But that glistening cool production, the sort-of aching melody, and the general 80s electro-ballad vibe of the track is enough for me. (Ja Rule?) He’s consistently been the worst feature of any track I’ve heard him participate in - and he still kind of is.
Jonathan Bogart: Shit, I did not want to say good things about Drake, the easiest punching bag to come along in hip-hop since I don’t know when. No idea whether that’s what Drake intended, or not.
On the other hand, unless I forced myself to pay attention to it, I barely even noticed it was there. This is almost entirely sung rather than rapped, with careful autotuning making it sound relatively smooth, even sweet in parts, but Drake’s still droning as much as singing it, which sucks out any loveliness it might have had with a better vocal.Ĭhuck Eddy: I put this song on a Rhapsody mix to play in the background while I was working, right after Ne-Yo’s “Beautiful Monster,” which I really like a lot, and it was not shamed by the company. Martin Skidmore: It seems not everyone is tired of him yet. His work in other places works as a leavening agent, grounding other artists’ egos and excesses, but all alone… *shrug* Just disposable.Īnthony Easton: Drake on his own is a little too much - I find myself overdosing on his sweetness or his aesthetic, or how normal and unbroken he is (think of the weird fight he is having in Toronto right now, considering how street he is, and what he is pretending at, and it seems to be nothing and everything). I can’t bring myself to find this too offensive. On the one hand, it’s ridiculous that there’s not a single substantive moment to be found here on the other, at least he’s just meanderingly auto-jangling and not mangling the language or my nerves with his punchline bullshit. John Seroff: I’ve made no secret of my utter disdain for Drake as a rapper his lack of personality lends much better to anonymous ballad hooks like the never-ending chorus that is “Find Your Love”.
The “hey hey hey” riff peppering the verses is bad enough, but when he tries to emote on that luxurious bridge it’s just embarrassing. Nobody would listen to a less talented Trey Songz sidekick/soundalike if he just sang, and his third-best-voice-in-a-group skills would get him one lead vocal on a deep cut if he was in, say, 112. Pharrell WilliamsĪlfred Soto: Do you sing badly or rap lamely? Make up your mind.Īl Shipley: Let’s be clear: Drake’s singing is praised because he’s ostensibly a rapper, but it’s not like he’s hot shit by R&B standards.
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