The parallels are present in the beginning in both albums start off with a hungry and innocent voice before entering the industry that proves to be quite a monster. Think The College Dropout, or better yet, think 2014 Forest Hills Drive because I couldn’t help but think of that album while writing this. I wanted to create an album with a narrative. My apologies to those who are bewildered at “Trust Issues” and “Dreams Money Can Buy” not making the cut. I only chose songs that I know very well and would fit the concept. Closer to My Dreams, Full TracklistĬomposing the tracklist for Closer to My Dreams wasn’t as easy and wasn’t hard as I thought it would be. This album consists of four phases: The Come Up, Troubles in Tinseltown, On Top of the World and Untouchable. It would be amazing for an up and coming artist to make an album prophesizing his entire career.
Pretend we’re dealing with mixtape Drake and this is his studio debut. Let’s say Drake is on the come up and hasn’t blown up yet. This is me putting together what I believe would be a classic album. This isn’t my version of a Drake’s greatest hits album. To be honest I didn’t know that song existed until I heard “30 for 30.”) Since I don’t believe he has an undisputed classic album I made one myself. Drake has been in the game for 10 years now and he has songs that I believe will stand the test of time whether it be in a Pop sense or Hip Hop sense. With that being said, I’ll keep it out of what I’m about to do. V iews is only two weeks old so those last points aren’t fair expectations. I believe years down the road when there’s a new generation of rap fans who aren’t familiar with Drake, Take Care would be the quintessential album. It’s a compliment in saying that Drake created his own sound, but it also says that he doesn’t push the envelope and stray from what works. Once you hear Take Care all the way through, no song outside of it should come as a surprise. Of all the albums in his catalog, that’s the one that encapsulates his sound the most. Take Care is probably the closest thing Drake has to a classic. It has to stand the test of time and take you back to the first time you heard it. That goes for diehard fans and people who aren‘t the biggest fans of the genre or the artist.
It has to be widely acclaimed and playable from start to finish. It does something that others haven’t done or haven’t done as well and becomes the seminal title in a genre. Views isn’t a classic because it does nothing special. At the end of my blog post I suggested that Views will be the classic that Drake needs in order to be included in the G.O.A.T. When he’s actually rapping is it for the art of Hip Hop or is he following the formula and releasing a song for the streets before dropping something for the ladies? Even his softest songs aren’t that vulnerable and revealing. He has plenty of songs that are straight bars but one can’t help but question his sincerity. In a nutshell, Drake is a Hip Pop artist. One of our own alum, Zach Verbit, said it best in his Views review by comparing Drake to Taylor Swift in the sense that they’re both bonafide hit makers who make superficial and inoffensive songs about exes amongst other things, and because of this, their music has little staying power. I believe he’s one of the G.O.A.Ts but his content and lack of a classic album make that hard to justify. A while back on my blog I asked why Drake’s name isn’t mentioned with the greats. I know Views is on a colossal and historical reign of terror on the Billboard charts and set a record for the amount of times it’s been streamed.ĭespite the praise, the critical consensus says Views is nice but not necessarily Drake’s best work. I’ve heard the noise and seen the headlines. It’s been two weeks since Drake’s highly anticipated album has been released, and as expected, folks are still in the honeymoon phase with it. Is it safe to come out yet? Has the Views hype died down some?
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