With all of these inconsistencies in the project, it makes it hard for me to see this as anything more than just another mediocre album. I don’t know if Drake wants to be the Jamaican dance hall mogul that’s present on the track “Controlla,” or a force to be reckoned with in rap like on the track “Still Here,” which features him spitting over a pretty punchy beat.
This album makes it seem like Drake doesn’t know which direction he wants to take in his career.
Considering Drake has had a grip on the rap industry for a couple years, this came as a surprise. None of the bars or beats were out of this world. None of the tracks were instant favorites or anything special, and have virtually no replay-ability whatsoever. But as I continued through the album, I realized that wasn’t the case. As soon as I heard the first track I thought it was going to be a future hip hop classic filled with memorable lines and tracks that would live on for ages. To me, Drake’s new album, “Views from the 6,” which came out last week, is that new car. You feel like you’ve been scammed–like some of these things should have been standard options. You start to feel that things are missing–things you never thought about. But after a couple weeks, the new aura fades, and you start to realize that maybe you should have upgraded to the model with the crisp leather seats, or the one with the Bluetooth sound system.
It has the new seats and that icy-cold A/C and that classic new car smell. When you get a new car, it’s the best thing ever only because it’s new. With a pocket of media tricks and attention grabbers to get fans and non-fans alike aware of the album, Drake slowly built anticipation for the late April release.ĭrake’s “Views from the 6” lackluster in features, content and effort Hints at the album contents, including the title had been bouncing around for over a year before its release, accompanied with mysterious billboards on the streets of Toronto throughout this past winter. If you count “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” and “What a Time To be Alive” as impromptu mixtapes, the release of Canadian singer/rapper Drake’s latest album “Views” last Thursday stands as his first studio album since the release of “Nothing was the Same” over two and a half years ago.
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