More Life leapfrogs from dancehall and grime to moody R&B and beats built from elementary school recorders. But perhaps the difference between the poorly reviewed Views and More Life, which Twitter welcomed as a return to form for the rapper, has as much to do with its framing as with its songs.ĭrake deliberately labeled his latest project a "playlist," and while the difference may be in name only, More Life makes way more sense as the artist's sonic Pinterest board as it does a proper album. Of course a Drake mixtape would include his frequent collaborators and favorite influencers, with his verses often taking a back seat to contributions by Kanye West, Young Thug, Travis Scott, Quavo, 2 Chainz, Skepta and PARTYNEXTDOOR. Drake's new project More Life, which premiered Saturday night on his OVO Sound Radio on Apple Music, boasts the exact same runtime - 1 hour and 22 minutes - as Views, his sprawling studio album from last April.Ĭonsistency is a lot to ask for a 22-track collection, and like Views, More Life is too packed with ideas to make for a unified aesthetic.
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