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Drake, Pipe Down
Love rapis a double-edged sword.
We preoccupy ourselves with the way they look and dress.
God forbid a woman owns her sexual prowess on record the way the guys do.
(Yes, Lil Kim showed skin in the videos.Alotofpeopledidthat.)
Both artists have that dog in them, too, though.
1, it went nowhere the ultrarare collective rebuke of a new Drake release.
Guesting on most ofHer Losss 16 tracks, Savage renews Drakes interest in bars but also in excitable cruelty.
Drake often writes women as fixer-uppers, complimenting their drive, offering them freedom from financial burden.
Sometimes he sounds more like an angel investor than a boyfriend.
Hours falls prey: I drain accounts to make you love me.
Drake uses the stretches ofHer Lossthat he gets to himself to zero in on much smaller worries.
Again, the drama obscures great lyrics.
Why are we revisiting all this 201516 beef?
Why was Megs shooting a punch line the week after we mourned Takeoff?
Drake is capable of so much more, but he seems unsure his audience wants it.
