DRAKE – Nothing Was The Same
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DRAKE – Nothing Was The Same

"Nothing Was The Same" is meant to be Drake’s rap album - the one where he invokes the Wu-Tang Clan. The one where, in between bouts of whining about his exes, he sounds at his most combative. But it is also, and above all, his weirdest, strangest and most experimental record: astonishingly shapeless and melody-light for something this mainstream. And, just maybe, his best.
BIRDMAN & LIL WAYNE – Like Father, Like Son
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BIRDMAN & LIL WAYNE – Like Father, Like Son

By the mid-2000s, Lil Wayne is on fire. He proves it everywhere: on albums, on mixtapes, and through his countless guest appearances on other artists’ tracks. And he proves it again on this project with his mentor and surrogate father. Together, striking their bargain-bin mobster poses, the two New Orleans rappers stick to the act they know best, and they churn out hit after hit.
BIRDMAN – 5 ★ Stunna
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BIRDMAN – 5 ★ Stunna

Birdman is a vulture, a nasty bird of prey. He feeds off other people’s talent, while he is little more than a bargain-basement Don Corleone. Yet he has two aces up his sleeve: his protégé Lil Wayne, who joins him on some tracks, and top-notch production. At times, those two assets are enough to make his albums genuinely good despite everything, as is the case with "5 Star Stunna".