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I think I was hoping that Drake would come up with a centerpiece where he would open up and show his vulnerability, and remind me of the beauty in his persona. Like.. "look, I know I've been a douche lately, but I will prove to you why you should still love me." Kanye of course crowned this with MBDTF, and I feel like Drake successfully achieved that with Take Care. Nothing Was the Same had glimpses of it, but even then he started showing signs of running out of substance and losing his artistic merit. If You're Reading This was basically as dull as the cover art suggested, an entire mixtape about pretty much nothing; but it worked because Drake's writers helped him develop a new persona for the project, where his brag lines were witty, sharp and reminiscent of Black Album-era Jay. But after a while I realized that the dude is done. Drake has nothing more to offer, at least in my opinion.
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