JYD Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 The difference is Mac actually has pretty strong raw talent as an MC. Drake is average to below-average in that regard. Mac has a better flow, better wordplay, better metaphores, and overall is just more skilled when it comes to rapping. I hate how everyone cares about appearence so much in rap. I don't really care about swag, what they wear, how much coke they sold or how much money they have. That image may sell CD's, but doesn't make you a great rapper. Some of the greatest rappers ever use that style, but they reached that legendary status because of their ability, not image. Anyway, I'll check this album out in the next few days and I'll writeup a quick review. From the few songs off this that I've heard on the radio, I think it'll probably end up being a bit better than Thank Me Later.I'm not saying Mac isn't talented or can't rap. He can. He's actually pretty good. His subject matter is just wack to me, which is why I just couldn't continue to listen to him. Drake can rap too, by the way... Songs like this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjF9uSQjJhk If you're not feeling that, idk what i can say... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainEv3nt Posted November 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 I'm not saying Mac isn't talented or can't rap. He can. He's actually pretty good. His subject matter is just wack to me, which is why I just couldn't continue to listen to him. Drake can rap too, by the way... Songs like this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjF9uSQjJhk If you're not feeling that, idk what i can say... its easy to post older songs lol. someone post an old dmx song of course they prob love it, post a new dmx song they go wtf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Lol at anyone who compares Mac Miller to Drake. Ya'll say Drake is geared towards teenage h.s. girls?! Mac Miller is the definition of that! All he talks about is smoking week, drinking alcohol, and hooking up with girls. Oh, and wearing snapback hats. Lmao...that is the definition of a cornball! Drake=SWAG.Isn't that all any rapper raps about these days? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Isn't that all any rapper raps about these days? lolNot really. Mac Miller's topics are extremely limited and simple. Like I give him credit he's being himself. Like that's shit he does. He wears snapback hats, he smokes weed wit his friends and drinks...but it gets boring... and yeah that's an older drake song but when he raps he can still rap. and he can make real smooth songs like "fireworks" with alcia keyes...thats one of my favorite songs ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainEv3nt Posted November 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Not really. Mac Miller's topics are extremely limited and simple. Like I give him credit he's being himself. Like that's shit he does. He wears snapback hats, he smokes weed wit his friends and drinks...but it gets boring... and yeah that's an older drake song but when he raps he can still rap. and he can make real smooth songs like "fireworks" with alcia keyes...thats one of my favorite songs ever bro u just lost points in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOt9jb9P288 How can u hate on him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 I've listened to this multiple times. I just don't like it. Straight up. It's such a pop album. It's better than TML but ehhh... -_- This album was clearly targeted towards the feminine gender... All he does is cry over girls, brag about his money, talk about his fame, etc. The same old shit. I don't know, this emotional pussified Drake just isn't for me. Also, I found it hilarious how he tried to buy fans by dissing his "haters" in the song Lord Knows: “I’m hearing all of the jokes, I know that they tryna push me / I know that shown’ emotion don’t ever mean I’m a [expletive] / Know that I don’t make music for n–as who don’t get [expletive] / So those are the ones I count on to diss me or overlook me” So now everyone that doesn't like Drake doesn't get [expletive]? Hahahaha. The few songs I kind of liked were: HYFR, The Real Her, and Headlines. Overall, I'll never listen to most of these tracks again. I'll give it a generous 6/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainEv3nt Posted November 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 if a pink flamingo could actually talk i would assume it sound like drake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Outside of a couple songs I dig this album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Make It Naaaashty Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 It's ok, I love some of the song and dislike some of em. Expected better but it does the job I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Malone Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Drake makes songs for dudes who get [expletive], Mac Miler is for the pothead wanna be college party [expletive]gots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Drake makes songs for pussies fixed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Malone Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 fixed Some of his songs are, not all of em though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Some of his songs are, not all of em though. Never said it was all of them. On this album the majority of them were though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainEv3nt Posted November 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 i heard u get free moist towelettes when u buy this album is this true? can someone confirm this? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 i heard u get free moist towelettes when u buy this album is this true? can someone confirm this? lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Take Care = album of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 http://i43.tinypic.com/30bfhpc.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2011/11/17/16/enhanced-buzz-29600-1321565381-33.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 album is fire lol @ the haters. there's only a few tracks that i'm not big on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 album is fire lol @ the haters. there's only a few tracks that i'm not big onAgreed. My favorites in this order Over my dead bodyLord KnowsUnderground KingsWe'll be fineCrew LoveMake me proudHYFRThe RideHeadlines the rest are okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 (edited) Underground Kings remind me totally of Drake's mixtape days. And Headlines is very similar to Over on Drake's first album. I'm not huge on his RnB stuff but I don't really skip any tracks on this album...honestly...On a scale of 1-5, here's how I rate each song... Over My Dead Body - 4 Shot for Me - 4 Headlines - 4 Crew Love - 4 Take Care - 4 Marvin’s Room - 3 Buried Alive - 4 Underground Kings - 5 We’ll Be Fine - 4 Make Me Proud - 3 Lord Knows - 4 Cameras - 3 Good Girls Go - 3 Doing It Wrong - 3 The Real Her - 4 (Only because of Andre 3K verse...don't really like the rest of the song) HYFR - 4 Look What You’ve Done - 4 (Very emotional song for Drake, can def. hear that) Practice - 2 The Ride - 4 Hate Sleeping Alone - 4 The Motto - 4 The reason I think this album is so good is due to it's consistency. Drake has provided us with a 20 song album that does not go up and down all that much. I find many albums being great 6 or 7 tracks through (Wale-Ambition for example), and then it tails off in the middle before picking up at the end. Drake has managed to put a ton of tracks on this album without having huge dips in the middle, which I think is so hard to do. Edited November 21, 2011 by JYD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 So.... you're not huge on his RnB stuff but you gave most of his RnB songs a 4 out of 5? And don't tell me it's good RnB because it's not. Tyrese's Open Invitation and The Weeknd's House of Balloons completely shit on Take Care if we are strictly talking RnB. Even if we aren't talking RnB their albums shit on Drakes to be honest lol. Whatever though, it's your opinion and I respect that... just think you should listen to some more music before you call this the album of the year *cough*Mr.Kingfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JYD Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 (edited) So.... you're not huge on his RnB stuff but you gave most of his RnB songs a 4 out of 5? And don't tell me it's good RnB because it's not. Tyrese's Open Invitation and The Weeknd's House of Balloons completely shit on Take Care if we are strictly talking RnB. Even if we aren't talking RnB their albums shit on Drakes to be honest lol. Whatever though, it's your opinion and I respect that... just think you should listen to some more music before you call this the album of the year *cough*Mr.KingfishI ain't even an RnB fan though, I don't listen to Tyrese and The Weeknd is kind of like auto-tuneish isn't he? The song "The Crew" (haven't listened 2 anything else from him, heard good stuff from others though) has some type of maulfunction over his voice doesn't it?? Lol. I just think the beats/samples/production are really good on them, vocals are alright. It's pretty obvious Drake is faaaar from the best singer. I always try to talk unbiased on this forum, politics, music, and sports especially. Drake does have flaws as an artist, no doubt, and even though I'm not an RnB fan, Drake puts these songs together well IMO which makes them bearable..I def. prefer his tracks like Lord Knows (Just Blaze production on that one...wow) and Underground Kings.. But, Also, songs like The Crew have a nice combo of RnB from the weeknd and then a verse from Drake. Edited November 21, 2011 by JYD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 I ain't even an RnB fan though, I don't listen to Tyrese and The Weeknd is kind of like auto-tuneish isn't he? The song "The Crew" (haven't listened 2 anything else from him, heard good stuff from others though) has some type of maulfunction over his voice doesn't it?? Lol. He didn't use any type of auto-tune on his album House of Balloons. His voice is actually like that from what I've read/heard. I just think the beats/samples/production are really good on them, vocals are alright. It's pretty obvious Drake is faaaar from the best singer. I always try to talk unbiased on this forum, politics, music, and sports especially. Drake does have flaws as an artist, no doubt, and even though I'm not an RnB fan, Drake puts these songs together well IMO which makes them bearable..I def. prefer his tracks like Lord Knows (Just Blaze production on that one...wow) and Underground Kings.. But, Also, songs like The Crew have a nice combo of RnB from the weeknd and then a verse from Drake. Agreed the production throughout the album was solid. The lyrics just weren't there though... he could have did a much better job. His creativity is falling off like crazy and nobody's production can save him if he doesn't get his shit together lyrically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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