Personally my favorite album by the 28 year-old Canadian rapper. While there were a lot of mixed opinions on the album the numbers this project produced disregarded the negative feedback, proving that this was a pretty solid album. In the first week of sales it sold 447,000 copies. Thank Me Later peaked on the US Billboard charts at number 1, and held that spot for three weeks.
Following his tape So Far Gone, Drake continues to prove and
showcase his talents as a rapper that is well prepared to be mentioned along
with some of the biggest names out. We are also given a better taste of Drake
talents as a singer and as a great songwriter. Drake delivered smooth,
articulate flows over majority down tempo beats throughout the whole album. The
14 track album Drake talks a lot about relationships, women, his grinds trying
to keep a name for himself. The singles from Thank Me Later included Find Your Love, Fancy, Miss Me, and Over. In my opinion the singles were the throw aways
from the album so if this was done on purpose kudos to Drake and his team for
leaving the treasure tracks hidden. I wouldn’t skip any tracks on the album but
my favorite tracks from Thank Me Later were Karaoke, Fireworks, and
Unforgettable.
Collaborations on albums can go two ways. On one side collaborations
actually add to the quality of the album, and if the artist and their feature
have sounds that compliment each other the product will be gold. Unfortunately the
downside to collaborations is that having too many features can take the spotlight
off of the artist’s talent. There is also the chance that their feature might
even give too much to the track. I know it does not hurt to share the wealth but
I would be a little embarrassed if somebody else lit up my track. With that
being said, Drake could’ve chilled out on the features especially for a studio debut. Half of the tracks
feature another artist or two, so it makes you think was this album held down
by some of the features? Drake collaborated with some very heavy hitting artist
on this project such as Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I., Swizz
Beats, Young Jeezy, and The-Dream. Because Drake has a style that is so
versatile he sounds great collaborating with all of those artist, but Nicki
Minaj’s flow went a little harder on the song Up All Night so it definitely
sounds like she briefly stole his shine.
Compared to his latest project If You’re Reading This It’s
Too Late, Thank Me Later was a very
turnt down, chilled out album with dope beats and smooth coherent flows combined with all of Drake’s emotions
that we love. This is not turn up music, or conscious music, or the "I’m a
rapper so let me stunt on y’all" music. This is music to really vibe and ride
out to, something that can be played in any setting honestly. During summer
2010 whether you were at a party, just riding around with the homies (even by
yourself), chilling with the bae, whatever you were doing I bet at least three
songs from Thank Me Later were playing. That was definitely the case for me,
this was my whole summer’s background music.
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