This Album RUINED Drake (NWTS)

[@Dougie19xx]

Weezy gave Drake the best advice, and he was too arrogant to listen. He told him "be true to yourself and don't get on no gangsta sh**, cuz that ain't you".

[@kinglouis2987]

keep it canadian

[@Top5Troy]

Hov too “Drake here’s how they gon come at you, With silly rap feuds tryna distract you” on Light Up At some point Drake felt like he knew better than them🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Dougie19xx]

@@Top5Troy The pride before the fall. Smdh

[@madman_da_realist]

That was good advice to but wayne should follow that to cause that fake blood persona isn't wayne either lol they both need to be themselves 🤣

[@thehoneybunempress1664]

"Talk about your little TV show" 🤣

[@ServantProfessional]

The Control verse came out shortly before this album. That hurt Drake to the core

[@kinglouis2987]

exactly

[@deceiver444]

It plagued him on the long run and by 2024 there was no way he could recover from the infection. And now we're watching his rap career die in real time.

[@dolphinitely_bro3944]

Nothing really was the same 😂

[@Top5Troy]

U JUST MADE THE WHOLE CONNECTION!

[@CrescentMoonboi]

​@@Top5Troy "Mother ahh... Mother ahh..." Ahh moment 🤣😭🙏

[@myemail1402]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@michellepreston9799]

Well Kendrick did say Yeah, and nothing been the same since they dropped "Control" · And tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes.

[@bxxtytouch]

​@@michellepreston9799which aged like angels 😭

[@AllTheArtsy]

He was threatened by GKMC. Drake was already much bigger than Kendrick, had the hits, had the Wayne cosign. But his music was regarded as rap for the ladies. Meanwhile, GKMC dropped and everyone called it an instant classic. And "real hip hop" from the subject matter pretty much being Boyz n the Hood, the skits, the rapping, the storytelling, etc. Maybe its 2024 bias, but I really think the tone/persona shift was Drake learning all the wrong lessons from GKMC and thinking trying to be more "hood" was what people liked about it

[@Mochafairiemonster]

2024 showed us he don’t really have good comprehension skills. Too busy doing method acting for rappers:

[@SetTheRecordStraight1]

Bro this is how I know we grew up on the same culture cause I felt this way as well , coming from a suburban household I understood Drake all the way up until this point. It didn't seen like an authentic change..... And then the next "joint" album with Future solidified my perspective, that Drake wanted the "Tough Guy Respect" . 6:54

[@Top5Troy]

Yep everyone was just nodding along to it.. I’m like ehhhh

[@SetTheRecordStraight1]

@Top5Troy it's weird cause now Drake fits in to a niche category, which I hate for him as an artist, but he did make the the bed he laid in.

[@richieave55]

broooo let me tell you .. man i had COUNTLESS arguments with niggas about Drake at that time because i noticed the change on "If you're reading this it's too late" .. i just couldn't get in to the music anymore because i originally knew Drake from Degrassi and im like .. why is he trying to rap more aggressively now? lol why is he trying to be this tough guy now?? As much as i love hip-hop, i love authenticity more! So that's when i stopped listening to Drake .. and Drake fans swear i was hating 😂

[@SetTheRecordStraight1]

@richieave55 same for me bro , and this coming from a rapper himself. I was a Drake Stan until NWTS album . And it all felt weird for me .

[@mikae345]

2015 is the transition year for Drake and Kendrick. That year made them who they are today. Drake would defeat Meek and adopt a mafioso mentality. 2015 put Drake on a high that he has never felt before. His lingo, train of thought, and image would change forever. He was the surburb guy who beat the #1 street rapper at the time. He received praised from legendary actors and rappers for his win. He had the women fan base and now he would have the streets(In his mind). Meanwhile.. Kendrick was gaining influence on a social and political level with "To pimp a butterfly".His " Alright" anthem would be the voice and battle cry of the police brutality/protest era of 2015. Both MC's were crowned. One as the Braggadocio hit maker/ battle rap. Champion... And the other as the voice of the culture. That year made them

[@AroundTheWayTalk89]

Drake has struggled with his identity and it shows. Which is why he copied other street rappers flow and style because he doesn’t have his own swag.

[@notreallyafamousartist695]

Tbh I get it tho, hear me out. When you 1. Move around a bunch or 2. Are from a melting pot of a city with a lot of culture like Toronto, you genuinely BECOME MULTIPLE PEOPLE. It’s very hard for people to relate to because most people stay in one small non city area with 2 types of people MAX their entire lives. But when you experience different lives you have different ways of living within one person. This is why I identified with Drake growing up until about 2017 when I was 16 and his music lost its consistency. But that’s why, he’s not actually copying something, he was around it just later in life and it shaped him, because he was always being shaped. The Take care Drake is nothing like Degrassi Drake which is nothing like modern Drake. and let’s skip all the pdf file stuff because that’s inexcusable ofc I’m just talking about personality

[@finballrolling8511]

L

[@arseeoliveira6934]

y'all keep on pouring excuses for this cornball lmao

[@JoeMama-ww8er]

Agree with each point! I’d add to it that this album (in hindsight) feels formulaic regarding the rest of his discography. He never really changes his album format from this point on

[@Top5Troy]

definitely feels formulaic nowadays.. Plastic-y

[@overlord6815]

Damn. Here I thought it was Scorpion and the Pusha T loss, never considered Drake making a shift as early as NWTS. I gotta hear you out on this one

[@eyezzsodrppyXXX]

Scorpion was a shift too. For the opposite way

[@Realyung4ever]

Views was the last album I powered through enjoyed first listen after about a week I was bored. Compare that to GNX I haven’t stopped listening I can’t, still bumping gkmc and TPAB to this day too Drake just never wowed me like other artists.

[@overlord6815]

@Realyung4ever I understand that. I think Views is where Drake cashed out as a rapper and leaned all the way into pop music.

[@SoulTrybe]

@@Realyung4eversame… actually this is the only Drake album that I listened to fully. Never played another 1 all the way thru

[@rich33888]

Lol you must be 18

[@BowersLA]

Good Kid and Control switched him up. That’s what it was. Remember he took a shot at Kendrick on The Language.

[@kinglouis2987]

exactly

[@AuhsojKing]

Facts he took a shot on Worst Behavior too. & the Sh!t remix around that time. He thought to compete he had to get the street cred

[@seanmcclure]

Drake had industry cred but Aubrey will never have street cred.

[@jsun7972]

I agree. This is the album that Drake lost me. Drake just didn't' sound authentic at all to me in NWTS. Later finding out he didn't write everything made it make sense to me.

[@Top5Troy]

exactly 🎯

[@jahquestanderson9471]

I feel like after Kendrick's Control verse overshadowed Drake's album rollout, Drake has been rather salty about it ever since. Hence the bars on NWTS The Language. "Who is this kid with the motormouth I am the one you should worry about." I feel like Drake was intimidated by the Control verse and he had been trying to act tough ever since. Don't forget that interview when he was asked about it and he was all like "Kendrick is making moments, it was a great moment in time, are you listening to it now?" And saying how Kendrick was not murdering him in any platform and a decade from now he'll revisit the topic. A decade later, well, everyone knows the rest.

[@Top5Troy]

Nah yeah he was definitely salty about the Control verse😂

[@ontheedgesitting]

You articulated that perfectly. It’s like no matter how much I logically feel like it’s an amazing album, my heart never felt truly connected to it. I could never fully put my finger on what was off about it so thanks for this!

[@Top5Troy]

For a while i couldn’t pinpoint why I didn’t fw the album despite liking the music either. I had to sit and really think about it like “AM I hating on dude? Or is it something else??”😂

[@jasonwaterfalls9615]

This is also when PND came into the fold and started writing everything

[@Top5Troy]

i think this is the album where a lot of writers started helping

[@pistolpete3199]

Pnd? Many more than also weekend helped write most of take care

[@deanbryson8807]

@@pistolpete3199 bro the weekend help w like 4 songs

[@justnick47]

yup i noticed on those rnb tracks, sounds like early pnd

[@RicRugerFlare]

I wouldn’t be surprised if in a couple of years we hear reference tracks to support your theory.

[@Top5Troy]

me too, i love being right 😭

[@RedSkies30]

This was actually a very good breakdown, also with proof and audio...I respect the work ..

[@Top5Troy]

Thank you for watching!

[@cantu7214]

Drake’s new music just feels so bitter and narcissistic that it’s hard to listen to.

[@Tërry.Bläzë]

Kendrick & Cole both had mixtapes out before Drake but it was Kendrick's album section 80 that got the most recognition before GKMC & his feature on Control. The reason why Drake got his spot as the hottest hip hop artist was because of his affiliation with Lil Wayne.

[@xolaningubane3014]

Drake didn't change his relationship with the weeknd changed and that effected the kind of music drake could procure, "if you're reading this it's too late" is when Quintinn Miller joined the writing staff and drake's sound changed and the meek beef happened... Then started working with future etc..

[@mhillhill8941]

Bro you’re spot on. It was started from the bottom that had me looking at him sideways. Especially since I use to watch Degrassi lol when I would bring it up people would say the same thing to you “oh you’re a hater” lol my feelings never changed I still enjoyed his music but that feeling was always there could never explain it without being called a hater😭

[@Top5Troy]

The real felt the inauthenticity! I never liked Drake music like that but early Drake felt like HIM felt authentic even if corny

[@markdeejay86]

IYRTITL was the true Heel of Drake. This was the psuedo-mobster era that changed him for the worst. Nothing Was the Same was the last time we got 'Pure Drake'.

[@brunojosuequifanda3733]

Facts, NWTS is Drake at his best IMO

[@MaddMan621]

I would say those are his 2 best projects

[@thecontextualist]

This was the time when had Drake met all his heroes and they pissed on his leg. I get it.

[@leos4243]

Why wouldn’t they, he’s the softest rapper in the game

[@petter215jones]

NWTS is his 3rd album. So you better bring more confidence, a different vibe, and more to the table. The first 2 albums sounds like drake. The 3rd one sounds like him with more confidence in his evolution. So my opinion i like NWTS. The first 2 albums drake didn't fully catch my ear. But that 3rd album I heard him loud and clear!

[@AKG25]

Bingo ✅

[@rasslinreads5666]

I really like NWTS but I agree this is where the shift first started. But to me, Thank me later aged HORRIBLY. I tried going back to it based off nostalgia, I remember rolling outta my first job blasting Show me a good time 🎶 in '10 but dawg listening to that shit in '25 is diabolical 🤣 my old ass ears almost blew out. Damn shame.

[@MrColdwilliam]

​@@rasslinreads5666to me, NWTS is a classic album and his work that aged the best. And I'm not even a Drake fan.

[@youngfrantz5109]

I feel like it’s two sides to people who listened to Drake back then. There were people who knew about Drake since his mixtapes and the other people who found out about him when he dropped thank me later and was around young money. Now I say all that to say, most people who knew about mixtape Drake did not like this album and this is when we started falling back from him. And then there’s people like you who liked this album and wanted more.

[@18kaylacd]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I have said this for years and since this album first dropped, expressed these same sentiments and got almost exactly the same responses as you. Back then I would say "That man could come out and rap "the clouds are so blue" and everyone would act like he had a supa hot fiya type reaction and said the greatest thing ever". And the people did not disappoint me! They made HIS word gospel, no longer needing credibility, didn't matter if he was stealing or flat out lying on songs b/c he in popular opinion the GOAT. I watched him taunt rappers, specifically Kendrick for YEARS so 2024 to now has felt like a long time coming and I love it! I have always loved the realness and authencity that came from hiphop back in the day and it finally feels like we are getting back to that! Real art and again, I LOVE it here! Keep going too! Reactors/commentators like yourself keep the realness alive and a real ear to music so yeah keep doing ya thang! Great piece!

[@Top5Troy]

I appreciate that! I'm glad you're enjoying the realness.

[@RaidOffRoad]

You hit the nail on the head.

[@damarcusking9014]

Nothing was the same is my favorite Drake album.

[@sheercold26]

Mine too

[@WellDamn1]

You can thank Anthony Palman because he wrote most of the songs on the album

[@cynthiachieke4126]

Please know this people don't change they only become more of who they truly are that is why he always had that feeling towards his past they will never leave

[@Woktoharlem]

Drake did everything Lil Wayne told him not to do. Act gangster, get tattoos…etc. It worked for a while but now reality has come back to bite him after K dot exposed him

[@ja_right]

9:31 Honestly, I think that a lot of Drake’s (dark) thoughts are captured by the flow of others. I think that he felt what others wrote for him, especially in The Language.

[@ChildeRyan]

The fight in the club with Chris Brown too.

[@deceiver444]

That was a great video, putting the right words on this shift I also sensed back then. It's sad what has become of Drake over the years

[@Katrinathevirgo]

This is great content!!

[@BdalingoFitnEnt]

NWTS is his best album in my opinion. As far as identity crisis he been has that problem before this album. Take Care was sugar cane puff music and Thank Me Later is all over the place. You can tell he been lost. In other words he been lost. Even on his mixtapes like comeback season. This dude been a corn in a colb hip pop allowed this guy in. Real hiphop fans seen this coming years before Thank me later. Headlines off of Take Care proved Drake was lost before NWTS.

[@jacobslinalx89]

I think there's some revisionist history going on with your story. Drake was popular, yes. but after good, kidd dropped People were calling Kendrick the face of hip hop. Good kidd was an instant hip hop classic. even 3 albums in none of drakes albums had the same buzz as gkmc with hip hop fans. Not to mention Kendrick stepped all over the roll out of that album with control. Even after drake dropped, people were talking about control

[@myswagstayon8812]

Good vid w/ good points. There was def a shift in his music.

[@ForeignAffairzVevo]

Now Quentin working with Drake since started from the bottom is a HOT TAKE.

[@jeromethomas8857]

Two words. OVO Hush. His name on a few records

[@alexandarvlaskalic710]

Amazing video man, I havent seen anyone approach this from this angle... Real quaity video bro

[@astrocade9541]

Glad you could articulate it. This is exactly what happened to me as someone who used to listen to Drake. I remember being conflicted after this album 😂😂😂😂😂. Yes I meant to say that 😂

[@keejay12]

He showed his pop side a bit on NWTS but I believe he switched in 2016 with Views. NWTS is his 2nd best album

[@AaronLesterMedia]

This is my favorite Drake album. It was his best album in my opinion...

[@kinglouis2987]

kendrick was going on at that time lol. don’t forget about the bet awards cypher shortly after the release of nwts

[@YoungSwaggness]

Great vid new sub bro 👍🏾

[@Top5Troy]

Thanks for subscribing! 🙏🏾

[@YoungSwaggness]

@ np my brother keep up the great work 💯

[@JohnDoe-le4nr]

Nah it was “if you’re reading this it’s too late” that’s when he started trying to be a gangsta

[@brunojosuequifanda3733]

A like NWTS the most, Drake early albums was corny and soft to me, but on MWTS he improved his vocals,beat selection and songwriting formula

[@lowEyez95]

Its crazy because I always said after NWTS, it truly wasnt. Thats my favorite Drake album cuz I like the bravado. Its like he was hitting his stride then when I heard IYRTITL, i was pissed because of the same reason you didn’t like NWTS. It felt fake as hell and keep in mind this is months before the Quinten Miller situation. Bro started sounding like tuff tony😂😂

[@ravbruh6357]

Can’t say I agree with the premise at the time of this album Control just dropped and the language is a kdot diss intact a lot of that album was drake biting back harder so in context hip hop fans knew how it fit into the atmosphere of the time

[@plushierooz44]

This is such an interesting yet crazy video to watch in 2025. Really good job describing the shift.

[@MelissaMiller95]

I had the same observations you've made!! The first Drake song I ever heard was Replacement Girl and I was hooked from then. All his mixtapes/albums were great and sounded like him. Take Care is then released and I was like who is this Drake? NWTS came out, and I was like "oh wow, he's a goner." THEN he came out with that album with Future and I was just lost for words. At that point, I couldn't listen to him the same anymore. To see where he ended up now doesn't surprise me at all.

[@Top5Troy]

Yup he completely changed up!

[@romaretaylor9953]

How you like thank me later but not take care or NWTS?!? 😂

[@marvingoins]

Replacement girl was literally the first Drake song I ever heard as well ft Trey Songz, and I couldn’t help but think how back then in 07 could he get a feature like that being that I only knew him as wheelchair jimmy from degrassi but I shrugged it off

[@GasMaskReacts]

This is a great breakdown. Seems spot on.

[@dr.alexander7039]

I always thought Thank Me Later was better than Nothing Was The Same as he seemed more authentic. Nothing Was The Same was essentially him putting on an act even though the delivery was pretty good.

[@Top5Troy]

100% agree

[@mauriusjones17]

I thought i was the only one that fell back from him when he dropped this

[@wac411]

This is how I felt when he dropped if your reading this its too late.

[@Probblems]

This is facts. I always told people NWTS was a weird album to me. The contrast of the lead singles led me to believe it just wasn’t going to be authentic which is why I lot of us love early Drake.

[@kierrickedmond]

Or maybe the deeper he got into the industry , if changed him 😂🤷🏾‍♂️ I actually started fucking with Drake at NWTS. Shit before that album was corny to me

[@CanOkan]

Great video, I'd be interested to hear why you still rate IYRTITL because one could argue he's much more vengeful on that album.

[@nosimpathy2716]

That’s an amazing album : Tuscan leather , furthest thing, own it, from time… too much.. please

[@Focused2828]

Nice breakdown. Very well explained.

[@Top5Troy]

Thanks man, appreciate it.

[@legacy8581]

My take verbatim. I loved RFI, CS, SFG, TML and TC but I just couldn't get into NWTS much either, nor any of his albums after that. The tone was COMPLETELY different, and like you, I couldn't fully understand why until a few years ago. Great video bro!

[@Top5Troy]

Thank you for watching!

[@pistolpete3199]

Yeah I ain’t gon lie I think this video missed the mark pretty badly. Then he mentions if you’re reading this to late as an album he likes. Which came out after nwts but someone he can get into that one but not nwts…

[@Top5Troy]

You’re allowed to disagree no biggie🤝

[@jsun7972]

Top5Troy how did you feel about Thank me Later? I loved that album the first week when i bought it. Then it quickly got stale. For me, i attributed my failing enjoyment of that album to Drake's flow getting repetitive and predictable. He seemed to only have one flow. The only thing that kept me listening to it was the new appeal of 40's production.

[@jackw4947]

nothing was the same was the album that made me a fan of drake at the time, so this is coming from someone who didn’t notice this shift you’re talking about compared to his earlier projects. however, i noticed a huge shift when IYRTITL dropped a year later! kind of like you described. he had pretty much completely abandoned his introspective side that was still somewhat present on his last project and went all in on this larger than life mafioso vibe and i just wasn’t buyin it. ever since that project he keeps trying to sell that vibe even harder and its less believable every time

[@garrickgriffin4134]

This makes no sense 😂😂 Drake came in the game at 22 he’s 38 now. His music changed because HE CHANGED. He don’t feel the same way about things as he did then. Nobody come out the womb gangsta

[@kyvace]

Not a drake fan here......but this is literally his best studio album by far.....you gotta be clip farming

[@tawanabanks4299]

Excellent analysis

[@nelsonmercadojr2749]

But if your reading this it’s too late is authentic?

[@tupacxi1985]

Bro this breakdown is literally explaining my exact thoughts about drake around this time

[@Top5Troy]

Glad I could verbalize it for you!

[@cidanarch]

I guess the album title is perfectly accurate

[@rich33888]

Ay bro I came on here to let you know that the Canadian dollar is worth less the US dollar. 👍🏽

[@WeAreDDP]

He realized “Backpack” Drake wasn’t going to get him paid.

[@BlaséSpiritless]

NWTS was an ok album. I don’t think Drake really ever had a classic album. Good songs but body of work? Nah. Never really thought any of his albums were that great.

[@TheStreetcoalition]

I never believed Drake since the beginning of his career

[@deceiver444]

He was kind of believable on his first two albums. But this version of Drake is long gone.

[@Embee546]

in high school, I took an overseas trip and Take Care was one of the only albums I downloaded to listen to. I loved it. Loved how genuine it felt, and I specifically noted how it celebrated his family's role in his success. Felt soulful. Then I heard Started from the Bottom, where he directly contradicted himself - now saying he didn't get any help on his come up, that he did it on his own. That pissed me off so much it ruined his music from then on, AND made me not want to listen to Take Care again. The irony of course being that Take Care was primarily The Weeknd's doing, so it was never genuine. (i should also mention I was a fan of Degrassi, so even without Take Care, I knew his lying ass didn't start from the bottom.)

[@radobeatz3722]

Everything you said is exactly how I feel… except change the album to if your reading this it’s too late… I feel like he literally has not been the same artist since then. NWTS was the start of the change tho, I will give you that. I still love if your reading this too. I just thought it was different for him.

[@thebeardedprince3505]

This makes a lot of sense. I actually didn’t like NWTS when it first came out at all aside from 3 songs. It grew on me over time though. But this was definitely the start of the shift. IYRTITL solidified the shift

[@Top5Troy]

NWTS start of the shift, IYRTITL solidified the shift... you get it

[@veronicabrandon9442]

Great video very valid points that made me think

[@Top5Troy]

I’m glad you got something out of it!

[@terrellb2165]

Youre onto something Take Care was the last album I copped from Drake

[@muhammadshehryar3344]

nah, this album is amazing I'm sorry man, this album is still great 10-12 years on

[@Top5Troy]

Never said it wasn’t good music

[@muhammadshehryar3344]

@ i don’t know man, I don’t see Drake as some one of a kind, musical maestro guy makes hits and bangers, after this album is what kind of set that ascent, you’re video is correct, and I agree that’s not what you said, but even then this is where the Drake I listen to when the mood or occasion calls for it began, with this album. His early work you’re right was his “Backpack era” but his era up till Her Loss has been pretty decent, but alas all good things come to an end, he’s basically done now, so idk like the title was not something I fully agreed with I think what ruined him was his over braggadocios attitude, taking shots against people who could body him by just pointing to his obvious vulnerabilities

[@Top5Troy]

those things which began on NWTS and the Take Care rollout

[@youngfrantz5109]

Didn’t this come out around the Control verse?

[@Top5Troy]

Control dropped first

[@youngfrantz5109]

@ you hit the nail on the head. I’m 34. I found mixtape Drake before album Drake. This was the start for me of falling back from Drake and then the future collab album was it for me. I actually had found a future only version because I couldn’t stand hearing Drake rap like a gangster lol. But you’re right, most of us who liked “mixtape” Drake didn’t like this album while others who found Drake when thank me later came out or when he was running with young money, they loved it.

[@Top5Troy]

You aren’t the first person to say they loved Drake and despised the WAATBA collab album. Interesting but I get it

[@KamiCaliente]

Drake had money and power but never had the respect (the last one is better) and he’s been searching for that since NWTS. Great video.

[@frankiem4062]

I liked NWTS. It came out my senior year in high school. But I just couldn’t connect to it like I connected to Take Care.

[@buckhill12]

You perfectly captured the theme and ideas of that album. You honestly summarized my thoughts on why I stopped being a fan of Drake and became a Hater (A fan who criticizes Drake and not glaze him like Stan) of his later works. Hell, I remembered after I played out Started From The Bottom, I stopped tuning into his music. I guess I initially picked up on his vibes, because everything after feel off and boring. It’s crazy how hindsight works, am I right?

[@Top5Troy]

we felt the energy shift for sure

[@pianist150]

Really good video man

[@benjireid798]

Insightful breakdown!

[@OliviaFrancis-ib4cj]

You give him too much credit. He didn’t fundamentally change but he did want to be the other guys who were more respected in rap because from 2009-2013, yes, he became the most popular rapper, but he was still looked at in inner Blk circles as the soft pop rap guy and desperately wanted to shed that image. But you can’t wake up and say I’m gonna do what you guys do, if you’re not that person, which is prob why he needed a lot of help writing the street stuff because he doesn’t have the authentic stories/understanding of that culture. It’s not that he can’t write which is what we often reduce it to but that he can’t write that stuff. He’s better at writing hooks/Melodies/love songs because it’s difficult to write what you haven’t experienced or seen first hand and capture the nuances of it all in say the way a Quentin Miller would be able to. Also if Drake had fundamentally changed as you say, he would have been a different person outside his music too but we’d see the same guy he’s always been when he does interviews, the soft, well-spoken Canadian. Remember his The Shop interview with Lebron? That was not the depiction of a person that had fundamentally changed, that was the same guy from 2009 now crying to Lebron coz he lost his Pusha battle, which is the same Aubrey that is suing over a rap battle today, and is the same Aubrey that threatened legal action on Degrassi as a teen because he wanted his character to get out of the wheelchair. Drake wished after that album in 2013 nothing was the same because he’s been running from himself as the loser geek kid his whole life, trying to seek acceptance at the cool table, but no matter what he did to escape the labelling (fame, wealth, women) nothing has worked. Instead it seems he’s finding out that the cool kids see him as once a lame always a lame and he was only fooling his own loser group with the change of image, not really anyone else i.e. the Ak’s of this world and other outcasts/misfits that don’t quite fit in who saw him as their aspirational figure. Everyone else was either indifferent or saw him as a loser/wannabe.

[@trizzetrell]

DRAKE discography: 1. Nothing Was The Same 2. VIEWS 3. So Far Gone 4. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late 5. Thank Me Later 6. Take Care 7. Dark Lane Demo Tapes 8. More Life 9. Certified Lover Boy 10. Scorpion 11. For All The Dogs 12. Honestly, Nevermind

[@P.Crawley]

"You don't really wanna make me catch a body like that" ruined it for me.

[@Top5Troy]

That was the beginning😂

[@bdgabuilt]

"And nothings been the same since the dropped 'Control' and tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes"

[@davidwilliams4236]

Great analysis!!

[@TreRedding-k6e]

NWTS is arguably a classic album!

[@maxwalton411]

It's also arguably not a classic album

[@Mr.Mayonnaise08]

@@maxwalton411yk your lying to yourself

[@spiderz7592]

you don't know what you're talking about that album was incredible

[@goop2solo]

He's human like us all. I don't think people should cancel him, because of this. I'm Christian so I really don't listen to secular music to enjoy it, but to check out trending sounds and production. If I was into secular music on a regular, Drake I'd bump. I like a few of his songs like Tuscan leather and 4am in Calabasas and a few others. Drake is a cool dude and you shouldn't write him off for this. People are human and do human things... He is one of the greatest artists alive and he has a great mind. I wish he was a Christian artist though so I can enjoy everything he has to say.. not everything he says is against God. He's human. Everybody does human things. They may not be the same things amongst every individual. Let's stop beating up on Drake!

[@IllDawgable]

I never really got in NWTS either. I remember scheming through it weeks after the hype had died down.

[@antg7553]

I wasted to disageee with this video at first, but then you made more and more sense. This album was the richest he was most popular and I think he knew he was 17/17 and passing peers. Getting all the ladies and greed took over. Felt like the man at cash money. Cuz after this. IFYTITL came out the following year

[@recapswithmae]

Jay z even tried to Tell him not to fall into rap beef

[@truthseeker8671]

Yea man alot of people believe this album was his best album including myself. This album made me a Drake fan so he had to be doing something right with it.

[@caitlinelizabeth7808]

Agree 💯 I remember thinking the same thing the first time I listened to NWTS

[@ForeignAffairzVevo]

You saying Nothing Was The Same isn’t it sounds mad dumb ngl. That’s literally his best album no debating.

[@ChildeRyan]

As soon as Drake started with the finger wagging in the videos, that might be part of the change as well.