Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "DRAKE - FOR ALL THE DOGS ALBUM ANALYTIC DREAMZ REVIEW"

Episode Date: October 11, 2023

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticOn his latest album, "For All the Dogs," Drake casually mentions that he's been working on it, and now it's finished. This may seem like an unnecess...ary update, but it's a testament to Drake's incredible work ethic and consistency. Since 2006's "Room For Improvement," two years have never elapsed without a major Drake release.In a world where many of hip-hop's commercial heavyweights have stepped back, Drake has endured as a consistent hitmaker for nearly 15 years. This is an unprecedented streak, and it's a testament to his dedication to his craft.In this segment, we'll discuss Drake's unbroken streak of success, and what it means for the hip-hop industry as a whole. We'll also talk about the factors that have contributed to his longevity, and what we can learn from his work ethic.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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Starting point is 00:00:00 I know what y'all saying. You're saying Drake could have treated it as better or whatever, but I don't know. I think he dead right. You know what I'm saying? And you know how I get over at notorious mass effect, drawing conclusions, building up my case for how Arby Graham, aka Drake, is the go. like I have a jurist doctor degree. So saying he could have treated us better, that's kind of crazy. But all jokes aside, we're just going to get right into it
Starting point is 00:00:47 because I have a lot to say about this album. And in this review, it's going to be a lot of information thrown at you. And hopefully you can handle it because as a Drake fan, I've been paying attention to everything. When I tell you, I've been trying to figure out the marketing strategy for this album for the longest, thinking that this was the worst album rollout ever, and then to see the news that it's going to sell 400 to 450,000 first week and easily be number one, I'm like, I think I didn't figure it out.
Starting point is 00:01:23 And that's why, but that is why, ladies and gentlemen, this entire episode for 130 is titled, Drake versus Hip Hop Media. Now, I thought it was kind of strange when he called out certain hip-hop heads. And that is going to round off and give us a 360 moment on why this album was marketed specifically this way, right? I believe Drake's marketing rollout was beefing with hip-hop media, specifically old heads. people who's old and have heads because you know no disrespect so that being said we're going to go down the timeline
Starting point is 00:02:09 and hopefully y'all can stay with me throughout this entire time because let me tell you something I know a lot of people have been asking about how I feel about the album and we're going to get into it because you know I was kind of being funny at the beginning but people really think Drake could have treated us better
Starting point is 00:02:24 and I'm like I don't know what else this man can do like this is one of the most complete albums I've ever heard from Drake it gives us everything and more. So it's like, we're going to get into it. But first, I want to talk about the marketing strategy because, you know, I do call myself analytic dreams and it will be very ignorant to not focus on the analytics as far as how he rolled out this album.
Starting point is 00:02:48 So it all started with this particular person, right? And before I get into this, make sure to follow or to watch along while I'm talking, Make sure to follow Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see the video element along with the audio. With that being said, we're going to get to subject number one, Anthony Fantano. I thought it was a little strange that back in September in 2022, this man went at Anthony Fantano and basically said, your existence is a light one, and the one is because you are alive. Now we're going to recognize a reoccurring theme here
Starting point is 00:03:31 as we get into this album rollout. This is the first hip-hop media head he decided to go at. And while some could say it is not unprovoked, I could say it is unprovoked because hip-hop media simply talks about hip-hop. It'd be different if a Stephen A. went out of his way to say,
Starting point is 00:03:51 for all the dogs is trash. Or if a grace ran, Randolph went out of her way to say for all the dogs about Drake's trash or if a Jeremy Johns, basically you see what I'm saying like hip-hop media heads talk about hip-hop. So as you can say this is unprovoked or did, no, you could say this is provoked by Anthony Fantano talking about him. I mean, that's kind of his job. So the recurring theme is how Drake attacks these hip-hop heads, but not in the way that's malicious or in a way that's below.
Starting point is 00:04:32 the bar like he doesn't send any below the belt shots at any of these hip hop heads but he does addresses them which is very rare for drake to do but he does it so often that i finally figured out that is what his rollout was or is currently for all the dogs so first subject was anthony fantano right if you need another one look no further then elliot wilson now i just have the screenshot up on here because i basically have to break this down to make this uh quote makes sense so basically Basically, Elliot Wilson was a perplex that Drake did an interview with Bobby Althoff in earlier this year, right? Well, not earlier.
Starting point is 00:05:11 It was like a month or two ago where he did the interview with Bobby Althoff and I can't say a name. You know, you just have to deal with me mispronouncing it. So Elliot Wilson called that out. And then Drake, of course, being the petty person he is, waited after those comments for Elliot Wilson to do some type of interviews at Rolling Loud and academics posted it, remind you, all of these, well, most of these responses on academics page, which is another hip-hop head, right? We're going to get to him in a second. So, Ellie Wilson was doing interviews at Roland Loud.
Starting point is 00:05:46 Basically, if you never seen Nardward, basically those type of interviews where he walks up on an interview and does and tries interview the person. And it's nothing wrong with that, right? but Drake, remembering those recent comments about him and Bobby, came back to say, quote, about that particular video. L.O.L. Man, expeative, not coming to this platform for a second time talking about him. And now, Elliot, Tinto's, doing yes, Jules, run up interviews at Rolling Loud. Just admit the youth took over Big Dog. point number two on how Drake's rollout was just dissing hip-hop media as the youth is the biggest point that I'm going to be making throughout this entire case that I'm presenting because all of these people he's targeting are quote-unquote old heads. We have Anthony Fantano.
Starting point is 00:06:44 We have Elliott Wilson with the back and forth, which technically was unprovoked. I mean, if a hip-hop person talks about a hip-hop artist, I don't think that's you provoking him. you're just talking about something that's in your job and in the field of your job it'd be different if elli wilson came out he was like bro i don't know why draymar hanging out with lebron so much like that would be weird right that would be like oh you have something personal against them but as a hip-hop media head it makes so much sense to just point out stuff that looks very peculiar and the hip-hop scene so with that being said i thought this was also unprovoked and champagne well i don't even know i don't even ever call him that Drake called out Elliot simply for his rollout.
Starting point is 00:07:25 So with that being said, that is subject number two. Now, let's get into subject number three, which is Charlemagne. Now, all these are sequential. So you can go back in the timeline. All of these are in order. So Anthony was the first one back in 2022. Elliott was the second one. Earlier this year, I forget the actual month.
Starting point is 00:07:45 And then Charlemagne came not too long ago, like right up before the album. And basically Charlemagne has so many hilarious things to say about Drake. And I actually cover that. If you look up Charlemagne versus Drake, analytic dreams, the shit pop up. So I'm not going to go too much in detail. But basically, after Charlemagne basically said that Siza and Drake's Slime You Out record came and went when it literally went number one. But that's besides the point. It came and went and said that two superstars like that shouldn't be dropping stuff that comes and goes.
Starting point is 00:08:16 Drake once again took offense at a hip-hop media head and said, because if you think about it, he's not pointing out anybody else but hip-hop media heads. So he said, quote, are you okay, Leonard? Question mark, which if you don't know, Charlemagne's real name is Leonard, I would highly recommend you read his book titled, I was about to say Straight Shooter, that Stephen A, titled Black Privilege. But straight shooter is also a good book. But anyways, Black Privileged by Charlemagne, I would read that book to hear about
Starting point is 00:08:46 the happenings of how he got to where he is, which is very interesting. But anyways, um, Charlemagne's real name is Leonard. So champagne pop, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, hold on. Nah, but we ain't go slop as it. I'm gonna keep that in there, but hey, we are not calling him that. So, Drake, said, are you okay, Leonard with two question marks? You kind of weirding me out, G, like you're really obsessed with me or something for years. Like you look in the mirror in which you saw my reflection type beat. Whatever you got to do to let it out,
Starting point is 00:09:19 I'm sure your 435 loyal fans will stand by your ex parte of goof. So, that being said, he's going out another hip-hop media, subject number three that we're currently on. And Drake is obviously saying that he does not mess with any of these hip-hop had opinions about him, right? any negative critique is not warranted with the rollout for all the dogs. But in reverse, what he said about Elliott talking about the youth taking over, remember, he did an interview with Bobby Althoff.
Starting point is 00:09:54 He's championing and flying out Kaisenet to his concerts. He's jumping on every single young platform that he can as far as academics page. If you don't know, a bunch of kids follow academics. So he's trying to stick into the certain good. graces of the youth while going against the old heads making it seem like is Drake versus the old head which inherently makes him look like he's for the youth and he's with and he's amongst the youth. This is the rollout that I think Drake is using for all the dogs that was done in the greatest of efficiency. Y'all may think I'm riding or doing tricks or whatever but let me tell you, this
Starting point is 00:10:37 is exactly what Drake set out to. do because all of these comments that hip-hop media heads are making about a hip-hop artist was pretty inbound and wasn't like anything crazy none of these hip-hop heads came out like man i don't know why drake um hanging out with something like that like it wasn't an outlandish or out of bounds it was just regular music critiques so that was subject number three right and charlemagne literally kind of i think he understood out of all of these people that drake went out i think he understood the most that drake was trying to Drake was trying to use him for a rollout, basically saying that he was, if you don't remember,
Starting point is 00:11:16 Charlemagne's response to this, Drake, because he went in on Charlemagne calling him like the off-brand, Morris Chessna, all that other stuff. If you look at or listen to Charlemagne's response to Drake's diss, he basically said that him and Drake are in on a joke about every time he drops, he critiques it for his album rollout. But I think Charlemagne realizes that Drake was using him for his album rollout. So he played along with it to act like they was both in cahoots when all actuality. Drake really doesn't like him, but he's also using him for the rollout. So Charlemagne is the only one that pointed out that he's using him for a rollout.
Starting point is 00:11:49 All these other people kind of just responded in fashion. Like Anthony Fantano responded to Drake basically saying that, I forget what he said. His response to Drake was like, why are you coming at me type response? Like it wasn't really aggressive, which, you know, with Anthony Fantano, you really can't get too aggressive when you're being a white man covering hip hop like that's out the that's out the bad like nah we're not having that like hip hop is is mostly black people in uh anthony fantano for him to build up his fan base because he has excellent takes on music not trying to discredit him but being a white man in hip hop you have a certain uh perspective on you so you can't act certain
Starting point is 00:12:31 ways right or they're just going to completely turn on you so i think he handled that in stride Elliot Wilson handled that in the stride, basically, you know, rebuttal in it with, you know, they all was just basically perplexed that Drake went so hard at him. And that's how, and Charlemagne did the opposite, calling out the rollout, calling out him using him for the rollout. So that's the third subject we have. Fourth subject, which y'all probably know is the most recent one. And it's Joseph Anthony Budden. And this is what he had to say about Drake's for all the dogs that now has been released. This is like Yadi rapping.
Starting point is 00:13:08 This is like he rapping for the children. And that's my, yo dog, I had to look up how old this was when I finished listening to the album. You are 30. I want y'all to know that Joe Budden's critique was the most personal because he brought up age and that specifically what Drake was trying to do with his rollout. 36. Your birthday is in 20 days.
Starting point is 00:13:30 I googled that too. 37 years old. Get the away from some of these younger niggins and stop fucking these 25 years. Another personal shot from Joe from Joe Button. So this was the most personal.
Starting point is 00:13:46 And that's why Drake, at all the responses, I feel like he was the most emotional with this one because he realized that, all right, so Joe finally took the bait of calling him old, right? Because Drake's whole rollout for All the Dogs was kind of
Starting point is 00:14:02 championing the youth coinciding with the youth bringing Yadi with him everywhere he went which is just a representation of how the youth acts so now because you're attached to somebody everybody's going to look at you
Starting point is 00:14:15 in a certain light right it'd be different like if y'all think that Drake rolling around with little Yadi isn't a marketing play I imagine if Drake was rolling around with Griselda or
Starting point is 00:14:26 what's another Benny the Butcher or you know what I mean like he's trying to have the youth appeal Like obviously he can roll around with people who could easily enhance his musical ability talking about like Saha the Prince, right? He can roll around with him if he wants to enhance his musical ability, which he claims is why he has Yadi around. He literally has Yadi around for the youth appeal and for the youth follow him and everything he does. Not saying that Yadhi is the most popular, but when it comes to visual presentation and business mind, little Yadi is the best amongst his peers. And with that being said, obviously, I always say that Lil Yadi makes the worst audio music I've ever heard in my life.
Starting point is 00:15:08 Like, as far as the audio format and sonically, little Yadi puts out the worst music ever. Like, sonically, like, he's just the worst ever. So that being said, I think he was using Yadi solely for youth appeal. So now, when Joe Budden calling him out about age, I think that's what ticked him off the most. As you see right now, his response was, lengthy to say the least pause he said joe budding this from drake this is drake typing from his account under academics page once again i don't know if you can see it at the bottom but says reply to champagne because it's a screenshot by academics because it's academics page so once again
Starting point is 00:15:46 he responds at these hip-hop heads old heads through a youthful media site he says joe buddun you have failed at music period i like the way he started that off that was pretty far You left it behind to do what you are doing in this clip because this is actually because this is what actually pays your bills. For any artists watching, this is just a reminder you are watching a failure. Give their opinion on his idea of a recipe for success.
Starting point is 00:16:19 A quitter. Give their opinion on how to achieve longevity. You switch careers because the things that pop into your brain had you broke, live in check to check, and the raps you write had 450 men what's up with this 400 number 475 for charlemagne 450 for joe budding like is he keeping is he keeping some type of list that we don't know about like is joe budding and charlemagne have some secret pop-ups we don't know about where only 400 people
Starting point is 00:16:45 are showing up like what's up with this 400 number like how does that keep popping into drake's brain like you're talking about what pops into joe button's brain why 450 plus people keep popping to your brain when you uh approximately uh when you come into a approximately how many people they bring it out i was like honestly that that's the thing that kept blowing me i was like what well pause but yeah that was just wow 450 men showing up to your shows and dusty and niece oh no you say that jeans to screw up their face to mood music 29 and pretend you are the goat please to any artist i thought this was the best part right here. To any artist that's doing what they feel is right, don't let these opinions affect your mindset after the fact. This guy is the poster child of frustration and surrendering.
Starting point is 00:17:37 You've retired and we never hung up your jersey. We don't even remember your number. We know you for doing this. You withdrew from rap, not because you accomplish all you need to, is because it wasn't working for you. I never want anybody in the generations, another playoff of age, generations to think that the whole, everybody's entitled to their opinion is a real thing. This is a man projecting his own self-hate and the fact I did and continue to do everything he wanted to do for himself.
Starting point is 00:18:18 If you need to put it to simpler terms, I own a 767 He owns a modest house in the 973 And flies first class on special occasions Now as far as a response I'll give that C minus I'm not going to lie to you I thought it was pretty
Starting point is 00:18:40 I thought it was pretty bad Like he really didn't point out anything That would stick Because if you do know Joe Budden He was successful in rap And and by the things that popped into his brain, not only did he transition from rap
Starting point is 00:18:59 into entertainment field, which he was always trying to do when he was a rapper, he successfully did it and became one of the pioneers in podcasting where Spotify, giving him a deal, literally opened up the floodgates to how much money podcasters can make.
Starting point is 00:19:13 Joe Budden did that himself. It was Joe Budden, and that was it. And then that's when Joe Rogan realized, oh, you get this, how much from Spotify? And then he got the bag from Spotify, Spotify and then now Joe Button is like more independent but he's still like top of the top when it comes to analytics and podcasting that's not me caping for Joe I call myself analytic dreams best believe I'll be looking at them numbers so with that being said nothing that Drake said
Starting point is 00:19:38 even makes sense like none of this stuff makes sense and um Joe Biden even responded basically saying you'll grow up soon at some point or something like that I forget what he said um I wonder if he I wonder if I could find it hold up we're going to bring that we're going to bring his response up because his response was the um the epitome of how you respond to your girl when she's super upset and send you like three essays of how she's upset why she's upset and uh who she's upset about you know it's all that uh all you should have did this why you got me looking crazy this yada yada yada it's like a huge paragraph right and then the epitome to how every dude responds is how Joe Buddy responded to Drake.
Starting point is 00:20:25 He basically said, yeah, right here. This is basically what he said. This man said, you can see it at the bottom. I think y'all can see it at the bottom, right? Let me put it. Yeah, it's not, it's not getting bigger. All right. Anyways, if you can't read it at the bottom, he basically said,
Starting point is 00:20:51 and he added his IG name, which I'm not going to say. He said, you'll grow up sooner or later. father time is undefeated. One of the things I say about Drake, no, no, one thing I say about Joe Budden and Stephen A. Smith is they are the best orators that I've ever heard. If I have to say that again, is orators. So basically, talkers in their respective space,
Starting point is 00:21:20 they're the best at. And that's simply because the way they manipulate emotions is to be studied in collegiate institutions. Joe Button is a masterclass manipulator And also is along with Stephen A. Smith It's a master class manipulator. The way that you use your words to give what you want Effectively as both of them have
Starting point is 00:21:42 Is a master class in how orators work at its finest, right? With that being said, Joe Button gave the most generic response ever That can encapsulate anything in life. You can say to anybody, you'll grow up sooner or later, Father Thomas underfeud. it and it will apply, right? Manipulation tactics one-on-one. Make a broad statement, let them get offended,
Starting point is 00:22:05 and then make a more specific statement. So that being said, he didn't really respond to Drake. He basically was just doing what every significant other does when their other is super mad seeing you along paragraphs of text messages. You just respond with a short one message that just lets them know, hey, I ain't really taking in whatever you said. Like, hey, have a blessed day or what they say. No, I like when people say so
Starting point is 00:22:32 that they'd be like, hey, God bless you or congratulations. I ain't reading all that. That's basically what Joe Button just did to Drake. So anyways, that was a, what was that? Subject number four? Yeah, that was the most recent subject.
Starting point is 00:22:46 So anyways, let's move on to my final point, which is, on my final subject, which is unfortunately academics. So the way that Drake went at academics was more lighthearted because, of course, academics falls into that youth promotion that Drake is wanting.
Starting point is 00:23:01 The kids follow academics. Joe Budden, Anthony Fantano, Elliot Wilson, Charlemagne, they all have a older audience. But for academics, he technically at this point has the most youth when it comes to a hip-hop head. So Drake is not going to approach academics
Starting point is 00:23:17 the same way he approaches all these other hip-hop mediators, right? So that being said, he basically called academics before the album came out, which a lot of people don't realize, but he called academics before the album came out and promised that he will call academics when the album came out.
Starting point is 00:23:36 When the album came out, he made sure to call Kaisenet, but didn't end up calling academics. I just feel like it was just an honest, not mistake, but it was just like the times didn't match up. Because why would you call academics? Like, I was watching his stream and he was
Starting point is 00:23:51 muted while he talked to Drake and everybody in the call, which if you don't know about Discord, you can still hear somebody if they mute themselves in OBS. because they're not muted in the discourse. So everybody heard that Drake called by academics except for the people in stream because obviously his OBS was muted.
Starting point is 00:24:07 So with that being said, why would Drake call him to tell him he was going to call him again? Like, if he was trying to play academics, he would just keep promising that he was going to call, right? So that being said, it was just blown up to different proportions that I just don't think it was really that serious, which is what academics basically reiterated
Starting point is 00:24:27 when he got into the Drake saying that he was salty that he didn't call him. And basically, he said that Drake questioned him about him being offended by not calling him. And that was off of the, that was a response to academics really not knowing how to feel about the album. So Drake's thinking to himself, dang, is he really upset over my album because I didn't call him? So academics said, I just streamed after that Drake did call him and asked him if he was upset about him not calling him. and academics was like it's not even a big deal which is not a big deal so I'm not going to spend too much time on it but that's another way that he not went at a hip hop hit but he kind of
Starting point is 00:25:09 softened the blow for a young for a hip hop audience that's younger right because go against academics and it's not the it's not the best thing to do in the world I'm not even just hyping academics up I mean you just see what little baby like it just puts you in a whole different line light where it looks like you're not as hot as you used to be so that being said that's the end of my case hopefully I presented a well a good enough case you know what I mean to let y'all know that Drake whole rollout for for all the dogs is basically it was basically going at hip-hop media to all the old heads that covered hip-hop that said one word about Drake whether it was whether it was completely out of bounds which you could say in Joe Budden's case or completely
Starting point is 00:26:02 in-bounds where you can say about Anthony, Elliott, or Charlemagne, Drake still responded in a fashion that led me to believe that Drake was trying to ride the wave of Drake versus old hip-hop media for his album Rollout for all the dogs. So that's
Starting point is 00:26:18 my case. So anyways, with that being said, with that being said, let's get into the responses, right? So Drake, after, you know, all that, he had some other people join in the rollout. He had Birdman, Check, Charlemann, Joe Budding. If you ever heard Birdman, Like he really doesn't talk unless need it, you know?
Starting point is 00:26:39 So I'm thinking Drake hit him up to be like, hey, can you say something to make these dudes get off my back? Like, honestly, I feel like Drake was trying to use Birdman for marketing promotion because obviously he's going to get tweeted by academics because academics covers a lot of beef. So which is nothing wrong with that. It's just the way he does. And so Birdman checked Charlemagne and Joe Budden over the disrespect to Drake basically saying to Charlemagne, I think you mean good and I respect you. even though we had our difference but respect Drake
Starting point is 00:27:10 that's basically that's all he said that was in the IG post as you can see right here and then he said Joe Budden in this picture he used of Joe Budden was beyond hilarious like how in the world did Drake get I mean did Joe Budden get a matching hat and coat of the house
Starting point is 00:27:25 like what? Like I don't know I don't know if that's his house it don't look like it it's like he got matching coat and hat of the interior of whatever house he went to but anyway that's what's such point he said Joe Budden calm down brother
Starting point is 00:27:39 you're not built for this gangster expert of you know it's Peachy podcast but basically saying you're not gangster you're not built for this which all Joe Budden
Starting point is 00:27:49 was saying was like hang out with people your own age and uh Irman just went out the window with the hey you ain't gangster like where that
Starting point is 00:27:57 where that come from you know I feel like the 50 cent me like why does it forget me like I didn't even say about no gangster life. So anyways,
Starting point is 00:28:07 I think Drake had Birdman check Joe Budden and Charlemagne. And then not only did he text that out, but then here's what Birdman had to say on Clubhouse, I believe, when he was talking about Joe Budden
Starting point is 00:28:25 and basically hip-hop media itself, disrespect, old-head media, might I add, disrespect to Drake. And here was his sentiments right here. Man, champagne popper the real deal. Any nigger playing with champagne popper because suck my dick.
Starting point is 00:28:41 Yo, some pussy-ass nigg. Whoa, whoa. Whoa. It's a PG podcast, but let me say, I do not condone the inviting other adult men to your genitals. But, hey, Birdman said it. If y'all want to check him, that's on y'all. But for me, over here, notorious mass effect, we don't condone that. But we're going to keep going.
Starting point is 00:29:02 I don't think he says that again. But anyway, so that was why. But we're gonna leave it in there just to let you know that very man ain't playing around you got to put some respect With a with a with a k on Drake's name Okay, I be saying I'd be tripping it He's up Hey So how do you feel about people who's really not feeling Drake's latest album a lot of people saying that this is the start of Drake falling off maybe
Starting point is 00:29:28 like Joe button criticizing them too Joe button ain't got a hit since carter had lover pills Say, bro, tell Joe Button, calm down, bro. I don't have no ill feelings with Joe Button. I personally always respected Joe Button. I don't have nothing ill about Joe Button. But he can't play with the goat. You can't play with the goat.
Starting point is 00:29:52 No. I don't have no, I have nothing but respect for Joe. But he can't play with the goat. And if you play him with the goat, then you want a problem. If you want a problem, we'll give you a problem. i don't know who has the most evil monologues when it comes to j prince or birdman like which one do y'all think have the most evil monologues it's like comparing thanos from in game to bane from batman it's like there are one-liners and punch lines for how evil they could get isn't it's a sensation
Starting point is 00:30:34 You know what I mean? It's since chills through your spine. It's almost like one of those things that they will actually follow through on Allegedly you know I'm not the police, but let's just say seems like they really be meaning what they be saying But anyway, let's let's keep going But besides that you don't want to give you a problem, but if you want a problem we'll give you a problem with the goal Because we we we respectable men We just we honorable men we not dishonorable men we not dishonorable men but if you play then we go play it's how it go but i respect joe and if you want a problem we'll give it to him whack you can hand him on the west coast i hand him down the bottom and we'll hand him wherever we go
Starting point is 00:31:19 and that's basically it he said you can handle him on the west coast and i like he this man was splitting up where he could get handled like at that point i'm like hey joe buddy you may have to chill out. Like I know he came out with a new profile picture, which I don't know if y'all seen it. But um, let me see if I can pull this up right quick. I don't know if y'all seen it. Uh, Joe Budden. This man changed his profile picture. I ain't know what that meant. I don't know Joe Button. That's the Joe Button pie. No, no, Joe Budding himself. Joe Budding. Is I tripping? Does this man not have a profile? I mean, I know he does.
Starting point is 00:32:06 I'm just, I'm just being funny. Let me see. I'm going to type in profile pick. Oh, okay, here we go. Hold up. Is Joe Bud and Shadow Band? No, that was weird. Like, I really had to type in specifically what he did to pull up his account.
Starting point is 00:32:36 Is Joe Bud and Shadow Band on Twitter? I would show y'all, but I was looking at, like, information on Spider-Man because I did that segment before this, and it was showing, like, Venom 19 inches and So I was like, nah, y'all ain't going to be thinking I'll look at that type of stuff. Ain't, no way. You ain't going to get me. So, nah, but let me see. So, yeah, I think Joe Button is Shadow Band on Twitter,
Starting point is 00:32:58 because I had to type this in specifically to get his profile. Anyways, let me pull this back up. All right. So this Joe Bunn's profile, right? He has a new profile picture right here, and it's all black. I don't know what that means. Apparently his fans are like, oh, it's go time. Everybody I know what that mean.
Starting point is 00:33:15 T. Tom, Don the references, the weekend, for some reason, just some random meme. I'm like, bro, what is it? What's it even me? Like, this man just tweeted out a black square, like some, you know, Black Lives Matter. Like, we back in the 2020 days. But anyways, that's what I was pointing to point. So, yeah, man.
Starting point is 00:33:33 Birdman's not playing with him. And what else? You know who else is not playing with him? Drake's daddy. Yes, literally his dad. Like, the father of Drake is not playing with these people either. So Drake's dad went on a fiery tirade, let double Lexell magazine tell it but anyways basically this is what Drake's dad had to say about
Starting point is 00:33:55 everybody well not everybody but the old head's going at Drake so you can see this type of rollout was pretty effective to the point where he's like hey let me try to hype it up even more about having birdman respond and my dad I do feel like this is a whole rollout for his album and honestly I don't think he cares him much but that's besides point so Drake's dad said it's a exhibit of shame that a young artist can't do his own thing and enjoy his glory without an old hater expert of trying to bust his bubble pulse because he has nothing going on and to mention or put a limit on what age anyone should be dealing with which is none of his extradive business as long as their legal age.
Starting point is 00:34:44 I am sick of these old Hey, y'all go so at the beginning of the segment I said it was Drake versus old hip-hop media And I did put hip-hop media But that's just the salacious title Really what I mean is the old heads in hip-hop This is specifically a marketing campaign Going against the old heads of hip-hop
Starting point is 00:35:06 Right? So I don't think it's a coincidence That Drake's dad is repeating old every other sentence, right? I want to be I wouldn't have been surprised if Drake had his publicist ghost right his dad's response. So anyways, let's keep going. I am sick of these old exfutive haters, exfutive with my son. If you don't like what he does, keep him moving. Exfutive, he's not bothering you with, I don't know how many exclamation points. So you know he was screaming.
Starting point is 00:35:37 So anyways, uh, what else? That was basically it. Oh, okay. Then we get the conclusion to my case. So if I was to have a, if I was to have a jurist doctor degree, which is like the first degree you get to become a lawyer, I would say that this would be my case I present as far as me getting that degree. Because I think I did a pretty solid job on wrapping this whole case up because I do feel like this was a whole rollout. And Drake put a bowl on this rollout basically saying and explaining why he's responding to these people. obviously he's talking about the Canada concert he just had but then at the end he says all you
Starting point is 00:36:19 goofs been throwing my name around publicly for years like a frisbee don't be shocked if i want to go fetch that ex parte of and bring it to your doorstep it's us savage this was hands all okay and then he goes back to talk about the performance because if you don't know he was the one who got savage his green card to make him an actual u.s. resident i believe so Now he can, like, tour in different places. So that's a whole side tangent. But, and then he put this post of, dang, he had a post of, um,
Starting point is 00:36:50 Joe Budden's hat. I don't know if I can find it. I mean, that don't matter. Anyways, that's the conclusion. All right. So he's still taking shots at the old heads of hip hop and basically puts the bow on it, basically saying that, um, all of them had thrown his name around publicly for years like a frisbee.
Starting point is 00:37:07 And don't be, don't see, don't be shocked if he goes and fetch that. Expetive and bring it to the doorstep. Mm-mm-mm. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of my case on why I think Drake purposely used each and every old head that covers media, hip-hop media, that spoke his name. It's existence, not existence, but basically spoke on his name. That's why he went at them. Basically, that was the marketing rollout for all the dogs. to go at every single old head in media, in hip-hop media.
Starting point is 00:37:46 Obviously, the ones that was like not saying anything who was like praising Drake he didn't go at, but the ones that he already had smoke for, it just enticed him even more to extend the rollout. Because if you think about it, when have he ever heard Drake going at any, or the amount of media that he's done for this year? I mean, if Drake then put out an album and he went out these people, I'd be like, dang, Drake's really bothered. The fact that Drake was putting out an album and it misses his whole rollout and it went number one and it's set to sell 400 to 450,000 first week without vinyl. Mind you, without vinyl, like if he would have vinyl, he would have been in the Taylor Swift range of 6 to 700.
Starting point is 00:38:34 But Drake doesn't do vinyl because hip hop is kind of weird with that. Like, you have to submit your music early. It gets leaked, all that other stuff. that's a whole other lesson. So anyways. So yeah, that's my case. Let me wrap that up. So yeah, that's basically it.
Starting point is 00:38:50 And then, all right, let's get into music. So that's my case about the background knowledge of for all the dogs and basically the lead up to it and the marketing rollout and all that stuff. Now, let's strictly get into the music because that is what you're here for. My review on Drake's for all the dogs, which I kind of gave you my review at the beginning. but if he wasn't listening,
Starting point is 00:39:13 I'm definitely going to reiterate my sentiments of this album because let me tell you something. This is the top for Drake album. This is the most complete body of work I've received from Drake since Scorpion, I would say. As far as singles, as far as lyrically driven tracks, as far as lullabies,
Starting point is 00:39:42 this album has it all. Like the embodiment of a Drake album was put into for all the dogs. Drake gave us a complete body of work and everything that we love from Drake. With that being said, let's go to BNEX. I want to transition to Ben EX because I want to shout out to him. I really recognize this because I don't really look at stats like this. But I thought Metro Boomer was running in 2023. But after further evaluation, it's a,
Starting point is 00:40:12 argument that Benny X, which is a producer, should be up for producer the year. At first, I thought it was Metro Boomin because, you know, he's coming out with a future album soon. He just put out, he just put out the Spider-Man across the Spider-Verse soundtrack. And then before that, he had his own Heroes and Villains album. He's just been putting out phenomenal music at a consistent pace, right? Heroes and Villains, I think that came out late, 2022. But anyways, obviously he's been running the game for a little bit, I believe. So when it came to producers, I thought it was leaps and bounds at Metro, which is number
Starting point is 00:40:51 one, outproducing all of these producers. But with further evaluation, Benny X is really one of those type of people where he has his hands on all the hits. And if you don't believe me, look no further than this list right here. Basically, this man produced meltdown. He produced Slime You Out. he produced which if you don't know i mean if you don't know then come on now but uh i'll say the name's attached with it so he produced meltdown with travis scott and drake he produced slime you out with drake and
Starting point is 00:41:21 scissor he produced a with little uzi vert and travis scott he produced k pop with travis god in the weekend yes i just skip i'm sorry for my yee fans i'm still not convinced he produced search and rescue by drake which was a hit that was like a bona fide hit top five top three i think it was number one anyways let's keep going And people saying Drake fail out. This man had two numbers. Let me chill, man. Because Drake's my favorite artist, but even as a person who looks at analytics,
Starting point is 00:41:49 this man does not falling off. Search and Rescue was top five for a minute. I don't think people will get that enough respect. And then to come back with another top five single and slime you out. Anyways, let's keep going. And then they have another one with Jermaine. We're fined getting into it, man. Y'all, y'all be hating on a goat.
Starting point is 00:42:06 All right. And then Benny X produced ID, G.A. which you know what that means but this pggy podcast uh with drake and yeat he produced uh heaven on earth with low tech and codeck black that was also a hit he produced who with me with quavo that was i don't know if that was a hit but that was a good song um away we're gonna get so we gotta get into these specific Drake tracks because that's a part of the album but he produced hold me i'm not gonna lie hold me that's crazy i even see that why they put this at the end of the list to let y'all know hold me by quavo It's my favorite track of 2023.
Starting point is 00:42:43 Call me sentimental. Call me emotional. I don't care. Nigos is one of my favorite groups of all time. After the takeoff passing, you know, I didn't think Quavo was going to come with an album like he did. And for Rocket Power to be as good as it was. And for me, personally, thinking, hold me is by far the best track on the album. Just because of the emotion in it, the way that he rap, the way he switched it up with the singing,
Starting point is 00:43:09 it was really a powerful track like it was one of those well it was like dang like if quavo continue to put art albums out like that like he can have a real substantial like solo career because hold me is still to this day one of my favorite track of 2023 so much i love when art and that's what we're going to get into with this album but basically i love when artists put the emotions into the music because i think that's what music is for music is not just to talk about how you're going to spin the block on your ops 24 times until you get dizzy and it's been again because you ain't had nowhere to park. That's not, that's not music.
Starting point is 00:43:45 Music is using your emotions, what you're going through on a day-to-day basis and putting it into a format where it's therapeutic and also enjoyable for the listeners. Hopefully that makes sense. Anyways, so yeah, Benny X, reason why I'm shouting him out is because I think it's page is right here. Yeah, he's right here. Okay, so reason why I'm shouting him out because he produced eight songs. on this album and people talk about little yadi influencing drake sound or whatever benny x i think
Starting point is 00:44:18 that's how he says name he's the heaviest influencer on this album producing eight songs obviously you have 40 who's like the right-hand man to drake but as far as the sound bennie x is is the sound that drake needs to keep going with like he basically gave a whole album filled with bennie x produce like eight songs could technically be an album for some people so he needs to keep going with bennie x like or find the next pop and producer because that's what drake does sometimes like he'll collab with the artist simply to get their producer with him so now that i collab with you i'm gonna do three to four more songs with your producer so technically i just took your sound but you can have the drake feature right that's what he does to a lot of people i mean shout out to block boy jb but
Starting point is 00:45:03 hey at the end of day hey happens to the best of them so So, yeah, Drake basically collabs with people to take their producer. And for Benny X, I think he used to produce from one of the younger artists. I forget. But anyways, Drake took him, and he was like, hey, you produced for me now. And it was substantial.
Starting point is 00:45:21 Like, all of these tracks I'm going to get into, but Benny X is one of those where it's like, Drake needs to keep making music with this man. With that being said, that's the highlight on the producer side. So Benny X is the highlight from the, you know, the mix and mastering part of this album. Now let's get into Drake.
Starting point is 00:45:39 So track number one, Virginia Beach. So basically, this intro was fired. To use Frank Ocean as a sample, when everybody forgot about the Wiseman Frank Ocean track, masterclass at his finest. This opening, top three opening of all time. And people love to say, oh, Drake doesn't sing anymore. Let me tell you some.
Starting point is 00:46:07 I think Drake's top songs are him singing. Like one dance is still in a top five popular on Drake's Spotify profile. And guess what that is? That's singing. So I don't know what people want from Drake. Like, if you don't want this man to sing, stop supporting it. Like, stop making his singing tracks the most popular on streaming if you want him to rap. Like, that's all I really got to say.
Starting point is 00:46:32 Because if you look at his top stream songs of all time, right? They're basically all singing. God's plan is singing with a little bit of rapping I'm trying to find some more One dance is singing You already talked about that one I'm trying to see a list I can pull up a list
Starting point is 00:47:04 Yeah one dance, God's plan Oh okay great One dance, God's plan Nice for what In my feelings and work is top five Drake stream tracks of all time. If y'all don't want this man to sing, don't support it. Like, that's all I got to say.
Starting point is 00:47:26 Like, that's why I enjoy Drake singing, because it's like, as a person who call myself analytic dreams and a person who dreams about running up the numbers as, you know, pun intended and may sound, I believe in repeating what works. And if y'all didn't think that he was singing well, then why, is the top, not even top five, the top 10, top 20 is filled with singing Drake tracks. Like I said, one dance, God's plan, nice for what, in my feelings. Passion fruit, controller, no guidance.
Starting point is 00:48:06 Like, do y'all really hate when Drake sings? Like, I can't tell. I'm looking at the charts right now. This is insane. Like, if y'all really don't like when Drake sings, y'all shouldn't support it. So anyways, with that being said, let me put that away. this was a top three opener by Drake. Like, I would have to go through my roller decks of Drake openers,
Starting point is 00:48:27 but for me, I like replay value. Obviously, when he wraps, it's not as much replay value as you can see by the charts that just pulled up. Well, you didn't see it, but basically I told you his top 10 or top five tracks streamed of all time. All of them were singing, right? So this makes sense to open your album with something that people are accustomed to. So phenomenal opener.
Starting point is 00:48:48 phenomenal opener I want to see it I don't want to miss anything because I'm not going over this album again Let me see Virginia Beach Let me see That's basically it
Starting point is 00:49:05 And some of these lines like He's gonna find out that's on site Like www www. Onsite like dot com Put a baby in you, you a hot mom Like these are just Drake type lyrics Like come on now Obviously it's like nothing
Starting point is 00:49:21 Like what we're used Like we're gonna get to some tracks Where he's really spitting but that was just like a Drake line like put a baby in you you a hot mom like guess the rapper who said that not just like all right and then amen track number two right um so I do want to I do want to I do want to point out my favorites first actually should I do that at the end I should probably do that then yeah I'm gonna do that at the end because I want to go through these first so track number two amen amen amen was pretty solid because I like to play they did on amen like praying to you
Starting point is 00:49:51 find amen like instead like amen like it's like it's It's a double on tondra, because if you don't know, amen is what you say at the end of a prayer. Amen is also what you say when you're talking about a male, you know. Anyways, y'all get it. I'm not going to treat y'all like y'all little kids. So this track was fantastic. And then the transition into the next track was fantastic. But let me tell you something.
Starting point is 00:50:13 Track number three, calling for you featuring 21 Savage is the worst track by far on this entire album. And it's not even bad because of Drake and 21 Savage. It's bad because this man got a whole. whole feature as an interlude. I'm like, bro, whoever was in this interlude, like, I would be looking for some residuals, some pubs, some royalties. Like, ain't no way. You're going to have me at the majority in the middle of the track, mind you. The majority of this track, and I ain't going to get no type of compensation for it. Like, obviously, she probably got paid or something. Like, I don't know, if I, you know, got to be with Drake or something like that. Like,
Starting point is 00:50:47 but anyway, some actual residuals, like, no way. You're going to have me throughout this entire track and I give me no type of residual like she's literally a part of this track to the point where I literally had to skip to like 3 10 I like I had the the the time stamp memorized that's how bad or just it's tired like it's not bad on first listen but the the the three millionth listen it's like okay bro we get it like you mad at him for going through your phone and you're right so I skip right to 21 Savage and it's around like three 10, 3, 13, something like that. And then 21 Savage comes on, he gives a pretty serviceable verse.
Starting point is 00:51:27 Because, you know, like I say, like, I get tired of people talking about spinning the block. But I was like, all right, whatever. You can have your bar on your verse and a half about spinning the block. So yeah, this track is the worst on the album, not because of the quality, simply because the interlude is in the middle of the track. And I also cover video games. So one thing that video games do, when something's just outlandish, they put a patch, right? They give you patch notes and they patch whatever.
Starting point is 00:51:51 it just shouldn't be there. This interlude in the middle of the track should not be there. I don't know if he thinks that DJs are going to go cut that out, but the average consumer is not cutting it out. They're just going to skip the track in its entirety. So please take that out. I need a hot fix. I'm begging you.
Starting point is 00:52:06 Please give me a hot fix for calling for you because I'm not going to lie. These top three tracks would be phenomenal if it wasn't for that interlude in the middle of calling for you. It's completely horrendous. Take that out. But that being said, Let's go track number fourth. Fear of Heights is one of Drake's best songs ever.
Starting point is 00:52:27 It's a top 10 Drake song ever, like, ever. Like, I'm not even exaggerating. I'm a Drake stand. I listen to a lot of Drake. Fair of Heights is what you want. Singing, rapping, both of it, very catchy, melodic, Drake-type chorus. I mean, I don't know what else you would. If you was like, play the quintessential,
Starting point is 00:52:50 Drake track, I will play Fear of Heights. The way it starts off is so Drake. Like, he literally said he was like, and the sex was average with you. Yeah, I'm anti because I had it with you. And if you don't know, he kept saying anti because that was Rihanna's last album. And this was specifically talking about Rihanna. So this man was like, sex was average with you. Yeah, I'm anti because I had it with you.
Starting point is 00:53:14 Okay, I'm anti like your daddy sister, because you know, playing off auntie. Auntie like a family picture playing off Auntie again And I had way better exudives than you TBH So such a Drake thing to say Yeah that man he's still with you he can't leave you Y'all go on vacation I bet it's Antigua basically playing off anti again And then at that point
Starting point is 00:53:38 I'm like bro is this like a Rihanna disc track I'm like what is this man doing like at this point I'm like okay well I'm pretty sure that you know Rihanna's like happily married with A3 said Rocky so I'm like why wouldn't he just let that go right so and then he kind of's like you know what let me stop and then at the interlude he's like you know what forget it let me go and then when the beat switches when the beat switches y'all thought sick oh mo was fire this is a whole nut level when the beat switches he gets into a chorus he gets into a bag that's like no that's it that's it right there like
Starting point is 00:54:12 imagine being in the studio and that beat switch and then he was nah that's that's it right there like because he gets into the you make me want to cuff you like the law, you made me want to work you like a job, but basically Drake is the best, the greatest, and giving choruses that it's applicable to everybody. That's why if you ever notice, some rappers make choruses specifically at certain events. Drake makes every one of his choruses applicable to the general population, which is why it's so popular. Like, you make me want to cuff you like the law, make me want to work you like a job. I know you're a cab, but can you make that? Like, come on now. Like, every guy could probably be in the club saying,
Starting point is 00:54:51 that like i'm not going to lie to you and then he gets into the verse and the verse the verse the verse was it i ain't gonna lie it's like one of those where it's not lyrical but it's it's it keeps you captivated to the point where it's like oh this is a club anthem like this is this is it singing rapping melodic drake type chorus nah that's top five uh top 10 Drake track of all time so anyways track number five daylight like this run is insane like for people to head on for all the dogs is like like i understand because music is subjective but dame man what what more can drake do like this is this is this is a classic like it's for all the dogs is it is it gives you a lot it gives you a lot and switches it up enough where it's like the complete package like i know the
Starting point is 00:55:43 cover art may not be everything and you know we got to give that pass because his son drew it but like this this is it anyways um daylight daylight straightfire I like the way he plays off of the youthful sound. I feel like Yaddi probably had a hand in this because the flows that he's using is more of an upbeat, youthful type of flow. And when I say youthful,
Starting point is 00:56:06 I mean, like, some of the things he's talking about is very interesting. I mean, um, the, anytime Drake says I'm geeking, I just automatically think Yadi has a hand in it. So I'm not mad at it,
Starting point is 00:56:19 but I thought this was a pretty serviceable, um, solid track. And the repeatability is going to be through the roof because he, I mean, he's repeating the chorus, like, Playboy Cardi effect. And it actually works. I think it's like a Drake Playboy Cardi impression that actually works.
Starting point is 00:56:34 And for me to say that, it's like, I think Playboy Cardi's trash. But no, not Playboy Cardi. I was thinking about Lil Yadi. My fault. I like Playboy Cardi's last album. Let's not get that twisted. I like Playboy Cardi. So anyways, yeah, it was Drake doing a Playboy Cardi impression.
Starting point is 00:56:49 But because Lil Yadi had a hand in it with the whole I'm geeking, like, I don't think Drake's in the studio, like, oh, I should say, I'm, I should say, I'm geeking hard, don't know what to take. Like, I think that's Yadi influence, and I think Yachti's trash. But as far as being a writer or a helper, that's what you want to call it for Drake, I think it was pretty, I think it was a nice mixture right here. I know a lot of people don't like that. He talked about the TPS, think that I caught a body,
Starting point is 00:57:14 internet swear that I bought the body, take more than that to go pop somebody. Them exodus talk about everybody. So low-key, I'm happy they got somebody. kind of hinting towards the X situation because Xxed Santacion got assassinated assassinated, that sounds rough, got murdered for over, I guess that's the same thing.
Starting point is 00:57:36 Anyways, so RIP, you know, I'm not trying to be disrespectful, or I forget the word. Anyways, RIP to X, of course, but Drake plays off of that a lot. Like when he was talking about Triple X, that's the only time I ain't below the neck on Scorpion And then now he's back again.
Starting point is 00:57:59 Talking about internet swear that I bought the body. Take more than that to go pops a body. Like, you literally talking about X. Like, there's nobody else. People think Drake killed but X. So with that being said, I don't like that. I don't like how he sees. And Loki, I'm happy they got somebody.
Starting point is 00:58:17 That's a lot. We're going to get to some bars where I just feel like it's questionable. That's one of them. He specifically addresses that. That's, he's not talking about nobody else, but X. That's it. that's what he's talking about and he's literally said i'm happy they got somebody like if you want to replace it and really say what he was saying he was saying take more than that to go pop somebody so
Starting point is 00:58:40 literally he's kind of admitting that he didn't pay for the body but then this is what the part where i got upset at he said them people talk about everybody so really he's talking about xxentatio talks about everybody so low key i'm happy they got somebody basically mean somebody you know went to them basically like they got somebody like they was able to garner some of that energy that they was given out and even though x was calling out a lot of people calling like take off lift off and all the other stuff disrespecting amigos disrespecting drake his fan base is pretty uh cult like and pretty humongous even to this point with him
Starting point is 00:59:17 release and post-hom his music but him going against drake um and after him passing away you know drake talking about it the way that he does is it could be hard for some ex fans and that's why I'm believe it. I'm not the biggest ex-fan but I could still be sensitive to that. You know, I'm not an insensitive person. So, yeah, Drake need stop rapping by X.
Starting point is 00:59:38 That's it. Like, he got to stop rapping about it. Like, it was really pinpoint, like, it was really pinpoint bars towards X. And he has to stop doing that. That's too much. All right. Track number six, first person shooter,
Starting point is 00:59:50 featuring Jake Cole. He goes all right. All right, track number seven. Nah, nah, no, I'll just play. I'll just play. I'm a Drake fan. Y'all know that, right?
Starting point is 01:00:04 I'm gonna keep reiterating that because hopefully y'all can tell by this review. Deep breath again. That's tough. Drake guy out rap, man. I'm sorry, I had to say it. That hurt. That hurt.
Starting point is 01:00:20 I ain't a lot. Like, my whole body's shutting. Drake guy out rap by Jacob, man. I said it twice. I may start crying, man. Take my glasses off. You know what? All my Jermaine fans out there,
Starting point is 01:00:35 let me tell you something. let me tell you so you got lucky this time you know you ever watch phineas and duff and smirt whenever he gets upset or um or he gets his plan disrupted by by agent p and he's like i get you next time or something like that
Starting point is 01:00:54 that's how I feel right now I feel defeated and next time drake and j cole get on the track it's gonna be different it's gonna be different man because this may be one of the no okay so Jaycoe had this had this EP
Starting point is 01:01:10 I forget what it was called it was before off season which I still think is Jay Cole's best album ever let me see I wish I could find a single quickly was it Lewis Street
Starting point is 01:01:24 yeah the Lewis Street okay so the Lewis Street EP put out back in July 22nd 2020 is the best rapping I've ever heard from Jaycoe right and that led up and two offseason which eventually came out
Starting point is 01:01:36 in 2021 May 14th, 2021, which I think to this day is Jay Coe's best album ever. So that energy was embodied on this track. When Jay Cole came on this track, he was really rapping like he had something to prove. Like, Drake set himself up, but I think he also, he said both himself and Jay Cole up. I think he said Jay Cole up like he did for Little Baby on wants and needs. But the problem with setting little baby. up versus setting Jay Cole up is Jay Cole is unfortunately in a conversation of top
Starting point is 01:02:15 three rappers in the generation little baby is not right that verse he said little baby up so well that they try to put him in that conversation and obviously we've we eventually found out he doesn't deserve to be nowhere near that conversation Jay Cole though continues and continues to dominate in a rapping lyrical space to the point where it's like people are now questioning if Jay Cole's the best rapper of the generation now how blasphemous, like to quote my man Stephen A, how blasphemous is that? That's the most blasphemous statement I've heard in a while. Like, do y'all not realize, like, even though Drake, I think, set up Jay Cole like he did
Starting point is 01:02:51 a little baby for once in these. So Jay Cole went ballistic. He still had to go ballistic, of course. So let's get into that point. Because I'm going to get into my end point or my final point after this. So basically, I knew it was over when verse one, Drake was saying, say it then, who to go, who to go, who to go. apparently Drake and J-Code was in the same studio when they made this record, right?
Starting point is 01:03:13 So the thing with this record is that if you have two lyrics that could be trying to acquire the goat status and you have somebody screaming there to go in the studio while you're just sitting there, you got to know that's going to make your blood boil. It's like if Tom Brady saw Pay Manning at the Super Bowl podium after he beat him, and he was like, who to go, who to go. like, nah, bro, I got to get you now. Like, nah, you're really talking crazy while I'm right here, you know? So, Jay Cole went crazy, got to the booth right after Drake, you know, and he started, man,
Starting point is 01:03:49 he started. The whole verse is immaculate. There you go, that's a masterclass that is fine. It's like, these type of bars is why I'm like, this album is something different. Like, he was keeping this in the tuck. Like, this wasn't even a single. Like, he just kept this in a tuck to release with all the other tracks. Like, that ain't it.
Starting point is 01:04:06 Anyways, let me just get into my. favorite parts so my favorite parts in jermaine's verse was basically when he was mimicking boxer punches when he says he feels like mahomed ali i don't know why call me a rap nerd or whatever but i thought that was the best part of his verse like when he was like i feel like mahom and ali and then he started mimicking how punchers or how boxers punched the punching bag i was like that ain't no way like you know the breath the breathing mechanics they use when they punch i'm like bro this man going crazy i don't know why but that was like my favorite part and then my second favorite part by four is when um he got into that goat flow i'm not going to lie it was goatish it was goat
Starting point is 01:04:45 this is the most praise you ever going to hear me give to germane and this this hurts every word i say after this hurts germane was the best rapper ever when he got into this flow right here like ever like j z kendrick all them when he got into this flow right here he was the best ever this man said so the flow when he said when i show up up is motion picture blockbuster the goat with the golden pin the top toucher the spot sprayed his whole expeditive up the crop duster not russia but applying pressure to your cranium coals automatic when aiming them with the boy in the status it's a stake now that's it that's it right there he got it that's that's it dang that's it that's it that's it got he's
Starting point is 01:05:39 he washed and dry clean my goat man on the track it's like it's like when m&m eat through the j z on uh renegade that that's how i feel right now it's like dang he really he really did it to him that's that's it's it's it he did it to him so anyways drake of course he was like i can't follow that up so he completely switched the beat and went with some club-type beat i think it was made by take keith and he he ended it off pretty in a in a solid way but uh j cole by far Best verse on the entire album. Best verse in the last five years. Best verse, it's one of them.
Starting point is 01:06:16 It's one of them. Like, Drake, I don't know what he was doing, setting J. Cole up like that. Like, that's not somebody you set up. Like, you got to make it hard on J. Cole. Like, you got to come. You got to come how Kendrick did, pause, on poetic justice. Kendrick gave first one, Drake went,
Starting point is 01:06:31 then he gave another verse, right? That's what you should do. You should have gave a verse, lyrical verse, not the, I'm to go, who to go, who to go. and then come with another lyrical verse. Basically, on the verses, with Jake Cole, he got completely washed. Like, Drake came on a track, talking about who to go, who to go. And now in verse two, he naming all the girls, he texted, like, Christine, Justine, Kathleen.
Starting point is 01:06:56 I'm like, bro, all right, you just, you're not trying. Like, I think after he heard the verse, he was just like, you know what, let me just try to swag it out. And I was like, yeah, that's probably the best thing to do, make it seem like you're not trying. Yeah, all right. anyways um so yeah that was just uh one of the greatest verses i've ever heard in life like i'm not even trying to be dramatic like germane was on a different level like i was that was goat status that's literally what i that's the epitome of of a master class like when he got into the and i'm gonna say it again because it's it was just that fire when he said when i show up
Starting point is 01:07:31 is motion picture blockbuster the goat with the golden pin the top touch that's it that was it I'm sorry I gotta move on because I'm gonna stick on that I'm gonna stay on that verse I don't even like Jermaine like that I ain't gonna lie to you
Starting point is 01:07:45 so that's not it's not the part you'll get my J-Maine hate off but I will say that it is for Jay Cole's first number one ever and you know who's attached to that Drake so that's all I gotta say
Starting point is 01:07:56 to combat my goat game wash so that's all I got to say track number seven IDGAF featuring yee which you probably know what that means it's a PG podcast so I'm not gonna get into it
Starting point is 01:08:06 Basically, I thought this track was a great mix of Drake's voice over a youthful beat with a Yeet type of artist. You know when Drake said on first person shooter, this track bigger than the Super Bowl, usually I get a verse and is terrible, just like a two-year-old. I feel like he was specifically talking about Yeet. That ain't going to lie. This truck was right after first-person shooter, and I don't get it. I don't get it. Like sonically, it sounds pretty nice.
Starting point is 01:08:38 Like, it sounds futuristic in the beat and the vocals. But lyrically, Yeet is saying absolutely nothing. It sounds fantastic, but Yeet is saying nothing. He said, let me bring this up, man. This is ridiculous. This man said, all of my twigs got a gun. A couple of my twigs on the run. Couple of my twigs selling runs.
Starting point is 01:09:02 Couple of my twigs cut them up. What is this? caten, like, this is green, green eggs and ham? Like, what type of rhyme scheme is this? Like, bro, I just don't understand. But anyways, sonically,
Starting point is 01:09:16 it was pretty solid. So, yeah, I think Drake was talking about Yit when he said, versus a, versus he gets sometimes a terrible, like a two-year-old, but sonically, it's not that amazing, so I guess he led to rock.
Starting point is 01:09:28 Track number eight, which is not a bad track, but it's my second worst, it's my second least favorite track on album, right? Which is still a serviceable track It's just, I don't like, which is so funny because the whole chorus is like, that's that stuff I don't like, like playing off of Chief Keefe. I thought that was pretty, I thought that was pretty far.
Starting point is 01:09:48 But it wasn't. I don't like it because of, honestly, it's just my second, yeah, it's just my, it's not even a bad track. Like I said, I think this is like top three, top four Drake album of all the time. So I think it's just a solid track. It's just not better than all the other ones. Like, I like how he plays off the album again, because that's another thing. People are like, all this is all over the place. Like, he's literally telling you it's Bark Radio.
Starting point is 01:10:13 So it's a bunch of songs as a radio station. Like, ain't nobody said when the weekend did it for, um, what's that album called? I forget the album was called. Let me see, and you pull this up. The weekend did the same thing. He did it for Don FM. That's what it was. For Don FM, there's what it was.
Starting point is 01:10:38 For Don FM, there ain't nobody. said when he did it, but when Drake actually has like a cohesive radio and a legendary artist like Snoop Dog playing off before all the dogs to talk about its bark radio. Like, come on now. Like, this man was sticking to the theme the whole album. Had dogs barking in the background or some of the Lullaby song. Like, it's just a fantastic album. Right. Overall, conceptually, like he really drove the theme before all the dogs. Anyways, so yeah. I thought this, I thought this track was just solid. Like, I think it was one of those mellow tracks. Like, after all that hype of Jay Cole and Yeat, I think it was a nice mellow. It was a nice change in pace. Like, you know,
Starting point is 01:11:16 we're getting more into the smoother R&B samples, right? And that's why I believe the single came after that, because after Snoop Dogg introduced the single by Slime You Out with Drake and Sizer, it made even more sense. So I'm not going to review that because I've talked about that in depth, but basically, I think it was a pretty solid track. And I like the way that Drake and Sizzo played off each other for slam you out. It's definitely 7960 Santa, uh, it's a camera talk. 7969 Santa was
Starting point is 01:11:45 basically an intermission to get from a high tempo type of vibe to a lower tempo to singing. And I think he accomplished that perfectly with the inner, with, uh, using Snoop Dog to introduce the single. Because now the single makes sense in the entire project
Starting point is 01:12:02 as far as a cohesive body of work. Track number 10. Um, One of my more least favorite tracks, of course, but it's still really good. Like, when I say least favorite, that gives the wrong perception because I like all of these tracks. I'm just talking about replay value and what I like. So Bahama promises is towards the bottom of the list for me.
Starting point is 01:12:22 But basically, it's a more mellowed out track, Drake singing about, you know, this man sliding down Black Creek. My friends say they want to meet, but I don't have the energy, like, you know, Drake type bars. And so it was a pretty solid track. i don't think i have any yeah i don't really have anything crazy about that yeah that's basically pretty solid track with bahama promise uh bahamas promises let me see tried our best now let me tell you some you know how i talked about fear of uh fear of heights this is another one of them this is the top top 10 Drake track like this is this is another one of them where it's like this is the epitome of what you want to hear from drake like as far as the utmost
Starting point is 01:13:06 masterclass of capturing feelings into a track tried our best I think he I think he plays off the Doremi Faso because that's how the that's how the chorus plays
Starting point is 01:13:17 it's like Dorei Mvaso and then Faso back down and then Doremi Von I don't know how to describe it but music has no one I'm talking about the chorus that he does is playing off of the keys
Starting point is 01:13:29 in a master class type of way where it's like bro how did you even think about this and then he kind of doesn't do without the whole track because that would be repetitive, right? So he switches it up and then he ends it off with Todd Dollar sign out of all people, like just completely perfect execution of a lullaby type of track. And it's just a very phenomenally crafted track.
Starting point is 01:13:50 Tried our best by Drake is Drake and his like, like, pride. That's like Jordan 96, 97. I'm not going to lie to y'all. Like if y'all want to talk about jaded, if y'all want to talk about, um, what, what, Marvin's Room? If y'all want to talk about like, this is one of them. Like, tried our best is a very, very good track. Like, one of them was, like, how did Drake even think of this?
Starting point is 01:14:13 Like, it's... And then the rhyme scheme for the chorus, I ain't going to be the dead horse, but the whole Doe Me stuff, like, and going back down, like, that was it. That was it right there. So, it's probably one of Drake's best tracks of all time. Tried our best is one of them. So anyways, and it's sticking with the theme of, you know,
Starting point is 01:14:32 slower-paced, R&B tempo type beat. Screw the world. was more of a change up, right? There was more of a break. It's like when you're watching the TV show and then it goes into the commercial, right? That's how I treat Screw the World. It's like a nice little change of pace.
Starting point is 01:14:50 I don't know if that's Drake rapping. I think it's somebody else rapping. It's just screwed up. Yeah, DJ Screw. That's what I thought. Yeah. And it's a nice change of pace, but it's not really I'll really go back to.
Starting point is 01:15:00 All right. So after that commercial break, we get back into the album with track number 13. Drew or Picasso. Now, this is one of the tracks I had to listen to over and over to realize what he was trying to say.
Starting point is 01:15:11 So basically, he's really getting off his bars, right? He's really talking about some girl that messed him over, right? Which is like most of his album. Like, if all the dogs is a playoff of, how do you say it? Let me make sure to make the correct term.
Starting point is 01:15:35 All right, let me see. Okay. So when I say this word, technically, it's hardly used in this correct term, right, in the correct conversation. But technically, and this is not a, I'm not even going to preface it, right? We're talking about the word, we're talking about the word, bitch, okay?
Starting point is 01:16:02 It's a common name for a female dog, right? And it's hardly used in society because it's deemed a cuss word. But if you don't know, veterinarians, veterinarians, say it? My fault, I messed that up. I'll bet you that. veterinarians use it in the common day of talking about a female dog right so it's like when they're talking about when they when they're getting into certain things it's like okay when they're getting into certain names of a dog it's like that is basically the rendition of of why they say certain things right
Starting point is 01:16:47 it's like if a dog it's certain genders they're not just going to say oh is this or is that they're going to call a female dog a bitch and then they're going to call male dogs something else right so when you're getting into for all the dogs it makes
Starting point is 01:17:03 so much sense because technically you're getting into the way of prefacing the whole album of being for the women so when a lot of people say oh Drake called this album for all the dogs, but it's basically for a bunch of girls, right? Well, technically, he's still
Starting point is 01:17:24 making this album for all the dogs. And he says that at the end of this album, I just had to reiterate that because, you know, technically, with all that singing, people may be throwing off on while I'm like, oh, this is the greatest Drake album ever when, honestly, I'm just getting into why I believe he is going with this type of strategy, right? So that being said, this track is pretty solid. I do like how some of the things he talks about is very Drake-esque. I mean, he really talks about, let me see, it's one thing he really talks about. Let me see. Oh, yeah, okay, right here.
Starting point is 01:18:03 This is such, this is the biggest straight thing he could ever say. Like, when people talk about this is not Drake or Drake has a certain type of flow that he's not going with, it is basically kind of talking about this right here. He said, quote, after you said we're not expeditive again, which, you know, making love if you know what I'm talking about. Like, it's a PG podcast once again, even though I did say the correct term for a female dog. But anyways, we're going to keep going. So after you said we're not expeditive again, probably could have made it work again if I was man enough to tell you you was wrong, man enough to not put it in a song for the world to sing along. if that's not the most Drake thing
Starting point is 01:18:50 he could ever say in the track I don't know what it is people be like hey I need an old Drake bro this is this is this is uh how long this man been around this is like 2008 Drake
Starting point is 01:19:00 I don't know how long this man has been around this has been so long my you know my goat don't fall off so it's like yeah I gotta I gotta count the years hold up give me a second this is this is uh yeah now this is
Starting point is 01:19:12 take take care of thank me later Drake right here this is this is 2010 2011 Drake talking about oh I could have put you in the song for the world to sing along. Like, come on now. Like, who else can say that butt drape? Like, come on, man. Anyways. Um, so yeah, side tangent. You know, if my parents listening, you know what I mean? Just know, I'm going over the specific turn for a female dog.
Starting point is 01:19:32 Hopefully they don't kill me. If y'all clip this and send it to them, which, you know what I mean, if y'all do, hey, y'all better, y'all better keep the full context. Uh, anyways, all right, let's keep going. All right, so tried our best. Is that what we is that? No, he wasn't. Drew a Picasso. Oh, here we go. Okay. So basically, let's get into members only, right? Featuring party next door. Members only is my personal favorite, right? I don't think it's like anything better than like it should be because for me, I have certain tracks that I enjoy, right? And then for other people, they have tracks they enjoy. Personally, I gravitate towards members only, simply because I like when Drake and party next door get on a track and just go crazy.
Starting point is 01:20:29 And the last time they went crazy, I'm going to keep bringing this album up because this was also a classic that a lot of people hated on. But Scorpion was another album where they came on and just went absolutely crazy. I don't know, I'm tripping. That was Todd Dollar sign. I'm talking about the track After Dark. That's kind of how this track gave me. Like as far as a certain vibe, that was just straight singing and basically trying to, trying to, um, court the, your significant other, you know, whether which way you swing, if you swing both ways, you know, to each its own. But whenever you're trying to court your significant other, you know, I feel like this is the type of track that would, would come on, you know?
Starting point is 01:21:11 Just like after dark by Drake and Todd Dahlast on a scorpion, it's just that type of feel where it's like, bro. like when drake and party next door be making these tracks in the studio like do they have like girls to like be the ANR for these tracks like I just gotta know like ain't no way they be in the track uh being in a studio saying like hey but what would you say to a girl I'll say this and this is this and this is this and then again the studio and do it ain't no way but they gotta have girls helping them out something because you know if they don't may I have to bring up that that charlemagne line again when he said there's gay there's straight and there's Drake so that's how I feel about that track man is my personal favorite with that being said let's get to track number 15 so track number 15 is what would Pluto do what is this oh yeah this is more uptempo one okay so what would Pluto do is is literally yadi right there's like yadi's influence all over this track but with that being said it's fire like a lot of people critique yadi for helping out on drake alb but the ones that he obviously has a hand in, like when Drake's using his background vocals
Starting point is 01:22:24 or when he's actually on the track, like later on in this project, I think it's straight fire. Like daylight, I thought was fire. What would Pluto do is straight fire? Like, Yadi really helps out Drake in a studio. And that still co-aligns my point where Drake trying to attach himself to youth,
Starting point is 01:22:41 because I don't know if Drake had a Saha to Prince right for him like Kanye West does. I don't know if it'll be that same um receptiveness to the material because you look at Yadi you look at the younger sound and now you don't look at Drake like a 36
Starting point is 01:22:59 37 year old you look at Drake like a younger artist in terms of sound because he's sounding because his sound as being um inspired by a younger artist so now you're like well Drake is keeping up with the times rather than Drake is
Starting point is 01:23:17 is stuck in his ways. Like, which narrative do you think Drake will want? Stuck in his ways or keeping up and adapting to the times. Which narrative do you think Drake wants? Like, obviously, at the beginning of this review, with me literally showing you my case of him using the rollout against old heads as promotion for all the dogs, that's the type of, you already know what type of direction he chose, right? So what would Pluto do is straightfire. Uptempo, uh, Yaddy had a great hand in this track and was there something he said in this track? It's one of these Yadi tracks.
Starting point is 01:23:52 I've really got to point this out because this is, oh, this is it right here. No, this is the track. Okay, let me tell you all some. Now, I'll tell you all how I felt about X, right? It's the same way I felt or I feel about this bar right here. And I'm not going to say like, why?
Starting point is 01:24:10 Because it will go into a very morbid and dark territory, you know, on some Pisa Gate type beat, you know, and I'm not going to go there because it's not one of them type podcast. But all I'm going to say is, this is probably the darkest double triple entendre I've ever heard from Drake. Like, in all
Starting point is 01:24:33 actuality, he could have chose a better, a better bar, right? And, okay, I'm going to stop beating around the bush. So basically, let me find it. Where is he said? This man said, okay, so he's playing off a joke, hopes, and coach, right? He says, swear I want to tear, swear I want to tell you
Starting point is 01:24:52 I can't talk. It's where I want to tear your box out like a coach, talking about a woman, right? Get inside and benedick just like the Pope, because if you don't know, the Pope to Benedict, but also, I'm not going to explain it,
Starting point is 01:25:06 but y'all, y'all know what I'm talking about. This is the darkest triple and double entendre I've ever heard from Drake. And I'm going to leave it at that because we may have kids listening and, hey,
Starting point is 01:25:18 that's why I'm, that's why I pointed that out in general, because you're not condoning that. No, sir,ree. That is not going to fly. That's why I pointed it out, and that was the only reason, not to say it was a fire bar.
Starting point is 01:25:31 I'm basically pointing that out to say, Drake, shame on you. I know what type of double entendre you was going for. And don't think he'd be like, oh, that was just coincidence. Nah, the same guy who made, oh, she a stallion. She got shots to be a stallion.
Starting point is 01:25:46 I forget what she said. She line by getting shots, but she's still a stallion. She don't even get the joke, but she's still smiling. Obviously, that was a playoff of making the stallion getting shot, which is horrendous, right? This is another one of those bars. Drake, you got to stop doing that because we catch them. It's not, you're not slick, you're not subtle.
Starting point is 01:26:06 It's not none of that. Stop with the Benedict jokes with the Pope. Get behind you, that's not it. It's not it. That's all I'm going to say. It's not it. I don't play with that kid's stuff, man. That's not it.
Starting point is 01:26:20 All right, anyways. what else um track number 16 all right let's get born to lighthearted all right yeah i was i was serious about that i don't like that um track number uh 16 all the parties featuring chief keef now this is another one of those where it's my personal favorites but it's not really um a straight up bangor off of the album if that makes sense it's my personal favorite but for other people i understand if it's not all the parties with drake and chief keith for me it's like one of my more enjoyable tracks, because I really do feel like Drake and Chief Keith on the same track should not sound like this. Like the way it sounds is very catchy, replayable. Like if you
Starting point is 01:27:05 listen to any Chief Keith music, obviously he has the slaps, but for the most part, there's a lot of subpar Chief Keith music, a lot of it. And he's really more known for his cultural impact than his actual quality as far as a body of work, not his top hits, his body of work. So when he gets with Drake, I'm surprised the track turned out like this, which is why. is one of my personal favors. And I think Drake did a great job. Once again, Ben EX is producing this track. So I think this is just a great direction
Starting point is 01:27:34 with Drake and Chief Keefe over it. So with that being said, let's get into... I already covered this, but I'll talk about it a little bit. 8 a.m. in Charlotte is why I think this album is a classic, right? He has another track like this at the bottom of the album. I haven't got to it yet. But having both of these showcase to me that he can still rap like this. He still is one of the greatest
Starting point is 01:27:59 rappers ever, and he is the greatest hip-hop artist ever. So rapper and artist is different for me. Like I don't have them in the same boat. But I will say that Drake is one of those where he can rap when he wants to, make catchy melodies when he wants to, sing in Spanish when he wants to, which we'll get to that track. But basically, this cemented to me that this album is a top three album in Drake's discography, because It's like, how much can you ask for from one man? He's giving you lyrical bars.
Starting point is 01:28:33 He's giving you youthful bars with not as much lyricism, but a lot of replayability in it. He's giving you slow down R&B tempos with Trader Best. And the track with Siza, of course, he's giving you, okay, I haven't got to it yet, but he switched up to genre. I'm going to get to that in a second. But so focusing on this, this was cemented the album for me because I need these to say as a top three Drake album. Like if you're not showcasing on more than two plus occasions that you're still one of the greatest rappers that's touched the mic, pause, if needed, then I can't put your album up there.
Starting point is 01:29:17 So for this to be on here, that's why I think that as a body of work for all their dogs is one of Drake's best albums ever. All right. But that being said, let's get into track number, oh, 18. That ain't go a lie. This is the funniest title. I think Drake's like, BBL love is such a Drake title. I'm not going to lie. Like, it's just so many things.
Starting point is 01:29:41 It's like Drake plays into the old Drake's the type of person that will close the door with his hips, right? He's the type of person that would title attract BBL love. And look, here it is for the world to see. Track number 18, BBL love. And in parentheses, it says interlude. I literally think it just should have said track. phenomenal track.
Starting point is 01:29:57 Very slow down. Drake's singing his heart out. I mean, he is singing on this track. He's like, can you feel it? Can you feel it? Repeating that over and over and over. Like, I'm like, bro, if that ain't a Drake thing to say, I don't know what it is. And then also he was like, um, they say love like a BBL.
Starting point is 01:30:15 You won't know if it's real until you feel one. I'm just going to leave you with that. That track is phenomenal. That is one of them. That's one of them overall excellent masterclass. performances of how a Drake track should sound and it's just straightfire. All right, let's get into gently. Now, not gonna lie, after listening to Drake and Bad Bunny once with MIA,
Starting point is 01:30:41 it really turned me away from this track. Simply, simply because I knew what they could achieve and with gently, it was not even close to MIA. Now, I know you shouldn't like compare each and every collab to the other one, but, um, I did and I will continue to do so. So yeah, Drake and Bad Bunny could have came way harder. I think it's, oh, pause, but it's more of like, it's more of a structure than a performance base.
Starting point is 01:31:11 I think Drake gave a great performance. I think Bad Bunny gave a great performance. There's no chorus. Where's the chorus? Just because it's two humongous names on the same track, doesn't mean it's going to blow up. I mean, just look at the weekend and post Malone track. That came and went.
Starting point is 01:31:28 And that's the weekend and post Malone on the same track. Like, where's the chorus for Gently? Like, it's not it. I don't care if there's a beat switch. There needs to be a chorus. Like, even the greatest of the greats still needs to follow the formula of a song structure. And that's how I feel with Gently. So I think it's one of the lesser, quality-wise, is one of the lesser tracks on the album.
Starting point is 01:31:54 But I still think it's solid, of course. Any, when I talk about the greatest album and drags discography, just think none of these tracks are bad. None of them. It's just things they could change. So, gently, it's just a subpar. It's one of the more subpar tracks on the album. All right. So, then we have track number 20, Rich Baby Daddy. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you read that and heard that correctly. Rich Baby Daddy, Rich Baby Daddy featuring Sexy Red and Cizzo. It
Starting point is 01:32:27 reads like it sounds. and it would probably sound like you just heard because Rich Baby Daddy is filled with ignorant bars and I like the way it flows because it's a pretty solid track. It's very solid. But the way that Drake uses Sexy Red as a sample makes a,
Starting point is 01:32:47 I don't know how they mix and master it, but they made sexy red sound like a sample and made it more of a Drake and Cizzer Track. Drake comes on, gives catchy club-type bars. Like if this played at the club, You know who's going to be going. Like, it's going to be a lot of, it's a lot. And they're going to be going crazy to this track.
Starting point is 01:33:07 So I think it set out, or it did what it set out to do. Siza came on in a unique flow that I did not think that she would be comfortable in as far as the pocket. And she killed her verse. Drake killed his verse. And there's a reason why they literally cut sexy reds verse and a half. They used it as a sample and then got her up out of there. Like, she barely had a verse on this album, I mean, on this track. I think it did what it, would it set out to do, which would be that club anthem for a particular audience.
Starting point is 01:33:39 So that being said, because you already know what type of demographic Drake was going for putting sexy red on track. So anyways, another late night featuring Yadi, this was fire. This was actually fire. And Yaddy did not, I mean, obviously it's one of my lesser tracks on the album because Yadis on it, like just off the bat. like yani's actual vocals on the track nah that's like honestly this may be my my least favorite track off that album simply because yadi's on it i ain't gonna lie sonically like i just can't deal with yadi i like this man was saying clever bars right like um what do you say about bobby
Starting point is 01:34:16 he said i'm trying to see if i can find it uh he said that bit the ilish bar was was uh interesting was he shooting his shot seemed like it I'm trying to find it was like he said he boost the white girl up but uh oh here he is uh boost a white ex putive up and now she thinks she's really popping so that was it i mean that yeah that was it it's not really too much you can get into a yattie verse but sonically just one of the worst tracks simply because yaddi is on now i'm sorry but drake you can use yaddi all you want as background vocals and inspiration for your tracks but putting him on the track automatically for me as a person who despises the way that yadi sounds i can't
Starting point is 01:35:11 listen to it so another late night is probably my least favorite track off the album with that being said uh track number 22 oh here we go yeah this is it this is what cemented for me that this was the top three album in dregs discography a lot of people are like bro dreg needs to grow up drake dreg needs to stop hanging out with 25 reos on some joe button type beat meanwhile this man literally rapping his his uh whole like is very introspective and reflective on this entire track. Like, this is my favorite track off the album, quality-wise.
Starting point is 01:35:48 Quality-wise, away from home, is my favorite track off the album because he's getting into the aspects of why I like listening to rap. Somebody taking their unique life experiences and putting them into music for the world to hear and replay. This man was given so many personal innuendo, well, not innuendos, but personal perspective into his life
Starting point is 01:36:09 that we would have never gotten if it wasn't for this track. That's why when Drake, no, when academics got mad at Yadi for basically saying that Drake doesn't have some of his all-time verses on for all the dogs, academics is wrong. Like this is one of Drake's all-time verses on away from home. Like it doesn't get more all-time than talking about your personal life experiences and an entire track for three verses. Like it's not one of them where it's just like, oh, it's cool, I guess. This man is really getting into his life and a catchy beat and a catchy melody.
Starting point is 01:36:42 in a way that he's really rapping, but also keeping you engaged, not just some boom bat type beat, you know? He's also talking about stuff in this world. I can go anywhere. Like, he said, I remember fighting over Monica with Jason. I remember only knowing Andre and Jason.
Starting point is 01:36:58 I remember buying all the iceberg from Jason. That's three different Jason's. My life, like the Matrix. Even got on 106 in Park with replacement. My mama was my manager. My uncle was my agent. Dr. Dreo sent an expert of home that took patience for a grammy's to my name a hundred nominations come on man one of drake one of drake's
Starting point is 01:37:19 best verses ever and then after this track i was like okay yeah this is this one of uh this one of drake's greatest albums ever like after 8 a m i was like okay he's rapping rapping but then after this track where he gave us a whole new perspective into his reception or no his reflection on his life it's like okay but that's it like that reminds me of i'm gonna keep bringing this album up because this is why i compare it to This reminds me of when Drake was rapping on March 14th on Scorpion. That's what this reminded me as far as the amount of reflection he did on his life. And one of the biggest things that showed me it wasn't just fluff. Like he was actually given his honest personal reflection of himself is when he said,
Starting point is 01:38:01 let me see. Here it is right here. This is why I knew. This is a top tier Drake verse, which is why I understood why Yaddi said that. He said, and remind you, nobody has talked about away from home. Nobody. And I'm like, bro, as an artist, that has to be frustrating. This man put his heart and soul, personal experiences, everything you will want from a real rapper
Starting point is 01:38:27 into an entire body of work sticking to one subject, which is reflection on his life. And everybody's just talking about, oh, where they focus on with the album? I don't think they're even pinpointing. Oh, they're pinpointing the gently track, which is granted. but still like nobody's talking about away from home why is that everybody wants drake to rap and they're just disregarding the biggest rap track on the on the album so drake said to keep it real i wasn't really gangster to now when has drake ever said that when has drake ever said said he wasn't gangster to now he's always been i'm the big bad gangster i mean ever since
Starting point is 01:39:05 let me see when he started really rapping gangster ever since he made that mixtape with uh future if you're reading this no no ever since he made that mixtape with future what a time to be alive he's been putting those gangster in you windows in there so he's been acting like he's gangster this is the first time we ever heard him say i'm not really gangster until now like now i would believe him because you know he has enough money to be gangster if you know how that works so but basically he keeps it real in this track literally he says to keep it real i wasn't really gangster till now i was living on a cloud I was quiet as a mouse I was in the club
Starting point is 01:39:40 getting lost in the crowd wasn't doing what I wasn't doing what I wanted to I do what was allowed if that's not introspective bars I don't know what it is I don't know I really don't know what people looking for he gave you hits
Starting point is 01:39:57 gave you rap personal reflections to his life on this track and 8 a.m. and Charlotte it's like I don't understand man I don't like if I was a rapper I'd be like I'd be perplexed
Starting point is 01:40:08 I'd be like dang well No wonder he's going off on everybody like at this point like what more can I do I feel like I feel like Tyrese like what more do they want for me like you know what I mean That's tough you can go anywhere in this track and it's just personal personal statements like I remember I remember driving hauling tunnel for a label meeting thinking about more cake than a funnel I remember now these people don't remember I know necks remember I know j remember chubs will make them boys remember dead broke splitting pennies with my members forget a spread we was splitting chicken chicken
Starting point is 01:40:45 come on bro come on man remember i was sleeping in the basement watching tigger in the basement i was trying to get a placement i remember dives in the east with the bros watching tristan and de vaux while they running up to yeah people hating i ain't a lot like music gets subjective but it's like bro he's literally putting personal reflective stuff into this track and i think because you know everybody's talking about the J-Cold track and the Yacht track. The Yacht track is the one that does it for me. That one that's blowing up and away from homes not even getting talked about, no wonder Drake's like hanging out with Yachting and stuff like that.
Starting point is 01:41:24 Like, y'all don't want to pay attention to the real bars. I ain't heard nobody. I ain't heard Charlemagne, academics, Joe Budding. And not like they're supposed to, but it's like, especially Joe Budden as a rapper. Nobody's going to talk about away from home. nobody's going to bring up away from home. Like, you would have thought this track didn't even exist on the album. That's what I was like, bro.
Starting point is 01:41:43 Like, when I get my review, I have to stay on this track because this track is not getting the love of it deserves. This is by far the best track on album. As far as quality level, sticking to the subject matter for the entire track, which shouldn't be a point, but nowadays it is because everybody talking about spinning a block and nothing reflective on their life.
Starting point is 01:42:05 It's just apparent that, people gravitate more towards the popcorn bars than they do to real quality bars, which is why it makes sense why there's not too many of these. It's away from home, Aidium and Charlotte, and if I was to go back, I don't know the other one. Let me see. Was there another one he was rapping? I think that was basically it. Yeah, so there's only two on here out of 23 tracks for a reason, because everybody wants
Starting point is 01:42:32 to focus on just the popcorn lyrics rather than the greatest track on the album. In my opinion, obviously, I got to say that. which is away from home so yeah i think that's a probably very discouraging for drake but at the end the day i mean you even look at the numbers 119 all these other ones are way above that i mean try our best isn't uh which is surprising but every everything is way above uh bbill the end elude isn't you know but that's it it's ain't elude so anyways let's get to last track of that album i think after he got his bars off his personal reflective you know stuff off gave people what they supposedly wanted in him rapping.
Starting point is 01:43:17 He finished it off in the way that I believe he wanted to, which is singing about a female dog. It's called for all the dogs, which if I have to reiterate, actually, I ain't going to say it too much because I don't want my parents to be like, hey, man, why are you cussing on it? It's supposed to be a PG podcast, and I ain't going to lie to you. Technically, it's still a PG podcast. I was just letting y'all know the correct name for a female dog. And veterinarians use it all the time without bad and deny.
Starting point is 01:43:43 So, hey. Anyways, this is why Drake finally reveals on the last track of the album, which is, it's like, the whole album is so cohesive to the point it's like, dang, like, this is a great and amazing body of work. At the end, he's like, he says it right here. I don't know if he puts it in the chorus or not. I don't think he puts it in the chorus. Oh, no, I'm tripping. I don't even think he says it on this track.
Starting point is 01:44:21 He says it on the track with Yadi. I'm tripping. This is what I'm talking about. yeah my fault i missed that one so not the last track but the third that's yeah third the last track he says it right i think he says in the chorus let me see if i can find it yeah here we go he says another like another late night with my b word right he said i hate to even call her to be word because it make no sense so just another late night with my dog another light night for my b word another late night with my dog basically put in the two and two together
Starting point is 01:44:56 that for all the dogs is for all the and ladies ladies and gentlemen that's my review I'm ending it off right there because I've been going for a minute and as y'all know I'm a huge Drake stand and I think I've really encapsitated everything in this album I mean obviously this stuff I probably missed
Starting point is 01:45:16 you know I can't touch on everything but I just wanted you all I wanted to give y'all my opinion on the album in a thorough way and I think one hour and 45 minutes of straight Drake talk is enough to keep y'all satisfied. So, yeah, my overall thoughts, if I had to get my top five, it's number one.
Starting point is 01:45:41 Okay, if I'm going from a quality standpoint and not just personal bias, because if personal bias, I'll put Drake and Chief Keefe up there. But as far as quality standpoint, I would say away from home, number one, I would say try it our best. number two. No, no, no, no. Away from home, number one.
Starting point is 01:46:01 Fear of Heights, number two. Tried our best number three. First person shooter. Actually, I don't know, but I'm not a Jermaine fan, and that's just him going off. I can't do it. I can't do it. Y'all, y'all going to call me a hater.
Starting point is 01:46:21 I can't do it. So I'm going to go 8 a.m. in Charlotte, number four. And then, let me say, I want to go Virginia Beach. or daylight for number five. I may say Virginia Beach. I do like the way he started off the album. I think it was phenomenal.
Starting point is 01:46:44 So I'm going to go Virginia Beach, number five. So to reiterate my top five for this album, I'm going to say number one, away from home. Number two is, I don't have I forgot my list already. Number two is Fear of Heights. Number three is tried our best. Number four, it's 8 a.m. in Charlotte.
Starting point is 01:47:02 And number five is Virginia Beach. With that being said, that is my review for Drake. Oh, and also, as far as the landscape of Drake albums, I know a lot of, I know a lot of people is probably like, bro, ain't no way you're going to say it's a top three Drake album and not give your list. So I was going over it, right? And my list right now.
Starting point is 01:47:22 So Drake fans get ready to kill me because I'm giving you my top five list. Number one, as far as like best Drake albums, I'm going to say take care. Number two, I would say nothing was the same. Number three, I'd say Scorpion. and then number four I would say for all the dogs and then number five I would say I would say views yeah that's my rankings
Starting point is 01:47:51 and at the end of day everybody is entitled to opinion after all that being said everybody is entitled to their own opinion so that being said click my link tree in my bio let me know one of my social media is what do you think about my review of Drake's latest album for all the dogs? Do you think it was fired?
Starting point is 01:48:09 Do you think it was trash? And also, what do you think I didn't touch on, pause, that you would like me to talk about regarding the album? Make sure to click my link to you in my bio, you know, message me on one of my social medias directly and ask me about it and I'll make sure to answer it. And yeah, with that being said, Drake is obviously still the goat.
Starting point is 01:48:34 It's still the greatest of all time. when it comes to hip-hop.

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