Drake returned on Friday (June 17) with his surprise Honestly, Nevermind album. With any Drizzy project, especially one finding the 6 God experimenting in the house world, there was major pushback from Hip Hop fans on social media within minutes of the LP’s arrival.
Many artists in the rap community came to Drake’s defense, giving their opinion of the dance-leaning album in the process. One staunch supporter was J. Cole, who had rave reviews of the effort after his first listen on Friday. The OVO king even shouted Cole out on the 21 Savage-assisted “Jimmy Cooks.”
“Man. This album is phenomenal. Point blank,” Cole wrote on his Instagram Story with a photo of him playing album cut “Liability.”
Jay Electronica was another rhymer that didn’t understand the harsh criticism thrown Drake’s way as he enjoyed Honestly, Nevermind as well.
“Why n-ggas mad at Drake,” he wrote. “This shit jammin.”
Questlove appreciated Drizzy taking a creative risk and even went as far as calling the album a “gift” to the world while dissing those that won’t be on the dance floor as haters.
“My relationship to new hip hop is mostly on a ‘how can this serve me & my dj gigs?’ & less about me listening as a fan,” he stated. “That said this @Drakejawn is a gift. Only people not wit the program are people who don’t move their bodies. That ain’t sexy yo.”
Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind album is sure to be the subject of many music debates throughout the rest of the summer.
“It’s all good if you don’t get it yet,” Drizzy said addressing the album’s reception. “That’s what we do! We wait for you to catch up. We in here, though, we caught up already. On to the next. My goodness!”
Find more reactions to the LP below.
What do you expect them to say? Artists these days aren’t honest when it comes to critiquing the work of their peers. Only when there is so called “beef” will they speak negatively. The album is by NO MEANS dope; but because it’s Drake, they will ride his nuts.
Both the Logic and Boogie album are 10x better than this garbage. Some drake stans on this website gonna delete this message tho
Yooo! Thanks for bringing up Boogie!!! This site hasnt mentioned his new album once. I even forgot about it myself. Gonna spin it right now. Bet its pure fire. Kid been unstoppable lately.
I genuinely cant tell any of these songs apart. And its sh1te.
Therein lies the fucking problem. It’s NOT hip hop, it’s pop. And that’s fine. But the misrepresentation has to stop.
That part! Later on they’ll be giving him Hip Hop awards for that shit.
“Gay is Gay.”
Yo, the album is cool. It’s not a hip hop album though, and I’m good with that. I like taking my girl out to dance so I fucks with it.
You mean your boyfriend
Album is dope
Album is trash
When you have to defend a shitty project by attacking fans that have a different opinion than you then you know you have a mid at best album
Give it some time,digest it you gonna like it
You don’t have to like it as a Hip Hop head tho. House/dance shit isn’t my thing. And that’s OK too.
So he didn’t want to get in the ring with push… thats all this is… a diversion
buncha grown men acting like shitty pants babies because jimmy from fuckin degrassi did a house record? biiiiiiiiitches
More teen girl pop music from Drake. Yaaaaaay!
I don’t give a fuck what the rappers think about Drake’s new album. I don’t need rappers to think and appreciate music on my behalf. This new Drake’s album sucks dicks big time! Fruitbowl music for LGBT community… like any Drake records though
yak yak yak lets have the numbers do the talking
Quest likes it from a business point of view. He can play it when he DJs white parties is what he means. Personally, being white, I’d be pissed. Throw on some Wu lol
Why not post something from one of the 95% of people that think this album is ufcking garbage?! People in the industry won’t be honest, if they think they can work with him later. Payola ass site.
I don’t even want to hear this mans voice anymore. No pen game
And to think…I used to respect Cole’s opinion.
This is why hip hop sucks nowadays…good rappers are cosigning the wack ones.
As if anybody cares about what soulja boy thinks lol
It ain’t the house beats. I’m cool with house n dance music. It’s Drake trash singing that makes the album wack. I’ve never been a fan of his monotonic singing. Sometimes a good beat can carry some. Like Marvins Room. For the most part, nope! House n dance beats don’t hit hard enough to make you ignore bad singing. Beyonce new song is good and it’s house. Difference being she can sing.