“In 2023, it’s easy to treat Drake like a problem to be solved. With his 2011 album Take Care, the Canadian megastar began an unimpeachable run of records. He single-handedly changed the sound of pop on multiple levels, popularising glacial, minimalist production and obliterating the church-and-state separation between singing and rapping for rappers and singers. But his recent output, with the exc”
“Drake’s prime is lodged comfortably in the past as he puts in a mediocre effort in For All the Dogs”
“SZA, Bad Bunny, 21 Savage, Yeat and many more are on board for a meandering 84-minute album”
“Drake has long seemed irked by the concept of the “old Drake”. “She says they miss the old Drake, girl don’t tempt me,” he famously mused on 2011’s ‘Headlines’, despite only being two albums deep at the time. His 2018 album ‘Scorpion’ even came with an all-caps note attached, venting at a sentiment he perceived from a section of his fans: “DRAKE IS FINISHED. I LIKE DRAKE’S OLDER STUFF… YEAH YEAH W”
