Cash Money Recordsįor those who stan for Drake as a pure rapper, “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late” is the holy grail. ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’ was released on February 13, 2015. It lacks a central genius, as well as most of the quirks that make Drake Drake.ĥ.
It doesn’t even feel like a Drake album because it’s 80 minutes of other artists showing him up, 80 minutes of genres and styles that only work with him as a feature. With its rich production and fun list of collaborators, it has plenty of bright spots.īut if Drake’s most consistent critique is that his albums are too bloated, too long, and too uneven to justify it, then “More Life” fails spectacularly. The triumph of “More Life” is its ability to absorb many different sounds and spotlight many different artists. Cash Money Recordsĭrake continues to insist that “More Life” is a “playlist,” not an album – perhaps as an attempt to exempt it from lists like this one, since it’s so difficult to compare to his other works. ‘More Life’ was released on March 18, 2017. But beyond serving its purpose as a hype-fulfilling studio debut, it falters when compared to Drake’s subsequent projects, each one more inventive than his first.Īt least no one can accuse Drake of coming out of the gate too strong and never living up to his debut (ahem, The Weeknd). “Thank Me Later” satisfied both critics and fans at the time of its release. ‘Thank Me Later’ was released on June 15, 2010.
From the perspective of a Drake fan, “What A Time” simply doesn’t have as much replay value as his other albums. Drake takes a backseat throughout the 11-song tracklist, on which much of the production and many of the lyrics are undercooked. Cash Money Recordsĭrake’s 2015 collaborative mixtape with Future was famously written and recorded in just six days, and it shows. ‘What A Time To Be Alive’ was released on September 20, 2015. Keep scrolling to see them ranked from worst to best. For our purposes, a Drake “album” is anything he released after signing with a major label (which means “So Far Gone” is ineligible. He releases record-breaking, studio-quality projects but calls them “mixtapes.” Sometimes he calls them “playlists.” He reinvents himself so often that it’s almost impossible to compare his bodies of work from year to year.īut let’s do it anyway. To make matters even more complicated, Drake has shifted the very ways in which we define and judge albums.
Beyond listening to his music on repeat, Drake fans passionately disagree about everything: One person’s favourite Drake album is “easily Drake’s worst” for another. His discography is also highly contentious. The complete timeline of Drake’s rise to stardom, from starring on ‘Degrassi’ to his record-breaking reign as a rapper 1 and outsold anyone’s wildest expectations. Every single project he’s released since his major label debut has shot to No. Put simply, his discography is legendary.