What happens when rap’s resident man-child is thrust into fatherhood-and can the absence of one type of love ever be filled by another? Finally, Scorpion presented a new question and narrative arc. By the time If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and Views came along, the emoting became colder Drizzy’s heart was shielded by inches of muscle fiber and creatine. On Take Care, he’d hone the melancholy into a sharper, petty edge. Starting with 2009’s So Far Gone, Drake built a world of a consistent heartbreak cut by momentary bliss. Within the OVO head honcho, humanity sees its modern reflection.ĭrake albums are time capsules of failed relationships that were never our fault. Listeners don’t come to Drizzy for emotional maturity and promises of blissful marriage they want Drake to make their shortcomings seem mundane. Every move has a machine-like precision and intent. He raps the way we tweet, curating his image as if it’s a second language he’s been fluid in since birth. The best Drake songs have a unique brand of narcissism, jealousy, and emotive longing. For the last decade, the Toronto rapper has simplified the intricacies of the human condition in a world constantly shifting with the ebbs and flow of new technologies. Aubrey Graham is merely an average man blessed with an extraordinary gift. Drake isn’t overly emotional, hypersensitive, or uniquely fragile.
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