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Drake will never escape the massive weight of expectations fans put on his music, and a surprise album that dropped today (June 17) proves that fact. The Canadian superstar completely shifted tones with the Honestly, Nevermind album, and Twitter is dropping both praise and jokes over the sonic direction.
Drake Goes Into His Dance Music Bag?
While the summer looked to be a quiet one for Drake, Honestly, Nevermind is quite a disruption to the landscape to be completely honest. With Certified Lover Boy dropping just nine months ago, few expected Drizzy to get back to business so soon. However, the new project is a departure from the hybrid Hip-Hop and R&B sound the OVO honcho normally operates under.
We’ve already mentioned how Hip-Hop Twitter is in shambles over the release and the album hasn’t been out a full day yet with folks making all manner of wild claims. A subset of fans is falsely declaring the album a classic while others are stating that the release is a bargain-basement version of New Jersey and Baltimore House music.
The 14-track album was executive produced by Drake, Noah “40” Shebib, Oliver El-Khatib, Noel Cadastre, and Black Coffee. It features just one guest in 21 Savage on the album’s closing track, “Jimmy Cooks,” and the project is dedicated to the life and legacy of Virgil Abloh. Producers include the aforementioned Black Coffee, Alex Lustig, Beau Nox, and Gordo along with other guest musicians.
Folks like DJ Akademiks are hyping the project up, even going so far as to say it will save the summer. And with summer festival season in full swing, rooftop parties, kickbacks, and sweaty clubs will most certainly be diving deep into the Honestly, Nevermind bag.
As it stands, whenever The Boy drops something, it gets the Twitter streets talking and we’ve got all the reactions from all sides listed out below.
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1. We see what you did there.
Drake is dropping 9 months after Certified Lover Boy… pic.twitter.com/J1bQPgspuP
— OnThinIce (@OnThinlce) June 16, 2022
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I thought Drake was finna rap his ass off. He gave us Forever 21, Hot Topic, H&M ass music
pic.twitter.com/EttAvT3i86
— B (@BurnerP28817150) June 17, 2022
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Drake about to take over all the EDM festivals, the vegas pool parties, the miami elevators, the Urban Outfiters, & more
— Flow (@ITSDJFLOW) June 17, 2022
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My relationship to new hip hop is mostly on a “how can this serve me & my dj gigs?” & less about me listening as a fan. That said this @Drake jawn is a gift. Only people not wit the program are people who don’t move their bodies. That ain’t sexy yo
— Dr. Love (@questlove) June 17, 2022
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People saying we should like the Drake album because black people created House music.
Bro, black people created practically everything, that’s not a compelling case.
— The Truest (@dre___843) June 17, 2022
6.
drake sassy as hell for havin albums called honestly nevermind and certified lover boy
— Corn
(@luhblix) June 16, 2022
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this how you gotta listen to this drake album trust me pic.twitter.com/vputGtbuZA
— Zack Fox (@zackfox) June 17, 2022
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Drake carefully constructing a list of the worst songs to hit my eardrums pic.twitter.com/cSspur5R3y
— zorex ♛ (@therealzorex) June 17, 2022
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Drake ain’t been the same since pusha T pic.twitter.com/VnSWNCyFaQ
— TheTruthSpeaker (@DaTruthspeakerz) June 17, 2022
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Drake read every Pitchfork review telling him to start experimenting and he gave us this pic.twitter.com/RQLh9OwkZI
— Ahmed
/Hire Me Already (@big_business_) June 17, 2022
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Forever 21, H&M and American Eagle after this Drake Album. pic.twitter.com/w5vT90iCup
— HTB
(@HenryTheBlasian) June 17, 2022
14.
Me enjoying Drakes album while y’all hate it
pic.twitter.com/qstlz2t6y5
— Ki (@Kitranada) June 17, 2022
15.
This is the funniest tweet because he turned off the replies to dickride in peace
— Dedee
(@thoughtfulbae) June 17, 2022
Source: Hip-Hop Wired