>I can't imagine anyone begging to put these songs on, I can't
>imagine anyone fighting to get these songs skipped.



He said he idolized Sade around the beginning of his solo career, so the following two points make a lot of sense. The difference is his "video of a river stream" doesn't have Sade's bite, charm, mastery, or staying power. Sade could be both foreground and background. They were never background out of mediocrity until maybe the last album, at which point they wisely decided it's best to stop releasing new music.


?it reminded me of putting on a video of a river stream or
?campfire to help me fall asleep - but on its own terms,
?which seem to be "please don't even notice that you're
?listening to me"

>It makes
>sense that this is the Drake endgame, or at least something
>he's been building toward