But whenever they get together, Savage brings something out in Drake. Drake and Savage come from vastly different backgrounds and musical sensibilities, though I guess they both have Queen Elizabeth on their money. Up until now, every Drake/21 Savage collaboration has been good. It’s Drake going back to something that he knows how to do, bringing along a collaborator who knows how to get him there. But Honestly, Nevermind didn’t do what Drake wanted it to do, and now Her Loss is the reaction to that.

Honestly, Nevermind was Drake hitting reset after the pop-star bloat of Certified Lover Boy.

In some ways, every Drake album is a reaction to the one that came before, or maybe a reaction to the public’s reaction. With Her Loss, he’s given us, more or less, a whole album of “Jimmy Cooks” type beats. We, the public, let Drake know what we want from him, and Drake complied. Drake had tried to do something different, and it hadn’t worked out. “Jimmy Cooks” wasn’t just the best song on Honestly, Nevermind it was also the album’s only real hit. Drake: “I can tell her head good before I even know/ Bitch, don’t tell me that you model if you ain’t been in Vogue.” Savage: “This Glock 45 came with a switch/ If I was Will Smith, I would’ve slapped him with a stick.” This was more like it. On “Jimmy Cooks,” Drake and his old friend 21 Savage went back and forth, talking reckless. The last song on Honestly, Nevermind was the moment when Drake finally broke away from the album’s dominant sound and went back to something that he actually knows how to do.

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