8.3
Avg Score
27
Opinions
#363
All Time
14
Tracks
“The surprise release of If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, a retail mixtape arriving on the six-year anniversary of Drake's star-making So Far Gone, has inspired much speculation: Is it a ruse to close out his Cash Money deal? But the music itself gives Drake room to breathe outside the lumbering commercialism of his studio albums.”
“Is it an album? Is it a mixtape? Who cares? The 17 tracks that Drake released at midnight on a recent Thursday hit harder and hold together more cohesively than most big-budget event albums. There’s nothing resembling a radio single on If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, and not many of the seductively sung hooks that rocketed the Toronto MC to fame. Instead, there are lots of songs like “Star67”
“Toronto rapper Drake unexpectedly and suddenly releases a new project. What his reasoning was is up for debate, but what's clear is Drake's sounding more confident than ever on a series of somewhat minimal, dark, moody, trap-inspired pop rap beats with contemporary R&B change-ups.”
“Forgot how great this album is. This is the best Drake has sounded on an album, the lowkey production matches his flows and energy perfectly. Some really great songs on here too, would’ve been rated a lot higher but there’s a bit of a low point in the album round about the middle when PARTYNEXTDOOT features, but other than that this album is really great. Top songs are ‘Energy’ ‘Know Yourself’ ‘No Tellin’’ ‘Star67’ ‘Now & Forever’ ‘You & The 6’ ‘Jungle’”
“On IYRTITL, He really starts popping his shit. Talking and questioning the loyalty of his friends as he continues to blow up in the music industry.”
