Drake’s New Album Goes Gold in One Day

Daaaaaaaaaammmn

 

Whoa

 

Holy shit lol

 

Whoa, not a huge Drake fan at all, but that's huge

 

Not a huge Drake fan either but I gave the album a listen and there were a decent number of songs I enjoyed on the album, specifically Controlla, Still Here, 9, and Feel No Ways.

 

I wonder how big of a factor the album being "album only" on iTunes played. Aside from the singles, you either get the whole album or nothing at all.

 

You can stream it on Apple Music too, which does play a role in sales. I'd be curious what the sales vs SPS ends up being.

 

Also doesn't Singles streams count toward first week sales as well? If thats the case he was already probably half way there lol

 

That's crazy.

 

Huge Drake fan, but I found this album to be really boring on the first listen through. Hopefully it's a grower...

 

Well, that's insanely impressive. Still have to listen to this. I would be interested to see the breakdown of actual sales vs. album sale equivalents via streaming.

 

I just don't get the hype. I think he's terrible, but good for him though.

Just wish other artists more my cup of tea were as widely regonized.

 

Are you into hip hop at all?

 

Only 80s stuff like Public Enemy, Run DMC, and Beastie Boys. Mostly everything since just sounds monotonous to me.

 

Ah, ok. I've never really gotten into the genre too much, but I figure I'll keep listening to more stuff and hope it'll click.

 

Yeah I've heard a few of his songs (Jump Man, Started From the Bottom, Hotline Bling, etc) and I personally can't understand how anyone could actually like it, but what do I know hahaha. Everyone has their taste.

I prefer stuff with instrumentation and melody haha

 

I'm big on melody too, which is my main barrier to the genre. Usually with the hip hop I do latch onto, its mainly because of cool beats.

I'm sure I sound super uneducated right now ha, but admittedly I am.

 

there's a loooot of drake songs with melody including in his actual rapping. that's like, kind of his thing. Marvin's Room, Take Care, Furthest Thing, etc

 

That's what I was thinking as well ... one of the more "melodical" rappers, especially in the mainstream.

 

Just tried listening to Marvin's room, but despite being slightly more melodic, the obvious autotuning of his voice (which to me confirms my belief that the guy can't sing) is irritating haha

 

auto tune in hip hop is in most cases most comparable to like, running your guitar through a pedal

 

haha welp^^

 

The fact that people like Drake get all of this exposure and lesser known musicians like Meg Myers who I feel have MUCH more talent and better music yet are soooo underappreciated really annoys me hahaha.

 

In the 80s Hip Hop didn't need autotune. The melody was more in the beats (that were also far less computerized and sample driven than they are today)