Drake’s New CD: Worth A Listen?
Most of my new-music acquaintances aren’t so high on “Nothing Was the Same,” at least at first listen to it, but Pitchfork is. The site enthuses: ‘Drake has gone from an unlikely rapper to an accepted rapper to maybe the biggest rapper out, all in four years, and he’s the genre’s biggest pop crossover star. His new album is a dimly lit affair, both morose and triumphant; as Drake albums go, this is the Drakiest.’