all ? I got that from Trippie’s album last week lol but I didn’t cut on CLB and think the same but I guess we have different ears.
He has hella sounds but like most of the songs on this album just sound like reused flows, lyrics and content matter. I love it when Drake does something afrobeat or uk because that stuff goes hard af, but he’s just recyling shit at this point . At least 10 of the songs off this album were forgettable and the same shit tbh
@@Jaysuave365 lol you listen to trippie red? I’ll pray for you 😂
this was typical drake. if you took every song made by drake in the past, idk 8 years and played it for someone who has never heard him they would have thought it was from the same time. this dude doesnt evolve.
i love you so much for knowing the greatness of musiq soulchild
I feel like this album suffers from OVER marketing, and i'll say it, since its coming of the heels of its release and bc of their beef CLB will undoubtedly be compared to DONDA. And while I love some songs off this album (TSU, Fair Trade, No Friends in the Industry) none really hit the highs of songs like Hurricane, Moon, or even Off the Grid. It's possible listening to this album at 1:20 am might've affected my initial thoughts but after the first listen im giving CLB a 6/10 (for comparison I gave DONDA a 8.5/10) P.S I also kinda liked scorpion more than CLB so maybe im just wack.
I agree 100 percent. CLB is plagued with and will always be compared to Donda until the earth stops spinning. And I agree with you that I enjoyed Scorpion more than CLB even if I didn’t even like that album.
Agreed
@@iammatthewdavid03 that’s a good thing, donda was a DJ khaled album made by Kanye, nothing but features saving the day
Ya wack
@Mr Stungus I don’t get it either bro 😳🤷🏾♂️
I find it ironic how drake dissed Kanye on 7AM saying that he’s fallen from grace and he’s way past his peak when drake himself is already way pass his peak like since 2016 while Kanye still value art, continue to take risk, continue to reinvent himself and be boundary pushing
Drake will give subliminals to ye and pusha t his whole life but coudnt respond to adidon.
The shots at ye are actually ruining these tracks for me at this point. He’s been sending subliminals for 3 years now because he can’t cope with the Story of Adidon. I think this album makes it clear that Drake’s ego is just as big as Kanye’s and the both of them are equally insecure and it’s annoying af to have to constantly listen to.
Yeah but his reinvention was trash. JIK, Ye, and Donda are all mid. His reinvention was trash 🗑, lmao. And I dare to say KSG was only good because of Cudi’s influence on the album.
@@Relikia25 cap. i think you just don‘t get this type of stuff. keep listening to drakes boring ass songs
@@Relikia25 graduation was a reinvention, 808s was a reinvention, yeezus was a reinvention, even MBDTF was a reinvention of his sound honestly. The man’s discography is impressive and you’re just exposing yourself as a 🤡 with a stupid take like that. You can’t say that KSG was only good because of Cudi after he’d been dropping dud albums for years man.
The best way I can describe this album is - this album is good background music that doesn’t require much brain power.
Album sounded boring when I was listening to it at 3am alone.
Album sounded great on my way to work knowing a three day weekend is coming up. Album sounded better after linking with a few friends and just throwing it on in the background.
This album is not game changing. It’s not innovative. But it’s that new Drizzy. We already knew what to expect. He’s the 2K of rap - same game, new rosters.
2K of rap lol
@@brotherchason dead ass lol we know what we getting every single year, yet we’re disappointed when it’s more of the same.
2k of rap is such a perfect analogy
I hate that I have to defend 2K but out of all sports games to reference for same game different rosters you choice 2K? Try Madden LOL.
This is why Drake won't progress. People hype up his stuff even when it's mediocre. He has no incentive to grow artistically. If Big Sean put out this same album he'd have mad 🗑 emojis online.
I appreciate Sean’s commentary on this. He hit it right on the nail!
Drake's New album is trash, agree or disagree? th-cam.com/video/W-EXy-AitnY/w-d-xo.html
INTRO SONGS:
Kodak Black- Pride
Freddie Gibbs, Madlib- Palmolive
Lil Baby, Lil Durk- That's Facts
Thanks goat 💯
Bro thank you could you do this for his donda review too cause I'm lost 😂
@@Dsnipez18 I wrote a comment on that one but it got lost, it’s Est Gee- 30 Boppa and Boldy James, Alchemist- Fake Flowers
"drake's pen game is fire when he wants it to be"
"I'm gonna see a side of drake I've never seen before"
*2 songs later*
"say you a lesbian, girl, me too"
I’m dying 😂😂😂
🤣🤣
Bruh, like so many of Drake's lyrics are just pure cringe.
Although none (for me at least) will ever top "Shout out to Asian girls, let the lights dim some"
@@frederickshaibani5655 he has the most basic lines ever
Aye why we matchin
Drake is at his Eminem stage where he just makes albums that sell. He done making quality music.
Praise God that kanye never turned into that
@@TH3FU113ZT say what you want about some Kanye projects can’t say he doesn’t give a shit
@@TH3FU113ZT life is king was trash tf he doing the same shit 😂😂🗑 so was ye and donda is too
Dave’s “ We’re all alone in this together” and Tyler’s “ Call me if you get lost” lowkey outrank CLB and Donda IMO
my man spitting facts over here
Bro Drake's New album is trash. th-cam.com/video/W-EXy-AitnY/w-d-xo.html
Mike's "DISCO!" Too
U on point haha
Most songs sound similar but I guess that’s a normality for drake albums. Donda is better for me, Kanye mixes his great production with great features and solid content.
Bro who asked if donda was better? Why y’all always tryna compare. Two completely different albums too. Like just enjoy what you enjoy god damn.
@@matt-xk2wc bro don’t act like half the rap base ain’t comparing the two either. holy shit. competition is great for any industry and i’m a fan of both.
@@Hypno_BPM ok? im asking why? like genuinely who tf cares? both of the albums sound good
@@matt-xk2wc who cares why though ? like i said competition between competitive artists will just bring the best out of them.
+1
Lil baby just be spazzin on every track and that's why everyone wants a feature from him.
I feel like this album gets boring and tedious to listen to cause the beats start strong but don’t develop enough, aside from a couple songs.
Yeah you must be a Carti or trippie fan huh
I was subjected to it on a Lyft ride last night, and was DYING to get out of the car...just really lazy and boring...other than the features, all the drake bars could've been in any one of the songs without it being noticable...very generic
drake is like wine, as it ages it gets better
Nah its still 💩 hahaha
@@AsherneZ and you're still broke haha
Laugh now cry later showed off more versatility than anything on this entire album wtf
Agree
Definitely agree
No lies detected!
I just told my man that
yh it was highly disappointing ngl
Giveon helped all of us singers with deep ass voices to feel more confident nowadays.
So proud of tems as an African , she's going places.
Who is tems?
@@theluarUZ google
@@gie3973 google?
@@theluarUZ yeah her first real name is google
@@theluarUZ she’s a Nigerian singer. She been on the come up for a couple of years and now she got a Drake feature.
I feel like Drake accomplished his goal with this one. It’s so inoffensive and has just enough variety between different tracks that it’s just kinda something you can put on and play anywhere. It’s not the best artistically, but it’ll fs do some crazy numbers.
Aka played it safe to get him payed 😕
@@Daduu dudes almost 40 and been doing this for years. You expect classics out this guy all time time?
@@rodkneehitstp5449 I wouldn’t say 34 is “almost” 40… I mean for a music career you can damn well have 2 more albums/projects before reaching 40. Trynna make him out as an old and out of his prime artist
@@eliorodriguez4379 right lmao dude ain’t even 35 yet to round him up to 40 😂
Nahh… that safety belt he put on will hurt the expectations of his next album… This is the fall off
Album was extra medium to me, Donda sounds more inspired, has a bigger variety of sounds, the features go harder, etc.
Agreed
Yup
fax bro
Disagree
I can admit Donda was better, and I’m not a Drake fan
It really sucks that Drake and Kanye ain’t cool with each other, a collab album between them would be great. Endless potential for bangers
They had one made in 2016 that never dropped
I can’t be the only one that wished “Champagne Poetry” was produced by Kanye.
They did make together with MNM n wayne right
I remember walking through ODU’s campus and seeing Masego playing his saxophone on the quad lawn. A decade later he’s featured on the #1 song in the world with one of the greatest artists ever.. talk about turning a dream into a reality! 🔥
WOW thats the same guy!!! Crazy
Old Dominion?
Awesomeness
@@diodelvino3048 yup
What song?
Crazy seeing all these comments which are describing everything he’s dropped since this album, but this one aged like fine wine, I’ve loved it since day 1 but y’all hated this is his last good album
A lot of the album has aged like milk instead of fine wine. And IYRTITL was Drake's last good project
@@chibsagu iyrtitl isn't even top 5 drake project lmao
@@user-tt7ft2yy5n one of the worst takes I've ever heard
@@chibsagutrippin if you think this album is ass
@@Kodiak.nteeee it's not trash, just painfully mid
I will never forgive myself from liking so many songs off an album with that cover
Donda sounds like seeing God coming. CLN sound like seeing a Fboy getting his heart broken for the millionth time
Certified boy lover
@@curiosityshop2297 vs the dead mom
@@AliFrankTheTank 💀💀💀💀
I have a hard time understanding how people a actually like donda😭😭 ain’t no way u actually bump it full volume in the whip bruh it’s no way I refuse to believe it
@@user-hc1ge3vt9d not every song on the album should be a song to bump in the whip lmao you can make emotional tracks too
Shawn Cee the realest reactor out there. Mans ain’t afraid to get real and spit mad facts on us
CLB is really a "relative album", I mean you feel it better when you're just trying to enjoy music and feel yourself I promise you'll connect with at least one of the songs. I found that out recently also!
Idk man it seems like u guys jus tryna dig up random stuff for why everyone thinks the album is Garbo. Can’t rlly connect to drake man he’s immature and a child groomer.
@@trenhen4311 but he makes good music bro, that's for sure. Not his best wrk ever but still enjoyable... To me at least!
@@caasieu I would hardly disagree. I don’t think he’s made a good album since iyrtitl but to each their own. Drake has abused the same sound and hasn’t changed as an artist for the last 10 years so even the songs that you’d think would be good(champagne poetry and 7am on bridle path) come across as extremely stale and boring cuz it’s like I’ve heard the exact song before.
I feel like this album encapsulates everything that’s wrong with Drake and his persona, which could be aptly named “certified lover boy”. He treats his fans similarly to how I would imagine he treats women-promising them more maturity, follow-through, complexity, and finesse than he ever ends up *actually* giving. There are soooo many self-owns in the bars of this album that when people come for him for being a “lesbian” or being predatory towards women, he’s gonna gaslight the hell out of them and claim top-dog status because he’s a Don Juan of the music industry. Drake is smooth. But he ain’t deep. He doesn’t put in the artistic effort (even though he COULD, which is super frustrating), and his bars are weak af. He shouldn’t be getting outshined by his features like this. It’s almost like OVO, as an entity, continues to have its priorities wrong and is completely unwilling to change a formula that keeps singles on the charts instead of curating albums with depth or vision… they’re just chasing dollars like rabid dogs. Anyway. Drake is so irritating and low key I feel like the information that he’s shared with us about his love life and approach to the rap game in this record make me dislike him even more. This man has a huge ego and wants to TREND rather than impress or communicate an artistic statement/vision… I dunno, but I don’t think the annals music history will look back on Drake as fondly as he thinks it will.
Yeah he haves a huge ego
Agree 100%
if you said this 6 years ago id call u crazy but this accurately represents drake today. seems like hes just tryna recreate his old shit but just doing it worse
It really is mad frustrating. Especially with all the promo, and the haircuts i thought this album would have much more complexity, maybe even ironically play on the stereotypical soft drake some people have painted him as. He has the influence, he has the hits, but the only thing that differentiates him with his contemporary's, a.k.a Kendrick and Cole, is the willing to take artistic risks, and depth. His Pen game is really strong when he wants to be, so it's not like he can't do it. I couldn't have said it better.
Hit the nail on the head. Personally I think he's become complacent and samey since Views.
pipe down is the best track on it
Drake's new album is trash imo th-cam.com/video/W-EXy-AitnY/w-d-xo.html
Fair trade is
That shit trash? Tf?
Say sike right now 😭
It’s cool, but he honestly bookended his album with the best tracks . Champagne Poetry and The Remorse, he snapped
I feel like Drake doesn’t give a shit about how his music sounds anymore but that is just my opinion
Yup, I was absolutely horrified.
You were sent to speak the truth
makes no fucking sense
True
yh exactly - on the one hand it must be hard to put loads of effort into songs now as he's been at the top for so long and no matter how shit a song he releases it still goes top 5 at the minimum, but also was expecting a way better album not some 21 pretty generic drake songs with 3/4 max standout songs.
Especially after the deserved criticism of scorpion would've expected something above a 6-6.5/10 album, for me as a big drake and ye fan clb was no where near as good as donda
Shawn trending🙌🏾. That's a major W and this is coming from someone who's been watching since 2017
this album defo needed a Shawn Cee r&b cut
Fax
YESSIR
Makes no sense to me that Drake didn’t go the R&B route for this album….too much effort I suppose??😂😂😂🤦♀️
@@km2460 he needed to call up shawn for some advice on r&b
In all honesty at this point I think Drake has like 5000 songs pre recorded and just records like two or three new songs every album. Very talented but after the first three albums it feels like he’s phoning it in for the most part. Not hate just IMO 😎
I agree with you
He sings all his songs with the same late delivery , usually on the downbeat, it’s not exotic
lmfao imagine. this was his one chance to drop the full r&b mode album but he botched it.
@@tonymartinez5798 true good catch with the late delivery flow
Kanye West had a better album but overall Tyler, the creator had the best album of this year
100% agree, and even though it might not be a “better” album I respect cartis whole
Lotta red more than CLB cause at least carti is attempting to be creative and give us new things.
Tyler so far to me has the best album this year. He build worlds and brings us into them. Even donda is cinematic. Drake….idk not bad just not exciting
King Disease II
I really don't know if i prefer Donda or CMIYGL, Tyler made an album with 0 skips, and Donda has some bad moments like in Tell The Vision, but the songs have so much quality that it doesn't matter for me
@@Southforthewinter WLR > CMIYGL and I mean that.
The Off season
This album is at least a C to C- at best. Even though I listened to it twice I found some of the features better than Drake's verses at times. It's safe to say that Drake has been comfortable with music for a while and this album shows that.
LIDOLE BEETMOJI
To me its a D-
I honestly wanna see Kanye make a Drake album as some sort of non official release just to kill the GOAT conversation. It might even push Drake to actually step out of his comfort zone and try something ambitious, which is what people have been begging for since Views.
What’s the point of getting a feature if they don’t do better than you ?…
the best songs rapping wise is just him .
Drake is a grown ass man saying he’s a lesbian
I was like wtf
He rich, I think he can say whatever he wants as long as it doesn’t hurt no one
@@Lovecore802 Why is being rich an argument here?
@@Lovecore802 such a cringe thing to say
@@dankel4330 how’s saying I’m lesbian something bad ? Y’all hate lesbians ?
Shawn Cee one of the best reviewers in the game🔥👀
No 🧢
best music to fall sleep with at any time
Pipe Down has elements of “Devil In A New Dress” by Kanye West. That’s why Shawn was envisioning him on it
He wish.
*Drake Fans* : *Im 40 seconds in* and not one Skip - - Instant Classic.
Drake haters: in 40 seconds in and not one skip -
Trash
Kirito - hey at least I gave it a try from start to finish - and that shit was still ass 😂
@@firstlast9846 word💀
Pipe Down actually isn’t a sample, its a loop made by Leon Thomas (Andre from Victorious) and a bunch of other musicians
When I first heard it, I thought I could hear a tiny bit of Devil in a New Dress in the melody.
Man that guy Leon Thomas is truly talented. His music alone is good and his musical talents are so great being contributed to others.
I went to high school with Leon he was always talented performing with his guitar.
Really wished for Drake to go out of his comfort zone. I got so excited for CLB after listening to his feature on "Betrayal" with Trippie Red, As it was one of the first times we heard Drake on a rage beat and it worked well. Disappointed he didn't expand on that.
You didn’t heard tsu?
@@LilSaske27 TSU was leaked months ago, And i really don't see how it is different than anything Drake put out so far.
@@Topolinho it’s an similar type of beat wish he would go in that direction on a full record
@@LilSaske27 Similar to what? It sounds like every song in the album. Production inasne, Beat insane, Song never takes off and lazy delivery with lyrics that shouldn't represent a 34 year old Drake. Literally 10 years after "The Real Her" and he still talks about helping strippers. If i want to hear better versions of these songs i'll just listen to "Take Care".
@@Topolinho how I felt this whole album I should just listen to take care
The closing track was kinda nice and I was thinking “wait was that album actually kinda good?” And then I remembered everything else and thought “yeah… not really”.
exactly my reaction, very disappointing-ended up only adding 3-4 songs to my playlist surprisingly
Tems, Cudi and Yebba had the best tracks for sure. They went crazy. Tems deserves great success. Her track was fire!
Drake messed the tems track up unfortunately. His part was so ass.
She washed him on that song
Most people hate this album because it’s too Rnb. That’s what it should be. It’s called Certified Lover Boy for a reason. However, i think the tracklist needs adjusting, so here’s how i would make CLB a great album
cover art - The CLB logo he was promoting
1. Champagne Poetry: Classic intro. No discussion
2. Papi’s Home: This song isn’t great but it fits the theme of the album and sets the tone well.
3. Wants and Needs (feat. Lil Baby): Cut Girls Want Girls and get the other Lil Baby song
4. Laugh Now Cry Later (feat. Lil Durk): Cut In The Bible and get the other Lil Durk song. Also this was supposed to be the lead single for CLB.
5. Love All (with JAY-Z): The ready to die part fits well after the two singles, and is a decent enough song to keep on
6. Get Along Better (feat. Ty Dolla : Perfect song for the theme, and a classic song. One of his best IMO.
7. Pipe Down: Flows well after Love All, and is a great song
8. Yebba’s Heartbreak (feat. Yebba): Tranistions after Pipe Down. Also great interlude
9. Chicago Freestyle (feat. Giveon): In this world DLDT is like a 6 song EP: This song fits in well with the album and is good.
10. Not You Too (feat. Chris Brown): Amazing song, and fits the theme again
11. Fair Trade (with Travis Scott): Not a love song but you can’t leave it off here. Classic track.
12. TSU: I feel like Fair Trade does a good transition into this song, it fits theme, and is good
13. N 2 Deep (with Future): Transitions from TSU, and a classic
14. Way 2 Sexy (with Future & Young Thug): I know this song sucks but it kind of fits the theme and it was the big single on this album.
15. No Friends In The Industry: The only reason this track is on here is because it talks about Kanye/Kendrick which was a big storyline around this albums release.
16. 7am on Bridle Path: see above
17. Race My Mind: Transitions from 7am, and fits the theme perfectly, the last part of this song is like the climax of the album
18. F*****g Fans: Ik people HATE this song. I don’t get it. One of the best on the album, flows well after RMM, and fits the theme perfectly. Also good closer to the love themed songs
19. The Remorse: Great closer for the album, all of his projects have ended on full rap songs.
20. [hidden track] You Only Live Twice (with Lil Wayne & Rick Ross): This is a hidden track because I couldn’t find a good spot for it on the tracklist, but it works well as a hidden/bonus track, and is a great actual closer to the album. Basically like The Motto Part 2.
21?. Toosie Slide: If you want to this song a bonus track like Hotline Bling on Views. Put it between Remorse and YOLT
Knife Talk got cut because it doesn’t fit the theme of the album. At all. Put it on SM2. Same thing with Fountains.
IMY2 got cut because it’s not memorable enough + can’t find spot on tracklist
A deluxe for this album can easily be made.
I feel like this album goes up as one of Drakes best. So many classics.
Yebba is amazing. I’d love to see her on this channel more. Her album is dropping next Friday!!
Doing a Pusha Verse in the intro is cold 😂