Feels like such an album closer…I’m surprised it’s not. Throws in the biggest meme of 2016….”what are thoooooose,” the Drakiest move. Mike: “They gotta goooo, they gotta goooo,” God i love that part.īrad: This is TLC circa ’94. Was literally going to say wait until there’s 30 seconds left when the synth comes in.īrad: Sounds like Versace’s distant cousin. Mike: Haha I didn’t want to ruin it for you. I wouldn’t mind living in this loop forever. Best I Ever Had was peak squeak Drake.īrad: Holy shit the synth at the end. Mike: He’s completely ditched his wheezy whining voice he used to have. I want to listen to this song again so bad. “Slide on a late nighttttttt” then goes straight Jamaican but I love how it’s not Jamaican dance music. Only Drake can pull that off.īrad: It’s weird listening to this after waiting forever. I’m calling it that Weston Road Flows or Too Good are going to be the best, just throwing it out there.īrad: Keychain go jang a langgggg. It’s like I’m listening to some shit from another planet or something and there’s also a perfect run in between the second and third songs, they flow right into each other. You can really never go wrong with adding snare drums. Mike: Love the fucking snare drum on 9. Snares add 3 points to any song in my opinion. Most likely will never listen to this song again. I mean, good opening to what should be an intense album, but this song will NEVER be played in public hahaha. I don’t know if it’s the production but he actually sounds like a singer. Mike: Damn I think he took singing lessons. This will be played at broadway musicals.
This first track sounds like a musical, the opposite of Tuscan Leather. This song is like nothing I’ve ever heard it sounds like a curtain dropped and Drake is standing there in a Tux with a stand up mic. The Event – Thursday Nightīrad: Dude it dropped. How do they even decide who’s going to produce what? Does everyone produce each song separately and then Drake picks the one he likes best? Makes no sense. These Manneesh songs are going to be under the microscope for me. Mike: I swear I don’t know where Drake got all his friends/producers from. He produced the first and last on NWTS. Maybe Maneesh was on on If You’re Reading This I’m also shocked 40 didn’t produce the intro and last song. Drake’s also got this Maneesh with production on the first and last song, that’s a big deal for Maneesh. Remember, the boy is always thinking ten steps ahead.Ĥ0 and Kanye produced a song together, it’s over. All the while knowing his fans, peers, and critics have been waiting for this album ever since he dropped NWTS in the fall of 2013. I’m still convinced If You’re Reading This… Was made up of tracks for VIEWS but he took a step back and realized he could throw out a bunch of loosies that are better than most rappers singles, in order to make sure he locked up 2015. He’s been preparing for this day since he dropped the album title on Twitter in the summer of 2014. Who the fuck told him to re-brand? I swear this is making me slightly nervous about this album now.īrad: Dont let the clothes cloud your thinking. His brain’s gone straight up noodle from being in the studio for so long. I can’t stop laughing, all I can picture is infant children wearing his line now. Those hats are literally Oshkosh rip offs, it’s not even funny. He definitely nailed the 90’s part but all of the absolute terrible parts of the 90s. That logo is just brutal, like what happened to the actual OVO owl swagu he used to use? This new logo is like a mix of Nascar and a gas station. Mike: Hahaha the swishy pants! Everything looks like something that no one wants at Salvation Army.
I’m convinced he’s going full boy-band ballads with the album I swear it’s like how the Backstreet Boys and N’Sync dressed in the 90s. He’s even going full GAP fleece that everyone’s mom bought them in fourth grade. $228 for a jacket! And the hats literally look like the hats that Oshkosh sells for babies. The sweats look like those 90’s ones that make noise when you walk that the freaks wore and I can totally see Eicher wearing this shirt. What is wrong with him, look at the whole line. You see Drake’s updated clothing line? Fucking 90’s BMX style. The Calm Before the Storm – Thursday Eveningīrad: 6 hours till it’s released.
The following is a condensed email chain between Messina and Callas leading up to the release, through the live stream, as well as our reactions to the album as we listened and digested the following day.
Obviously, we couldn't stop talking about it. By Mike Messina, ApAs you probably know, Drake released his much anticipated album Views this past Thursday night on his radio show, OVO Radio on Apple Music.