Popular artists Kanye West and Drake released their new albums, “Donda” and “Certified Lover Boy” (aka “CLB,”) and listeners can’t help but compare the albums. “Donda” by West involves all of his eras in the music industry: Rap, Pop, and Gospel. Drake sticks with rap but bases his lyrics on toxic masculinity and accepting truth. 

“Donda is good because it is about his mom, he talks about religion and that’s cool,” said Tyler Rodriguez. “I did not like “CLB” because I thought it was boring and he did the same 27 songs in a row. I was asleep 8 songs in; Way 2 Sexy with Future goes hard though.”

Kanye West makes sure that everyone will find something to enjoy about his new album. “Hurricane” is one of the most listened to songs on the album with around 29 million streams and has reached number 6 on Billboard.

“I mean, there are a couple of songs on there that are alright, but the rest are trash,” said sophomore Trey Steagall. “No–not at all. Trash… Two out of ten.”

“Certified Lover Boy” was released on September 3, 2021, at midnight, and believe me when I say it was worth staying up for. “CLB” by Drake is a rap album with different styles. “Yebba’s Heartbreak” is a softer tone of a song and is noted as a “slow meaningful sad song”. “Way 2 Sexy” is the most streamed song in the album with around 31 million streams. The whole album reached number 1 on Billboard on the day it was released with about 700 million streams.

“It was more of an experience than just an album to me, all of the songs had a nice flow,” said sophomore, Derek Panzer “They were meaningful, the only negative is that the outros were too long,”

It’s safe to say that both albums have their ups and downs. Two out of the five students I interviewed liked Donda better, and three out of five students liked “Certified Lover Boy” better. Both albums are very different and maybe if you take a listen you will end up liking both. Go stream both albums on Spotify and Apple Music!