Music Mondays; $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, Love is in the air this February

Courtesy of PARTYNEXTDOOR

 There was no love lost this Valentine’s day as artist PARTYNEXTDOOR (with Drake) adorned v-day lovers and singles with new music to celebrate the season of love. PND is interesting but after a while becomes boring through repetition, I do not find replay value in his work, therefore the bar is low. 

Truthfully, I seldom listen to either of these artists, let alone an entire album. This album was a perfect opportunity to explore the theme of love in a different genre, especially when my go to genre is rap.

Is this a PARTYNEXTDOOR album or a Drake album? Drake is not respecting the balance.

Drake is using his minions to push a narrative that he is unbothered with Kendrick Lamar’s success after their public feud. On the track ‘GIMME A HUG’, Drake taunts, “fuck a rap beef, I’m tryna get the party lit.”

 I understand that PND and Drake collaborate as this is an OVO artist but his influence on this album is underwhelming and adds nothing. This PND album seems like a rebuttal to Drake’s beef rather than an addition to PND’s discography.

The production is pretty mediocre, a couple of these songs could have been a deluxe to the album series ‘PARTYNEXTDOOR’. It’s expected for the likes of PND, objectively it is not a bad listen. However, it relies on the same production gimmicks Drake in 2011 would use, presumably to evoke nostalgia, spoiler alert, it does not work. 

I will say, the vocals are killer but the lyrics lack passion or interest. Objectively good singing with OK lyrics is the formula for a boring album. My interest is only peaked when PND and Drake are singing tolerable lyrics. ‘MEET YOUR PADRE’ is so cringe, lyrically and sonically, Drake cannot help being a culture vulture, respectfully leave it to the native spanish speakers (PND addition was actually great, in my opinion). 

 There were $ome $exy $ongs 4 U that stood out for sure, in no particular order: