GentleDance Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) Some entries : "No one is gaslighting you You’re just so toxic that you’re flammable." - "My therapist told me I need to stop listening to what people tell me but if I take her advice wouldn’t I be listening to what people tell me?" - "You were in my dream last night They call that a nightmare, right?" Drake's new poetry book, Titles Ruin Everything, is what happens when someone is constantly told that they're more clever than they actually are. Across 168 pages of single-line text, Drake quips about women, sex, women, money, fake friends, and women. Ever heard a Drake song before? You've basically read the book! https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/drake-poetry-book-review/ It turns out not everyone had as enthusiastic a response to Drake‘s book of poetry as DJ Khaled did (and even his was a little noncommital). After Complex got a few full-time poets to review the book, Drake learned that he wasn’t being taken quite as seriously as perhaps he’d hoped. With a title like Titles Ruin Everything, you’d think he’s in on the joke, but as New York Times bestselling author Hanif Abdurraqib pointed out, it’s kind of hard to tell. “None of these strike me as poems, because they’re not even attempting to push against any unknown in order to offer something revelatory or at least somewhat beautiful,” he says in the piece. “Some of these are so absurd that they’re actually funny,” he continues. “But it’s hard to tell if he also understands that they’re bending into absurdist humor, and understands that there will be people who find it profound. Or if he’s convinced himself of the profundity. Really, it’s kind of just a book of puns. Silly lil’ jokes. It is a struggle for me to tell how in on the joke he is… I’m not personally offended by anything that masquerades as poetry, because it happens so often in every possible arena of entertainment and consumption, but this is essentially a coffee table book of one-line jokes.” Houston poet laureate Aris Kian echoed Hanif’s thoughts, musing, “Drake’s poems operate within an excess of white space, a reduced set of images and limited punctuation. The tools of tension, breath and play are only explored through the typical two-line set up/punchline format.” Of course, if any of this ruffled Drake’s feathers, he seems reluctant to show it. In his Instagram Story, he posted a response of sorts with a meme calling the critics “Randomly angry poets” (despite, y’know, the author calling them to ask their opinions and neither seeming all that angry) and shrugging off their criticism. Of course, this could just be a case of Drake coping with receiving pushback on yet another of his creative endeavors — even if it is, as one of my colleagues put it in Slack, “not poetry, it’s merch.” https://uproxx.com/music/drake-poetry-book-panned-response/ Edited July 5, 2023 by GentleDance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalAura Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Well, it's better than Rupi Kaur at least. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirrtydiana Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 The Kim selfie book of rap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheers Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Sucks ass he should suck mine next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naval23 Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Why do have of these sound like they're about Rihanna He's definitely not over her 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trash Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) A waste of paper Edited July 5, 2023 by Trash 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepfon Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 He should have done a book of nudes of himself, give the gays and the girls what we want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimbo Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 How old is he? He really is the corniest man out there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimi Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Celebrities should be banned from writing poetry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitsouko Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 The waste of paper 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Wolf Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 So embarrassing. When are we going to collectively decide that Drake is no longer cool and stop giving him all the success he has? We’re tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Wolf Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Just now, Kimi said: Celebrities should be banned from writing poetry Except Lana. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sazare Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 These excerpts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleDance Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 Some more entries : "No one is gaslighting you You’re just so toxic that you’re flammable." - "My therapist told me I need to stop listening to what people tell me but if I take her advice wouldn’t I be listening to what people tell me?" - "You were in my dream last night They call that a nightmare, right?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artist Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 This is exactly why critics/reviews are irrelevant. It's Drake and you all know Drake's brand. Why are people surprised? Please, it's his express of Poetry get with it or get on. Plenty of Poets out there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleDance Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Big Bad Wolf said: Except Lana. Especially Lana, and I'm a huge fan Edited July 5, 2023 by GentleDance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesthetic bih Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) An obvious cash grab bobby trap And also who told Drake he can write poems? Is a "one-liner" even a poem, cuz it seems to me it's more of an an expression/slogan or a pick up line? I expect at least 2 stanzas for a "regular" poem tbh, or if it's just one stanza then it should have at least 6-8 lines or something. Edited July 5, 2023 by aesthetic bih Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Wolf Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Just now, GentleDance said: Especially Lana Nope. Seethe tho, Apple stan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Runner Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Are you ready to f+cking die, Drake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
despy Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 the waste of that ******* paper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Shameless v2 Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Lol I definitely think he’s in on it. Drake knows his brand and reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naval23 Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 He's like a factory rapper - just spits out quantity but the quality just hasn't been there and he doesn't give a fk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flower moon Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 coulda been a page or two. a complete waste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentleEarthquake Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Poor trees, poor papers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator wehavetostan Posted July 5, 2023 ATRL Moderator Share Posted July 5, 2023 Embarrassing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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