Drake’s debut album is the sonic event for 16yr olds worldwide. This album wasn’t as cheesy as I thought it would be. I mean, it’s pillow soft, but it isn’t Justin Bieber for Black people.
Drake isn’t going to bring back anything about rap’s golden era and that is fine. In 2010 I don’t think we should be looking in the rearview mirror to move forward. Rap has returned to its dancing at the disco roots and Drake injects his own type of Rap & Bullshit into the matrix.
Thank Me Later is all 808s without the heartbreak. It’s a fun album for the 2010 summer. It won’t make it to the fall tho’. And it honestly doesn’t want to. TML wants to have fun now and see how many groupies it can pick up without really trying.
Thank Me Later will own the aspirational rap niche this summer with all the guest features that fill this album up. I want to call this disk a pancake because it’s dripping with syrup.
‘Fireworks’ featuring Alicia Keys
‘Fancy’ featuring T.I. and Swizz Beats
‘Show Me A Good Time’
On my first couple of spins of TML I would give it a double Lutherburger [ll] rating with extra cheese thanks to all the features.
