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@ louder:
I took your advice and grabbed PARTYNEXTDOOR and TWO.
You're right- I'm into it. This kind of dark, murky R&B that finds bits and pieces of influence in house, grime, footwork, dubstep & trip-hop really intrigues me. I agree that this dude is much more "serious" than Ty$, and I think it's bloody smart of Drake to be moving towards producers like this.
I just listened to So afar Gone yesterday, and realized that it is the only Drake "album" besides If You're Reading This... that I really like from start to finish. Makes sense, really, because back then Drake was hanging on the shoulders of his buddies, copping the styles of HOV and Yeezy and Wayne. So that mixtape killed because, commercially, it needed to. It's full of bangers and killed guest spots but it lacks originality.
Drake's been gradually stepping up his unique artistic voice since then, but on Thank me later and Take Care he just wasn't "there" yet. On NWTS it was like the vision started to sharpen, and Drake's identity finally started coming out, but even that album had bitch-ass tracks and too much whining.
The sound on IYRTITL, especially the tracks with PARTYNEXTDOOR, finally feels like something that makes sense for Drake.
Fuck. Anyway, I really like TWO. Seems like he's got a ton of self-released shit out there. What would you recommend next, assuming any of it is legit?
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