Johnthan Reviews: Drake’s new single “Over” March 5, 2010
Posted by Johnthan Speed in Mixtape/Album/Song Reviews, Uncategorized.Tags: boi-1da, drake, hip-hop, new, over, rap, thank me later, tml, Weezy, Young Money
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Greetings, all.
Well, today, I’m going in with something that I haven’t done in a while–a review of (gasp!) a mainstream track.
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past couple days, Degrassi alum Young Money Interim HNIC Drake released the first single off of his upcoming album, “Thank Me Later.” The song, “Over,” combines Drake’s melodic hook capabilities over a symphony-based instrumental with Drake pulling off the “Weezy flow” (y’know, the kind of croaky flow with elongated syllables, especially on the end of words and/or bars) like no other. The end result, however, will be overrated by some bloggers, hated by some listeners, and result in a “meh” from me.
Compared to earlier Drake songs, such as “Fear,” “Successful,” and the entire “Comeback Season” mixtape, Drake seems to have lost a lot of steam; he comes out with his typical confidence, but it seems forced. In fact, Drake sounds a bit bored while delivering lines like “‘Bout to go Thriller Mike Jackson on these n*ggas/All I need’s a f*cking red jacket with some zippers.” Individuals who love Drake and know nothing else but @DrakkardNoir will fawn all over the track, calling it the best thing ever and is destined to be a number one single.
Here are some reasons as to why that statement would be false:
1. the beat sounds quite confusing, and is definitely not Boi-1da’s best work.
2. as stated before, Drake’s usual persona seems forced.
3. the punchlines aren’t that great.
4. the flow is nice, but sounds like many of the other Drake songs over the past year plus.
5. it has two (?!) verses, neither of which are overly breathtaking.
The fine folks over at The Smoking Section state that this is the type of song that will grow on people (and make them say it’s a great song) after a couple listens. I’ve heard it about 6 times over the past day or so, and I’m still pretty “meh” about it. Hopefully, the rest of the album makes me change my tune when it’s finally released in May.
If not? I, personally, won’t be thanking Aubrey later.
Overall Rating: 3 out of 5
It’s not a bad song, but it’s not that great, either and makes you wish that Drizzy went back to his “Room for Improvement” and/or “Comeback Season” roots.
-Speed
I’m not even a huge Drake fan, but I never listen to critics. Critics always seem to be bitter ppl that couldn’t make it in whatever field of choice, so they say “I know, I’ll make a career out judging it”. Pointless.
@ Kris:
Wow, someone seems like they’ve been judged a bit harshly by a “critic” LOL
But, seriously–me, bitter? That’s like the Pope being a black woman anytime soon. I do it because I feel that the audience needs unbiased ears for and an in-depth analyses of the music they listen to. Would you rather every artist put out complete garbage and ignorance and follow your idea of “don’t and never listen to the ‘critics’?” That gets us a world of subpar Soulja Boy clones (yes, there is such a thing) and Myspace rappers recording on their circa-2005 cell phone LMAO
Thanks for checking out the blog, though
PBWU
-Speed
You are a very talented critic, you should really think about a career in this
Love your blog!
::tries not to get a big head LMAO::
But, f’real, thanks a bunch and I hope you’ve enjoyed your stay at “The Journeys of Speed”
“Over” sounds like a street single or a buzz single.after all the hype and recent smash hits like best i ever had,Money to blow,Say something,successful.this record just didnt meet expectations and only has two verse that are really not ear gravitating and is too short why no third verse.he should have made a universal record that everyone can relate to but hopefully thank me ater will be a great album only time will tell.
“Over” sounds like a street single or a buzz single.after all the hype and recent smash hits like best i ever had,Money to blow,Say something,successful.this record just didnt meet expectations and only has two verse that are really not ear gravitating and is too short why no third verse.he should have made a universal record that everyone can relate to but hopefully thank me Later will be a great album only time will tell.