Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT EPISODE 130 // "DRAKE VS HIP-HOP MEDIA"

Episode Date: October 10, 2023

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticIn episode 130 of Notorious Mass Effect, Analytic Dreamz dives into the complex relationship between Drake and the hip-hop media. He discusses Drake's rise to fame, his critics, and his impact on the culture. He also reviews Drake's latest album, "For All The Dogs." In addition, Analytic Dreamz discusses the following gaming news: 2K24: NBA 2K24 is currently the second-worst-rated game on Steam.Assassin's Creed Mirage: Assassin's Creed Mirage is a new game in the Assassin's Creed franchise that is set to be released in 2023.Lies Of P: Lies Of P is a new game that is set in a dark and twisted version of the Belle Époque.Spiderman 2: Spiderman 2 is a new game that is set to be released in 2023.Spotify Jam: Spotify has introduced a new feature called "Spotify Jam" where users can collectively control the playlist they are listening to.Twitter Vs Twitch: Elon Musk announced that players will be able to stream to Twitter directly from PS5 and Xbox Series soon.If you're a fan of hip-hop, gaming, or pop culture in general, then you won't want to miss this episode of Notorious Mass Effect!Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What's going on on internet, analytic here, aka Dreams, and I'd like to welcome you to mine, which I call the notorious mass effect podcast. I'm your hip-hop and gaming news source with a little bit of R&B mixed in. For episode 130, of course, we're going to be getting into the goat and his latest release and also have a lot of interesting tidbits to get into simply because it seems like currently it is Drake versus the hip-hop media, which is why this episode is titled that. But before we get into the episode, of course, I give you a life update, you know.

And in general, life is amazing. Life is great, you know, nothing to complain about. As far as the podcast, I really appreciate y'all who tune in every week as Juan pays for $1.9 million total downloads in just 10 months under the new hosting platform Red Circle for the podcast. So with that being said, if you want to join the masses,

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but impactful moments that are happening on my social media platforms where hip hop discussions are being had. So with that being said, I really appreciate that because that wouldn't be possible without y'all's support. So if you haven't followed that, make sure to click my link tree in my bio as I also have my social media's on that link tree and follow either my TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, or follow all three of them you know i mean hey you know the more support the better as i always try to bring y'all the best content when it comes to uh hip hop and gaming so with that being said a pretty short

update it's not really too much to get into um since i think this is back-to-back weeks while i'm making the episode but of course with the goat drop in this episode had to be made because i'm definitely getting into my overall review for all the dogs and i think this type of review will definitely be interesting because I have a I have certain things I'm going to bring up that I don't think I haven't seen anybody touch on so that being said of course it's also a gaming podcast so we're going to start with gaming topics then I'm again to my Drake review and then we're going to end with like some overall news of gaming in in hip hop so before that make sure to click my link tree in my bio to access my social medias and follow to keep out of my latest activities if you want to support the show financially click my cash app link located towards the top of or the bottom of my link tree as it helps your show overall. Let me fix that. I always says top and always fix it to bottom. Here we go.

Also, make sure to share this podcast rating the show five stars on whatever platform you're listening on as this helps the show reach more people so we can grow together and affect the masses. And with that being said, let's get into the first topic of episode 130, which is unfortunately 2K24 and how they still have my brothers and sisters in the shackles of VC. And with that being said, let's get right into it. All right, first off, who is playing NBA 2K24 on PC? Just let me tell you y'all something.

2K does not like y'all. The whole PC fandom, player base, whatever you want to call it, 2K hates y'all with a passion. And let me tell you why. So basically, there's a system that's called the anti-cheat system, and it's a more specific way to call it, but I'm not no nerd tech guy, so all I'm going to call it is the anti-cheat system. And apparently that's very expensive to implement to your game, just so PC players doesn't cheat, right? Call the Duty has to do it. Really heavy, competitive player bases have to do it, right?

So with 2K With NBA 2K They would just rather not deal with that So they'd just give y'all the bare bones Bare minimum effort Shout out to Joe Budden But basically the bare minimum It's what they do on every single PC port for NBA 2K

Because technically PC got to a point Where they was implementing certain Custom shaders and things of that nature Where 2K was getting outperform by consumers simply because on PC you can customize in in mod you can customize and mod certain things into the game and around the game so they was making an entire mode right based on their capabilities for example 2K piece uh 2k on pc i forget which 2k it was but there was just mode where you can play the 90s edition the 80s edition where you know you can have

Jordan whole class and you can have Kareem's whole class coming to the draft as if he was back in that time and now that blew up so popular on PC first that 2K implemented it into his console additions later down the road so that's just one of the many many examples of PC consumers just outdoing 2K developers so with that being said 2K was like how about this since y'all so much because they was bragging about it right If y'all, since y'all so much better than us at developing our game, we're going to do the bare minimum every single time we release it now for the PC port. And that's what they've done. So with NBA 2K24 being released on September 8th, 2023 on Steam with the bare minimum version, obviously on console, people are enjoying the gameplay. But, you know, there's other things such as VC that they dislike. But for the most part, they say 2K24 is a pretty solid game when it comes to gameplay. So PC has received the short end of the stick simply because of what I just said at the beginning of the segment. So now to, well, as a response to that, it's the lowest rated game on Steam.

Like it's the lowest rate is game. Like it literally holds the record for the second lowest rating of all time on Steam. So with that being said, you can kind of see where I'm coming from, I'm talking about 2K's hatred for the PC fandom and for the PC player base because they do not like y'all. That's as simple as I can put it. So the only game worse than 2K24 on Steam as far as ratings is Overwatch 2 with a slightly lower approval rating. Now, of course, people talk about the optimization of the game for PC. people talk about how it runs people talk about the lack of graphical quality even though pc by far is

more enhanced and has more tools in this toolbox to have better graphics right because if you have an updated pc nine times at a 10 really 10 times at 10 it's going to look better than the console version so pc players are disappointed with the pc version because of the lack of graphical quality compared to the features of the PS5 and the Xbox series X versions. So you can see where also that irritation comes from. Because we, by far, have the more advanced, I forget what you call it. We basically have advanced tool set for the PC to have more graphical capabilities.

It's like if the PS4 version, or not even the PS4, it's like if the PlayStation 2 version came out and it looked more, graphically enhanced than the PS5 you would get upset right that's simply what the PC players are going through and I understand why they are getting upset with that because at the end of day

if you have more advanced hardware that's the word I was looking for you have more advanced hardware than you will not want better version graphically or whatever optimize everything in one on a lesser hardware and then think the

fan base of the higher hardware is not going to get upset. So now, in the result of that, NBA 2K24 is the lowest rated game on Steam, right? So with that being said, I kind of want to get into the review roundup of just the game as a whole, because I don't want this to be like a negative segment of 2K24. I want this to just be informative and also give my opinion on the overall aspects of 2K24. So this is what we're going to do. We're going to get into the review roundup. But first I want to get into more. the PC reviews, right? So, of course, like I said, NBA 2K24 is the lowest, the second lowest rating rated Steam game of all time, only behind Overwatch 2. The PC version is criticized, of course,

for being based on last gen consoles missing out on a plethora of graphical enhancements. And the game has a whopping 2,800 plus negative reviews on Steam. compared to 350 positive reviews. So you can say all you want that this is like a witch hunt for 2K, and you're exactly right, because PC players are fed up. So with that being said, let's just get into the overall aspect of 2K24, right?

So we're going to go over here, and this is what we're going to do. We're going to go through the people's review of 2K24. And this is definitely risky. So for my people on live, if something happens, I may have to take it down because, you know, Twitter search engine nowadays is, They ain't called X for no reason.

Anyways, let me keep going. So the people speak out about NBA 24, NBA 2K 24. Finger guns is going to EGX. I don't know who that is. But basically he says, quote, is not welcoming to newcomers and the inspired. Is that supposed to inspired? I don't know.

The practice of MTX is about as subtle as ball to the face. I don't know what that means. Anyways, let's keep going. somebody says NBA 2K 24 reviews made him sad I'm thinking about 2K 24 I need some actual reviews if we believe in oh no that's a little different

NBA 2K 24 review let me see stunning sports game wants you to spin oh okay so let me let me yeah right here so PlayStation USA right said stunning sports game once you to spin which is an accurate description as far as a review because the only critiques I've seen of 2K24 is that the micro-transactions is out of hand like it's gotten to a point where this is just like

what did um what did demarc his cousin say after his playoff game or whatever he was like this is this is you know what ridiculous this is just ridiculous and that's how micro transactions has been playing out in NBA 2K 24 because it's like I've played 2K23 and the only reason I didn't play this year because I don't know if y'all noticed but this is like the best year in gaming ever I mean Star Wars Spider-Man's coming Starfield

Cyberpunk got fixed what else Mario's coming out Zelda's been out Baldur's Gay's been out what else this is so many games Armored Core and these are like Game with I'm not just talking about some

regular game high-fi rush like these are all Game in a Year quality nominees right of course for the games we haven't come out yet you know, it's still, the jury is still out. But for the most part, this is the best year in gaming, hands down. Like, Eldon Ring from last year, I think, pushed all these release dates back so they will have their time to shine.

And boy, are they shining, because this year is like, it, gaming is an expensive hobby, but when a bunch of, and a different variety, mind you, of game of the year quality games come out, man, you better, you better start budgeting. that's all I know. So anyways, because I played a bunch of games this year and all of them have been fired. So that's a little side tangent. So getting back into 2K24, the reason why I'm getting to the people's review of 2K24 is simply because, you know, the overall critics is kind of what I focus on for the Steam version. So I kind of want to get into the overall fandom review for the other consoles. So my personal review wouldn't hold weight simply because I didn't

play the game. 2K 23, I did play. And I thought it was phenomenal. As far as my story, I mean, everybody was like, man, I'm not trying to sit in the studio with boss and, and then go play just to play a game. But me, I thought that was fun. Like as a hip-hop kind of suer myself, I thought that was pretty fired. And we got an unreleased J-Colverse, no matter how, you know, disrespectful, Jermaine fans think I am towards their artists or their favorite artists. I still believe that that unreleased verse is pretty fire. And we only was able to hear that through 2K. A lot of people forgot about that. But hey, if it was Drake, they went off.

But that's a subject for another day. It's all right. I had to throw that Jermaine diss in there. But anyways, let's keep going. So another person said there's a lot of, there's a lot to love about NBA 2K24. And Point Blake, you won't find a better sports game on the market. Well, I do agree with the New York Daily news tweet about the,

you won't find a better sports game on the market. Because if they were talking about basketball, obviously 2K is only basketball simulated out there. But if you're talking about Madden, FIFA, all the other sports game, compared to 2K, 2K brings the most innovative features year after year. I know a lot of people be like, oh, it's just the same game. You haven't been following 2K. But coming from the days of when you had to sit at the free throw line

and put the two arrows together to shoot the free throw, let's just say we've came a long way. And go back in the day of Madden to today's Madden is, It's basically the same. Like, I don't think anything has changed from Madden 14 all the way up to now. But go to 2K14. Come to this game, you will see a lot has changed in the gameplay. So that being said, I agree with that point.

And that's basically the last one I'm going to get into. So this game obviously reviewed well on other outlets as far as to review Roundup. But I just want to focus on the people because obviously I could talk about, you know, corporate opinions. but the overall sentiment from player bases, console, or, well, not PC, but, you know, Xbox or PlayStation is that 2K24 is a pretty good game when it comes to gameplay mechanics. But micro-transactions has gotten so out of hand that has just made it such a cash grab, like an obvious cash grab that has upset the fan base. So with that being said, of course, you're going to keep playing 2K,

because I always like to say whenever I cover 2K, one day my brothers and sisters will be, will free themselves from the shackles of 2K via VC. But this addition of 2K, which is 2K24, is not one of them. So with that being said, click my link tree in my bio. Let me know one of my social media is. What do you think about NBA 2K24 overall as a game? And also, what do you think about their cash grab attempts when it comes to VC?

I'm talking about Assassin's Creed Mirage. It's very interesting because let me tell you all something. How does Ubisoft afford and keep up the pace of every other year to every year dropping a huge, just a humongous map? Like forget the game. As far as each Assassin's Creed, how do they keep putting our games with this humongous map with nothing to do in it? Like obviously, like I said at the end, there's nothing to do. in the maps, but to keep putting out open world after open world game, like, what do they do? Are they reusing assets?

Me as a person who's never played Assassin's Creed, I find it very interesting. The pace that Ubisoft puts out their games and their humongous games, like Assassin's Creed Vahala, Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Like, I remember watching somebody play Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and I felt like he was playing the game for years. And at this point, I'm like, bro, they came out with like two or three other games in their time span. I was like, ain't no way.

But anyways, for this specific segment, we're getting into Assassin's Creed Mirage. And if you was wondering about if you should get the game and the happenings in the game or just why you should maybe not get the game, this would be the segment for you. As we're just going to get into a whole plethora of information when it comes to this game. Because basically, Assassin's Creed Mirage is a new installment of the Assassin's Creed series. Right. So with that being said, it's set. it's set in ninth because this is the biggest thing with these assassin crees storylines it's saying like different locations like like like vastly different locations right like uh vahala

i believe it was like viking territory and things like that uh odyssey was like um greek mythology on some god of war type beat um so it's vastly different set uh locations for this one it's set in ninth century Baghdad and explores the origin story of Basim. Obviously, I don't know who that is. I don't play Assassin's Creed, but I'm here to give you the information. So anyways, Ubisoft developed a game, of course. I should go without saying. This game released October 5th, 2023, one week earlier than initially planned. So not only are they releasing these humongous games at a rapid pace, but with this game, they released it a week earlier than initially planned. So apparently this game is not.

not as big as the other games because, you know, they probably heard the feedback about players not liking the side quests and basically them having Ubisoft putting so many boring and just straight up trash side quests in the game made players upset. So with that being said, Mirage is more of a condensed Assassin Creed. So it's available on all platforms, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox 1, PC, Ubisoft store, and Epic Game Store for those who's on those who's on a PC. I don't even know why I couldn't think of that. And with that being said,

there's three editions. There's a standard edition, of course, it's $50, deluxe edition that's $60, and collector's addition, that's $150. Now, that's interesting in itself because usually the next gen price is around 70, I believe.

So usually next gen is 70. So the standard edition, if it was next gen, would be 70, deluxe would be like 80 or 90, and then the collectors is usually around 150 but that's besides the point because standard edition it's 50 so that's not even like regular um old gen price which is 60 it's 50 which you know some people may be like it's still a lot of money but it could be more so with the setting of course we are talked about that as ninth century bagdad um the game completion it really uh respects your time

this is one of those games where you could play it along with another video game because if you don't know this is one of the best years in gaming i mean tell me another the year when we've had Mario and Zelda in the same year, Star Wars and Spider-Man in the same year, um, Bartersgate in the same year, which people are saying is one of the best turn-based games of all time, if not the best. And then, um, you have games on, even on the Xbox game paths that's being propped up as a contender for game of the year and high-fire rush. And the game that I think pushed all these games back in Elder Ring from software, which is their developer, they came out with a game this year called Armour Court and that one is also being propped up as being a

game of the year contender so this game well no this year is just one of the best years to be a gamer like for me covering gaming and hip hop is so hot and cold because we hip hop we're having one of our worst years statistically and maybe even quality wise depending on who you ask of 2023. But on the flip side, gaming is having one of its best years ever. And obviously, revenue is through the roof when it comes to gaming.

Because if you don't know, the pandemic introduced a lot of people to gaming because you have nothing else to do with your free time. So now, people spend a lot more time playing video games. So with that being said, let's keep going with the Assassin's Creed Mirage segment. So a preview of the game is basically you're doing a lot of stealth. IGN.

Obviously, this is the video I'm playing. as far as gameplay, I'm trying to show you elements while I talk about it. And that's basically the biggest thing and the funnest thing about Assassin Creek games. It's the stealth. And that's like the root of every single Assassin's Creed. So apparently they do that right, but don't have to just take it from me, a person who haven't played the game. Let's take it from actual people who reported on the game and put in some time, some hours

in on it. So GameSpot gave it a 6 out of 10 basically saying that a assassin's, Assassin's Creed Mirage is a true prequel to Valhalla only able to tell in prequel as far as As far as story not like launch date of course prequel to Vahala only able to tell a compelling story For a Basim with the knowledge of what he becomes later in life and then I Gien gave this game a eight out of ten basically saying Assassin's Creed Mirage takes a lot of important and perfect steps to get back to its roots and though that means as it does no particular thing that hasn't been done before the focus and commitment to a briskly pace missions and stealth heavy exploration scratches and itch that the RPG base entries

couldn't reach then you get to game informer eight out of ten basically saying that concerns about the conclusion aside I still had a wonderful time in Baghdad ancient alleys and palaces not everything is perfect but the less is more design philosophy goes a lot a long way to make this one of the most consistently engaging titles within the series for some time. So I'm not going to read all the reviews, of course, because you can see it right here. If you're listening to the audio-only edition, just know my analytic dreams video on Spotify gives you the video along with the audio when this episode comes up. So if you want to watch it

along with hearing me, this is also, I have the reviews up if you want to read it for yourself. So I'm just going to keep that up there while I end this off because it's really not too much to say about Assassin's Creed Mirage. At the end of the day, it's Assassin's Creed game. They're doing stealth in a immaculate way. Ubisoft is known

for their stealth mechanics and the horrible AI. I was watching gameplay, right? And this happens a lot, a lot. And I've played a Ubisoft game before, so I kind of know about the Ubisoft AI and the jokes about it because no matter

what difficulty you put it on, If an AI enemy sees you and you go into a corner, if you go into a corner right in front of them, like if they see you and then you go into a corner, like they will come and they won't even go past that corner and they would just think you just disappeared. They would go, oh, well, get them next time. Like, what? Like that is not how that works. Like, I remember playing wash dogs and watch dogs too.

And when I tell you, going around the corner was the easiest way to lose the AI enemy, it was just, it was befuddling how easy that was. Like usually with regular AI, they would just follow you around the corner and then a fight win their suit. But with this game, it's like, hey, he went around the corner. I don't know what to do now. Might as well go back to my program. Like, it's so messed up.

But that's my last critique of Assassin's Creed as that's my only personal hands-on I've had with the Ubisoft game is in the Watchdog series, which is so underrated, in my opinion. But the last game, the Watch Dogs 3 kind of hurt the whole underrated appeal because It was pretty bad. I ain't going to lie. It was one of those where it was not it. So with that being said, click my link tree in my bio.

Let me know in one of my social media is. What do you think about Assassin's Creed Mirage? Do you think it's fire or trash? And if you've played the game, what is your favorite gameplay mechanic in Assassin's Creed Mirage? So getting into Liza P, which is out on all platforms,

PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, NS, PlayStation 4, Xbox 1, and PC, of course. So Liza P is one of those games that I was not paying too much attention to because when it comes to video games, if it doesn't have a certain aesthetic, it bores me. So like, Elder Ring, they say it's not the same as Liza P, but Liza P has a lot of the hard core mechanics of getting one shot and stuff and things of that nature, right? but the thing with Liza P is it's a very

non-vibrant game if that makes sense. I don't know what other word to use the describing it, but the amount of gray and just the amount of lack of color, I'm like, I don't know if I've seen a, I've watched somebody play the game, I'm like, how do you, it's like a, I'm not even trying to be funny. It looks like a game

that you will play it and at the end you will become depressed because the, the, the colors are just sucked out of the game like i'm pretty sure that had to be like a a narrative type of choice because there's no way you're telling me this type of game everything is just black and gray like i don't understand obviously probably has something to do with the story but at this point like i don't understand why this game looks so just dull like just so lifeless if that makes sense obviously this segment is not going to be bashing Liza P. I'm just giving my personal opinions based on watching.

So now let's get into some actual tidbits of people who's actually played the game. So if you don't know, the structure of Liza P is basically like an open-ended level. So it's not open world. Basically you can't like go to one map to another. It's basically open-ended level structure, which is basically semi-open world with backtracking, optional quests and hidden loot. Technically, you could call God of War Ragnarok semi-open

semi-open world. Actually, no, you can't, because it's whole maps and each and every level. Anyways, so yeah, that's not right. Combat, though. Combat has a variety of weapons and systems that you can use to build your own playstyle, which is what I've seen

be the biggest selling point philosophy, P, the customizable factors in the way that you can fight enemies and the different enemy types you run into because Liza P, not going to lie to you, they have some interesting enemy types that I don't think I've seen in any game. Like, the amount of creativity going into the enemy designs and the way you fight each and every person, it's very interesting because as far as the world of Liza Pee, is very bland and lifeless. So whenever you're getting into these enemy archetypes,

that are full of life and have a lot of personality to each and every one. It's very interesting to the point where I think the whole gray and black color scheme is a choice, right? So anyways, the weapon variety is a wide range of weapons, of course. And if you want to know the maps and how they work as far as, like, different games to compare them to, it's kind of interconnected like Dark Souls. So it's a Dark Souls-like game. That's why I said at the beginning of the segment, I compared it to Eldering because you can say, oh, you play Elder Ring. Why do you care about this looking the way it does?

Eldering was a beautiful game. When I tell you, Elder Ring, like, Elder Ring had moments where you would look up at the tree and you would just be in just either a tundra or a forest or just a beautiful landscape that looks completely magical, you know? like when you fought the huge flying enemy with like six arms i don't know if that makes sense but basically that looked like something straight out of a movie like literally it was the the moon quest i forget the name i think it was ronnie or whatever but when you was completing that quest to get that certain ending and it was like the moon and you was fighting the final boss and it was like flying around it was like that was the most magical setting i've ever seen in the video game anyways that being said um other things i can get into the game is basically saying that it's definitely a faster combat

system um so don't think it's like super slow like dark so you can customize your your uh play style to however you like so don't just think you're stuck to one play style and the games just going to force you to play that way you can play however you want plethora variety so many ways to play this game so that's the biggest thing you need to know it's very very customizable when it comes the gameplay and gameplay mechanics. So with that being said, let's get into some actual review roundups of the video game, right? So GameSpot gave this 8 out of 10 basically saying that Liza P is content to adorn existing mechanics and ideas with its own story and aesthetic.

This may be derivative. This may be a derivative approach, but it nails the core souls like experience, which with each of its various mechanics seamlessly, coalescing to create a thrilling action game that's challenging varied and dripping with atmosphere. Now that is a bunch of words saying absolutely nothing. So we're going to keep going to keep going to keep going to. IG gave this game an 8 out of 10 basically saying that Liza P might not branch out particularly far from its soul-like inspiration, but like a marinet controlled by a skilled puppet master,

it plays the part extremely well in a wonderfully dark fantasy world. It must be said that it's uneven difficulty didn't always make me feel like an underdog, especially when playing as a brawny, overpowered version of Pinocchio with a massive weapon and a combat pigeonholeed me into a specific play style. I don't agree with that. I've seen a lot of different playstyle, so it's saying it pigeon, though, and pitch. agent hold him to a specific play style oh because he had a massive weapon weapon okay that makes sense yeah if he had a different weapon the play style obviously be different but all right so yeah that's

the end of that review so anyways you can see the rest of them right here and if you can if you listen to the audio only version just make sure to come over to analytic dreams video on spotify to uh listen to and also see the video version along with the audio so with that been saying i'm just going to put the reviews up there and that really wraps up my whole review for Liza P i mean obviously whenever i don't play a game i'm not going to give like very strong sentiments of how i feel because i didn't play it you know i watched somebody play and i can talk about that which is why i talked about the visual aspect of Liza p but as far as the actual mechanics how it feels i would not know because there's certain games you play and you realize that oh this character feels weird or this character feels slow

or the complete opposite this character feels fast and the mechanics or just super smooth like in the other ring to bring that out much more. But let's say the first Star Wars game, Calcestis moved very janky. Like it was very weird the way he moved. But then in Star Wars Jedi Survivor, I think that was the second one. Is that the second one? I think that was the second one. I'm trying to think Star Wars Jedi Survivor.

I think that was, I can't think of the original one. Anyways, I can't think of it. But anyways, the sequel to the Star Wars game with Calcestus, he was moving in a very smooth fashion and the mechanics was just way more of an upgrade than the first game like if you played the first game and didn't like it the second game is just completely different movement-wise and to the point where it's like they just went in and just gave you the complete moveset from the jump and that's kind of like you want to know that from watching star wars one to the sequel but if you play the game you would know exactly what i'm

talking about so that being said uh for las of p it seems like it's a pretty solid game the game um but it's definitely a quiet taste as it takes a lot of uh inspiration from dark souls and at the end of day this there's nothing wrong with taking inspiration from dark souls because obviously those are the games as being champion right now i mean elden ring um secureo what else there's other games like that i can't really think of too many games as dark souls that's close to that that's basically it but those are game of the year winners so pretty good list right there to be a part of so anyways click my link to my bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about about lies of p

in general and if you play the game what is your favorite gameplay mechanic in it it is time to talk about one of the greatest games of our generation when i say one of the greatest games this game hasn't even been released yet so you already know my anticipation levels are through the roof exponentially higher than most fans because unlike most this made me switch from Xbox to PlayStation now I would say unlike most but I mean PlayStation is winning the console rate so at this point it's like obviously other people switch but maybe they had other reasons for me is only specifically because I love the Xbox controller that's one of the things I still feel like it's better than any PlayStation controller ever made with that being said Spider-Man is the reason I

switched over because Spider-Man PS4 made me get a PlayStation 4, right? So when I got a PS5, I was highly anticipating the next edition, installment of the Spider-Man Insomniac franchise because the way that they've been telling the story of Spider-Man has been in a way that not only has been captivating, but at this point, I can confidently say that this is the best rendition of Spider-Man we've received story-wise. in the long time. That's talking about M-CU with Tom Holland. That's talking about Sony with Andrew Garfield.

And I know I may hurt some Spider-Man fans out there. Some OG Spider-Man fans is going to hurt your feelings. But it's also talking about the Sony rendition of Toby McGuire. Insomnia X Spider-Man is the best story that we've received ever. So with that being said, this is a video game. So all that said, all that being said, still have to keep in mind that this is a video game. So we get to play as the best Spider-Man rendition ever. So Spider-Man games throughout time has not been the greatest.

You know, we've received some duds as far as the movie installments. I mean, obviously the Toby McGuire, Spider-Man 1 and 2 was phenomenal, especially Spider-Man 2. And I don't think it's as bad as people like to say with the Spider-Man games over time. but it's definitely been subpart. And when I say subpart, I mean, very below the bar. But we have received some games in Spider-Man franchise that has added to the overall lore. And the reason I'm bringing that up

is because that's going to factor into this segment. Web of Shadows, Edge of Time, and Ultimate Spider-Man is some of the best games. at a Spider-Man video game history, right? Of course you have Spider-Man 2 with Toby McGuire. I never played that because that was before my time. And if they made a remaster that game, of course I would play. But at this point, I mean, there's really no point with Spider-Man PS4 or PS5.

So the games that I did play, edge of time, and you can swap that out for shattered dimensions if you want to. But basically, those games really all capitalizes off of what Spider-Man is basically. made out of, you know? And with this game, Spider-Man PS-5, it seems like it's going to heavily feature some of the tidbits in those games. Now, I'm not going to spoil the game, of course. I'm not going to talk about spoilers or whatever,

and the gameplay I'm showing right now is basically just gameplay renditions of people playing the game, but it's not like, it doesn't have spoilers in it. It's basically just showcasing how the game plays and nothing like story-related. So obviously, we're going to stray away from spoilers. even though if you want to know about spoilers,

just no idea of cover if you look up Spider-Man 2, spoilers, analytic dreams. It should pop up as far as my take on how the story's going to play out because, you know, with me being a huge Spider-Man fan, I had to dig deep and I had to look for some stuff that is not easily accessible, to say the least.

So I may or may not know how the story's going to play out. And with that segment, it kind of details how the story is going to play out. And people will get information that they probably wouldn't receive on other platforms, right? And the sources, if Insomniac is listening, the sources that I use for the spoiler tidbits that I found out was or is completely made up. So don't come after me. If you hear something that may be on the nose, just know, hey, I made it up. You know what I mean?

It's just off the brain, off the dome. I don't know how I came up with it, but, hey, somehow I found my hands on the information. or not if you was listening. So with that out the way, we're just going to get into some tidbits about Spider-Man too before the game comes out because this is my most anticipated game ever. Like, ever.

Like, I don't think it has to be said if you listen to the notorious mass effect, you should know by now that Spider-Man is my favorite fictional creation of all time. Like, as a kid, I always used to think I was Spider-Man, like, way after the Power Ranger phase wore off, Spider-Man was the one that I was like, okay, I really messed with Spider-Man as an overall character.

Because the whole balancing your regular life and then the superhero life can everybody can relate to balancing one thing and another, right? One thing you're doing well at, but something else may be faltering or vice versa. That is the ultimate appeal of Spider-Man for me. the balancing of two lives and each one's suffering because of the other. Everybody can balance that whether it's school and personal life, whether it's school and work life, whether it's work and personal life. It's so interchangeable. But the way that Spider-Man captivates that, obviously, it's a superhero appeal.

So you can't really relate to that. But you can't say that like you're not balancing something in life. Like everybody's balancing something and trying to find that middle ground. And for Spider-Man, I feel like it really perfectly captures what that looks like. So with that being said, let's get into Spider-Man 2. So obviously, it's one of the biggest games to come out in this generation, probably in this console period, right? So with that being, I keep saying that.

And Spider-P Sper, of course, was a massive success, like the epitome of what a console seller looks like. So like 20 million sales, 33 million, including Miles Morales, outperform, all the other PlayStation again. exclusives like God of War, Uncharted, Witcher. I don't think it outsold Last of Us, but that's another discussion for another day. So with that been, um, the sequel, of course, is going to perform even better. Because now with receiving so many, not bad, but mediocre Spider-Man games, it's like,

when Spider-Man PS4 was about to come out, everybody was still skeptical, uh, skeptical. Like it was a whole thing over Puddlegate for some reason. I don't even know why that was the highlight. But for me, I still have my. doubts because it's like I'm not used to having an open world game like this with spider man being good you know so when spider may peter's 4 was actually solid beyond solid amazing probably the best spider man video game ever and for p s5 to be basically playing off of that in a way that makes you realize that it's not just a cash grab they're not just using reusing the same

assets and putting out a game to also adding story tidbits and costumes that makes it feel like an addition to Spider-Man PS4. I mean, some of the additions, uh, gameplay-wise, is the way you can launch yourself with the, uh, with the webs, which is a playoff of Spider-Man 2, uh, the way that you can use your web wings, which I don't think we've ever had that in the Spider-Man game. As far as like using your web wings, transversing the environment. So that's a new thing entirely. And then you have the black suit, which that has been in Spider-Man games before, but not used in the way that's used here as far as heavily into the story.

I mean, I guess you can say Web of Shadows, but Web of Shadows compared to Spotomy and PS5 as far as story-wise, like, I don't even think it's going to be. Like, not even, the game hasn't even came out yet. And I can already tell you the story compared to this and the story compared to Web of Shadows, like, I don't even think it's going to be

a comparison. Basically, because it's balancing so many things. You have Miles Morales, along with Peter, along with the Lizard, Craven, along with Norman Osborne, the black suit, Venom. I mean, there's so many different things of balancing other than DeWebeth Shadows that they were just balancing Spider-Man and Venom. Like, that's the only thing they was doing, right? So with this game coming out, it's coming out and shaping up to be the best Spider-Man

game ever. Spider-Man PS-4, it was already best Spider-Man game ever. Spider-Man 5 is shaping up to perform even better and to just be an overall better rendition of a Spider-Man video game. So with that being said, of course, the game features both Peter Parker and Miles Morales as playable characters. That's another thing you can swap between the two GTA style and has Craven and Venom as the main villains, set to be released October 20th exclusively on PlayStation 5.

So for all my Xbox players out there, just know that when this game comes out, I won't shame you for not having Spider-Man PS5. i will only just showcase how much of a letdown it is that you don't have the game that's all i'm gonna rub into your face i'm just gonna rub into the wound with that being said uh of course this game's gonna be priced at 70 a 70 dollars because if you don't know it's very expensive to make video games like i'm perplexed on how video games have stayed at this price point i'm a consumer so obviously i'm not going to be like oh they need it raises the prices but i do understand why game developers do want certain price hikes and games because if you do look at the open

world and especially what you get as far as your bang for your bang for your butt I think GTA 5 showed gamers how much you can get just from spending $60 right so whenever it's next gen I mean everything's improved graphically story wise loading screen wise of course with the next you in cons so it's like the biggest thing with the SSD the price obviously is it would have to you know it's kind of like if you was an owner right you was given a certain product for a certain amount and you upgrade that that product in its entirety when it you raise the price as well and looking from that standpoint I know a lot of people don't want to hear it especially coming from a consumer like me you're probably like how could you you you've switched up you you're uh joining in on on capitalism but if it makes sense

then I think they should do it. And with the $70, I don't think it's too egregious of a price hike. I mean, look at what Netflix is doing, and they're not giving you anything in return for their price hikes, right? So for the next gen price tag to be $10 more, only $10 more than the old gen versions, I think that's pretty reasonable. So that being said, standard edition for Spider-Man PS-5 is $70. Deluxe edition will be 80 and the collector's edition would be 230. I did not know that collector's edition. I wonder if that's coming with the 19 inches because, you know, hey, let me tell you

y'all some. A lot of people want them 19 inches and shame on y'all, man, shame on y'all. Because $230, that's way too much. I don't care how many inches they're giving you. Like, that's just ridiculous. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, then you just out of the loop. Because last time I looked at that tweet talking about the 19 inches, I think that had more engagement than people on the planet.

I was like, how in the world? Like, if y'all look at that tweet, it's like, I think it's almost at a, I'm not even trying to be funny, hold up. Because y'all don't think I'm trying to be funny, but the engagement on the 19 inches, it's like, bro, like, are y'all okay? Like, y'all, you may need some mental evaluations

before we can play this game. Hold on, let me see. Because Venom, let me see, Venom. I'm just going to type in 19. Hopefully that crazy pops up. 19 inches. I can't believe I put this. Yeah, my search bar is crazy right now.

All right, let me see. I'm trying to find the original tweet. Oh, here we go, PlayStation UK. Oh, no, somebody quote tweeting that. Okay, so PlayStation, because I think there was the original tweet. PlayStation UK. Ah, here we go. 94.3 million engagement.

Okay, so I was a little, I was exaggerating with the people on the planet. I think, no, I was. I'm, you know, like, come on now, I'm in college. Let me, you know, I can't be acting that slow, I just, well, so basically the engagement on this tweet is insane. 94.3 million. Like, I don't think I've seen that type of engagement ever on a tweet, like, ever. So if you don't even know about the 19 inches, when I say 19 inches, you just add the loop.

I'm sorry, you just probably now on the internet and it's okay. Now everybody needs the internet, but let's just say the 19 inches is a very substantial part of the Spider-Man 2 rollout at this point. after that tweet whoever tweeted that out or whoever was the PR person behind that he should have immediately got a lifetime contract because that is how you market a video game but that being said um so yeah if you want to pay $230 for that 19 inches i mean i've you know heard of people paying more for less so you know hey at the end of the day you know it's on you anyways uh spiderman ps5 of course i keep calling that because i think this is the last spider man game we're going to get on this console

Like the way that Insomnia games is talking, I don't even know if they'll give out a DOC for this. So we're going to get the game. And then after that, like, they're going to come out with the Wolverine game. Like, they've already started working on Wolverine for Insomniac. Like, it's, uh, Spider-Man 2 is gold. And gold means when the game is, like, basically ready to launch.

So with that being said, we've had no announcement of DOC or anything, which Spider-PPS4 are going back in time. D.O.C. was announced before the game even came out to make you buy the entire edition, right? Which was the city never sleeps edition, I believe. So with Spider-Man 2 not even having D-O-C announced, I don't know if it's because,

honestly, I'm just going to say it. Spider-Man 2 is going to be the last game on PS-5. So they're not going to come out with another one until the PS-6 comes out, and that won't be to like 20-26 or something like that, which also heightened my anticipation for this game because if you don't know, Spider-Man is going to be a flagship of PlayStation for them to put so much credence into this game knowing it's going to hold us over until the next console comes out.

Like you already have to imagine the amount of stuff that's going to be happening in this game. And no DLC. Like people are saying that the game won't be that long. Like it would be around the same runtime as Spider-Man PS4. But we don't know if that's DOC included. We don't know if that like, okay, so basically just saying 20 to 30 hours would be, would suffice for the main story. That's how long it would take you to beat the main story. But if you do sign missions, if you go for the platinum trophy, of course, you'll get into the 40-50 range.

But that's still a lot of story. Like 20 to 30, a straight story from Insomniac is still a lot because you already know it's going to be a plethora of cutscenes, great performances. I mean, the guy who's voicing Venom, I think he voiced like Candyman or he voices like a bunch of horror villains. So basically, they got the best of the best for these characters. and the way that the story is going to play out. Nah, that's going to be spoiler. So let's just say, DOC may not make sense for this game.

They're going to give us everything in its initial package. So with that being said, it's really not too much to get into. Oh, here are the suits. Let me go back to that. Here are the suits for pre-ordering. Yeah, here we go. So that's another thing I want to talk about.

I don't know if insomnia got a little, what's the word? I don't know if they got a little arrogant or overconfident. I don't know what is the word. But ever since they made one of the better Spider-Man unique outfits ever created with the whole white symbol, because even now it still looks great and still looks amazing.

And you look at the white symbol for Spider-Man, you think to yourself, oh, that's the video game insomniic version of Spider-Man, right? These costumes that they've uniquely made for the game is not it. Like, maybe I just have to play the game, but I mean who thought it would be a good idea to put stone monkey suit in the game like forget the fact that it's for peter right i don't care it's for peter let's just stick on the fact stick to the fact that they put stone monkey suit in the game i ain't trying to see nothing no type of monkey rendition and no suit when miles morales is also in the game because i ain't trying to have no type of confusion because you already know people be on their funny tip when it comes to monkey and black people so we ain't trying to even get close to that conversation so to put a whole monkey suit in the game like spider man doesn't make no sense to put monkey suit in the game am i tripping like um red specter uh punked elliptic uh even tactical agmatic like all those make sense right stone monkey like come on man like i don't know who who put that suit in there again game but they need to be fired they need to be fired at seven i'm sorry like that's just i know it's probably one

it's probably it's probably it better be one of peter suits it better not be one of my own suits i bet i say it's gonna be different levels it's gonna be like when i play mk1 and then it play as a single black person throughout the whole story i'm i'm gonna go off it ain't gonna be it ain't gonna be nice so yeah whoever made stone monkey y'all need to be fired i ain't gonna cap to you so um besides that other additions to the game because spider m2 is like i said uh complete addition to Spider-Man PS4 and not just a cheap cash grab. Another thing is that they have additional Brooklyn and Queens added as far as the map, which is like double the size of the last map in Spider-May PS4.

There's 60 unlockable suits and side missions and stuff. What else? Preloading for the game starts October 13th and requires approximately 88 gigabytes of storage space. Release times vary by region, with some players have an, access on the 19th and others on the 20th so at that being said you may have to do what the NBA 2k players did when they went to uh I don't know if it was Sweden they went somewhere well time wise like they they changed the time on the console so they could get the game early you may have to do that for Spider-Man and uh by they I mean me I'm definitely a the earliest I can get my hands on

it the better pause but anyways so at the end of day Spider-Man 2 is going to be fantastic it's really not too much I can say about the game at this point. Besides, the story seems immaculate. The Venom design is top tier, like, one of the best designs. Like, it behooves me how Spider-Man is such an iconic character and insomniac is somehow finding new ways to keep you invested and captivated into its story. Like, you kind of know the beats that they're going to follow throughout the storyline, but the way that they're delivering to you and especially some of the things i heard like it's going to be characters that's not used to being other characters in this game and now i'm not going to spoil it but and it's going to it's going to blow your mind it's going to blow your mind

to the point where you may have to hit the pause button and just stare at the screen like insomnia has some stuff planned for this game and and all i got to say is i i can't wait like i thoroughly am anticipating this game to the point where when this game comes out man i may go missing not just i just fly i'll still gonna be here to give you all uh content and stuff and obviously i'll probably stream it so if you want to watch me streaming which you know stream is not one of the things i promote because i'm a podcast you know i always like to say i'm a podcast streams streaming is not my specialty but if you want to see it i was stream it just so if you want to see it and comment while i play the game but at the end of the day um can't wait for the game

it's going to be fantastic amazing spectacular no my fault my fault i'm i'm gonna keep down the tuck so uh What else? This is the last time I'm going to talk about this game before it comes out. So I'm trying to think if there's anything else I didn't talk about. Transversial is going to be two times faster than the last game. If you don't know, Spider-Man PS4 started you out at a certain speed, and then you got up to the max speed as you leveled up. Spider-Man is going to start at the max speed for Spider-Man PS2

because, you know, the map is two times bigger. And of course, with the web wings, it's going to make it easier to transverse the environment. And it's going to be way faster. And there's a way you can turn off the hands. handicap as far as swinging. So sort of like Spider-Man 2, you can have all the physics unlocked for you. So you could put your swinging on hard mode, if that makes sense. Which it may sound worse than it actually is. Like when you actually play the game, you may want to turn it off. So I'm trying to think. That's basically it. I don't want to over talk because I think I've covered everything. Yeah, with that being said, whoever made the Stone Monkey suit, I hope you get fired.

I want to end this off. So click my link tree in my bio. Click my link tree in my bio. Let me know on one of my social media is. What do you think about Spider-Man 2 Insomnia Games rollout for the game? And what is the most anticipated thing that you're looking forward to when this game eventually comes out October 20th? I know what y'all saying. You're saying Drake could have treated this 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 as better that's kind of crazy But all jokes aside, we're just going to get right into it 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. 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-hot 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. 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. 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. 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 into 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 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 would be different if a Stephen A. went out of his way to say, for all the dogs is trash. Or if a Grace 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 going to say, you see what I'm going to say. saying like hip-hop media heads talk about hip-hop so as you can say this is unprovoked or no you could say this is provoked by anthony fantano talking about him i mean that's kind of his job so the reoccurring theme is how drake attacks these hip-hop heads but not in the way that's malicious or in a way that's below 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 than Elliot Wilson. Now, I just have the screenshot up on here because I basically have to break this down to make this quote makes sense. So basically, Elliot Wilson was perplexed. that Drake did an interview with Bobby Althoff in earlier this year, right? Well, not earlier. It was like a month or two ago where he did an 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 that are 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 Lau.

Basically, if you never seen Nardward, basically those type of interviews where he walks up on an interview and does and tries to 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, expedive 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 Cloud. 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, 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 Elliot Wilson came out. He was like, bro, I don't know why Draymond are 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 Elliott simply for his rollout. 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. Elliot was the second one earlier this year. I forget the actual month. 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 Cizza 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. 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's stephen a titled uh black privilege but straight shooter is also a good book but anyways black privilege by charlemagne's real name is

which is very interesting but anyways um charlemagne's real name is leonard so champagne pop yo yo yo hold no no we ain't go slop as it i'm gonna keep that in there but hey we are not called 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 and wish you saw my reflection type beat. Whatever you got to do to let it out, I'm sure your 435 loyal fans will stand by your exfative goof. So that being said, he's going out another the 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. 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 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 in-bounds and wasn't like anything crazy. None of these hip-hop heads came out. I was like, man, I don't know why Drake 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 use him for a rollout, basically saying that he was, if you don't remember,

Charlemagne's response to this, Drake, because he went in on Charlemagne calling him like the off-brand, Morse Chessna, all that other stuff. If you look at or listen to Charlomaine'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. All these other people kind of just responded in fashion. Like Anthony Fantano responded to Drake basically saying that, um, 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 bad. Like, nah, we're not having that. Like, hip hop is mostly black people in 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 ways right or they're just going to completely turn on you so i think he handled that in stride eliot wilson handled that in the stride basically you know rebuttal in it with um 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 knows 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, this is like Yadi rapping. 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 third. I want you 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 to do with this rollout. 36. Your birthday is in 20 days. I googled that to you. You'll be 37 years old. Get the

away from some of these younger nits and stop fucking these 25 years. Another personal shot from Joe from Joe Button. So this was the most personal. 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 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 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 Griselle. or, um, it'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 Yadhi around for the youth appeal and for the youth, um, to 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 little yadi makes the worst audio music i've ever heard in my life 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 budding 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 Budden, this is 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, he responds at these hip-hop heads, old heads through a youthful media site. He says, Joe Budden, you have. failed at music period I like the way he started that off that was pretty fire 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 a quitter give their opinion on how to achieve longevity you switch careers because the things that pop into your brain had you broke living check to check and the wraps 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 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

your 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 like honestly that that's the thing that kept blowing me i was like what well pause but yeah that was just wow 450 man showing up to your shows and dusty and niece i don't know 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. You 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. 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, 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, he was successful in rap. And by the things that popped into his brain, not only did he transition from rap 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. 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 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 even makes sense. Like none of this stuff makes sense.

And Joe Biden even responded basically saying you'll grow up soon at some point or something like that. I forget what he said. 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 who she's upset about, you know, is 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. 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, 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, 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 is a masterclass manipulator.

The way that you use your words to give what you want effectively as both of them have is a masterclass 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 undefeated, and it will be able to. apply, right? Manipulation tactics one-on-one. Make a broad statement, let them get offended, 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 maddening 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, have a blessed day or what they say.

No, I like when people say so 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. 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. The kids follow academics. Joe Budden, Anthony Fantano, Elliot Wilson,

Charlemagne, they all have her 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 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. 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 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 the Drake called by academics except for the people in stream because obviously his OBS was muted. So 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 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 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 lime 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. So 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 inbound where you could 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 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 would join in the rollout. He had Birdman, check Charlemann, Joe Budden. If you ever heard Birdman, like he really doesn't talk unless need it, you know? 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 what 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. That's basically good. That's all he said. That was in the IG post, as you can see right here. And then he said, Joe Budden, and this picture he used of Joe Budden was beyond hilarious. It's like, how in the world did Drake get, I mean, did Joe Button get a matching hat and coat of the house?

Like what? Like, 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 that point. He said, Joe Budden, calm down, brother. You're not built for this gangster expert of this peachy podcast.

But basically saying you're not gangster, you're not built for this, which all Joe Budden was saying was like hang out with people your own age. And, uh, earthman just went out the window with the, hey, you ain't gangster. Like, where that, where that come from? You know, I feel like the 50-send me, like, Like, why does it forget me? Like, I didn't even say nothing about no gangster life. So anyways, I think Drake had Birdman check Joe Budden and Charlaman.

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. 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. In the nigger playing with champagne popper because suck my dick. Yo, some pussy ass. 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 a, Birdman said it. If y'all want to check him, that's on y'all. But for me over at here, notorious mass effect, we don't condone that, but we're going keep going I don't think he says that again but that was wild but we're gonna leave it in there just to let you know

that Burryman ain't playing around you got a personal respect with a with a K on Drake's name okay I be tipping bro I be popping this up Hey

Remo 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 like Joe Budden criticizing them too Joe Button ain't got a hit since Carter had love of pills.

Say, bro, tell Joe Button calm down, bro. I don't have no ill feelings with Joe Button. I always, 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. No. I don't have no, I have none 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 go i'll give you one 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 it's sensational 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 anyways let's let's keep going but besides that you don't want to give you a problem but if you want a problem will give you a problem with the goal because we we respectable men, we dishonorable men, we're not dishonorable men, but if you play, then we're going to play. It's how it goes. But I respect Joe, and if you want a problem, we'll give it to him. Wack, you can hand them on the West Coast, I hand them down the bottom, and we'll hand them where we go. And that's basically it.

He said you can handle him on the West Coast and I, like, this man was splitting up where he could get handled. Like at that point, I'm like, hey, Joe Button, 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 let me see if I can pull this up right quick. I don't know if y'all seen it. Joe Button. 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 Budden Am I tripping? Does this man not have a profile? I mean, I know he does

I'm just being funny Let me see I'm typing 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 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 stuff. 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, because I had to type this in specifically to get his profile. Anyways, let me pull this back up. All right, so this is Joe Button'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. T. Tom, Don the references, the weekend for some reason, just some random meme. I'm like, bro, what is that even mean? 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 the point. So, yeah, man. Birdman is 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 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 a point. So Drake's dad said, it's an expedite 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, pause, 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. 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, 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 exudive haters, exudive with my son. If you don't like what he does, keep him moving, exudence, he's not bothering you with, I don't know how many exclamation points. So you know he was screaming. So anyways, 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 bow on this rollout. basically saying, I'm 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 goofs been throwing my name around publicly for years like a frisbee, don't be shocked if I want to go fetch that expedve and bring it to your doorstep. It's us. Savage, this was hands, oh, okay, and then he goes back to talk about the performance. because if you don't know, he was the one who got Savage's 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 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 a bow on it, basically saying that all of them are throwing his name around,

publicly for years like a frisbee and don't be so forth don't see don't be shocked if he goes and fetch that expedite and bring it to the doorstep 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 into 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, was to go at every single old head in media,

in hip-hop media. 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 go? on 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 vinyls, mind you, without vinyl's, like if he would have vinyl, he would have been in the Taylor Swift range of 6 to 700. but drag doesn't do vinyl because hip hop is it's 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 uh lesson so anyways um so yeah that's my case let me wrap that up uh so yeah that's basically it 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 roll out 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, I'm definitely going to reiterate my sentiments of this album

because let me tell you something. This is the top four 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 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 BNEX 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 an 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-Verst 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 they 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 that Metro, which is number 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 god drake he produced slime you out with drake and scissor he produced a with little uzi verre and travis got he produced k pop with travis god in the weekend yes i just skipped 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 off. This man had two numbers. Let me chill, man. Because Drake's my favorite artist, but even as a person who looks at analytics, 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 see going and then they have another one with germane we're fined getting into it man y'all y'all y'all be hating on a goat all right and then bennie x produced uh i dg a f 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 codec black that was also a hit he produced who wit 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 it 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 going to lie. Hold Me. That's crazy. I didn't even see that. Why they put this at the end of the list? To let y'all know, Hold Me by Cuevo is my favorite track of 2023.

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 Cuevo 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.

It was really a powerful track. Like, it was one of those, well, it was like, dang. Like, if Cuevo continued 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, 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 then spin again because you ain't had nowhere to park. That's not, that's not music. 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 Paige 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 a little Yadi influencing Drake's sound. or whatever. Benny X, I think that's how he say his 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, Benny X is the sound that Drake needs to keep going with. Like, he basically gave a whole album filled with Benny X produced. Like eight songs could technically be an album

for some people. So he needs to keep going with Benny 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 hey at the end of day hey happens to the best of them so um yeah Drake basically collabs with people to take their producer and for benny x i think he used to produce for one of the younger artists i forget But anyways, Drake is took it, like, took him, and he was like, hey, you produce for me now.

And it was substantial. 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 mixing mastering part of this album. Now, let's get into Drake. So track number one, Virginia Beach. So basically, this is interesting.

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. 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. 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. or one dance is singing you already talked about that one

uh i'm trying to see a list trying to see like a pull-up a list 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 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 it 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 ten top twenty 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. Like, do y'all really hate when Drake seems? Like, I can't tell. I'm looking at the charts right now. This is, this is insane. Like, if y'all really don't like when Drake seems, 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'll have to go through my rolodex of Drake openers, 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 him 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. Phenomenal opener. I want to see it. I don't want to miss anything because, you know, I'm not going over this album again. Let me see. Virginia Beach.

Let me see. That's basically it. And some of these lines, like, he's gonna find out that's on site, like, www. On site, like, dot com. Put a baby in you,

you, you a hot mom. Like, these are just Drake-type lyrics. Like, come on now. Obviously, it's like nothing, 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? No,

like, all right. And then, A man, track number two, right? So I do want to point out my favorites first. Actually, should I do that at the end? I should probably do that at the end. Yeah, I'm going to do that at the end because I want to go through these first. So track number two, Amen.

Amen was pretty solid because I like to play they did on Amen, like, praying to you find Amen, like instead of like Amen, like it's a double on tundra 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 um this track was fantastic and then the transition into the next track was fantastic but let me tell you something 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 feature as an interlude

i'm like bro whoever was in this interlude like i'll be looking for some residuals some pubs some royalties like ain't no way you're gonna have me at the majority in the in the middle of the track mind you the majority of this track and i ain't gonna get no no type of compensation for 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 but anyway some actual residuals like no way you're gonna 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, just, it's tired, like, it's not bad on first listen, but the, the,

the, 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 3,

310, 3, 13, something like that. And then 21 Savage comes on, he gives a pretty serviceable verse. Because, you know, like I say, like,

I get tired of people talking about spending the block, but I was like, all right, whatever, you can have your barn uh your verse and a half about spinning the block um 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 it's 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. 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 four. Thore of Heights is one of Drake's best songs ever. It's a top 10 Drake song ever, like ever.

Like, I'm not even, I'm not even exaggerating. I'm a Drake stand. I listen to a lot of Drake. Fear 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, if you was like, play the quintessential 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 okay I'm auntie 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 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 i'm like bro is this like a riana 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 rana's like happily married with asa at 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 Sicko mode was fire. This is a whole not level. When the beat switches, he gets into a chorus,

he gets into a bag that is like, no, that's it. That's it right there. Like, imagine being in the studio and that beat switch. And then he was, nah, that's it right there. Like, because he gets into the, you make me want to cuff you like the law. You make 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 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 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, top ten 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,

it's like, like, I understand because music is subjective. but damn man what more can drake do like this is this is it right here like this is a classic like it's for all the dogs 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 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 um he plays off of the 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, I mean, like, some of the things he's talking about is very interesting. I mean, anytime Drake says I'm geeking, I just automatically think Yadi has a hand in it. So I'm not mad at it,

but I thought this was pretty serviceable, solid track, and the repeatability is going to be through the roof because, I mean, he's repeating the chorus, like played with cardiac. And it actually works. I think it's like a Drake Playboy Cardi impression that actually works. 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. But because Little 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 geeking hard, don't know what to take. Like, I think that's Yachti influence. and I think Yacht is 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 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, internet swear that I bought the body, take more than that to go pop somebody. Them ex-witers talk about everybody. So low-key, I'm happy they got somebody. Kind of hinting towards the X situation because X-Centatio got assassinated.

assassinated, that sounds rough, got murdered for over, I guess that's the same thing. 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,

it's the only time I ain't below the neck on Scorpion, and now he's back again, 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 that's that's a lot we're gonna get to some bars where i just feel like it's it's uh questionable that's that's one of them he specifically addresses that's 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 report place it and really say what he was saying? He was saying, take more than that to go pop somebody. So literally he's kind of admitting that he didn't pay for the body. But then this is where 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 me and 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 were calling like takeoff, lift off and all the other stuff, disrespecting amigos, disrespecting Drake. His fan base is pretty cult-like and pretty humongous even to this point with him releasing post-hom his music. But him going against Drake and after him passing away, you know, Drake talking about it the way that he does is could be hard for some ex-fans. And that's why I'm believing that. 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 needs to stop rapping by x that's that's it like he you got to stop wrapping like it was really pinpoint like it was really pinpoint bars towards x and he has to stop doing that that's that's too much all right track number six first person shooter featuring j cole he's all right all right track number seven no i just play i'll just play i'm just playing i'm just playing i'm a drake fan y'all know that right i'm gonna keep reiterating that because uh hopefully y'all can tell about this review Deep breath again. That's tough.

Drake got out rap, man. I'm sorry, I had to say it. That hurt. That hurt. I ain't a lot. Like, my whole body's shutting. Drake guy out rap by Jacob, man. I said it twice.

That's, I may start crying, man. Take my glasses off. You know what? All my Jermaine fans out there, let me tell you some. Let me tell you some. You got lucky this time. You know, you ever watch Phineas and Furb

and duff and smirt whenever he gets upset? or he get his plan disrupted by Agent P, and he's like, I get you next time or something like that. That's how I feel right now. I feel defeated. And next time Drake and J. Cole get on the track, it's going to be different. It's going to be different, man, because this may be one of the, no, okay, so, Jay Cole had this EP, I forget what it was called.

It was before offseason, which I still think is J. Cole's best album ever. Let me see. I wish I could find a single quickly. Was it Lewis Street? Yeah, the Lewis Street. Okay, so the Lewis Street EP put out back in July 22nd, 2020. It's the best rapping I've ever heard from J-Co, right? And that led up and two off-season,

which eventually came out in 2021, May 14th, 2021, which I think to this day is J-Code'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 three rappers in this 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 eventually found out he doesn't deserve to be nowhere near that conversation. Jake Cole, though, continues and continues to dominate in the rapping lyrical space to the point where it's like, people are now questioning if Drake Cole's the best rapper of the generation. Now, how blasphemous is, like, to quote my man Stephen N., 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 jake hole like he did little baby for once in these so j cole went ballistic he still had to go ballistic of course so let's get into that point uh because i'm gonna get into my end point or my um final point after this so basically i knew it was over when verse one drake was saying uh say it then who to go who to go who to go apparently drake and j cole was in the same studio when they made this record right 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, he was like, who to go, who to go? It's like, nah, bro, I got to get you now. Like, nah, you're really talking crazy while I'm right here, you know? So J-Cold went crazy, got out to the booth right after Drake, you know, and he started, man, he started.

And 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. 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 Muhammad Ali. I don't know why. Call me a rap nerd or whatever. But I don't know. thought that was the best part of his verse. Like when he was like, I feel like Muhammad Ali and then he started mimicking how

punchers or how boxers punched the punching bag. I was like, I 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 is when he got into that goat flow. I'm not going to lie.

It was goatish. It was goat. This is the most praise you ever going to hear me give to Jermaine. And this This hurts. Every word I say after this hurts. Germain was the best rapper ever when he got into this flow right here. Like ever, like Jay-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 its motion picture, blockbuster, the goat with the golden pin, the top toucher, the spot sprayed his whole expeditive up, the crop duster, not rush, 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 it dang that's it that's it he's

he washed and dry clean my my goat man on the track it's like it's like when M&M E through the JZ on Renegade that's how I feel right now I was like dang

He really, he really did it to him. That's, that'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 to beat and went with some club-type beat. I think it was made by Take Keith. And he ended it off pretty in a solid way. But Jake Cole, by far, best verse on the entire album.

Best verse in the last five years. Best verse, it's one of them. 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 gotta make it hard on j cole like you gotta come you gotta come how kendrick did pause on poetic justice kendrick gave first one drake went then he gave another verse right that's how that's what you should did you should have 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 j cole

he got completely washed like drake came on a track talking about who to go who to go and now two he naming all the girls he texted like uh christine justine Kathleen 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 that's probably the best thing to do make it make it seem like you're not trying yeah all right anyways um so yeah that was just one of the greatest verses I've ever heard in life like I'm not even trying to be dramatic like Jermaine was on a different level like I was that was goat status that's literally what I that's the epitome of of a masterclass like when he got into the and I'm gonna say it again

because it was just that fire when he said when I show up is motion picture blockbuster the goat with the golden pin the top touch that's it that was it I'm sorry I got move on because I'm gonna stick on that I'm gonna stay on that verse I don't even like germane like that I ain't go along to you so that's not it's not the part you want to get my germane 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 got to say to combat my goat game wash. So that's all I got to say.

Track number seven, IDGAF featuring Yeet, which you probably know what that means. It's a PG podcast, so I'm not going to get into it. 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. I ain't going to lie. This truck was right after a first-person shooter, and I don't get it. I don't get it. Like, sonically, it sounds pretty nice. 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 couple of my twas cut them up what is this cat like this is green eggs and ham

like what type of rhyme scheme is this like bro I just don't understand but anyways sonically it was pretty solid so um yeah I think Drake was talking about yee when he said versus a versus he gets sometimes a terrible like a two-year-o but sonically it sounded amazing so i guess he led to rock um 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 uh which is still a serviceable track is just i don't like um which is so funny because the whole chorus is like that's that stuff i don't like like playing off a chief keef i thought that was pretty uh i thought that was pretty fire but um it wasn't i don't like it because of honestly it's just my second And 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. So it's a bunch of songs as a radio station. Like ain't nobody say it when the weekend did it for, um, what's that album called? I forget that 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 ain't nobody said when he did it, but when Drake actually has like a cohesive radio and legendary artist like Snoop Dog playing off of For All the Dogs to talk about its bark radio. Like, come on now.

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 um 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 j cole and ye i think it was a nice mellow it was a nice change in pace like you know 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 dog introduced the single by slime you out

with Drake and Cizzer and 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 Cizzer played off of each other for slam you out. It's definitely 7960

Santa was a camera too. 7969 Santa was 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 using Snoop Dog

to introduce the single. because now the single makes sense in the entire project as far as a cohesive body of work. Track number 10, one of my more least favorite tracks, of course, but it's still really good. 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. 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 a pretty solid track with Bahamas promises. Let me see. Try it our best.

Now, let me tell you some. You know how I talked about fear of heights? This is another one of them. This is the top 10 Drake track. Like, 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 masterclass of capturing feelings into a track, tried our best.

I think he plays off the Doremi Faso, because that's how the chorus plays. It's like, Doremi Vaso and then Faso back down. And then Dorei Mvon, I don't know how to describe it, but music has no one talk about. The chorus that he does is playing off of the keys in a masterclass type of way where it's like, bro, how did you even think about this? And then he kind of doesn't do it throughout 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. Tried our best by Drake is Drake in his like like pride. That's like Jordan 96, 97. going to lot 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 it is like it's and then the rhyme scheme for the chorus i ain't gonna be the dead horse but the whole do re-mead-mead stuff like and going back down like it was that was it that was it right there so this is probably one of drake's best tracks of all time

tried our best as one of them so anyways um and it's sticking with the theme of of you know slower pace r&b tempo type type beat uh screw the world was more of a a change up right there was more of a um 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 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.

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. 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 this album. Like, if all the dogs is a playoff of, uh, how do you say it? Let me make sure this.

make the correct term. 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? 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, is that you say it? My fault.

I messed that up. I 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'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 why they say certain things, right?

It's like, if a dog is certain genders, they're not just going to say, oh, is this or is that? They're going to call the 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 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 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. This is the biggest strike 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 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, how long this man been around? This is like 2008, Drake. I don't know how long this man has been around. It's been so long. You know, my goat don't fall off.

So it's like, yeah, I got to count the years. Hold on. Give me a second. This is, this is, uh, yeah, now this is 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 but Drake? Like, come on, man. Anyways, 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. Hopefully they don't kill me. If y'all clip this and send it to them, which, you know what if y'all do, hey, y'all better, y'all better keep the full context. Anyways, all right, let's keep going. All right, so try our best. Is that what we use 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. 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, I was just straight singing and basically trying to court 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 come on, you know.

Just like After Dark by Drake and Todd Dollar. 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 A&R for these tracks?

Like, I just got to know. Like, I ain't no way they be in the track, being in a studio saying like, hey, but what would you say to a girl? I'll say this and this. What would you say to girl? I'll say this. And then again, the studio don't do it.

I ain't know way, but they got to have girls helping them out of something. Because, you know, if they don't, I have to bring up that Charlemagne line again when he said this gay, the straight. and there's Drake. Anyway, so that's how I feel about that track, man.

It's 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 literally Yadi, right? There's light, Yadis 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 albums. But the ones that he obviously has a hand in, like whether when Drake's using his background vocals 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 in my point where Drake trying to attach himself to youth. because I don't know if Drake had a Sahada prince to write for him like Kanye West does. I don't know if it would be that same 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, 37 year old. You look at Drake like a younger artist in terms of sound, because he's sounding, because his sound as being inspired. by a younger artist. So now you're like, well, Drake is keeping up with the times rather than Drake 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 Yadhi had a great hand in this track and Was this something he said in this track? It's one of these Yadi tracks that I've really got to point this out because this is this this is it right here No, this is a track. Okay, let me tell you all some Now, I'll tell you how I felt 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 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 podcasts.

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 actuality, he could have chose a better bar, right? And okay, I'm going to stop beating around the bush. So basically, let me find it. Where is it at? 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 out i can't talk swear 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 benedick but also i'm not going to explain it but y'all y'all know what i'm talking about this is the 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 that's why I'm a that's why I pointed that out in general because we're not condoning that no sirree that that 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 I'm basically pointing it 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 he's

He got shots to be a stallion. I forget what she said. She lied by getting shots, but she's still a stallion. She won'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. You're not slick.

You're not subtle. 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 gonna say it's not it i don't play with that kid's stuff man that's not that's not it all right anyways um 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 a straight-up banger 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 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

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 a little bit. 8 a.m. in Charlotte is why I think this album is a classic, right? He has another track like this on the, at the bottom of the album. I haven't got to it yet. But having both of these showcased to me that he can still rap like this,

he still is one of the greatest 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 and drake's discography because it's like how much can you ask for from one man he's giving you lyrical bars he's

giving you youthful bars with not as much lyricism but a lot of replayability in it he's giving you uh slow down r and b tempos or with Tried Arbes 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 gonna 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. So for this to be on here, that's why I think that as a body of work,

for all the dogs, it's 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 lot. 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.

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 a track 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.

Very slowed 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.

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 going to lie, after listening to Drake and Bad Bunny once with MIA, 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 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. I think Drake gave a great performance. I think Bad Bunny gave a great performance. There's no chorus. Where's the chorus? Like, just because it's too 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. And that's the weekend and post Malone on the same track. Like, where is the chorus for Gently? Like, it's not it. I don't care if there's a beat switch. It 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 but I still think it's solid of course any when I talk about the greatest album and Drake's 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 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

featuring sexy red and sizzle. It 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 her 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 Sizzar 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

so I think it set out or it did what it set out to do Sizer 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 red's verse in half they used 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 so i think it uh did what it would it uh set out to do which would be that club anthem for um a particular audience so that being said because you already know what type of demographic uh Drake was going for putting sexy red on track so anyways Um, another late night featuring Yadi. This was fire. This was actually fire.

And Yaddy did not, I mean, obviously, it's not, it's one of my lesser tracks on the album because Yaddi's on it, like, just off the bat. Like, Yanni's actual vocals on the track, nah. That's like, honestly, this may be my least favorite track off the album, simply because Yaddy's on it. I ain't gonna lie. Sonically, like, I just can't deal with Yaddi. Like, this man was saying clever bars, right?

Like, um, what do you say about Bobby? he said I'm trying to see if I can find it he said that Billy Oledge bar was was interesting was he shooting his shot seemed like it

I'm trying to find it was like he said he boosted a white girl up but uh oh here he is uh boost the white expetive up and now she thinks she's really popping so that was it I mean

yeah that was it it's not really too much you can get into a Yadi verse but sonically just one of the worst tracks simply because Yadi is on it I'm sorry, but Drake, you can use Yadi 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 listen to it. So another late night is probably my least favorite track off the album. With that being said, 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 Drake's discography. A lot of people are like, well, Drake needs to grow up. Drake

needs to stop hanging out with 25-year-olds on some Joe Button type beat. Meanwhile, this man literally rapping his whole like is very introspective and reflective

on this entire track. Like, this is my favorite track off the album, quality-wise. 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 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 ways 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 and 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 his world like i can go anywhere like he was he said i remember fighting over monica with jason i remember only knowing and jason i remember only knowing and jason I remember buying all the iceberg from Jason.

That's three different Jasons. 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 exit of home that took patience. Four Grammys to my name, 100 nominations. Come on, man. One of Drake's best verses ever.

And then after this track, I was like, okay, yeah, this is 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 going to 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, uh, honest personal reflection of himself is when he said um let me see here it here it is right here this is why i knew this is a top tier drake verses which is why i understood why yadi 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 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 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 he wasn't gangster to now?

He's always been, I'm the big bad gangster. I mean, ever since, let me see, when he started really rapping gangster? Ever since he made that mixtape with 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 your windows in there. So he'd 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 will believe him because, you know, he has enough money to be gangster.

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 getting lost in the crowd. 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 are looking for. He gave you hits, gave you rap, personal reflections to his life. on this track and 8 a.m. in 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. I'd be like, dang. Well, no wonder he's going off on for everybody. Like, 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 driving hauling tunnel for a label meeting, thinking about more cake than a funnel I remember now these people

don't remember I know Neeks remember I know Jay remember Chubs will make them boys remember Dead broke splitting pennies with my members Forget a spread We were splitting chicken

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 days in the east With the bros Watching Tristan and DeVoe

While they running up the yeah people hating i ain't a lot like music is 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-co track and the yeat track the yeat 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 drag's like hanging out with yawad and stuff like that like y'all 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. Like, when I get my review, I have to stay on this track because this track is not getting the love it deserves. This is by far the best track on album. As far as quality level, sticking to the subject matter for.

for the entire track, which shouldn't be a point, but nowadays it is because everybody talking about spinning the block and nothing reflective on their life. 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, ADIM 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. So there's only two on here out of 23 tracks for a reason because everybody wants 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 probably very discouraging for Drake. But at the end of 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, which is surprising. but everything is way above BBO

the interlude isn't you know but that's it it's an elude So anyways let's get to last track of that I think after he got his bars off His personal reflective You know stuff off Gave people what they supposedly wanted

And him rapping He finished it off in the way that I believe he wanted to which is singing About a A female dog It's called for all the dogs Which if I have to reiterate Actually I ain't gonna say

too much because I don't want my parents to be like, hey man, why you cussing on you? You know, 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 would just letting y'all know the correct name for a female dog. And veterinarians use it all the time without baddening in nine. So, hey. But anyways, this is why Drake finally reveals on the last track of the album, which is

like, 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, um, He says it right here. I don't know if he puts it in the chorus or not. I don't think he puts in the chorus or not. Oh, no, I'm tripping. I don't even think he says on this track.

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. 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 you go. He says another late night with my B word. right? He said, I hate to even call her the B word because it makes 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 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, in capital. activated everything in this album. I mean, obviously, this stuff I probably missed, you know, I can't, I can't touch on everything. But I just 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. 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, tried our best, number two. No, no, no, no.

Away from home, number one. 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. That's just him going off. I can't do it.

I'm sorry. I can't do it. Y'all, y'all going to call me a hater. 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. 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 Trader Best. Number four, it's 8 a.m. in Charlotte. 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 a 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? Yeah, my list right now. 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 would 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. And at the end of day, everybody is entitled to. her opinion. After all that being said, everybody is entitled to their own opinion. So with that being said, click my link tree in my bio. Let me know in one of my social medias. What do you think about my review of Drake's latest album for all the dogs? Do you think it was fired? 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 my bio, you know, message me on one of my social media is 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. It's still the greatest of all time when it comes to hip hop. If there's one thing about Spotify is that they are going to innovate by any means necessary. With that being said, this may not be the most innovative factor in Spotify. but just because they're implementing it, I have to give them kudos

because who would have thunk during a recession? All of the biggest corporations in the world would raise their subscription prices. Now, all of my nine to five workers probably felt that to their soul. So with that being said, Spotify is trying to give you another reason

why you should not cancel the subscription even though they're raising the prices with a whole new Spotify jam, which is a social listening feature introduced by Spotify, of course, which allows up to 32 Spotify users to participate in real-time listening sessions together. So imagine you was in a place, you know,

in a party or whatever, and you're like, hey, y'all get to pick the jam. Y'all get to, obviously you can edit who can control what goes next or whatever, but people can, like, suggest songs and you can put them on a playlist. So for every DJ in the world, this is a pretty user-friendly feature that really helps you receive engagement that lets you know what your people in the party want to hear, right? For the people in a party, this is the easiest way and the easiest feature that lets you know what they want to hear.

So basically, they can add songs to the shared playlist queue and receive. music recommendations based on their tastes. And the feature is available both on free and premium Spotify account holders. So only Spotify premium subscribers can start and invite others to a jam session because nobody wants to start up a Spotify jam session and then an ad start playing for 35 minutes, right? Because if you have premium, then you don't even get ads. Or if you do, you can press a little skip button, skip right past the ad as far as like a podcast or whatever. So premium subscribers can only start and invite others to jam sessions and hosts can manage the jam, control the track order, and remove songs.

And also premium subscribers can start a jam by clicking the speaker icon or the three dot menu within the playlist and select start a jam. And there are multiple ways to invite others to jam, including Bluetooth pairing, QR codes, direct links, and shared Wi-Fi. connections. Also, Spotify Jam is similar to a third-party service, but offers a native collaborative listening experience. So like I said, if you're at a party, you want to hear what others want to, you want to get suggestions or what others want to hear throughout the party. Spotify's made it super easy for you and Spotify Jam. I know this sounds like an ad, but I swear it's not, it's just one of those features that I feel like has to be highlighted because if they're going to raise the subscription prices and we're going to highlight that, we might as well.

add or we might as well highlight the additions of features that they're bringing with the raise or the rise of subscription prices right so this feature is already out on all ds well not ds p's the spotify is already out on spotify and jam sessions are currently controlled by the host but all users can contribute to the playlist and participate participants can see each other's usenames profile photos and suggest the song So if y'all trying to, you know, flirt with the DJ or whatever, then y'all profile picture looking crazy, y'all may want to change that, you know what I'm saying? I'm just letting y'all know.

Like, for my DJs out there, you may let them know that. If you see the profile picture and it's looking like the cookie monster off of Sesame Street, you know, he may not play your track. You know, I'm sorry, but that's the only example I can come up with. So with that being said, Spotify Jam is currently available on mobile app and requires the app update. edited and then that's basically a pretty informative segment a straightforward segment giving you information on how Spotify jam is now the newest addition to Spotify which lets others suggest music and all they all can have well up to 32 Spotify users can participate and the real-time listening sessions together so that being said click my link to you in my bio let me know one of my social

media is what do you think about Spotify's new social feature Spotify jam and where do you think this would be what situation do you think this feature would benefit the most i blame everybody who keeps saying or was saying previously because you don't really see too many comments like that anymore but the people who were saying i cannot believe that twitter is free because guess what Elon Musk took over and now not only does he attend to make it a monthly subscription type platform but he's also implementing

certain things behind a paywall to premium to subscribers right so he's going to keep implementing certain things that makes people more entice to pay for Twitter before ultimately moving to a subscription model So enjoy Twitter for free why it lasts because it's not going to last too long. But besides that, Elon Musk now plans to remove likes and comments from the X homepage.

But we're not even talking about that, right? Because that's on Kanye West type B. He been said that about like Instagram. Like why his likes on there is only meant to make people more depressed and compare, which, you know, he really does have a point with that, honestly. That's why I think Instagram made it a feature to where you can turn off your likes, which I think that's the most for people who can't get off the internet

I think that's the most that's a mental health type of change to the platform. I know y'all going to think oh what you mean mental health. I'm being so serious. Some people, comparison is like the thief of joy, right? Not like comparison is the thief of joy. Look at somebody who has like a bunch of likes

and you don't have as many likes you would think that person is better than you. When all actuality it's just a social media platform, doesn't affect real life. So with that being said, X also, which is what this segment is about, is working on new features related to gaming, which is why I'm covering this, including gaming or game streaming.

So Elon Musk has started tests on X, formerly known as Twitter. I love how they have that tag. Streaming service with Diablo 4. So PS5 Xbox Series X and S will be able to stream to X, providing a new way for influencers and users to broadcast live from the gaming machines. The release date for this feature, of course, is uncertain. Probably will be behind the paywall. Well, most likely, would definitely be behind the paywall.

But the target for this, right, the goal of this is so that other streaming platforms like Twitch and YouTube will have a competitor. So people who stream on Twitch and YouTube will more than likely come to, Twitter to stream other than Twitch and YouTube. That is Elon Musk's ultimate goal. So at that, he has ambitions to transform X into an everything app similar to China's WeChat incorporating various functions and services. X has already obtained money transmitting, licensing, and multiple U.S. states.

So he's trying to turn X into like a cash app to where you could put your money in and out of it. And I don't know if he wants to turn into some type of investing platform, but hey, I'm just letting y'all know what I've been reading on a different, well, a plethora of articles. So best believe this is not coming from an uninformed place. So let's keep going. Ex's CEO, Linda Yacarino, I think, Yacarrio, I don't know, I say that, envisions it as a platform for ultimate interactivity centered around audio, video, messaging, payments, and banking powered by AI. So when they're talking about in everything app, they really mean everything, which is why they try to change, well, not try. They changed the name from Twitter to X because they wanted to encapsivate everything. With that being said, Twitter did have a video streaming feature called Periscope, but it was shut down in March 2021.

And Elon Musk briefly tested out the Dormant Periscope feature in May 20203 with low quality resolution. So basically, the release date for this feature. of X is still in the works and Elon Musk is still testing out stuff, which is why he was streaming himself doing Diablo, playing Diablo 4 amongst other things. So at the end of the day, this man is still messing around with the X app. And there's a reason for it, because if you look at it, it's a very, very important app in today's society when it comes to news, right? I believe news breaks the fastest on X. Every time, I mean, I have notifications on all social, not all, but like most of the important ones.

And for X, news comes to me way faster than any other platform. So it makes sense why he's doing this and why he's going into a monthly subscription model. Do I like it as a consumer? Of course not. But I can see why he's making these changes. And for my gamers out there, just know or get ready for X to eventually have a feature related to YouTube or Twitch when it comes to game streaming. That being said, click my link to you in my bio.

Let me know one of my social media is. What do you think about Elon Musk completely taking over Twitter, changing it to X, changing it to a money transmitting platform, changing it to a live streaming platform? What do you think of it trying to, or him trying to change it into an everything app, quote, unquote? And do you agree with Elon Musk's strategy for X, formerly known as Twitter? getting into the overview of the pod for episode 130 of course drake versus hip hop media was the overview of the top of the episode but for the first topic we got to nba 2k24 and kind of talked about how it's one of the worst rated games on stream ever or not stream steam it's one of the worst rated games on steam ever and got to the intricacies of reviews i looked at some personal public reviews and kind of just talked about two k two k two k two i NBA 2K24 as a whole. And it was more of a dialogue than just a straight bashing NBA 2K24.

I still think it's a great franchise. But at the end of the day, it does have its faults. Then we transition into Assassin's Creed Mirage, talked about how that game is the epitome of what Assassin Creed fans want, a shorter game with more quality, right? Because they was making a bigger game with lesser quality side quest that was all over the map and basically was just a waste of time. So Assassin Crea Mirage is more of a condensed version of what Assassin Creed fans want. Then we got into Liza P.

I kind of talked about everything you need to know about Liza P, some of the ends and outs of it, and why I believe is being received the way it is by gamers as far as being a phenomenal game from what I've heard. I didn't play it, of course. I wasn't able to give my personal opinions, but we did go over critics review Roundup. and I got into the overall aspect of the game and kind of just, well, basically, everything you need to know about Liza P. Then we got to, I'm being dramatic. I don't care. Spider-Man 2, which is going to be the greatest game of all time.

Y'all know Spider-Man is my favorite fictional creation of all time with them coming out with the video game titled Spider-Man 2, which is a addition or no, a sequel to the original Spider-Man PS4 that I to this day believe. is by far the best Spider-Man game ever made and the best Spider-Man rendition we've ever received. I don't care. MCU, Toby McGuire, Andrew Garfield, none of the stories of Spider-Man has been told better than what Insomniac is doing right now. So when Spider-Man 2 comes out, let's just say, it's going to be egregious levels of sweating going on and no lifing. Because I'm going to beat that game. So obviously, and I'm going to beat that game over. and over and over y'all get the point right spider-man two is one of my most anticipated games of all time as a gamer then and only then that i get into the goat the mascot of hip-hop and just the overall

embodiment of what a successful hip-hop rapper looks like as drake is one of the greatest of all time in the music industry. But when it comes to hip hop, he's by far away and away the goat. So with that, I got to his album. I really broke down his rollout

for the album. And what I thought he was trying to, well, no, not I think. I really do feel like I pinpointed his marketing strategy for all the dogs. So you have to listen to that thing entirely if you missed it. And I believe that Drake successfully

completed his mission. for his rollout, which was going against old head hip hop media. So with that being said, I laid out my case for that. And then I got into my review of Drake's album for all the dogs, kind of talked about every single track, got into how I felt about it, and just how my feelings were towards that project. And I think you'll be surprised on how much I was into this project. Then we got into Spotify, talked to me.

about how they have a new feature called Spotify Jam, which could be every DJ's best friend if done right. But of course, you'll have to have that Spotify premium. So even though they're raising subscription prices, they still want you to pay that as to hide these additions behind the paywall. So with that being said, Spotify has introduced a new feature called Spotify Jam where users can collectively control the playlist they are listening to. And with that being said, hopefully the DJs out there take advantage.

that feature. Then we ended the episode 130 with Twitter versus Twitch as Elon Musk is trying to turn Twitter, well X, formerly known as Twitter, into a everything platform and that has now been accompanied with them trying to make X a video game live streaming platform. So that was about it for episode 130, Drake versus Hip Hop Media. Thank you for everybody who, who tuned in to the notorious massive podcast, either after it was uploaded or for my people tuning in live. I appreciate y'all,

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