In that way, the Hirst cover suggested a levity and even self-effacing irony that is not found on the album.Īt various points on Certified Lover Boy, it feels like Drake is trapped in the empire he’s built and the narrator-character he’s created. The cover is puerile and the strangest in his discography, as if he wanted to reach an iconographic nadir before his popularity waned, a wink that he can create seismic social ripples with just an iOS keyboard. While apparent rival Kanye West took a month and a half to release Donda, darkening the project a bit more with each preview, Drake announced and released his album in the span of a week and played coy, ultimately sharing no singles and letting Tidal’s chief content officer serve as hype man, a role that included confirming the album artwork, world-famous con artist Damien Hirst’s immaculate conception of 12 pregnant women emoji placed on a stark white background. The labored environment of Certified Lover Boy is a mild surprise after following the album’s quick and billboard-heavy rollout. Drake is still trying to balance fame, intimacy, ambition, and insecurity, and he’s still learning who to trust-it’s always trust with Drake-but there’s a malaise that lingers across his sixth album, as if Drake has lost himself in the Library of Drake, less sure where he’s supposed to devote his attention while an emptiness creeps into his life and lifestyle. Being everything at once, the Drake of Certified Lover Boy is also indecisive and even fatigued. He’s Drake-past, present, and future- and Certified Lover Boy, accordingly, is referential and reverential, an 86-minute omnibus of all things Drake. He’ll text, “I love you,” and pretend he doesn’t he’ll ask for a sympathetic ear, but scoff and leave “if you throw another pity party” about your own troubles. Prince’s tweets following the meet-up.The Certified Lover Boy is selectively honest, occasionally heartless, and set in his ways. I believe this event will not only bring awareness to our cause, but prove to people – everywhere – how much more we can accomplish when we lay our pride to the side and come together.”Ĭheck out the video below and J.
I’m asking Drake on December 7 to join me on stage as a special guest to share the two biggest albums of the year live in Los Angeles with the ultimate purpose being to free Larry Hoover. Both me and Drake have taken shots at each other and it’s time to put it to rest. “I’m making this video to address the ongoing back and forth between myself and Drake. In the video, ‘Ye is heard reading a statement from his phone, seemingly announcing a peace offering to Drake by inviting him to appear on stage with him in December. They don’t allow fear and pride to stunt their growth, and they’re always looking for the good in every situation and that’s where the leaders are separated from the followers.” Movement thinkers dream of a better tomorrow, a bigger picture, longevity choices and humbling themselves to forgive. Moment thinking gets us stuck in the cycle of confusion, revenge, killings, and things of darkness that take you to a place worse than slavery. Prince added, “There will come a time in life where we all should embrace the movement thinking, over the moment thinking. It wasn’t in my plans to meet him there but I must say I’m glad I didn’t allow a worship place for God to detour our meeting.” Prince said, “I met with night in Htown at the Rothko Chapel. Prince, as ‘Ye reflects on his past issues with Toronto’s own 6God. The video showed West standing side by side with J. Prince, the DONDA rapper met with him at the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas.