Album Review: Drizzy Drake’s TML (guess commentator!!!)
Forward: While I won't deny that Drake's not hot in hip hop right now, I still can't bring myself to buy (or even listen to) his album. Fortunately, I got all y'all covered, with guest hip hop commentator Lincoln's review of Thank Me Later. Here goes: Miss Julie Baby’s disinterest – and downright dislike – of Drake is clear. However, her stringent disavowal of the hottest rapper around made buying Drake’s first major album, “Thank Me Later,” an absolute must. One of Julie’s biggest problems with Drake’s abilities as an Emcee goes to his penchant for lazy lyricism. As a little taste, the first cut on the album, “Fireworks,” showcases a little bit of the lyrical disconnect:I hope that my success never alters our relationship Yeah, this life is somethin' I would die for October's Own, but it's lookin' like July 4 I just wish they'd let you try it first This time I'm really goin' of...fireworksI suppose the flow works, but it does strike the listener as lacking in creativity. Actually, his “Fireworks” disconnect is nothing compared to the next two examples. On the first verse of Drake’s hugely successful, “Over,” he raps, “I could teach you how to speak my language…Rosetta Stone.” Even before that, Drake drops this: “’bout to set it off in this -----…Jada Pinkett” – an obvious reference to Jada’s turn as part of an armed bank robbing posse in the movie, “Set it off.”
