Outside of “Show Me A Good Time,” Thank Me Later feels uncomfortable for its first 30 minutes or so, and songs like “Up All Night” and “Fancy” just flat-out don’t work. The first seven songs or so start too slow for an artist releasing an album prior to the massive wave of online streaming when fans were still listening to albums all the way through as opposed to picking and choosing certain songs.
The problem with Thank Me Later lies in both the album’s first half and in its features. Not only was it clear that Drake could rap when he stayed focused, but that his biggest strength may have actually been his singing-predominant songs. “Find Your Love,” on the other hand, is as close a replicant to the brilliance of 808’s and Heartbreak as one is to find in all of hip-hop. The former of the two, on its own, contains some of the more technically sound lyrics Drake manages to rap on the entire album. For starters, songs like “Miss Me” and “Find Your Love” established him as the multi-talented pop artist he is today who has the ability to switch styles in the course of an album in ways that many artists simply can’t. That isn’t to say that Drake didn’t do some interesting things with this project.
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He was still learning how to carry a full-length project, and the seams wear thin on Thank Me Later if you look close enough. Drake’s style has changed so much from his earlier days when he relied much more heavily on setup and punchline lyrics, Lil Wayne-esque metaphors and forced multi-syllables. It isn’t necessarily a “bad” record per say, but it definitely felt not only underwhelming as a complete project when it was released and also doesn’t hold up as well over time. Thank Me Later, for the most part, is a hard album to place in Drake’s discography. Worst Tracks: “Up All Night,” “Fancy,” “Thank Me Now” Thank Me Later (2010)īest Tracks: “Show Me A Good Time,” “Find Your Love,” “Light Up,” “Miss Me”
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